Kendrick Perkins squashes beef with Charles Barkley: ‘I just think this is stupid’
"Me and the great Charles Barkley have no beef no more."
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‘Pardon the Interruption’ pays tribute to ‘Around the Horn’ and former ‘Stat Boy’ Tony Reali
"We could not have asked for a better partner program. ATH built up an audience and handed it off to us, so we could hit the ground running every weeknight."
Michael Wilbon: It’s ‘garbage’ LeBron James must be viewed as better than Kobe Bryant or Magic Johnson
"Put me in a grave first."
Michael Wilbon: As long as Greeny or Stephen A. didn’t get the Emmy, I’m fine’
"What do we need to do differently?"
‘Pardon the Interruption’ expansion to one hour ‘mostly off the table’
WaPo reports that ESPN approached Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser about doubling their airtime but didn’t offer much of a raise.
Michael Wilbon, Brian Windhorst question whether Pope Leo XIV will ‘bless’ Chicago sports
"We want to know everything about the Pope. Is he gonna bless the Bears?"
Michael Wilbon stands behind Draymond Green’s ‘angry Black man’ comments: ‘This is the world’
"...there are things that happen publicly and privately that make you angry."
Michael Wilbon refuses to take ‘cheap shots’ for clicks
"There's a difference between criticism and ridicule."
Michael Wilbon admits he had to be talked into doing ‘Pardon the Interruption’
"Charles took me to dinner and said, 'What do you mean you're thinking about not doing this show, what are you talking about?'"
Michael Wilbon credits Mel Kiper Jr. for outrage over Shedeur Sanders’ draft slide: ‘It was personal’
"Mel Kiper got this right when he said this was personal. This is not about football."
Michael Wilbon continues criticism of ESPN over ‘disgraceful’ Bronny James coverage
"I found it less than the professional-level standard that I became accustomed to personally at Northwestern, at the Washington Post. Just talking about Bronny James, for what?"
Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon committed to the bit on torpedo bat ban April Fool’s joke
"Do you want me to say it or do you want to say it, as to what we're doing here?"
Michael Wilbon rants on LeBron, Stephen A. Smith, and sports media: ‘Our business is a piece of sh*t a lot of days’
"There is no accountability in this world."
Michael Wilbon remembers John Feinstein: ‘Always a compelling figure’
"He could be the most charming guy in the room and the guy you wanted to throw out the room."
Michael Wilbon rips ‘loathsome’ SEC, Big Ten plan for College Football Playoff
"It leads toward the ruination of what I appreciate about college football."
Michael Wilbon calls for NBA to ‘follow suit’ with NHL in getting rid of All-Star Game
"The NBA needs to follow suit very quickly after the tone that the NHL has set."
Pablo Torre lauds PTI for being ahead of its time
"PTI is one of the brilliantly engineered formats."
Mike Breen confuses ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ with ‘Pardon the Interruption’
"I don't know why I said Pardon the Interruption."
Michael Wilbon, Tony Kornheiser take shots at ESPN over CFP format, SEC bias
"It's a money play for everybody involved, including this network."
Michael Wilbon: NFL and CFP ratings prove ‘there are no more overall sports fans’
"They want to wave the No. 1 foam finger, drink some beer, and watch football. That's what America does."
Supersizing ‘Pardon the Interruption’ would be a mistake
Tony Kornheiser says CFP and NFL scheduling competing games is ‘football on football crime’
"This is college football attempting to spit in the eye of the NFL."
‘Pardon the Interruption’ could expand to 60 minutes after ‘Around the Horn’ cancellation
ESPN is bouncing around ideas to replace the departing Around the Horn including an hour-long edition of Pardon the Interruption.
Michael Wilbon, Brian Windhorst debate LeBron James to Warriors trade
"LeBron has repeatedly made it clear: He wants to be a Laker."
Michael Wilbon takes odd victory lap on Tom Brady as NFL broadcaster
Wilbon is handing himself a W for predicting Brady would be great at Fox, not realizing just how split NFL fans are on the legendary QB's broadcasting start.