Chris Russo laments over-the-top announcers: ‘It’s not Bobby Thomson’
"You can't fool a sophisticated sports fan."
"You can't fool a sophisticated sports fan."
"What did you just say? I look ordinary … ordinary."
Barkley called Chris Russo "Mike" at least four times during the interview.
"John Sterling was the soundtrack of my summers. John was the big moment."
"We're in the sandbox of life, and we should be able to go have fun doing that."
"America's been lying about that for years."
"That is an absolute unmitigated disgrace that the Dodgers did this nonsense. "
"My job on Wednesdays is to give a good 10 minutes at 11:30. Because that’s what people, they seem to look forward to that. ‘What is Russo going to scream about today?’"
"That is an absolute disgrace!"
"I don't want to get Peacock!"
"This is one of the worst lists I've ever seen."
Chris Russo versus proper pronunciations of human beings is the greatest struggle of our lifetimes as he showed once again on First Take.
"I don't want him representing me in government!"
"Like, what the **** do you know about quarterbacks? What the **** do you know about being a big?"
"This is personal to me, so I'm going to put [Dick] Enberg there. He is a tremendous play-by-play guy, and I grew up with him."
"Mike can be a little cynical about somebody who yells a lot. Stephen A. kind of loves that."
"You give them a discount off that kind of season, not a price increase."
"Has anybody questioned NBC as to why you gave them this television deal? What have they done? I'm still waiting."
"Now you know why fans get annoyed in Buffalo and Baltimore, they think there’s a conspiracy."
Russo will be at ESPN for the long-term, but the Radio Hall of Famer still has a decision to make about his future with SiriusXM.
Chris "Mad Dog" Russo detailed a situation that emerged on Super Bowl Sunday that ended with him kicking his wife out of the room.
"It was just way too much."
"It is an absolute, unmitigated disaster that they can't find a way to get Brent into the Hall of Fame."
"I like to perform. That is really the key. If you like to perform, you can do it forever."
"Something I have is called discipline."