“It was like dealing with a politician. He would answer the question and take it off in a tangent that had nothing to do with the question you were asking him.”
"For once, I think the NFL tried to look at this from a prestige standpoint instead of a revenue standpoint. I think they were a little embarrassed with the product."
“It’s not like you’re on TV for four hours. No, from 6 to 7 is a show. From 7 to 8 is a completely different show with a completely different audience. Same with 8 to 9."
"'The bad news is I told George you might be interested in coming to work for the Yankees. And he told me to stay the f*** out of his business, build me a winner, you have nothing to do with broadcasts. The good news he wants to hire you.'"
“For their time, the best player I ever saw was Barry Bonds and I don’t need you to clean that up for me with some of the mythologies of how competitive people might cheat in the margins because they are super competitive about being competitive.”
"Through eight games, NBA on ESPN is averaging 1.9 million viewers, an 8% increase over the same point last season and the network's best start since the 2015-16 season, excluding 2020."