Bomani Jones has had several high-profile co-hosts in both radio and television settings during his time in sports media. But interestingly, he believes that the person he would best fit with on TV is someone he has never worked with in his career.
Jones spoke about several elements of the sports media industry at the moment during an appearance on The Press Box podcast with Joel Anderson, including the fallout of ESPN deciding to fire Shannon Sharpe and how he feels ESPN’s First Take “only needs” Stephen A. Smith.
Towards the end of his appearance on the podcast, Jones was asked by Anderson who he thought would be his dream co-host. And Jones’ answer depended on the format of what kind of product he would be hosting.
In the scenario of a podcast, Jones explained how the obvious choice was Dominique Foxworth. But for TV, Jones would choose Nick Wright, who he called the “best person working in sports television” currently in his eyes.
“I mean, if it’s a podcast, I don’t. I think the answer to that, if you know me, is obvious. And that is Dominique Foxworth. I think if we were talking about sports television. I think Nick and I could do something very good at this point. I think Nick right now is the best person working in sports television. I don’t, in this moment, I don’t even think it’s close. And I think he’s the one person that if you said, ‘Hey, we’re going to get you on with a guy to do a show every day.’ He’s probably the one person where I would be like, yeah, let’s do that.”
While Wright and Jones have never worked together on the same TV show, the two have frequently made guest appearances on each others’ respective podcasts in recent months. So there is clearly an admiration there from both towards one another.
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Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.