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Is there enough money in the world to get you to watch five seconds of that slop?
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'Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable' (1 Viewer)
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Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
I listen to him on the radio a lot down here in Miami but that show is not made for a National Audience. I can appreciate his Papi being on the show but this is not a daily type thing. He does get some good interviews in, much better than Jim Rome when he tries to interview a player.
I'm sure it's like nails on a chalkboard for some folks.
I hated SportsNation for a long time but have warmed up to it more and more.
I'm sure it's like nails on a chalkboard for some folks.
I hated SportsNation for a long time but have warmed up to it more and more.
Corporation
Angry Bovine
Yes, there is enough money to make me watch 5 seconds of that slop.But I completely agree with you on the premise that this show is/will be garbage.
Kev4029
Footballguy
I think Rome may be the best interviewer in sports.
SacramentoBob
Footballguy
Big fan. Didn't realize he was so hated.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I didn't realize anyone liked him.
SacramentoBob
Footballguy
LHUCKS
Footballguy
Rome is a great interviewer IMHO.Hard to listen to on the radio at times with his "clones" shtick and "smackoff" stuff...but when he actually gets an interview it's not bad.
LHUCKS
Footballguy
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
The worst version of hell I can imagine would have only Rome on the radio.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Seriously? He does everything possible to make sure he looks cool and not agitate the person he is interviewing since the time he laid into Jim Everett. It's the worst part of his show, I can handle what he's burning on, sometimes he has a good 3rd section with a guest media guy like Bohmani Jones, dude from Boston, final burn is cool but when he sits down to interview Mercedes Lewis from the Jags I fall asleep.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
I like LeBatard. I saw a bit of the show. It was okay.
Mister Martie
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
George Clooney?
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
I caught about 30 seconds of this and turned it off right away. He is always annoying as hell on PTI (I don't watch now when he is on there).
It's like ESPN is trying to give shows to as many annoying blowhards as possible (Bayless, Le Batard, etc.).
It's like ESPN is trying to give shows to as many annoying blowhards as possible (Bayless, Le Batard, etc.).
I dvr it and watch it most nights.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
lol
Steeler
Footballguy
I hate that guy.
pantherclub
Footballguy
Dan Lebatard and Jim Rome deserve to be beaten with a tire iron.
Jim ROme just on general principle for that horrible goatee he sports.
Jim ROme just on general principle for that horrible goatee he sports.
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
shake zula
Footballguy
It's funny. I think DLB is one of the best in the business right now. The issue is that he doesn't appeal to the casual/traditional sports fan.
Mr. Burns, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?On Jim Rome: he has been telling people he's the best interviewer in sports long enough that it seems to have become a meme.
On Le Batard: Yes, there is enough money in the world. In fact, enough to subsidize a beer while I listened would be more than adequate. I wouldn't expect to enjoy the show, but I'm sure the beer would be fine.
On Le Batard: Yes, there is enough money in the world. In fact, enough to subsidize a beer while I listened would be more than adequate. I wouldn't expect to enjoy the show, but I'm sure the beer would be fine.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
How often does Rome interview someone who's neither athlete nor coach? You can't be a great interviewer if that's your pool of interviewees. Maybe he steps out of that arena and does some great ones that I simply haven't seen?
pantherclub
Footballguy
rack em
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Good points. Best interviews by anyone are with other media types, they will actually say something other than the standard cliches that define coachspeak & playerspeak.'Ministry of Pain said:
Kev4029
Footballguy
Hes interviewed a few different writers that I've heard on his radio show. He interviewed Ben Mezrich who wrote Accidental Millionaires (became The Social Network the movie) and Bringing Down the House (became 21 the movie) before The Social Network was getting any press months before it came out, and it was one of the better interviews I've heard.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
That's why I asked instead of just blindly criticizing. Rome has always seemed pretty conventional at best to me. Like a previous poster said, somebody like Kornheiser who pretty much avoids athletes and coaches altogether is way more interesting to me.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I've been mulling this over for the past 24 hours since you posted it.I'm gonna go ahead and say that Jimmy Kimmel is "universally liked." Nobody ever has a bad word to say about that dude.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Oh dear.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I find myself thinking its okay but if Im sitting in front of the TV at 4PM, Ive turned it on everyday. It would be better if he had some other radio host or journalist to go back and forth with, but his dad does give it the feel where no one, not even Lebatard, takes the show seriously. The interviews he does are highly entertaining, the one with Eckersley today was great. The "Si or No" game thing where they talk about whats on TV that night is kind of funny.
I always liked Lebatard on PTI (much more than Bob Ryan or the other fill ins). This show isnt near as good as PTI or Around The Horn, but its tolerable.
I always liked Lebatard on PTI (much more than Bob Ryan or the other fill ins). This show isnt near as good as PTI or Around The Horn, but its tolerable.
JZilla
Footballguy
What can I say, the less seriously they take it, the more likely I am to pay attention. Gotta watch something around here. Tony Kornheiser's probably a top ten current famous guy for me.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
I like PTI, but the only guest host I can stomach is Bob Ryan. Sports Guy and LeBatard have no business being on the show.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Same here. Whenever Le Batard does his stupid "BAM!" at the beginning to announce his presence, BAM, I change the channel. Without fail. Every time.'Mr. Pickles said:
shake zula
Footballguy
Sports fans who take sports very seriously will never like DLB. His days of being serious are long gone.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Good observation. Like me, the LeBatards and Kornheisers of the world are more amused by sports than anything else. This puts us at odds with much of the sports viewing public.
shake zula
Footballguy
I'm on the Kornheiser/DLB team 100%. I stopped taking sports seriously once I was old enough to know better. I laugh at fans who live and die with how the pro teams they follow do. I still love baseball, football, and basketball. But at this stage in my life I'd rather watch PTI and DLB's show over sportscenter 10/10 times. Pro sports have never been closer to dead to me than they are today. They are slowly but surely crossing into pro wrestling territory. I think Kornheiser and DLB see it the same way.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Love Kornheiser's radio show the mostest. You know what's killing big time sports for me? Gloomy bastards like Nick Saban who suck all the enjoyment out of the game in the pursuit of wins. Yes, Nick, your fan base doesn't care if you look and sound like someone who hasn't had a satisfactory bowel movement in years as long as you win, but stay away from me with those Type A-work 18 hours a day-this isn't funny-doldrums.
shake zula
Footballguy
Absolutely agree. I hate that approach. Parcell's was the same way. The NFL isn't fun to watch. I remember a time when it was and that is how I know it isn't anymore. I'd argue, though, that the NFL isn't even in the same world as the NCAA in terms of enjoyment. For me at least the NCAA is fun to watch. My wife and I only go to college games. Prices, attitudes, and war like seriousness have done their part to kill the NFL. My biggest beef with the NCAA is the blatant hypocracy and exploitation.
17seconds
root of all aliai
Make it Bob Ryan and Kornheiser all the time. Wilbon has no business doing anything. The only reason he has a TV career at all is because they hit on some good chemistry with Kornheiser. Every opinion he has devolves into "I hate this JUNK!"Don't hate on Bill Simmons, he's top shelf among the fan perspective sports journalists.'Mr. Pickles said:
Tackling Dummies
Footballguy
Bottom feeder World Wide Leader programming:
Sports Shouting
Anything with Skip Bayless
Anything with Steven A Smiff
Highly Questionable
Sports Shouting
Anything with Skip Bayless
Anything with Steven A Smiff
Highly Questionable
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Wilbon is nowhere near as interesting to me as Kornheiser (and he's on Kornheiser's radio show every Monday, too) because his opinions are more decisive, generally more predictable and less nuanced. I trust strongly opinionated people less and less with each passing day.I know I'm not in the meat of Simmons' age demographic (the reality stuff stupefies me) but I love the way he has no fear of wildly unconventional thinking when it comes to making sports more fun. Sports needs to be way more fun.
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