"We try our best to respect the game and showcase and display it in a fashion that might be a little bit more appetizing for a different group of people that are watching alongside the best play commentators on Earth."
"Skip Bayless comes to me in a parking lot on the campus of ESPN... and he says, 'I know you got your plans. You love the NBA. You love being out on the road, you love being in the locker room, but I need you.'"
"Stephen A. Smith is not a middle of the pack talent who executives would need to be convinced to hire. If ESPN doesn't give him a lucrative deal, someone else will."
"We look forward to honoring the content that moved audiences in 2026 and continuing the Gracies’ long-standing investment in the people who will shape what comes next.”