"ESPN has the talent, the access and the rights to own that conversation every day. Rather than treating the 2 p.m. hour as a seasonal football play, the network should turn it into a year-round destination for football fans."
"Technology is cool. But being a human is so much cooler. People feel connection. We all understand the financial impacts of AI, but the legal aspects are starting to catch up."
"We like to make fun of tropes like Sports Talk shows that pair two guys from two different cities together. We exaggerate the characters so one is some meathead who played sports but doesn't know what he's doing and the other is super announcer-y."
The calculus behind the decision to let go of Jackson is not known, as news of his exit was not divulged when ESPN talent were laid off earlier this month.
"The minority investment will aim to broaden distribution as ESPN works on executing “Project Flagship,” a plan to unveil a direct-to-consumer (DTC) offering."
According to "The Hollywood Reporter," which first broke the news, the deal is the most lucrative for a Major League Baseball analyst in the history of the profession.
“I may see something tonight I’ve never seen before, and if I’m still broadcasting – and I think I am with that same sense of joy over those moments – then I’ll keep doing it"
"ESPN has the talent, the access and the rights to own that conversation every day. Rather than treating the 2 p.m. hour as a seasonal football play, the network should turn it into a year-round destination for football fans."
"Technology is cool. But being a human is so much cooler. People feel connection. We all understand the financial impacts of AI, but the legal aspects are starting to catch up."
"We like to make fun of tropes like Sports Talk shows that pair two guys from two different cities together. We exaggerate the characters so one is some meathead who played sports but doesn't know what he's doing and the other is super announcer-y."
"There's a time where, whether it was a hip hop, rock song, or even country, people would say that's my jam, and I want to bring the essence of that back,"