"People are tired of being monologued to. They can get information a thousand ways. What they can't get is an interpretation of that information or an experiential version of that information with real people."
"The people who helped build sports radio have every right to be proud of what they accomplished. But they also have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to explain to the next generation why it was worth doing in the first place."
“I’m not gonna lie, I was terrified because I truly was a person who always said I don’t like country! But I quickly realized I actually love country music. I just didn’t realize it.”
“I really, really enjoy the radio because it’s a clean canvas. People aren’t watching at home. They can’t create their own idea of what’s going on, so that is all in our hands when we are doing the radio."
ESPN and ABC will employ a "NFL RedZone look-and-feel" at times, with a scoreboard for the differing game listed on screen at all times, as well as live look-ins during each game.
"There were moments in the negotiation that I thought it was going to happen. I honestly did," he said. "Me and my wife were just about to go to Los Angeles and start looking at homes and schools."
"I'm telling ya, if I'm just football fan as I was while I was getting dinner ready and saw that exact thing we just heard, it did. It felt so different," show co-host George Dunham added. "It felt so big. This game means something."
“I would have thought that his voice is so distinctive and his energy is so distinctive that nobody would have much of an issue with his enthusiasm with what it is that we were watching.”
"The people who helped build sports radio have every right to be proud of what they accomplished. But they also have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to explain to the next generation why it was worth doing in the first place."
“I’m not gonna lie, I was terrified because I truly was a person who always said I don’t like country! But I quickly realized I actually love country music. I just didn’t realize it.”