Ryan Clark embodies what ESPN wants from its stars
Ryan Clark could have just been a football analyst. Instead, he's become so much more.
Ryan Clark could have just been a football analyst. Instead, he's become so much more.
"No camera, no mics, no public talking after. 3 men in a room. Let me know fellas."
"Ryan Clark was a d-bag in that locker room."
"He doesn’t know me well enough to talk about me. So shut the hell up, Ryan Clark. Please. You sound like a fool."
"I'm having a hard time thinking of anybody who can leave just about anywhere and actually do damage to a major, mainstream platform."
"You can only negotiate from a platform as high as you've built it."
"I'd be like, Man, I'm gonna start tying my left loop too."
It's not yet clear which ESPN roles Clark will retain under this new deal.
"It was a crime of opportunity."
Ryan Clark's contract expired with ESPN. According to Pro Football Talk, the network has an offer on the table for the ex-NFL star.
"The mission don’t change. I want to be the best doing it."
"For you to just sit there and just constantly s*** on our product and our craft and everything without really being tuned in, it's just not right."
A disappointing interview featuring NBA star Michael Porter Jr. launched criticism at the multimedia company.
Brock Purdy's Super Bowl journey has rewritten expectations and the opinion of ESPN's Ryan Clark.
"He was as good as we all thought he was when he was as good as we all thought he was. That ain't today."
"Appreciate it big fella. Chuckster! Showing some love!"
"Y'all folks be buggin'."
"It's sacred ground, Greeny."
“The single hardest thing I had to do this year was act like Brock Purdy deserved to be in the conversations with (Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, and Lamar Jackson).”
"I do have a shirt on, guys."
"I do not care who's the next coach, because he ain't going to be the right coach, because he ain't going to be Nick Saban."
"If I'm the Walton family, I do not want someone representing me this way."
"Just because you think he should be worshipping the gymnast Simone Biles, doesn't mean you can't respect that he's in love with the woman Simone Biles."