Rob Parker isn’t convinced by women’s basketball momentum
Rob Parker isn’t sold on the surge in WNBA interest, even as Caitlin Clark drives record ratings and fan engagement.
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Robert Griffin III says Rob Parker ‘First Take’ rant has followed his entire career
"When people in the Black community don’t agree with me, what do they do? They start posting Rob Parker memes"
Rob Parker: ‘Steph Curry is not greatest shooter of all-time’
"I think he is disqualified from being considered the greatest shooter."
Rob Parker: ‘Fraud’ Myles Garrett signed his ‘death certificate’ with Browns
"He was fraudulent. He was a fraud."
Rob Parker: ‘Caitlin Clark has ruined NBA All-Star Weekend’
"I'm not watching one minute. Because of Caitlin Clark."
Fox Sports host: Andy Reid should step down as Chiefs’ head coach
"This fall off the cliff is two years in the making."
Kelvin Washington replacing Chris Broussard on Fox Sports Radio’s ‘The Odd Couple’
"Rob, let’s make some noise!"
Chris Broussard confirms ‘The Odd Couple’ departure, show will continue with Rob Parker
The show will continue with Parker, but what that looks like and whether Broussard will be placed with permanent or rotating guests of co-hosts remains to be seen.
Rob Parker’s all-Black sports radio station ceases operations: ‘I failed my people’
"I’m devastated that I couldn’t deliver this for our culture."
Chris Broussard leaving Fox Sports Radio’s ‘The Odd Couple’
For the time being, Broussard plans to focus on First Things First.
Gilbert Arenas revisits South Sudan controversy by ripping unearthed Rob Parker response
"I'm starting to think they're treating these motherf***ers as some special-ed kids."
Rob Parker: Lakers drafting Bronny James is worst decision ever in professional sports
"I'm dead serious when I say that."
First all-Black sports radio station launches in Detroit
"Just four years ago, there were no Black full-time sports hosts on the radio in Detroit."
Here come the ‘Caitlin Clark can play in the NBA’ narratives
"I am convinced that Caitlin Clark should play for an NBA team, not a WNBA team."
Rob Parker launching all-Black sports radio station in Detroit
"It will be young people getting opportunities and former athletes, from Detroit or with ties to Detroit."
What’s next when hot-take culture infects academia?
Rob Parker and USC's attempt to create a micro-farm system of future TV hot-takers is depressing
Rob Parker leads ‘hot-take boot camp’ for former players: ‘It’s okay to be wrong’
"If we all agree that LeBron is the greatest player ever, what conversation are we having? No one’s going to watch."
Chris Broussard ‘stunned’ by Shannon Sharpe’s exit, calls it a ‘huge loss’ for FS1
"I thought that he and Skip Bayless had at least gotten to a point where they could coexist, but apparently not.”
Rob Parker rips Draymond Green for claiming athletes are the new media
"I cringe every time I watch a player interview another player."
Rob Parker wonders why Black broadcasters aren’t getting high-paying NFL gigs
"I got a problem with why there hasn’t been to this point, a Black analyst on a major primetime broadcast."
Detroit sports talk station WDFN goes off-air after 26 years in format change by iHeartMedia
WDFN was Detroit's first all-sports talk radio station, debuting in 1994.
This Week In Hot Takes: Michael Kay blames Phil Jackson, who wasn’t with the Knicks in 2013, for missing on Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo was drafted in 2013, and Phil Jackson was hired in 2014. The only way to blame Jackson is if you think he has a time machine.
This Week In Hot Takes: Rob Parker says Tom Brady “will become Lance Armstrong without the bike”
"I still believe that when it's all said and done, and that disgruntled person who wasn't taken care of comes out and writes that book and lays it all out on the table, that Tom Brady will be looked at the same light as Lance Armstrong. He'll be Lance Armstrong without the bicycle."
This Week In Hot Takes: Matt Walsh’s Kareem Hunt take is “She hit him too: what happened to gender equality?”
This week's hottest take came from Matt Walsh using the Kareem Hunt situation to make a dumb gender equality argument.
This Week In Hot Takes: Trent Dilfer calls thrilling Chiefs-Rams game “bad ball”
Former ESPN analyst Dilfer was not a fan of Chiefs-Rams.