Quotes About ESPN

The '30 for 30' strand started life as a series of behind-the-scenes docs for the sports channel ESPN. It has now spawned an equally fascinating series of podcasts. Like the films, these podcasts don't rely on access, the usual currency of sports journalism, and are strangely excited by stories that are complicated and require telling at length.

But the rising chorus urging ESPN to change its stripes is missing something: The intersection of sports and politics is natural. And the left-wing lean of ESPN is inevitable. Conservatives bothered by the slant should stop hand-wringing and start their own network.

This media era is amazing. Twitter, Facebook, ESPN, news outlets everywhere.

SportsCenter' is the legacy brand at ESPN, I had a great year doing the show. But it was not a fit for me because ultimately I had a lot of things that I really wanted to say and wanted to express, and the 'SportsCenter' vehicle is not necessarily set up for that.

ESPN is a great organization to work for.

To allow our audiences to watch more professionally produced video content, we acquired Major League Gaming - MLG - and we expect MLG to become the 'ESPN of Videogames' with a focus on the celebration of gamers, both amateur and professionals.

Everybody is saying, 'ESPN is not cool, no one is paying attention to ESPN, they're all paying attention to the Barstools of the world.' Why? Because we're authentic.

I love my life. I love this ESPN thing; it's been fun.

I did radio for a year and did some TV things, and I was already in place at ESPN before 'The Bachelorette' started.

Oh, I still get a little anxiety when I'm doing NFL live for ESPN.

Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is.

E! didn't like it when we'd make fun of clips from ESPN - they'd be like, 'That's sports! That's not our audience!'

You always think as an organization, obviously if you're in sports, you want to be with ESPN. ESPN is it. But you don't really realize how good ESPN is and how big their platform really is until you're in it.

I have such respect for the guys at ESPN.

Am I mad about Deflategate? I feel like I'm on ESPN with that question... Yeah, yeah, I'm kind of mad.

The culture at ESPN, I found when I left, isn't the same as when I came. It wasn't as much fun.

The only job I'd consider leaving ESPN for would be to call NFL games.

I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN.

I believe if the players and coaches respect my viewpoint of the game, then fans will as well. And full credit there goes to the NBA and to ESPN. They are willing to put people like me in a position to do this.

I'm thrilled that ESPN has been the leader in trying to find opportunities for women in visible and non-traditional roles.

When I was at ESPN, I would say in April, 'We should be doing something on the NFL,' and they laughed at me.

You can't buy the loyalty that ESPN has showed to me.

The new moron in town is Chad Ford of ESPN.com.