Bomani Jones: Criticism of ‘First Take’ often becomes criticism of its audience
"Just because your friends didn't like it, you think that nobody liked it."
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Bomani Jones: NFL ‘diluting’ Sunday football experience with ideas like Thanksgiving Eve game
"I get that you can get a little more bread by doing this, but I would be trying to figure out, how do we protect the sanctity of Sunday?"
‘Boxers are always going to need the money, man’: Netflix announces Mayweather-Pacquaio II
"It just feels like two dudes who need the money."
To end tanking, more media members should push for ending the NBA Draft
"The only thing that's going to actually fundamentally change the way teams operate and not try to lose is if you take the draft out altogether."
Bomani Jones defends Rooney Rule: ‘The issue is the owners’
"...I don't think we can ever truly have any measure of solution on this until we are more honest on who the issue is."
Nick Wright, Bomani Jones rebuke NFL media ‘rooting for’ Josh Allen
"... It's one thing to give him slack when he comes up short. The other part is the people outright rooting for him like he's their child."
Bomani Jones baffled by Shedeur Sanders conspiracies
"I don’t understand the grand conspiracy against somebody who kind of makes money for people if he gets out there"
Bomani Jones likens ESPN pulling Paul Finebaum off air to Jimmy Kimmel suspension
"I don't think for a moment that it is an editorial decision."
Bomani Jones shreds Bruce Pearl on his way out of college basketball
"I can't think of anybody emptier than Pearl."
Bomani Jones laments ESPN’s role in baseball’s fading national relevance
"As ESPN became the operation that dictated everybody's coverage...baseball was the biggest loser in terms of how we view its biggest teams and its biggest stars."
Bomani Jones on Shane Gillis’ ESPYs jokes: ‘There are officially no rules’ at ESPN
"...they can't control anything that anybody does because you can't control what McAfee does."
Bomani Jones calls out ‘f*cking dork’ sports media members for AI-generated takes
"Those people should be ashamed of themselves."
Bomani Jones cautions Shedeur Sanders after speeding violation
"I get a little bit emotional because it was so stupid how much I was putting my actual life in danger."
Bomani Jones gets candid about missing sports talk radio days
"...the community that surrounds it is always so much more intimate, and always like much closer."
Bomani Jones: ESPN treating NBA like NFL is why Finals don’t feel like a big deal
"One of my chief criticisms of ESPN's coverage of the NBA is that they treat the NBA like the NFL."
Michael Smith recalls ‘Around the Horn’ embracing him amid ESPN exile
"Around the Horn knew me when."
Elle Duncan: Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese discourse is ‘very disingenuous space right now’
"We are not getting anywhere at this point. We're just not."
Bomani Jones: WNBA discourse ‘hardly ever about basketball’
"...Being online for the WNBA, it makes me want to drown myself."
Bomani Jones questions JJ Redick’s longevity as an NBA coach: ‘He’s simply wound too tight’
"A big part of this job is not just about winning games, it’s how you hold it down when you don’t."
Bomani Jones rips NFL media for making Shedeur Sanders ‘a cause’: ‘You are embarrassing yourselves’
"The only cause Shedeur Sanders has is himself. Don't you motherf***ing dare act like those two things are the same."
Bomani Jones likens Stephen A. Smith running for president to coaching Knicks: ‘We would dismiss that s***’
"They'd be in the streets outside of Madison Square Garden ready to burn that motherf***er down."
Mina Kimes hilariously recalls being ‘locked out’ on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’
"Just letting you know right now, you just made a meme."
Bomani Jones: NFL players can’t demand trades, they can just ask nice
"So they money-whipped Myles Garrett and they paid him that $123 million."
Bomani Jones: Being ‘amazing’ more important for face of NBA than race or nationality
"To me, Anthony Edwards is correct. The face of the league is going to be Victor, because what you need to be is amazing."
Bomani Jones, Mina Kimes ripped Cowboys’ Brian Schottenheimer hire even before it was official
"Literally no one's ever been happy to have Brian Schottenheimer as the offensive coordinator — ever."
