Tag: sports radio

"My feeling is, this is just conjecture. Is that ESPN has a great relationship with the NBA, and they said, Yeah, we'll bring that show over. You won't see it as much. Put it on the shelf a little bit."

"I don’t know what I was expecting. I was more anxious, nervous, also very excited to do a show in front of a live crowd. But I’ve never done one on my own like that."

"I think I’ll be a contributor. As long as I’m upright and haven’t lost my fastball completely, I’ll be a contributor as long as I have something to contribute."

"If you were to ask me six months before our rights were up, give me your top three places you think you're gonna land. Paramount would not have been in the top three."

"The agreement marks 40 consecutive years of collaboration between the Drillers and iHeartMedia, while also solidifying the station’s role as the team’s flagship radio home for a 22nd straight season."

"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."

"The contrast with Finebaum isn’t subtle, and neither is the message sent to the rest of the ESPN roster. Some voices get guardrails. Others get carte blanche. That approach may make business sense in the short term, but it erodes internal trust and external clarity."

"Please, owners: less is more. Support publicly. Criticize privately. Stay rich. Stay upstairs. Stay off the mic. Your fanbase doesn’t want to hear from you."

"Only the inaugural CFP championship between Oregon and Ohio State during the 2014–15 season generated a larger audience."

"I said, ‘Hey, would love to be able to do the show from the White House for the fight.’ And he goes, ‘Really?’ And I go, ‘Good?’ And he goes, ‘Yeah.’"