SiriusXM is launching a new pop-up channel for the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25 exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers on channel No. 109 and on the SiriusXM app. The broadcast will include an interview with H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco where he will share information about the principality and insight into the enthralling worldwide sporting competition. The conversation will be hosted by two-time Monaco Grand Prix winner David Coulthard and former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan. Fans should expect the conversation to be an incomparable look into the personality of the Prince in addition to information about the country’s future with F1 racing.
“We are honored to have H.S.H. Prince Albert II give our listeners an unparalleled view into the fascinating and culturally rich Principality of Monaco,” Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM President and Chief Content Officer, said in a statement, “as well as his thoughts on the history and significance of the Monaco Grand Prix, one of the world’s most famous sporting events.”
The channel will also feature various replays of last month’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix race, which was won by Max Verstappen after rain struck the event in the middle of the race and complicated conditions. In 2002, the Monaco Grand Prix garnered 2.78 million viewers, albeit on a tape delay, making it the most-viewed race in American history. Approximately 1.79 million viewers watched the 2023 iteration of the race on The Walt Disney Company-owned ABC, making it the third-largest live audience for an F1 race in the history of the United States.
Creating the satellite broadcast channel is the latest move from media companies looking to promote the flourishing entity, which reported a steadily increasing average viewership audience of 1.21 million viewers per race. Moreover, reported revenue equated to nearly $2.6 billion concurrent with broadening consumer demographics – especially viewers between the ages of 18 and 49.
“More fallout of Fox News not only are the viewers seeing how woke Fox is getting but so are the staffers,” said Bolling. “There are others waiting to leave as soon as a role opens up for them. As you can see, no one wants to stay on a sinking ship.”
The Newsmax host mentioned that his program was the beneficiary of an employee leaving Fox News, saying that a new producer has joined the show after working for Carlson.
The Eric Bolling The Balance host then claimed it appeared that Fox News is looking to eradicate any Carlson loyalists from its ranks.
“Once Tucker was bounced from Fox News, there was kind of a negative, let’s call it stripe, painted on the Tucker crew,” argued Bolling. “They loved him while he was there. Once he’s gone. They’re just waiting for them to leave.”
It isn’t the first time Bolling has commented on Carlson’s ouster from Fox News. Late last month the Newsmax host said a legal fight between Carlson and his former cable news home was brewing.
“It’s about to get very, very, really, nasty,” Bolling said.
Bolling, like Carlson, is a former Fox News employee. He worked at the network from 2008 to 2017 when he was dismissed after being accused of sexual misconduct. Bolling has continually denied those allegations.
The rise of artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in recent weeks. One radio station in Portland announced plans to utilize the technology as an on-air personality. Erick Erickson questions why so many are so fearful of the growing technology.
During The Erick Erickson Show Monday, the Atlanta-based host said that AI fears aren’t based in reality.
“The people who believe AI is going to destroy the world tend to be people who are not grounded in anything. They’re scared of the technology,” said Erickson. “But all AI can do is do what we ourselves have put into it. And that’s the fundamental misunderstanding of the technology.”
He continued by claiming that the idea that AI will be the downfall of humanity is overblown.
“Artificial Intelligence is artificial. It is created by us. It’s not going to surpass us. There’s this grand fantasy that somehow we can develop computers that are thinkers, we can develop computers that think faster than us, but they’re not going to be able to outthink us because they’re going to think with the input we put into them. They’re not going to take on a life of their own.”
Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier made headlines for his handling of an interview with former President Donald Trump Monday, drawing praise for his real-time fact-checking of unsubstantiated claims surrounding the 2020 election.
During an interview on The Brian Kilmeade Show Monday, Baier was asked how he remains impartial on Trump after the pair have previously played golf together.
“Listen if you get an invite from — at the time — the President of the United States, I think it’s something you got to think about in an off-the-record way that to pick somebody’s brain,” Baier admitted. “It’s been a while since I’ve played golf with him, but yeah, listen, I think my approach is always — no matter the subject — tough but fair.”
Baier received bi-partisan praise for his work during the first portion of an hourlong interview with Trump. He shared that Fox News viewers are ultimately the beneficiary of his approach.
“To where you get to the end of the interview and maybe you’re a little bit irked by a couple of questions, but your overall sense was that you got a fair shake, whether it Democrat, Republican, whatever,” the Special Report host said.
“I think that if I can get to that point, then that’s a good thing. Not only for me and the person I’m interviewing but also for the viewer to get out some answers that maybe aren’t talking points.”
Upon its release, Creed III quickly became one of the highest-rated sports movies of 2023. Centered around Adonis Creed’s childhood friend and former boxing phenom Damian’s release from prison and attempt to restart his career, the two square off in a battle with sizable future implications. Michael B. Jordan portrays Creed and also serves as a producer on the film, and throughout the production process, emphasized authenticity. As a result, Jordan enlisted the help of media personalities in the world of boxing to provide the movie with the sound and parlance of one of America’s most popular sports.
One of the featured commentators in the film was Chris Mannix, who currently works as a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and as a commentator at DAZN. Mannix worked alongside his real-life broadcast partner, Todd Grisham, and ultimately received about 30 seconds of camera time, significantly more than he expected. Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb asked Mannix about his experience being on set and shooting the film on their Tuesday morning program – the second filmography distinction of his career.
“It was pretty cool to get the opportunity,” Mannix said on 98.5 The Sports Hub. “They gave us a script, and he basically allowed [us] to rewrite it to make it seem authentic [and] say things we would actually say during a fight. I thought that was a pretty cool move by Michael as well.”
Toucher proceeded to question Mannix as to whether or not he had received a royalty check from the Screen Actors Guild in the mail for his role in the film. Before Creed III, Mannix starred in Real Steel, a futuristic film centered around the sport of robot boxing.
“Every so often, I would get a minuscule check from that – like a dollar or something like that based on [it],” Mannix said. “Maybe down the line, I’ll see a couple of bucks.”
Since Creed III is available to watch and stream on multiple OTT platforms, Mannix finds himself receiving three to four messages per week containing a screenshot from his cameo in the movie. Yet he does not remember all of the people reaching out to him, and it is unknowingly opening the door to rekindle lost relationships.
“You get a text message from a number you haven’t seen in years, and it’s like, ‘Alright,’” Mannix described. “I always have a stock answer of, ‘Thanks man, talk soon.’”
“Those females are like, ‘All of a sudden Mannix is a little more attractive,’” Toucher replied.
What comes next for Shannon Sharpe? It sounds like we are about to find out.
The former Undisputed host took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to tell his followers that he is enjoying life away from the grind of morning television. He added another nugget though. He isn’t getting too comfortable with his new schedule.
l'm enjoying my early morning workouts, late breakfast, and break from wearing a suit every morning… But just for a little while. I'll be back on ???? in the morning's soon. ???? pic.twitter.com/yLackSJLsB
What could a return to “TV in the mornings” mean? We obviously have to wait for details.
First Take does fit that description though. Stephen A. Smith has said that he would welcome Shannon Sharpe to join the rotation of opponents he has on the show each week.
Sharpe also fits the profile of the talent hires and re-signings ESPN has made in the midst of layoffs across the Walt Disney Company. He is a high-profile talent that brings a fanbase along with him.
Pat McAfee also fits that profile. He said publicly after news of Sharpe’s FS1 exit broke that he hopes the Pro Football Hall of Famer follows him to ESPN.
While there has been plenty of chatter about ESPN and First Take, there is no guarantee that is where Sharpe will re-emerge on television. It may not even be a sports network that gets his services next. All we can do right now is guess and wait.
This isn’t the first hint Shannon Sharpe has dropped about his future. Earlier this month he tweeted that the audience should “stay tuned for the seeds I’m planting.”
Fox News chief political correspondent Bret Baier hosted an hourlong interview with former President Donald Trump Monday.
During the exchange, Trump was asked about the 2020 election, the 2024 election, and his recent indictment on 37 charges related to his mishandling of classified documents.
The interview was contentious at times, with Trump mocking the decline of Fox News in the ratings to Baier, while Baier fact-checked Trump’s claims about the 2020 election being “stolen” from him.
The exchange invoked a strong reaction on social media. Some argued that Trump had incriminated himself in the interview, while others focused on the job Baier did in real time, comparing him to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
Just watched the @BretBaier / Trump interview. Many interesting moments (Trump strongest when hailing his WH achievements), but this stood out: Bret asked how Trump would try to win over suburban female voters who chose Biden last time. Trump immediately insisted he won in 2020…
Did you watch @realDonaldTrump's interview with @BretBaier? What did you make of it? I may be wrong. I have been wrong many times. Besides, I am not qualified to advise anyone on planet Earth since I am often unable to advise myself. But, if I were Trump, I would not waste time… pic.twitter.com/iVBwXLSnMA
Watch: Fox’s @brithume reviews @BretBaier’s interview with Trump: “A fine interview. You let him have his say but you challenged him as well you should have.” pic.twitter.com/w0DiHP7KGX
.@BretBaier did a masterful job interviewing Trump. Surprised Team Trump agreed to it. He’s no Sean Hannity, he cut his teeth in the WH press briefing room & knows how to hold politicians’ feet to the fire. A massive comms fail.
How excited are Trump's lawyers that he's answering questions about his 37 felony counts like he's on the stand and Bret Baier is the prosecutor? https://t.co/sJF3YMu2Ql
Bret Baier conducted an extraordinary interview with Donald Trump who discussed the criminal allegations in detail. Statements of this kind are generally admissible at trial…
That people are loudly praising this Brett Baier interview with Trump shows just how low the bar is for Trump interviews. Trump here lies about Biden hiding classified documents in Chinatown & Delaware, & misrepresents the Bill Clinton case, with no pushback at all from Baier. ????????♂️ https://t.co/QmnpvnjdYd
The news that a company providing submarine missions to the wreck of the Titanic has lost contact with their submersible has dominated the news cycle. CBS News reporter David Pogue went on a mission with the group last summer and detailed his experience on social media.
Pogue shared that during his report on the trek, concerns were broached about the construction of the vessel created by company OceanGate.
While signing the waiver for his trip, Pogue noted that the contract called the submarine “an experimental explorable submersible that has not been approved by any regulatory body”. He later aired comments from the group’s leader admitting that some of the parts for the vessel were purchased at Camping World, and is controlled by a video game controller.
Pogue noted that during his expedition last year, a vessel was lost for nearly two and a half hours on the ocean floor before finally surfacing.
However, Pogue shared that there is hope for the five people inside the vessel. Those inside the submarine are provided with 96 hours of oxygen, and even if the electronics fail, there are still ways for the submarine to surface.
There are hydraulic, electric, and mechanical ways to rise. For example, they can drop sand bags. They can dump heavy lead construction pipes. They can jettison the legs. They can use the propellers. They can inflate an air bladder.
Chicks on The Right co-founder Miriam Weaver, aka Mock, spoke out about Tucker Carlson’s move to Twitter and his future as an online media brand. Weaver and Amy Jo Clark, aka Daisy, started their collaboration in 2009 from their home base in Indianapolis.
“Tucker’s show has been a phenomenal success; he’s getting way more eyeballs on his Twitter show than any of the cable news network shows could hope to get,” said Mock.
In recent weeks, Carlson introduced his new show on Twitter, covering various topics, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UFOs, the assassination of JFK, and 9/11. The first of his four videos has already amassed 118 million views as of late Monday night, signaling a strong start for the former Fox News host’s new venture.
“The fact that they’re sending him these sternly worded letters telling him, ‘Hey, you’re still under contract, so you’re not really allowed to have a show,’ it’s going to be interesting how that plays out,” she said.
According to Mock, Carlson is simply an individual sharing their opinion on Twitter like any other user. The situation presents an intriguing dynamic.
“He’s calling it Tucker on Twitter. It’s not Tucker Carlson Tonight. It’s a 15-minute opinion segment, so I’m not sure how they’re going to stop him from doing that,” Mock stated. “I think it’s brilliant on his part. I love that when he released the first show, he made it a point to thank Elon Musk for creating a free speech platform.”
In his inaugural video, Carlson reiterated A desire to stay on Twitter if Elon Musk ensured the platform would remain a haven for free speech.
“If time he releases a 15-minute spot, it makes huge news,” she added. “People share the clips; it goes off Twitter and onto websites. “It gets shared widely on other social media platforms. So, he’s still a huge player in the conservative world, and I think he’ll continue to be the closer we get to the election.”
As residents of Phoenix, Ariz. enjoyed a summer filled with swimming, sports and sunscreen, Siera Santos was grounded. She had dropped out of high school and received her general education diploma while in a treatment center in Utah, and upon her return, was essentially confined to her home. One of the sole digressions from the mundane nature of everyday life was watching the Arizona Diamondbacks play baseball, and she subsequently became invested in the team and an avid reader of the sports section of the newspaper.
When summer turned to autumn, her heightened love of sports led her to ask her father for Phoenix Suns season tickets. Steve Nash, Shawn Marion and Amar’e Stoudemire positioned the Suns to compete for an NBA championship, and Santos felt compelled to become a fan. While her father declined to purchase the tickets because they were too expensive, he acquiesced before the start of the next season.
“We went to a bunch of playoff games, but it was in the first half of that season that I said, ‘Oh my gosh, I want to go to games for the rest of my life,’” Santos said. “I enrolled in community college [and] had a 4.0 GPA; that got me into the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. I graduated as the most outstanding undergraduate student and with honors, and the rest is history.”
When she was out of school, Santos looked for ways to penetrate the industry, serving as a multimedia journalist during high school football season and a production assistant at FOX Sports Arizona among other roles. Yet she had difficulty finding a full-time job in sports media, sending her reel all across the United States and did not receive any calls back.
Santos moved to Colorado Springs. where she worked as a news multimedia journalist for KOAA-TV – writing, shooting and editing news stories for air and the web. While she had landed a coveted full-time role, she was crestfallen. It caused her to question whether reaching her end goal would be realistic, and if what she was doing was worth continuing.
“I wanted to quit so bad because I did not want to do news,” Santos said. “I [had] a hard time compartmentalizing all the horrible things that I would report on during the day and then not taking that home at night. My dad was just like, ‘Hang in there; hang in there.’”
Just over a year into the job, Santos departed to become a sports reporter, producer and photographer at KWTV in Oklahoma City. Although her dad gave her the option to return home to Phoenix to find a job there, she stayed persistent and gained invaluable experience in covering different sporting events. Her work ethic and passion for sports a chance to try out for a job in Los Angeles. Following an audition process where she was convinced she did not get the job, Santos received a big break and quickly worked to learn how to cover sports in the area for KCAL.
Three years earlier, MLB Network had debuted its new afternoon talk show titled Intentional Talk, and it quickly became a staple of the network’s daily lineup. Co-hosts Chris Rose and Kevin Millar had an undisputable chemistry. The show also featured entertaining segments incorporating the personalities of players and temperament of fans, some of which were tilted “Kevin’s Highlights,” “Got Heeem” and “How Pro Is That?”
While Millar hosted the show from his home studio in Austin, Texas, Rose did the same in Los Angeles, but the dynamic duo worked through the challenge to become must-watch television. Then in a stunning turn of events amid the onset of a devastating global pandemic, Rose received a call from MLB Network president Rob McGlarry informing him that his contract would not be renewed. It was an unforeseen conclusion to a 10-year run, and the start of a new era for a show centered around the synergy of its hosts.
“He taught me everything in television,” Millar said, who played 12 years in the major leagues. “He had done a lot of stuff from The Best Damn Sports Show Period and national college football championships to obviously being on the Super Bowl and World Series, but he was an ultimate pro and taught me a lot – so I learned a lot. Chris – when that happened, it was devastating.”
Millar had played 12 seasons in the major leagues and helped the Boston Red Sox break an 86-year championship drought in 2004. Throughout his career, he had the reputation of being affable and convivial while maintaining a championship mindset. From the time he started working in sports media, Millar maintained those characteristics and brought them to audiences both locally in Boston on NESN and nationally with FOX Sports and MLB Network.
Upon the exit of Rose, Millar was paired with MLB Network host Stephen Nelson for the second iteration of Intentional Talk. Nelson had previously co-hosted the show on a fill-in basis and had chemistry with Millar, but the consensus was that it did not feel the same without Rose.
“It was definitely a learning experience,” Millar said. “Stephen Nelson was able to transition, and it was just kind of a little odd because we were coming off COVID and the inconsistencies of what was going on with the world.”
As Millar hosted the program with Stephen Nelson, one of the show’s recurring guests was former starting pitcher Ryan Dempster. Millar had been teammates with Dempster for parts of five seasons with the Florida Marlins. In fact, he remembers how devastating it felt when Dempster was traded to the Cincinnati Reds, especially since they meshed and became close friends.
When Dempster retired from the sport after the 2013 season, he joined MLB Network as a studio analyst and primarily contributed to MLB Tonight. Once Marquee Sports Network launched in February 2020, Dempster signed on to serve as a game analyst and studio host. At the same time, he also started hosting a talk show, Off the Mound, which is modeled after late-night programming and features interviews with baseball players and personnel. Naturally so, Dempster and Millar remained in touch with one another and were finally given the chance to collaborate when Nelson was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a play-by-play announcer.
“We’re family – I’ve watched his kids grow up. He’s watched my kids grow up,” Dempster said of Millar. “To be able to talk about the game we love so much – it’s an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”
Courtesy: Ryan Dempster: Barry Taylor Photography; Kevin Millar: Getty Images
Dempster, who remains with Marquee Sports Network, made sense to tab as the new co-host of Intentional Talk; however, there was somewhat of a quandary in that the show had never solely contained two former players as the tandem. Adding an experienced television host to the fold though would create a hosting trio, something that would surely require experimentation before officially taking the air.
Meanwhile, Siera Santos was hired by NBC Sports Chicago. She held multiple roles for the network, but it was her studio work with Luke Stuckmeyer on In The Loop that made her more comfortable and self-referential in front of the camera.
From NBC Sports Chicago, she went to FOX 32 across town. From there it was back to Phoenix. Sure, it was home, but continuing to bounce around local marketplaces brought back some of that despondence and left her reevaluating her path altogether.
“I wasn’t really sure that this is what I wanted to keep doing,” Santos said. “I was like, ‘I’m not even sure if I’m ever going to get to a national network.’ And that’s when my agents more so pushed me and were saying, ‘You’re going to get to a national network. You’re talented enough to get there.’”
Prior to the first pitch of the 2022 Major League Baseball season, Santos flew across the country to Secaucus, N.J. to take an audition with MLB Network. Following a second audition, she was offered a job as a studio host and reporter. Accepting the role was a no-brainer.
From the beginning, she was eager to make a good impression on those at the network and its viewers. Throughout the year, she could frequently be seen hosting Quick Pitch, MLB Tonight and a variety of additional programming while also interviewing players and reporting on MLB Network Showcase games. Amid the 162-game season and ensuing postseason matchups, Santos found a bonafide home – but she did not interact with Kevin Millar, perhaps its most spirited tenet, until the World Series.
“We were all taking one of those black [Suburbans] back to the hotel,” Santos described following a World Series game. “I get in the car with him, and I forget what he was going off about but I’m like, ‘Yo, this guy’s crazy.’ A 12-minute car ride was one of the wildest conversations that you would ever hear in your life, [and] I realized that was a very small sample size.”
When the network was revamping its programming lineup during the offseason, executives tabbed Santos to join Millar and Dempster as a co-host of Intentional Talk. When Santos was told of the idea, she immediately asked if Millar was okay with it, skeptical whether or not it was a legitimate possibility. Once she was officially on board, the network scheduled rehearsal episodes for the show, something that had never been done in the program’s history. All three members of the show described it as a shrewd decision and a critical aspect in becoming familiar with each other’s proclivities, strengths and shortcomings.
“We probably did four or five shows on the rehearsal side of it and really got a chance to see each other’s mechanics and laughs and when to stop talking,” Millar said. “You’re doing this from three locations and it’s pretty amazing how everybody behind the scenes makes this go because they do such a great job.”
Before the official premiere of the third rendition of the show, a group chat was created with Millar, Dempster, Santos and their two producers. To this day, the text messages range from the sublime to the ridiculous while also serving as a fundamental component to keep one another informed and brainstorm ideas. For Santos, it also represented a place where she felt part of the family.
“They really accepted me, which I have to give credit to them, and they brought me into the fold,” Santos said. “They aren’t filtered in what they say just because I’m in there or anything like that.”
Through their conversations, Millar and Dempster discovered that Santos was a fan of the Florida Panthers amid the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Final. During commercial breaks, Millar implores his co-hosts not to look at their phones but rather use the time to converse to get to know each other. After all, Millar has had to establish chemistry with co-hosts in the past, but was now looking to refine he and Dempster’s relationship to give Santos room to interject and display why she was selected to join the show.
“Kevin’s done an amazing job of really harvesting that within our group, and I think that’s really important because we’re working together every day,” Dempster said. “My hat’s off to him for really making that effort to bring her in and accept her and know she’s doing a great job – and challenge her. She’s young in this game, and she has a chance to do some really special things.”
Millar, Dempster and Santos have all participated in shows based on a script and utilized a teleprompter to make sure they stay on script. Most of Intentional Talk, aside from sponsored material, is an unscripted program and relies on background knowledge and effective conversation skills. The show does not solely focus on baseball, sometimes garrulous towards other parts of sports and pop culture.
“There could be something that is brought up about Mike Trout, and then all of a sudden we’re talking about windsurfing,” Santos said. “That’s the nice thing is that it’s built to allow those tangents to kind of unfurl organically.”
“We have a tremendous edit crew behind the scenes that [is] able to clean stuff up, but that’s really the only battle when you’ve got an earpiece in that if it’s not caught up,” Millar said. “I think that’s when you learn, and you learn that nothing’s perfect, and I think that’s the great part about the show. Even the mistakes – they’re viewed and you can laugh at it.”
The principle is the backbone behind the “Best Interview in Baseball,” an eight to 12-minute conversation with a major league player about more than just their own on-field performance. Questions are more focused on personality and provide a bit of levity. Millar and Dempster know its importance, and Santos can understand it from her time as a beat reporter.
Courtesy: MLB Network
“Fans want to hear something different than talk about their delivery or their mechanics or how many home runs they have,” Millar explained. “We know that – I want to know who’s cheap [or] who’s the worst dressed. I want to know, ‘Would you rather be a massage therapist, toll booth attendant or a manicurist?’ You’ve got to put them on the spot; you’ve got to challenge these players and it brings out a lot of personality.”
Although one of the greatest compliments Santos ever received was in being called “the poor man’s Molly Qerim,” referring to the host of First Take on ESPN, she does not see most shows as comparable to Intentional Talk. In today’s generation of instant gratification, comparing the show to a podcast is most applicable, especially since it is entrenched in the camaraderie of the hosts.
“Millar has a fantastic way of when we’re doing our little intro and saying ‘Hi’ and getting them all mixed up and everything; of making a guy feel really relaxed right before he goes on,” Santos said. “That’s just because he is so personable. No one at the Network has a bad thing to say about Kevin Millar because he’s got a genuinely good heart – and he’s funny as hell.”
In order to continue growing the game, Millar feels the show needs to broadcast on the road at select collegiate stadiums. College baseball is growing in popularity across the United States, and Millar feels that other sports work to showcase the next generation of players much better than baseball does. Last year, Intentional Talk broadcast from the University of Texas and welcomed former all-star shortstop and current Longhorns assistant coach Troy Tulowitzki as a guest. As time progresses, Millar continuously looks to grow the show while also staying cognizant about what the audience wants and centering coverage around the player.
In fact, Major League Baseball has made strides to better promulgate its superstars and young players. MLB Network programming such as Intentional Talk facilitates this goal through driving the conversation beyond the perplexing sabermetrics and trivial financial details.
“We don’t care if you’re hitting .130 or .430 – there’s no insecurities here,” Millar said. “You have fun – bring up any foundation; whatever you’ve got to do – your kids; your dog; your wife; say hello to your uncle. That’s what it’s about.”
There is a production meeting held in the morning before the show airs at 5 p.m. EST/2 p.m. PST, and everyone has free reign to talk about compelling topics or divulge pejoratives about the show rundown. Being former players themselves, Millar and Dempster have an idea of the vernacular in clubhouses and often identify what will resonate or move the metaphorical needle.
Santos never played sports professionally, but she brings the perspective of a seasoned journalist and producer with a knack for adequately presenting topics and guiding discussion. Her bilingual abilities are a much appreciated bonus. A host that speaks Spanish fluently gives Latin-born players the comfort to authentically express themselves.
All parties involved believe the show is on the right path, and legitimately enjoy the work they are doing. Santos described hosting the show with Millar and Dempster as her “dream job,” and aims to constantly improve while staying true to herself. Additionally, Millar and Dempster seem to have picked up right where they left off as teammates, but the reality of the situation is that they never were not working together.
“Sometimes I have this protective cover of the positive-everything. I am a positive thinker, and it’s not talking about the negative; it’s just the real side of things and he brings that out in me,” Dempster said of Millar. “I just enjoy that and I think that’s because he’s my teammate in life.”
“There’s no place I’d rather be, and the network is wonderful,” Millar added. “I’m not just saying that; I am telling you they have created just a network that, for the baseball fan, you have it all.”
