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Scott Van Pelt: ‘I’ll Bet Money That ‘First Take’ Hasn’t Done Segments’ on Indiana Pacers During Regular Season
"I’ll bet money they haven’t, but that’s not knocking them because I know having done our show, we didn’t lead 'SportsCenter' with the Pacers like ever unless they were playing another star-laden team."
Fred Toucher: Stephen A. Smith ‘is on ESPN 23 Hours a Day Live’
"Stephen A. Smith, to his credit, is very talented, and by that talent, he is on ESPN, as we’ve discussed, he’s in a green-screen prison."
ESPN Studio Shows Register Strong Friday Viewership After Day 1 of NFL Draft: Report
The reported viewership success across the NFL Draft coverage and studio programs comes after ESPN registered its strongest first-quarter viewership since 2017.
Meet The Podcasters: Mike Foss, ESPN
"Podcasts are a very intimate thing. It's an intimate one-to-one relationship with the listener. It makes sense to lean so heavily on the talent when you're marketing and presenting it.:
Shannon Sharpe Announces Temporary Leave From ESPN Programming
“At this juncture, I am electing to step aside temporarily from my ESPN duties.”
David Samson: Stephen A. Smith Was Very Measured in His Comments About Shannon Sharpe Lawsuit
“You have a better chance to become President than monetizing your podcast if you're on the wrong side of an issue like this one,"
ESPN Analyst Stephen A. Smith Apologizes to Phoenix Suns Owner Mat Ishbia on First Take for Comparison to Donald Sterling
“I thought I was making it clear I was talking about basketball. I certainly did not mean to compare him to a person that was thrown out of this league and has been widely recognized as a racist.”
How ESPN Radio’s ‘Unsportsmanlike’ Breaks Through Stereotypes Of Syndication
"Like a good team, they combine their individual perceptions and create a seamless mix of styles. The word I use to describe Unsportsmanlike is balance."
March Madness Was One Shining Moment Despite Issues With the Sport
"Watching these driven players go all out, fighting for loose balls, and just plain hustling was quite scintillating. That, despite any outside changes, is the true purity of the game"
Peter Schrager: My Time At NFL Network Just Ran Its Course
“There were multiple companies that we were talking with, because my contract was up, and ESPN seemed like the perfect place."