‘New Yorker’ editor David Remnick shares why LeBron James turned down profile
"Why would we do this? If we want to get our message out we'll do social media."
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Bob Costas: Pregame studio shows should have 4 people, at most
"And maybe one of the four isn't really on the desk, but is just over here doing what he or she does."
ESPN’s Booger McFarland says he warned Brian Kelly for years before LSU collapse
"A leopard's not going to change its spots."
Booger McFarland doubles down on controversial John Mateer comments
"If you strap it up and you cross the white line, everything's fair game."
Noah Eagle explains why he doesn’t discuss schemes or strategy when calling football
"My job is to tell you what and to tell you who. Their job is to tell you why and how things are happening."
Kirk Herbstreit reveals why Lee Corso kept coaches ‘at arm’s length’
Corso intentionally avoided relationships with coaches so he wouldn't feel conflicted when criticizing them on air.
ESPN expresses interest in acquiring WWE archival library
"We're always interested in the content of that quality."
Jimmy Pitaro: ESPN ‘absolutely’ wants to figure something out with MLB
The two sides are engaging in "very healthy" dialogue, according to ESPN's president.
Bomani Jones: Nick Wright ‘is the best person in sports television’
"I think Nick and I could do something very good at this point."
Bomani Jones: ‘First Take’ doesn’t need ‘anybody other than Stephen A. Smith’
"A show like that is just about how well the other person gets on with the star of the show."
Noah Eagle discusses fear of botching call of a big highlight play that ‘lives forever’
"...especially now, it comes back on Twitter, and then it comes back on Twitter, and then a year from now it comes back on Twitter. So you better be prepared to nail it."
Sports media critic: Kevin Harlan will be what fans miss most about TNT’s NBA coverage
"I don't think that guy doing that job would have happened at any other network."
Brian Windhorst: NBA player media ‘largely has failed’
"There are obviously very successful guys and girls who have done it, but the podcast boom, at least the handing out of the money, seems to have stemmed."
Brian Windhorst: Modern NBA architecture has led to reduced storytelling
"Part of the reason why storytelling isn't as good as it used to be is because of the physical architecture that has changed within the NBA."
Rece Davis admits to lobbying CFP committee to cut byes for conference champions
"Whether you agree with that judgment is up to you and the powers that be."
Pablo Torre: Tom Brady has ‘hell of a kink’ wanting to be liked
"Tom Brady is so omnipresent that the idea of novelty here, that's what's gone."
Bob Costas wishes NBA broadcast opening monologues were still around
"The idea was to take an already good product and amplify everything that was appealing about it and to tell stories in dramatic ways."
Peter Schrager questions overly positive NFL Draft coverage: ‘Who are we serving?’
"The last few years, it's been really, really purified to every player is awesome and every kid is going to be class president and win the award for greatest human ever."
