Michael Wilbon calls NCAA most ‘worthless brand in sports’ amid talk of March Madness expansion
'PTI' cohost Tony Kornheiser added that "You try, progressively, to ruin something, and eventually you will."
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Tim Kurkjian says MLB players are against robo umps: ‘the umpires are better than they think’
"Because they worry, do I know the strike zone well enough in order to be responsible for a challenge?"
Tony Kornheiser takes lazy way out to rip Knicks after hiring Mike Brown hiring
"Mike Brown is on some level better than the Knicks deserve right now"
Tony Kornheiser questions whether Anthony Davis is ‘no-doubt’ Hall of Famer
"You have Anthony Davis in the Hall of Fame? Without a doubt?"
Michael Wilbon trashes analytics again in Tyrese Haliburton rant: ‘Put the damn laptops down’
Michael Wilbon criticized analytics on PTI, saying Tyrese Haliburton’s leadership can’t be measured by numbers.
Michael Wilbon rips analysts criticizing Tyrese Haliburton for playing through calf injury
"Haliburton has my admiration for playing ... people should shut up. Athletes are to be admired when they do this kind of thing."
Tony Kornheiser blasts Knicks’ ‘arrogance’ as coaching search collapses
"They think that their name is so prestigious that everyone wants to coach there."
Bill Simmons: ‘Pardon the Interruption’ shouldn’t continue after Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon
"The show should die when they don't wanna do it anymore."
‘Around the Horn’ draws 482k viewers for final episode
As expected, the show's finale saw higher than usual tune in.
‘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: 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.
Why did ESPN cancel ‘Around The Horn’?
Dave Portnoy recalls ESPN sending Barstool cease and desist letter over ‘Pardon My Take’
"Best thing they could have done for us."
Tony Kornheiser predicts Pete Rose still won’t make HOF after Rob Manfred affirms eligibility
"You know who else is eligible for the Hall of Fame right now? Barry Bonds is eligible, Mark McGwire is eligible, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens, they're eligible. Are they getting in any time soon?"
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?'"
Kendrick Perkins calls for Tyrese Haliburton’s father to be suspended for postseason
"At some point, you gotta make an example. And he has to be the example."
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."
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 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."
Tony Kornheiser mocks ‘Get Up’ panelists for anti-Nick Sirianni narrative
"You're the problem."
PTI’s Tony Kornheiser, Pablo Torre go outside the box with Luka Dončić debate
"The first game is where you are going to feel how much those fans feel betrayed and how much pain they have."
Pablo Torre lauds PTI for being ahead of its time
"PTI is one of the brilliantly engineered formats."