Tag: Michael Wilbon

"Because I'm not a beat writer anymore in the locker room, folks want to say I'm not a journalist. You don't get the right to say that. Michael Wilbon does because Michael Wilbon has done it."

"No, you're not. Not anymore. You may go to elements of it when you need to. You can recall it. But stop. They ain't paying you that much to be a journalist. They're not."

"After 25 years, Pardon the Interruption remains one of the strongest arguments in sports media that success doesn't always come from chasing every trend. Sometimes, it comes from knowing exactly who you are and having the discipline to stay that way."

"Is it on Prime? ESPN? NBC? NBA TV? Where the hell is the game? I can't find it."

"This is the death of something, if not someone. And those of us who participated actively, proudly, arrogantly, we’ll never get over it."

"McAfee punches down, insulting the system while being a visitor in a house he never built—paid, of course, by The Walt Disney Company"

"Launched in October 2001, Pardon The Interruption quickly established itself as one of ESPN’s signature studio programs"

"105 days later, still no replacement program has been named for the coveted 5 p.m. Eastern timeslot"

"Boo him, cheer him, hate him, love him—Stephen A. Smith is the greatest entertainer in media today"

"ESPN said we want you and Tony to bring what you do as journalists to the screen. We were like yeah right, get out of here.”