Bomani Jones offered a somewhat cryptic goodbye after the most recent episode of The Right Time. He told his listeners that the podcast is set to go on hiatus for a while.
“I am taking a break,” Jones said on the ESPN podcast. “I don’t know how long that break is going to be. That break will probably be until the end of July at the earliest. I’ve been going kinda hard the last couple years, stacked up my vacation time so I’ve got these two weeks. After that, we’re gonna see how it rolls, what I decide to do, whatever it is.”
Barrett Sports Media has learned that Jones’s contract in Bristol will expire while he is out. At this time, the two sides have not agreed to terms on a new one.
According to a source, Meadowlark Media would like to add Bomani Jones to its roster. The company’s boss, John Skipper, was responsible for bringing Jones to ESPN initially to join Dan Le Batard and Papí on Highly Questionable in 2013.
The Right Time has seen significant growth and change since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The audience has become considerably larger and the format has changed to better reflect Jones’s style and personality. He appreciated that it has worked.
“When the world shut down and the podcast market contracted, somehow we grew and then we grew some more and then we grew some more and then we kept growing. And it’s really a byproduct of you guys telling your friends about this and luckily, all the people that are cool with me helping to create a vibe that you guys like and want to be a part of,” he said. “So, for this pandemic portion of time, which for us, has been some of the most successful, and for me has been some of the most gratifying stuff I have ever done, I just want to tell you guys thank you.”
Earlier this year, Bomani Jones and Adam McKay launched Game Theory on HBO. It has been picked up for a second season. Since the show’s debut, his relationship with ESPN has been centered on The Right Time.
