Michael Wilbon ‘hopes’ Bruce Pearl was pushed out at Auburn
"He had become a divisive person, it seems to me, intentionally."
"He had become a divisive person, it seems to me, intentionally."
Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon are going to continue their unparalleled run at ESPN and former colleague Bill...
Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser have signed three-year extensions with the network.
"I'm not hearing — and we kid because we love — any of the nonsense that I often hear on Get Up and First Take that 'Caleb Williams is under the most pressure.'"
Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon reportedly rejected an approach by ESPN to permanently expand to an hour earlier this year.
"There's nothing Jerry Jones says that I pay any attention to. Nothing."
"It was about getting this f*cking story. Could you do this one better?"
"It's been my assigned job."
It sounds as if Wilbon and fellow 'Pardon the Interruption' host Tony Kornheiser are negotiating new deals that will dictate the future of the iconic show.
'PTI' cohost Tony Kornheiser added that "You try, progressively, to ruin something, and eventually you will."
"...the coolest people are the ones that are celebrated, and right now in America, it's football and basketball. It doesn't mean it's going to stay that way forever. Track and field doesn't seem to have that now."
"You have Anthony Davis in the Hall of Fame? Without a doubt?"
"I've heard dynasty so much today I'm annoyed the day after the winning of a championship."
Michael Wilbon criticized analytics on PTI, saying Tyrese Haliburton’s leadership can’t be measured by numbers.
"Haliburton has my admiration for playing ... people should shut up. Athletes are to be admired when they do this kind of thing."
"They think that their name is so prestigious that everyone wants to coach there."
"Me and the great Charles Barkley have no beef no more."
"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."
"Put me in a grave first."
"What do we need to do differently?"
WaPo reports that ESPN approached Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser about doubling their airtime but didn’t offer much of a raise.
"We want to know everything about the Pope. Is he gonna bless the Bears?"
"...there are things that happen publicly and privately that make you angry."