Jon ‘Stugotz’ Weiner discusses being ‘trapped’ in ‘Dan Le Batard Show’ character
"It's a character that comes with so many rewards, but it's a character that I fight on a daily basis because it's not the way I intended to get into this business."
"It's a character that comes with so many rewards, but it's a character that I fight on a daily basis because it's not the way I intended to get into this business."
"You have a whole generation that's grown up watching this, and they identify with us."
Le Batard could become the next non-traditional host to interview a candidate in the U.S. presidential election, joining everyone from Alex Cooper to Theo Von.
"It prevents us from doing the job as well as we'd like, but we have now more ability to be close to the athlete because they control their own social media."
"If there was a reason or an opportunity to get involved and help, then absolutely I would walk away from my media career to do something like that."
"I think I've built up, thankfully, enough capital where I'm trusted to speak into a microphone by an employer for 21 years now."
"The writing was on the wall with Skipper and ESPN parting ways."
"He knows that if he wants to, wherever basketball ends up, he can go."
"The only people who are not replaceable are the owners."
The former executive hasn’t been able to taste or smell since January.