Finally, a take of his I can agree with. First time I've been on his train since he hosted Around the Horn.
I feel old. I rememberl seeing him on Manhattan public access cable like 30-35 years ago. "Max On Boxing" or something like that....
Fun fact and I didn't think of it until looking at his wiki, but Max was a contributor to Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show 2005-2008. In those days I think I dismissed Carlson as an Alex P. Keaton conservative type, rather than a racist and fascist who gives voice to the ultra-right. Yikes.
I avoid the RNC and yet I read the comments. I'm a freaking moron.
Wow, his delivery is like a Brooklyn Eminem. And 1994 was when Em's underground career was really starting up. So did Max bite Eminem, or did Eminem bite Max?
In a different universe, Max is Slim Shady and Marshall is waxing on about Kronk’s as he oversees the ruination of HBO’s proud boxing legacy.
I'm not surprised in the least that Alabama is playing high school football, nor surprised that there were fans at all and there was no distancing.
I think you will find your are in the minority here. She's a great listen.
I think she and JVG are the two best basketball color commentators going. She's awesome. Knowledgeable, thoughtful, has energy. Does a great job.
I haven't really noticed this with Doris, but I can't miss it every time SVG does a game. It seems like he's always 1-2 possessions behind and I'm listening to the game on a delay. It's very frustrating.
https://nypost.com/2020/10/21/espn-paywalling-features-analysis-behind-espn/
You figure the money they would make on converted subscribers is far more than what they currently make on the regular ESPN website. From a strategy standpoint, this makes sense. Streaming is working for ESPN, even ESPN+ has almost 8 million subs.
Good point, overcoming the dwindling ad revenue their website must be taking in shouldn't take doubling their subscriber base or anything. In the 2000s heyday ad income must have been fantastic.
I accidentally listened to Greenberg's radio show in the car the other day. (Was surfing Sirius XM and came across his show. Didn't even know he still had one and listened for a few minutes.)
Seems like some announcers really struggle with the remote broadcast thing. I kinda get it. You're in your house (or in a studio booth), all alone, it doesn't always feel like real work. Hard to get into the right frame of mind. It'd be nice if they approached it the same way broadcasters who regularly call sports remotely do (like @Conigliaro's Potential) and at least try to make it seem like they're on site. I watched KBO fairly regularly all summer and I can't say I learned a whole lot about the league or the players. It was almost like the announcers were using the game the same way I was...background noise while I do other things. Doesn't really work for people that might care about the game itself.
College basketball has been so destroyed by one and dones that Walton is more entertaining than the game now for me this season. I maybe in the minority but I love Walton
It is kind of weird, there are characters in the media throughout where they get supersaturated, and then eventually like 10-20 years after they jump the shark I and apparently you enjoy them. Dick Vitale, Bill Walton, Chris Berman, Guy Fieri getting to that point...
I detest the other 3 guys in your list. Well 1 meh (Fieri), other 2 DE-TEST.
