More Cuts at ESPN

I don’t think its fair to characterize this as a “hot mic.” It was entirely a private space. It should’ve been deleted. Its voyeur and its wrong to pass it around. Its gossip at best, these arent national security issues here

 

Interesting choice. An unflappable Christian gentleman against the "angry Black man" character that Steven A portrays. Tim Tebow joining Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's 'First Take'

 

Don’t get it. The whole genre is based on outrage. Tebow doesn’t do outrage.

 

He will be the virtuous foil. He may not be outraged, but he will be crestfallen if players aren't "playing the right way"

 

Tebow's the Gerry Cooney of First Take shows. And I can only imagine Skip is rolling over in his crypt at Fox.

 

I'm pretty sure the idea is as Readallover implies. Tebow doesn't have to get outraged - A whole slew of good ole boys are going to tune in now, to get outraged on his behalf about his treatment at the hands of Stephen A.

 

What Does Life After ESPN Look Like for Kenny Mayne?

 

Kenny Mayne is hungry. There’s a metaphor in there somewhere, considering what’s going on with his career, but in this case, I’m just making an observation. It’s just after 9 o’clock on a sleepy Thursday morning in August, and we’re sitting down for breakfast at his hotel in Santa Monica. He’s in town with his wife, Gretchen, and two of his four daughters—one of whom, Elaina, they’re dropping off at USC. She’s a freshman. I ask whether it’s a Varsity Blues situation and he’s the new Aunt Becky.

“No, she did it all herself,” he says. “Engineering.”​

That's pretty funny.

 

First, that's a damn good profile.

Second, yeah, Kenny Mayne needs to take a year or three off. Be a consultant or a teacher somewhere. Talking about yourself in gambling terms...mulling over a creative venture with Marshawn Lynch...getting puffy on social media...that's grief. Lay low for some time. Maybe for all time.

To some degree? I think these guys keep plugging away for the juice, but also for their kids. The kids are in college, gotta pay for their college, they gotta have Magnolia-caliber living options once they get out of college...vacations and weddings and experiences...Mayne is 62. He could functionally retire, give some speeches every so often and downsize. Let the kids fend for themselves.

 

It was a good profile. Now you want to criticize a man who may or may not be motivated by his desire to make sure his kids have a good start in life? That's pretty petty even for you.

 

It’s a job which once had celebrities which is now completely fungible. I never really got it with him, but he seems like an interesting guy and it was a good story.