Awful Announcing
"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.'"
"It will never feel like punching down. It's a bad dude who's bad for my city."
"He’s still somebody who’s going to be helping us."
The NBA has made up its mind, and Jackson’s probably not getting another shot.
"He’s such a big sports fan that I doubt he'll be anything other than respectful."
"...anything that has my name on it shouldn't look that hypocritical or inconsistent."
"It was a different time."
"About halfway through it ... I realized this was just an attack on my character."
"I just need to stress that this is a document that neither the league nor the owners nor the union wanted out."
"I don’t know if you can be Disney and allow any of what happened there."
Reali played piano, dunked a basketball, interviewed a security guard, and jumped in a bounce house as he looked toward life after ESPN.
"This is exactly how it is that you circumvent what feels like American democracy to make sure that the others never unite like a union."
"It's weird. Pablo's investigating it. He's doing a fantastic job. So I'm Team Pablo."
It appears that sports media's feud of the week will culminate with a highly anticipated podcast episode.
"If you're upset about this, get mad at the 'Lark. In particular, Le Batard and David Samson."
"I thought everything was going great where you were and I just didn't even know any of that was happening"
"The owners still cannot stop fighting with each other about what they want in a new CBA, forget fighting with the players."
"I haven’t really thought about what I’m going to say that last night."
"They have supported us as the best partner we've ever had and it's not just because of the money."
"Didn’t realize you guys were still around."
"Being an insider doesn't make you a journalist."
"And I feel like the university that says I'm a liar might want to do the same."
"Stugotz would like God Bless Football to be a giant business, and he's going to make a giant business."
The bit comes days after Barrett Media reported that Jon "Stugotz" Weiner would be "stepping back" from Meadowlark Media.
Stugotz is expected to remain on "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" in a smaller role, but is leaving Meadowlark Media and taking his podcasts with him.
