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David Roberts Bids Farewell to ESPN After Two Decades of Influence

"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."

Why Howard Stern Doesn’t Need Daily Radio Anymore

"Howard was the ultimate slave to the art. Perhaps he finally doesn't want to be anymore"

Why Curtis Sliwa Refuses to Be a Donald Trump Echo Chamber on 710 WOR

"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

Inside Andrew Perloff’s Reunion With Paul Pabst To Launch ‘Not So Fast’ on NBC Sports NOW

"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

Bomani Jones Amazed How Many People Care About Sports Media Beef

"I can name people that make a living talking about me."

Elle Duncan Reflects on Positive Experience Leaving ESPN for Netflix

"I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to go to Netflix without all the things that ESPN gave me."

How Bomani Jones Ensures ‘The Right Time’ Is Time Well Spent for His Loyal Audience

"The most important thing is does your audience believe you. Does your audience mean the things you say. It's not about being right, it's about being sincere."

Bomani Jones: Fame Is More Important To Broadcast Companies Than Airchecks

"Your air check doesn't matter anymore. They're like, where is your audience?"

ESPN Has Run Out Of Ideas, But That’s Not A Bad Thing

"At some point, we have to stop grading ESPN on the scale of what it used to be and start evaluating it on what the business demands now"

Bomani Jones: ESPN Used To Create Stars, Now They Import Them

"Think about what happened with Dan Patrick, which I guess is now probably like 15 years ago. We'll go find another one of you. It’s not that big a deal. They can't do that anymore"

Bomani Jones Believes Paul Finebaum Omission From ESPN Programming Surrounded Equal Time Provision

"The only reason that would make sense is the equal time provision and them having a measure of concern about whether or not they run into conflict with that. And if that’s the case, that’s perfectly fair."

Bomani Jones: Stephen A. Smith Is All ‘First Take’ Needs

"I think they can find somebody that is a reasonable facsimile. First Take didn’t need Skip Bayless"

Those Relying on AI-Generated Takes Should Leave the Media Business

"Sports talk thrives on hosts that are compelling and original. Generating takes with AI is a shortcut for people that know they are incapable of meeting those standards"

Bomani Jones Explains Why He Misses Hosting Sports Talk Radio

"The coolest thing about radio to me, and why I enjoy it over every other medium, is that the community that surrounds it is always so much more intimate"

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"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

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"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

Four Things Music Radio Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas

"What I saw was part circus, part radio festival, and part New England sports fans reunion. I couldn't help but sit there and think about how radio should be taking notes."