Charles Barkley knows TNT and ESPN are ‘nervous’ about Apple or Amazon landing NBA rights
"I know Turner is nervous, I know ESPN is nervous that Apple and Amazon are gonna come in and take some or all of the NBA packages."
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‘At The Athletic, metrics are king’: Bob Kravtiz discusses his takedown of former employer
"I hope they make a run of it by being more national in orientation, but it doesn't do the readers here any good."
Chris Russo makes Stephen A. Smith’s life ‘easier’ on First Take: ‘I think I supply a little juice.’
"I can help take a little bit of the load away...and take some pressure off him, that’s basically in a lot of ways what I think my role is. And give him credit, he allows me to do it."
Pat McAfee has not been told ‘stick to ESPN guests’
"Never been told that I can only have ESPN people on my show."
Pat McAfee never thought he fit at a network like ESPN: ‘I didn’t think anybody at any networks got it.’
"Every television suit I had ever encountered has been like ‘No. A swearing punter from Indiana who’s been arrested and wears tank tops. F*ck this guy.’"
NFL Network’s Rich Eisen wants the draft to be a ‘douche-free environment’ for viewers
"I just want it to be a douche-free environment."
Jim Nantz insists CBS made no effort to snub Phil Mickelson at the Masters
"There was no effort at all to conceal him or hide him."
Jim Nantz accuses anyone criticizing his chemistry with Tony Romo of having an ‘agenda’
"There is nothing wrong with our chemistry, I have never had better chemistry with anybody in my career than Tony."
Is there anything Adam Schefter could do to get in trouble at ESPN?
"ESPN has told you, just to be blunt, they don't care."
Greg Olsen flippantly told Tom Brady ‘This TV thing sucks’ during their first Fox meeting
"Greg said, 'Tom, I gotta tell ya, this TV thing sucks.' It was great, we were dying laughing."
Joe Buck says ESPN asked him to call a MLB game this year: ‘I don’t have that itch.’
"I’ve done baseball broadcasting since I was 19, professionally. I feel like I’ve done all I could do there. If someday I wanna go back and call a few games - maybe."
Joe Buck knows people at Fox who believe Tom Brady may never call a game there
"I know there are people at Fox who would say there’s a chance that he doesn’t call a game there."
Jim Nantz calls discussing Tom Brady’s divorce during NFL broadcast ‘out of bounds’
"I’m gonna be there to cover a football game, I want to be respectful."
Chris Russo concedes ESPN gave him a wrist slap for telling Howard Stern his First Take salary
"Somebody from ESPN sent a text to my agent with two words: 'Not helpful.'"
ESPN gave Stephen A. Smith the freedom Dan Le Batard sought
"ESPN can’t keep Stephen A. there exclusively. He’s got too much power, too much leverage, he’s made First Take his own show"
Rich Eisen skeptical we’ll ever see Tom Brady in the Fox booth: ‘It is a lot of work’
"What Peyton Manning has done with his post playing career is more of a blueprint that I would think Brady would follow"
Rich Eisen says he’ll be “calling some [NFL] games” on NFL Network this season
"I don’t know if I’m at liberty to say which games I’m doing, but I love calling games."
Linda Cohn talks how she, Scott Van Pelt, and other anchors initially opposed the BottomLine showing scores before highlights
"He put on such a great debate saying everything we were thinking. 'Wait a minute, how are we telling people the score before they see the highlights? That doesn’t make any sense.'"
