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Ian Eagle: ‘There Will Be Natural Backlash’ If Tom Brady Replaces Greg Olsen
"I think he has a chance to be great at this if he wants to do this and truly do it full-time.”
Chris Berman Says NBC Offered To Triple His Salary In 1989 to Leave ESPN
"(NBC) put an offer out there that was times three or four, which -- ok -- that took a while to get resolved."
Joe Buck Believes FOX ‘Kind of Wanted’ Him and Troy Aikman to Depart
I think it’s human nature to want to put your fingerprints and mold the broadcast -- as the boss -- the way you want to mold it."
Rich Eisen Will Announce Games for NFL Network
"I don't know if I'm at liberty to say which games I'm doing, but I love calling games. Nothing like being at the stadium, nothing like being involved with a broadcast. I just dig it."
Al Michaels: The Broadcast Isn’t “Diminished” with Alternate Feeds
Al Michaels recognizes he is stepping into a big unknown with his role as the play-by-play announcer of a strictly streaming NFL package.
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Al Michaels ‘Really Comfortable’ With Kirk Herbstreit
"By the end of the first quarter, I said, ‘This is really working extremely well,’ and then we did 3 1/2 quarters that night," Michaels said.
Matthew Berry Says Being Featured on Football Night in America Sealed the Deal
"I mean, it's Football Night in America," Berry perked up. "It's the second-highest rated show, not sports show, the second-highest rated show in all of television. Second only to the actual game itself."
Linda Cohn: Scott Van Pelt Was Passionately Opposed To ESPN Adding Bottom Line
'Wait a minute, how are we telling people the score before they see the highlights? That doesn't make any sense.'
Jimmy Traina Has Always Had Thoughts On Sports Media
“The older I got, the more I found myself more of the sports media than the games sometimes. ESPN and SportsCenter was a huge part of my life back in the day before the internet. It's always been there and has always been an interest.”
James Andrew Miller Believes Matthew Berry Didn’t Leave ESPN Over Money
"Were there a couple of things thru the years that Matthew wanted to do that Matthew didn't get to do? Absolutely," said Miller. "But he stayed. He understands that. He's a practicing adult. He knows that he's not going to win or get everything he wants."