Bomani Jones: Criticism of ‘First Take’ often becomes criticism of its audience
"Just because your friends didn't like it, you think that nobody liked it."
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Bomani Jones says modern media landscape makes it difficult to give career advice
"I don't know how any of this runs. I'm just trying to hold onto the people that I've got, forget about trying to get bigger, I'm trying to hold onto what I've got."
Bomani Jones: Young journalists can’t ‘build a brand through social media now like I did 15 years ago’
"...the reality is, other people are going to be the ones to bounce it around. I don't know how much it's going to have to do with you."
Jalen Rose trolls Ohio State after NCAA Tournament loss: ‘THE Miami University’
"That's number one why you don't pick Ohio State for basketball"
Bomani Jones: NFL ‘diluting’ Sunday football experience with ideas like Thanksgiving Eve game
"I get that you can get a little more bread by doing this, but I would be trying to figure out, how do we protect the sanctity of Sunday?"
‘Boxers are always going to need the money, man’: Netflix announces Mayweather-Pacquaio II
"It just feels like two dudes who need the money."
To end tanking, more media members should push for ending the NBA Draft
"The only thing that's going to actually fundamentally change the way teams operate and not try to lose is if you take the draft out altogether."
Bomani Jones defends Rooney Rule: ‘The issue is the owners’
"...I don't think we can ever truly have any measure of solution on this until we are more honest on who the issue is."
Nick Wright, Bomani Jones rebuke NFL media ‘rooting for’ Josh Allen
"... It's one thing to give him slack when he comes up short. The other part is the people outright rooting for him like he's their child."
Bomani Jones casts doubt on Fernando Mendoza’s NFL prospects
"I know what the number one pick in the draft looks like. That ain't it."
Bomani Jones on ESPN: ‘They’re out of ideas’
"From where I sit, I don't see a vision for the content."
Bomani Jones baffled by Shedeur Sanders conspiracies
"I don’t understand the grand conspiracy against somebody who kind of makes money for people if he gets out there"
Bomani Jones likens ESPN pulling Paul Finebaum off air to Jimmy Kimmel suspension
"I don't think for a moment that it is an editorial decision."
Bomani Jones shreds Bruce Pearl on his way out of college basketball
"I can't think of anybody emptier than Pearl."
Bomani Jones: Nick Wright ‘is the best person in sports television’
"I think Nick and I could do something very good at this point."
Bomani Jones: ‘First Take’ doesn’t need ‘anybody other than Stephen A. Smith’
"A show like that is just about how well the other person gets on with the star of the show."
Bomani Jones laments ESPN’s role in baseball’s fading national relevance
"As ESPN became the operation that dictated everybody's coverage...baseball was the biggest loser in terms of how we view its biggest teams and its biggest stars."
Bomani Jones on Shane Gillis’ ESPYs jokes: ‘There are officially no rules’ at ESPN
"...they can't control anything that anybody does because you can't control what McAfee does."
Bomani Jones calls out ‘f*cking dork’ sports media members for AI-generated takes
"Those people should be ashamed of themselves."
Bomani Jones cautions Shedeur Sanders after speeding violation
"I get a little bit emotional because it was so stupid how much I was putting my actual life in danger."
Bomani Jones gets candid about missing sports talk radio days
"...the community that surrounds it is always so much more intimate, and always like much closer."
Bomani Jones: ESPN treating NBA like NFL is why Finals don’t feel like a big deal
"One of my chief criticisms of ESPN's coverage of the NBA is that they treat the NBA like the NFL."
Michael Smith recalls ‘Around the Horn’ embracing him amid ESPN exile
"Around the Horn knew me when."
Elle Duncan: Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese discourse is ‘very disingenuous space right now’
"We are not getting anywhere at this point. We're just not."
Bomani Jones on working with Dan Le Batard: ‘Dan was very fascinated by the idea that a Black person could be this smart’
"It was like, 'Wow, look at that fish riding a bicycle.'"
