Halloween is upon us, and so is the tradition of ESPN studio show personalities dressing up for it. Here are some of the highlights this year:
Frank Isola as Mike Francesa: This “Around The Horn” bit with Isola as “Frankcesa” was spot on, right down to the “Frank’s On” app:
Hoooooooooly Jesusssssss!!! @BackAftaThis pic.twitter.com/8xPawPbzvK
— Ken Carman (@KenCarman) October 31, 2018
Bomani Jones as “Black Jackie Chan” and Pablo Torre as “Asian Chris Tucker”: Here’s their introduction of their Rush Hour costumes, complete with a discussion about why they didn’t change their skin color:
A lesson on how to do Halloween: pic.twitter.com/Wz5sXQXszE
— HIGH NOON (@HIGHNOONonESPN) October 31, 2018
Oh, and this led to an utterly predictable response:
So on @espn show "High Noon" they currently have @bomani_jones and @PabloTorre dressed in costumes where Bomani is "Black Jackie Chan" and Torre is "Asian Chris Tucker" how is it ok for them to dress as opposite races. But Megan Kelly cant just talk about "blackface"
— Level 31 (@ThatDudeBrock69) October 31, 2018
Right. You keep on with that, @ThatDudeBrock69. Back to the Halloween costumes, here are Pardon The Interruption‘s Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser as Joel Embiid and…Gritty.
https://twitter.com/PTI/status/1057750921747333120
One host has dignity… pic.twitter.com/4CzArESdFn
— PTI (@PTI) October 31, 2018
Some other Around The Horn moments included Sarah Spain as Freddie Mercury, Mina Kimes as a bottle of Sriracha sauce, and Israel Gutierrez as Cardi B:
Gutierrez even pulled off a wardrobe change:
Oh man, @IzGutierrez pulling out all the stops… a Cardi B wardrobe change in second segment of @AroundtheHorn #Halloween pic.twitter.com/n4fo1YkfzX
— Jorge Sedano (@Sedano) October 31, 2018
Meanwhile, Highly Questionable dove into Batman-themed costumes:
https://twitter.com/HQonESPN/status/1057748181906345984
And not to leave out the SEC Network, here’s what they brought to the table:
Sometimes…
*sometimes*
…there is amazing original content on the SEC Network @edsbs @rollbamaroll pic.twitter.com/iwLTm01VbH
— PodKATT (@valleyshook) October 31, 2018
All in all, an impressive effort across ESPN’s shows.
About Andrew Bucholtz
Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.