Tag: Barrett Sports Media

"Radio is a dying business. It's sad because both our careers were great for sports talk radio, but it's a business that's almost dead."

"The days of Don Imus, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. The days of Steve Somers and myself overnight. Ed Coleman and Dave Sims. Those days are — you know — we’ll never see anything like that again."

"Roger Goodell isn’t apologizing for wanting more — more games, more viewers, more revenue, more reach. Because as long as fans keep showing up, turning on the television, clicking the stream, and arguing about every call online, the NFL has no reason to slow down."

"No 'See You in September' marquee, graceful bow, or running of the credits. The NFL doesn't do farewell tours. It does program cycles."

"The White House post involving myself and other NFL players is absolutely disgusting and despicable."

"Games carried on ESPN averaged 1.1 million viewers across 127 telecasts during the season, representing a 12% increase year-over-year and the network’s most-watched slate of regular-season games since the 2018-19 season"

"Baseball has been such a huge part of my life for a long time, and joining the Network gives me the opportunity to stay connected to it in a new way."

"They’re gonna sell that game for 150 million bucks to some knockoff stream provider. And it’s gonna be another thing that [producer] Kenny’s got to pirate and we got to buy. It’s just nonsense."

"It’s not ideal because Opening Day, there’s a special pageantry to it, pomp and circumstance."

"It’s disappointing news but I want to thank my NBC family for making the last 17 years so special."