"The story is that ESPN has completely changed its philosophy. For decades, ESPN sold the network. It sold SportsCenter. It sold highlights. Now it sells personalities."
"For years, ESPN has been criticized for what it wasn't doing. Not enough promotion. Not enough storytelling. Not enough attention paid to certain properties. Fair or unfair, those critiques have followed the network through multiple eras. But right now, those conversations feel very distant."
"The guy's like 'Look, you don't have growths but you've got stuff. I gotta operate and you're down for 12 weeks.' And I'm like 'I'd still probably beat Michael Kay, but no thank you'."
"B.S. network. Not a real network. Tell your friends. They are not a real network if they can't get breaking news when the biggest free agent signs a contract."
"The thing that bothers me the most about this is the leak from within the building. Someone here is sending this audio out to a former listener...to cause problems."
ESPN NFL analyst Booger McFarland raised eyebrows on Monday Night Countdown this week by saying New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson has never been...
"The story is that ESPN has completely changed its philosophy. For decades, ESPN sold the network. It sold SportsCenter. It sold highlights. Now it sells personalities."
"For years, ESPN has been criticized for what it wasn't doing. Not enough promotion. Not enough storytelling. Not enough attention paid to certain properties. Fair or unfair, those critiques have followed the network through multiple eras. But right now, those conversations feel very distant."