ESPN shows PTI, Around the Horn, Highly Questionable having fun with home, remote versions
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Tony Kornheiser has an idea for what ‘PTI’ could be while sports are on hold
Kornheiser and Wilbon talking sports history?
Dan Patrick, Michael Wilbon, and Tom Verducci will be inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame
In addition to the Hall of Fame class, Woj and Kevin Harlan were named 2019 sportswriter and sportscaster of the year, respectively.
Dan Patrick on ESPN’s handling of their own story: “You can’t just brush it off because you’re friends with Magic Johnson.”
"Your own reporter, in your building, in your company, did a vetted story, a thorough story, interviewing a lot of people here. And you can't just brush it off because you're friends with Magic Johnson. I would have had the reporter on and then you could have had a legitimate back-and-forth and really good content there."
Severe local weather cut-ins during the Masters incur the extreme wrath of viewers, including Michael Wilbon
One Atlanta meteorologist even received death threats for breaking into the Masters
This Week In Hot Takes: Cheddar’s Jon Steinberg says “Traditional sports are dead,” “nobody knows who won the World Series”
ESPN’s Michael Wilbon goes off on Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young, ranting “I value winning the damn game more than the ERA!”
"It is analytical hijacking. These people have hijacked baseball, they want to impose their will and tell you what's important. I don't share most of, maybe none of, their values, and it's absurd."
This Week In Hot Takes: Jason Smith defends Ronald Acuña beaning, argues Tiger Woods “dominated a BAD era of golf”
"I completely get Ronald Acuña getting drilled. He's led off 3 games w/HR's. Sometimes he showboats a bit. This is how the other team evens the playing field & makes him less comfortable. It all falls under the heading of 'That's baseball.'"
This Week In Hot Takes: Rob Parker and Chris Palmer argue for Kyrie Irving and Lonzo Ball over LeBron James
Welcome to another edition of This Week In Hot Takes! This time around, we’re examining the hottest sports...
Michael Wilbon and Marc J. Spears blast Laura Ingraham’s LeBron comments, with Wilbon saying “she comes off like a bigot”
"It's interesting that all these uberconservatives talk about what stable geniuses they are, but they sound like morons when they try and dictate to other people what they should talk about, what they're smart enough to talk about. She comes off like a bigot."
Michael Wilbon: ESPN told him to come on air in Cubs’ jersey despite his protests
ESPN personality Michael Wilbon is a noted Cubs’ fan, and he interviewed Cubs’ players on the field for...
