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Jemele Hill: ‘Unbecoming’ for Stephen A. Smith to take credit for ESPN talent’s careers
"...he's just taken this weird ownership of my career that just makes me cringe a little bit."
Stephen A. Smith rejects Dan Le Batard labeling him a ‘tool’ for the right: ‘I don’t share your politics’
"I’m very aware of what’s going on, I just don’t care as much as you do."
Dianna Russini responds to reactions over Steve Sarkisian NFL report
"CAA never said it. Steve Sarkisian never said it. I wanted to hear them say that. They never did."
Longtime ‘Le Batard Show’ producer Billy Gil leaving Meadowlark Media for The Ringer
"Billy both grew up with us and never grew up with us."
Spero Dedes reveals his broadcast team’s group chat is called ‘AFC South Crew’
"I will say, seeing the Colts go now to this higher level, it's almost like seeing one of your children grow up to do wonderful and amazing things."
Kevin Harlan says he’s trying to stay relevant with Amazon NBA on Prime job
"My job is to stay relevant and current and sharp. I owe it to my employers… and I owe it to myself too"
Jon ‘Stugotz’ Weiner says he will return to ‘Dan Le Batard Show’ soon
"I'm still doing the show with Dan."
Dan Le Batard: ‘Distracting’ how bad Tom Brady is at calling NFL games
"I've seen no indication so far ... that he's capable of making memorable content."
Dan Le Batard mocks The CW over Miami-USF broadcast
"They're giving the games, now, to some networks that aren't quite ready yet to do the games."
David Samson sat 9 hours for Montreal Expos doc interview without realizing he was the villain
"I was doing the interview, thinking to myself while it's going on, 'I'm doing great.'"
Dianna Russini bribed a Starbucks to keep quiet amid Micah Parsons trade
"Music goes off. The blending stops."
Stephen A. Smith downplays ESPN-NFL deal concerns: ‘Everybody’s in business with somebody’
"No deal between the league and ESPN is going to stop me from being me."
Stephen A. Smith: Shannon Sharpe relationship ‘pretty damn good’ despite scandal
"It's unfortunate what happened with his situation."
Taylor Twellman: USMNT has ‘completely lost the plot’
"They have created this on their own."
Jon ‘Stugotz’ Weiner chides Dan Le Batard amid prolonged absence from show: ‘I’ll show up whenever the f*ck I feel like’
"I can go without you calling me a dummy. I get enough of that from f*cking Le Batard. I consider you to be a friend of mine, unlike Dan."
Elle Duncan defends WNBA All-Star Game ‘no D’ joke: ‘Girls say crude jokes too’
"I feel like I constantly have to remind people, I have been saying things like this for the 10 years I have been at ESPN."
The 5 biggest sports omissions from Time’s 100 best podcasts of all-time list
Suffice it to say, there were some major omissions.
Jemele Hill cites Brittney Griner’s Russia detainment as a reason WNBA should increase pay
"You want to make sure you pay them enough at least so that they're not going overseas."
Can Dave Portnoy help ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ detract from ‘College GameDay’ atmosphere?
It won't take long for the theory to be put to the test.
Dan Le Batard: Shane Gillis’ ESPYS monologue was ‘provocative just to provoke’
"'Karl-Anthony Towns, hey girl.' What's clever about that?"
Pablo Torre: ‘If I was running the (NFL) union … I would be calling for Roger Goodell’s job’
"They could have gone to Capitol Hill, they could have called for hearings, they could have made an enormous public display of, 'Look at what we're dealing with, heading into our next CBA.'"
Nick Wright rips ‘wholly untalented’ Kevin Kietzman after Patrick Mahomes weight criticism
"It will never feel like punching down. It's a bad dude who's bad for my city."
Dan Le Batard reveals John Skipper remains a Meadowlark board member
"He’s still somebody who’s going to be helping us."
Nick Wright says Mark Jackson isn’t blackballed, but the NBA has clearly moved on
The NBA has made up its mind, and Jackson’s probably not getting another shot.
