How Mike Breen’s honesty and Knicks fandom elevate broadcasts
"I wouldn’t want anything but honesty from the Knick announcers when I was watching as a fan—and I think that’s what the fans want."
"I wouldn’t want anything but honesty from the Knick announcers when I was watching as a fan—and I think that’s what the fans want."
"There was never a fight for airtime, there was zero ego involved. It just clicked from day one."
"Everybody's ratings are basically up except for the NBA and whoever replaced the 12 p.m. SportsCenter."
"The realization was audio doesn't go viral, video goes viral."
"You can't tell whether it's on Spotify or not because the numbers are jerryrigged."
"I was there for 14 years and I feel like I elevated that place in just a slew of ways."
"Kornheiser, who's one of my favorite people who ever lived, he threw me on his back and carried me for four days."
"I made the decision a long time ago that the moment I felt like that was happening to me, I'm out."
The Ringer has kept Brock Purdy as a bottom-10 QB since his debut in 2022, meanwhile national NFL reporters see him as an MVP candidate and are attacking The Ringer directly.
"I never ended up taking money from investors because we kind of felt like we could pay for everything through my podcast, which is what happened."
Beck is a natural writer who churns out thoughtful feature stories about basketball.
"All the greats, when they hit a certain point, people start wondering, 'is this real?'"
"The people at Omaha are brilliant and I’m thrilled to be on ESPN’s platforms, it all just seems to be a perfect fit."
Cousin Sal finds a new home for his signature sports betting punditry.
"Kevin O'Connor sent out literally the longest tweet in the history of the platform. He's the reason we ran into the rate limit problem."
"It’s been incredible to watch the G League grow from an afterthought to a real talent source for the NBA."
"Line starts behind us, big boy."
"She’s been my number one draft pick for a while."
Tjarks had been battling a rare sarcoma since 2021, and had written about that for The Ringer.
"We intend for FanDuel TV to sit at the intersection of live sports and interactive content."
Ringer founder and CEO Bill Simmons said "Obviously this is an important podcast for me because it’s all my teams in the city I care about. I really wanted to find the right person."
"I will still very much be in the NFL media space, tweeting, podcasting, etc."
"The 40 raw minutes were better than the 12 edited minutes. So stuff like that made me think, “What is the upside at this point of a TV interview show versus a podcast?"