Tag: Max Kellerman

"Viewers know exactly what they're getting from First Take, just as they know what to expect from Pardon the Interruption. When a formula continues to deliver results and remains central to a show's identity, changing it during growing success rarely makes sense."

"This was information I was told by multiple people on background, off the record. This was something that ethically I couldn't report. Because it wasn't told to me in a way that I was able to have a report or go double check and triple check."

"If this is the opinion business, there's no need for apologies. Being wrong comes with the territory. What matters is having the conviction to make the call in the first place and the credibility to own the outcome afterward."

"When you're at the press conference and you're saying, we wouldn't be here unless Turki al Shaykh was born. It makes you look like a shill."

"The move signals a notable reentry into live event television for Qerim, who spent more than a decade as the face of ESPN’s weekday debate programming."

"I called Bill. I said 'Bill, I got an idea.'"

“It’s so rare to find unique, thoughtful sports voices who can thrive as a solo act or with someone else.”

"Do I need to bring up the names of the inordinate amount of people that will come on the air and say, ‘Max, what are you saying?"

"I think when he thought they’re gonna make me take a partner, then it was like, okay, well, I’d like it to be with that guy [Kellerman]. And then it was like, I don’t need a partner."

"You should always be thinking about making the show entertaining… and I do think it reached a point on that show where it was like, ‘Come on, dude. The first priority is to make good TV"