Will Cain was on the receiving end of a quality April Fool’s prank (maybe) courtesy of ‘High Noon’
April Fool’s pranks are, for the most part, pretty sucky. They’re either not very funny or not very...
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Awful Announcing podcast: ESPN’s Pablo S. Torre talks High Noon, working with Bomani Jones and Erik Rydholm, and “The Process”
Torre joins the AA podcast to talk about High Noon, how he and Bomani Jones first pitched the show to themselves, and much more.
ESPN’s ‘High Noon’ felt simultaneously fresh and familiar in its debut hour
Is the show really here for the jokes? Monday's premiere sent some mixed messages, but showed some promising signs.
Bomani Jones says “things have changed” since his 2015 comment that ESPN wouldn’t punish “factually undeniable” statements
“I think where things have changed from what I said [in 2015] to what I'm looking now at, is I never imagined that something factually true could prove to be as inflammatory as things that are factually true have proven to be.”
Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre’s new show has a name and a debut date
High Noon will debut on June 4.
Keith Olbermann calls culture war surrounding ESPN “baloney,” says “the politics is called the business of cable”
"The subscribers of the Golf Channel, they've lost more in the last month than ESPN. So what's the politics of this? The politics is called 'the business of cable.'"
Tony Kornheiser predicts that Pablo Torre and Bomani Jones will one day take over PTI
"I say this without any particular chagrin or rancor: Pablo and Bomani will take over the PTI show. When the PTI show is done, Pablo and Bomani, that is the natural fit."
Dan Le Batard Show footraces included Le Batard doing track play-by-play with lines like “Hunted him down like a dog!”
"Guillermo! GUILLERMO! GLORIOUS GUILLERMO! Tracked down Amin with a good start! Hunted him down like a dog in the street! Oh my god, Guillermo! Oh my god! Long strides, chased him down!"
ESPN announces new Mike Greenberg morning show “Get Up” will debut on April 2
Get Up was set to debut Jan. 1, but moved thanks to construction delays. It will now premiere April 2.
Mike Greenberg’s morning show unlikely to air from NYC Jan. 1, could be delayed for months
Construction delays at ESPN's new studio are reportedly to blame.
Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre to host new ESPN show at noon ET
Pablo Torre and Bomani Jones reportedly under consideration for noon ESPN2 show
The changes to the ESPN lineup are continuing in the wake of Michael Smith and Jemele Hill becoming...
