Openly chiding MLB and it's players for staying above the political fray would be one glaring recent example.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18748...ks-volumes

‘Mike and Mike’ turn against each other in ‘poisonous’ ESPN breakup



I wish we could cancel the whole ESPN network. I had a feeling these two would not part friends.

Quote:“Hey, Greeney!”

“Yes, Golic?”

(A glare, and silence.)

The breaking-up ESPN duo of Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, who have gained such a following for their opposites-attract chemistry while just talkin’ sports, have stopped speaking to each other off the set, according to a revealing Sports Illustrated report.

The show has soldiered on with its longtime voices feigning everything’s OK, with a December end to the radio program planned. But insiders are doubtful that Greenberg and Golic can survive another seven months together as they feud, with Greenberg leaving to host his own ESPN TV show and Golic sticking on the radio airwaves with new partner Trey Wingo.

“It’s really a poisonous atmosphere right now,” an ESPN employee who has worked on the show told SI. “Most of us don’t see the show lasting through its contractual end. But I give both these guys immense credit because when the light comes on, you would not know what’s going on. They are pros on air.”

The source of the tension between the longtime buddies, who each has the other to thank for his success, goes back years, appearing to stem from Greenberg wanting more than their radio show — and not telling his partner.

For years, ESPN has tried pumping more life into the radio show/simulcast that has thrived since its inception in 2000. Plans for the show’s move to New York, from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, were unveiled in 2015, and both Mikes sounded thrilled at the change of pace. The move, for unclear reasons, never came to fruition.

Greenberg appeared still ready for a change, and Sports Illustrated reported in September 2016 that he sought his own morning TV show. Golic had no idea this was on the table.

“From Golic’s perspective, he thinks Mike [Greenberg] should have come to him and told him he wanted to do his own thing,” an ESPN employee said. “But Greeney is very non-confrontational, truly a nice guy, and he would say that it wasn’t incumbent on him to tell Golic everything about what he wanted to do professionally. I guess I can see both sides.”

While Greenberg has sounded both nostalgic and excited as the duo comes to an end, Golic (and family) has adopted a different tone. Golic’s son Jake rebelled last week when the show finally addressed its mortality, tweeting at ESPN: “Am I allowed to tweet that you guys are idiots now, or do I need to wait a year to announce that?”

Golic, himself, shrugged off all responsibility for the show reaching its conclusion when announcing its goodbye.

“For me, it’s not my story to tell,” Golic said on May 17. “I’m going to continue doing this exact same show. It’s for others to tell who made this decision and if they want to tell it, how they want to tell it. Not my story to tell.”

http://nypost.com/2017/05/22/mike-and-mi...n-breakup/

Show sucked and could only take a few minutes at a time of the forced banter. Good riddance.

(05-17-2017 05:20 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Their shtick got old after the first show. Not sure how anyone could stomach them for very long.

(05-22-2017 09:00 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Show sucked and could only take a few minutes at a time of the forced banter. Good riddance.

Great minds think alike, Smitty.

(05-23-2017 05:07 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 05:20 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Their shtick got old after the first show. Not sure how anyone could stomach them for very long.

(05-22-2017 09:00 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Show sucked and could only take a few minutes at a time of the forced banter. Good riddance.

Great minds think alike, Smitty.

Bourbon clarifies our thoughts!

“For me, it’s not my story to tell,” Golic said on May 17. “I’m going to continue doing this exact same show. It’s for others to tell who made this decision and if they want to tell it, how they want to tell it. Not my story to tell.”

that quote tells me a lot...always the same show, nothing different, no innovation...radio gets dull when it's always the same

(05-22-2017 09:00 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Show sucked and could only take a few minutes at a time of the forced banter. Good riddance.

Agreed. I couldn't stand it.

(05-22-2017 08:41 AM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  Can someone please give me more than one example of ESPN bringing politics into sports?

Don't worry, I'll wait.

Lets see Katlin, Bruce Jenner get an ESPY for hero of the year....Jemelle Hill and Mike SC6 having guests with feminist shirts on saying no guns, Lebron James every move covered including his "safety pin", Colin Kapernick portrayed as a hero, those are just a few to start with....Clear as day what ESPN is pushing, CEO of Disney Bob Igor has been rumored also in running for the presidency in 2020 with the Democratic Party...

(05-23-2017 08:28 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(05-22-2017 08:41 AM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  Can someone please give me more than one example of ESPN bringing politics into sports?

Don't worry, I'll wait.

Lets see Katlin, Bruce Jenner get an ESPY for hero of the year....Jemelle Hill and Mike SC6 having guests with feminist shirts on saying no guns, Lebron James every move covered including his "safety pin", Colin Kapernick portrayed as a hero, those are just a few to start with....Clear as day what ESPN is pushing, CEO of Disney Bob Igor has been rumored also in running for the presidency in 2020 with the Democratic Party...

So covering Labron James.. is political?
Kapernick was not portrayed as hero. And is and has been ripped daily.
I agree that the Katlin/Jenner was messed up, but that is more of a social issue.

Something tells me that you are a little blinded by your TGOP views, and confuse social issues with politics. Accepting of others is the foundation of this country. Which I am shocked that you would not understand that.

(05-23-2017 07:40 AM)NTTHOR Wrote:  “For me, it’s not my story to tell,” Golic said on May 17. “I’m going to continue doing this exact same show. It’s for others to tell who made this decision and if they want to tell it, how they want to tell it. Not my story to tell.”

that quote tells me a lot...always the same show, nothing different, no innovation...radio gets dull when it's always the same

Yea this is what got me as well. You could tell Golic was not happy with the direction. Greeny would not be where he is without Golic, and I feel that Golic is being left behind.

(05-23-2017 08:54 AM)Greenroom Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 08:28 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(05-22-2017 08:41 AM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  Can someone please give me more than one example of ESPN bringing politics into sports?

Don't worry, I'll wait.

Lets see Katlin, Bruce Jenner get an ESPY for hero of the year....Jemelle Hill and Mike SC6 having guests with feminist shirts on saying no guns, Lebron James every move covered including his "safety pin", Colin Kapernick portrayed as a hero, those are just a few to start with....Clear as day what ESPN is pushing, CEO of Disney Bob Igor has been rumored also in running for the presidency in 2020 with the Democratic Party...

So covering Labron James.. is political?
Kapernick was not portrayed as hero. And is and has been ripped daily.
I agree that the Katlin/Jenner was messed up, but that is more of a social issue.

Something tells me that you are a little blinded by your TGOP views, and confuse social issues with politics. Accepting of others is the foundation of this country. Which I am shocked that you would not understand that.

We all have our opinions...MSESPN is pushing their agenda on us daily which is clearly political at this point....Lebron has been very political lately and if he goes and uses the bathroom, ESPN is there...

couldn't stand the show.

Greenberg always acted like the world was always watching them and just dying to know what he had to say. He acted like he was some important broadcaster. The Walter Cronkite of sports.

it also always cracked me up how after every commercial break, he'd say:

"Mike and Mike, back and better than ever"

if it's better every single show, and the show still sucks, then just how bad was that show in the beginning?

as much as i didn't like them, they were successful. almost 20 years doing a morning radio show/simulcast on tv for the largest sports network in the world. we may not like the show, but plenty of people did

(05-22-2017 08:41 AM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  Can someone please give me more than one example of ESPN bringing politics into sports?

Don't worry, I'll wait.

You asked. Linda (((Cohn))) admitted that for you already.

“I don’t know how big a percentage, but if anyone wants to ignore that fact, they’re blind.”

Oh yeah, Dook lacrosse scandal, in addition to the earlier mentions.

(05-23-2017 08:54 AM)Greenroom Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 08:28 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(05-22-2017 08:41 AM)southernmiss4ever Wrote:  Can someone please give me more than one example of ESPN bringing politics into sports?

Don't worry, I'll wait.

Lets see Katlin, Bruce Jenner get an ESPY for hero of the year....Jemelle Hill and Mike SC6 having guests with feminist shirts on saying no guns, Lebron James every move covered including his "safety pin", Colin Kapernick portrayed as a hero, those are just a few to start with....Clear as day what ESPN is pushing, CEO of Disney Bob Igor has been rumored also in running for the presidency in 2020 with the Democratic Party...

So covering Labron James.. is political?
Kapernick was not portrayed as hero. And is and has been ripped daily.
I agree that the Katlin/Jenner was messed up, but that is more of a social issue.

Something tells me that you are a little blinded by your TGOP views, and confuse social issues with politics. Accepting of others is the foundation of this country. Which I am shocked that you would not understand that.

What people tend to forget that social issues and sports are ever connected in this country. Many of our major social issues play out in front of us in sports and I am actually favor of because in many ways that is the only way these issues grab our attention.

Middle age white men seem to have a real problem with you educated minorities giving their opinions. :"How dare Bomani Jones point out Boston is racist!!!"

(05-20-2017 09:21 PM)CrushMI Wrote:  

(05-18-2017 03:15 PM)owlcountry40 Wrote:  

(05-18-2017 07:52 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 02:08 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  I miss Kornheiser and Wilbon

What are you missing? They are on every day at 530 EST on PTI....ESPN is garbage nowadays, their shows continue to get horrible by the day...Clearly you see their agenda and they recently picked up new sponsor MSNBC...

I love how say agenda. What it really is they give voice to young minorities with strong opinions and that bothers you. ''How dare that Bhimani Jones makes someone think deeper about racial issues that happen in sports!"
But yea lets bring back Curt Schilling who is calling Adam Jones a liar or even Rush Limbaugh back to he can trash black QB's.

MSESPN is all for opinion-based personalities unless they disagree with left wing politics. If they want opinions, why can't there be diversity of opinions? They are losing their core audience that just want sports, by trying to politicize everything to get ratings.

They are losing their core audience because people do not want to pay 150 bucks a month for cable.

ESPN sucks so hard. Their programming is absolute **** outside of Scott Van Pelt.

(06-02-2017 08:34 AM)owlcountry40 Wrote:  

(05-20-2017 09:21 PM)CrushMI Wrote:  

(05-18-2017 03:15 PM)owlcountry40 Wrote:  

(05-18-2017 07:52 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 02:08 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  I miss Kornheiser and Wilbon

What are you missing? They are on every day at 530 EST on PTI....ESPN is garbage nowadays, their shows continue to get horrible by the day...Clearly you see their agenda and they recently picked up new sponsor MSNBC...

I love how say agenda. What it really is they give voice to young minorities with strong opinions and that bothers you. ''How dare that Bhimani Jones makes someone think deeper about racial issues that happen in sports!"
But yea lets bring back Curt Schilling who is calling Adam Jones a liar or even Rush Limbaugh back to he can trash black QB's.

MSESPN is all for opinion-based personalities unless they disagree with left wing politics. If they want opinions, why can't there be diversity of opinions? They are losing their core audience that just want sports, by trying to politicize everything to get ratings.

They are losing their core audience because people do not want to pay 150 bucks a month for cable.

Well their core audience, by definition, would not be who they're losing. They are losing their fringe or casual audience. Their core audience will pay to watch them no matter what medium they are using.

It's like a school having core fans who are going to buy season tickets no matter what, while the bandwagoners and casual fans will pay more attention to team disposition (wins/losses) and budget before deciding to go, game by game.