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Side note.... This looks intriguing... I might actually watch this.. Basically it look like FOX Sports is going to go right after that Mike & Mike audience.

Fox Sports 1 to launch new morning show featuring Cris Carter
Updated: MAY 13, 2017 — 10:35 AM EDT

@RobTornoe | rtornoe@philly.com


We’re about to see and hear a lot more from Cris Carter
The former Eagles receiver and Fox Sports NFL analyst will finally get his long-rumored show on Fox Sports 1, paring up with former radio host Nick Wright to launch the network’s first-ever morning show.

“First Things First With Cris Carter and Nick Wright, which Ad Age reports only got its name last week, will begin Tuesday, September 5, just two days before the start of the 2017 NFL season. The show, which will act as a lead-in to the Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe hosted Undisputed, will air weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.


Carter and Wright have chemistry together on air. The pair received high marks when they filled in for a vacationing Colin Cowherd the week after Christmas, and have appeared together multiple times over the past few months on various Fox Sports 1 shows (although there was that time Carter dropped an F-bomb live on air).

During a meeting with media investment giant GroupM, Carter’s old ESPN catch phrase “C’mon, man!” was offered in a sizzle reel by Wright. Carter had some critiques of his new partner's delivery.

"Nick put too much of that Anglo on it," Carter said. "You gotta put a little more urban on it. 'C'mon, man!'"


ESPN chose not to bring back Carter to its NFL coverage last season, a move that publicly irked the Hall of Famer when the network continued to use his signature phrase “C’mon, man!” during its weekly bloopers segment on “NFL Countdown.”


Carter later implied on Twitter that he tried to trademark the catchphrase, but ESPN “wouldn’t allow it.”

Carter finished his career as the NFL’s second all-time leading receiver, racking up 1,101 receptions for 13,899 yards. His 130 touchdowns were also the second-most in league history. Carter is also a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s, an honor he shares with new FS1 colleague and “Undisputed” co-host Shannon Sharpe.

The former wide receiver started his broadcast career as a studio analyst on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” back in 2002. There, he interviewed former Eagles coach Buddy Ryan and opened up about his controversial release from the team. Carter moved to ESPN in 2008.

Carter's new show is likely to face some stiff competition from ESPN, which is working on launching its own morning show built around Mike & Mike host Mike Greenberg. The show will reportedly combine elements of SportsCenter with a general-interest morning show, but ESPN has been tight-lipped about when Greenberg will leave Mike & Mike and when his new show will begin.

Read more by Rob Tornoe

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/Cris-Carter-Nick-Wright-Fox-Sports-1.html
 
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Man You might have been right after all... it definitely is the beginning of the end.

The tense, deteriorating relationship between ESPN Radio's Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic
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Off-camera tension between media personalities who work together is hardly a new phenomenon. In one of the more famous examples, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, who partnered on an immensely popular and polarizing show (Mike And The Mag Dog) on WFAN-AM Radio in New York from 1989 to 2008, went through multiple three-month stretches during which neither spoke to the other off the air. Away from sports, television morning shows have a long history of on-air love and off-camera animus, from Ann Curry and Matt Lauer on Today to Michael Strahan and Kelly Ripa on ABC’s Live, where friction first led to the end of their pairing and then to a string of tabloid covers.

ESPN Radio is now experiencing some off-camera issues of its own. Multiple ESPN staffers, including current and former employees who have had roles with the show, told SI.com last week that the once-warm relationship between partners Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic has turned icy over the last year, prompting a number of ESPNers to predict that the show will conclude long before this December’s contractual end. The sources said Greenberg and Golic are not talking to each other off the set—and hardly at all before the show or during commercial breaks.

Through an ESPN spokesperson, both Greenberg and Golic declined comment.

“It’s really a poisonous atmosphere right now,” said one longtime ESPNer who has worked on the show. “Most of us don’t see the show lasting through its contractual end [which is believed to be the end of December]. But I give both these guys immense credit because when the light comes on, you would not know what’s going on. They are pros on air.”

“They are marvelous actors on set,” said another ESPN on-air staffer, who speaks to both Greenberg and Golic. “But they barely even make eye contact with each other these days.”

“They virtually ignore each other off air,” said a third ESPN staffer who has previously worked on the show and said such tension has existed since late last year.

What caused the chill between the two hosts, whose on-air partnership began in October 1998 and is one of the most successful sports radio pairings of alltime? A number of factors, according to those around the program. Last week, as reported by many outlets, members of the Golic family, particularly Mike’s youngest son, Jake, were not shy about making public their animus over how ESPN management has handled the show over the last 24 months.

“Am I allowed to tweet that you guys are idiots now, or do I need a year to announce that,” tweeted Jake Golic, in a reference to ESPN management not making public what most inside ESPN have known for some time—that Greenberg is leaving Mike & Mike to host his own television show beginning Jan. 1, 2018. That show will originate from a studio in New York City and air live from 7 to 10 a.m. ET on ESPN, and re-air each day at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN2. Golic will continue on ESPN Radio with new partner Trey Wingo, who has experience on ESPN Radio and is one of the network’s signature NFL hosts. Mike Golic Jr. will also be part of the show each morning from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. That show, still based in Bristol, Conn., is expected to simulcast on ESPNU. Most people I spoke with for this story predicted the Golic-Wingo pairing will start sometime in the fall.

Said an ESPN spokesperson on Monday afternoon: “Mike and Mike will continue into the fall.”

As for the background that led up to the current tension between the two co-hosts: at the ESPN annual upfront presentation for ad buyers in May 2015, the company boldly announced that Mike & Mike would move to New York City and begin broadcasting from ABC’s Times Square studio at 6 a.m. ET on Feb. 8, 2016, the day after Super Bowl XL. The move was designed to turn Mike & Mike into a Good Morning America-style program, including actual on-air interaction with the ABC morning show, which is also under the Disney aegis. At the time, Mike Golic called it a “nice second act for the show” and said he would be moving his family just outside New York City. Greenberg, who grew up in Manhattan, said he was excited to be closer to the city. The announcement remains on ESPN’s PR site.

That move, of course, never happened and it's hard to discern why, though multiple ESPNers said both were in contract negotiations that included the show move before ESPN ultimately pulled the plug on New York City. Cris Carter was later added to—in theory—give it more juice. Carter now works at Fox Sports and will compete against Greenberg in the mornings.

In Sept. 2016 SI.com reported that ESPN executives were exploring moving Greenberg into a new role as the lead host of a new morning television show. Sources at ESPN say Golic had no idea that Greenberg was pursuing such an option and that he may have even learned of it via the SI.com article. “From Golic’s perspective, he thinks Mike [Greenberg] should have come to him and told him he wanted to do his own thing,” said one of the ESPN-ers. “But Greeney is very non-confrontational, truly a nice a guy, and he would say that it wasn’t incumbent on him to tell Golic everything about what he wanted to do professionally. I guess I can see both sides.”

In January SI.com reported that ESPN executives were moving forward with a plan to give Greenberg a solo show. Greenberg also changed agents last year—he previously shared an agent with Golic—and signed a big deal with ESPN, which ESPN book author James Andrew Miller reported to be $6.5 million annually. That’s well over what Golic would be making on a radio-centric deal.

At last week’s ESPN’s Upfront presentation, Greenberg said, “Over the years I have thought many times about wanting to do something different. Many times it was going out of sports. Over the course of my life I did think I would maybe go away from sports and going into news or something different. The right thing never came up. So to leave what I am doing, which has been so good, I mean, getting teamed up with Mike Golic is the best thing that ever happened to me professionally. To leave that, I would not have done it if I did not have the chance to do something really good. So I hope I do this as long as I continue working because I can shape this into whatever I want”

Last Wednesday, Golic, through body language that could be read by a first year psychology major, offered this take on the dissolution of the show.

Said Golic: “The last year and a half have been interesting if not eyebrow-raising, as well. For me, it’s not my story to tell. I’m going to continue doing this exact same show. It’s for others to tell who made this decision if they want to tell it and how they want to tell it. Not my story to tell… So, basically as Greeny said, this show will go on for a while. We don’t know how long into this year, and then as I start a new show with Trey Wingo—who I’ve known for years, I’ve done football with since 2003—and my son Mike, so how could I not be excited about that?”

Greenberg on air called the show “the best thing that has happened to him in his professional life” but he did not elaborate on what led to the parting of ways. For fans of the show, there is one silver lining: As the show gets closer to its conclusion, it is likely that the thaw between the two hosts will, in some parts, turn to melancholy. They will both recognize (and likely publicly) how good a professional partnership it has been.

“It was very telling in that public statement that neither looked at each other,” said the ESPNer who has worked on the show. “I thought they would at least say, 'Hey, thanks for a great run.'”
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Greeny trying to pull a Michael Jackson and go out on his own. The only problem is he can't sing :( This won't end well for Greenberg. I sure as hell won't be watching, unless he gets Bruce Bowen for his co-host, then I'm watching, that dude is a fool.

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Greeny trying to pull a Michael Jackson and go out on his own. The only problem is he can't sing :( This won't end well for Greenberg. I sure as hell won't be watching, unless he gets Bruce Bowen for his co-host, then I'm watching, that dude is a fool.

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completely agree
 
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They're paying Greeny 6.5 mil a yr. Lmfao. Greeny is not that guy and he will never be that guy. Jan 1 2018 he will start smelling his shit and realize how good he had it with Golic. That pressure will be a mofo
 
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Greeny trying to pull a Michael Jackson and go out on his own. The only problem is he can't sing :( This won't end well for Greenberg. I sure as hell won't be watching, unless he gets Bruce Bowen for his co-host, then I'm watching, that dude is a fool.

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^^^

yup and the thing is he is GREAT as a moderator type..top notch. a RARE skill too
He is doing something that him and Golic have criticized athletes about for damn near a decade...

staying in your lane.
 
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playahaitian said:
So this country ass negro on Mike & Mike

really decided this morning's hot take is

KD is not only BETTER then Lebron?

But the next Jordan?

I'm done.
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Off Topic, but you take a 73 win team, then add a former MVP in his prime and I'm suppose to waste a night watching that shit. Hopefully Bron and nem can do better in Cleveland. :dunno:
 
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Off Topic, but you take a 73 win team, then add a former MVP in his prime and I'm suppose to waste a night watching that shit. Hopefully Bron and nem can do better in Cleveland. :dunno:
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You know...I STILL support KD.

I can't deride free agency.

I don't like this whole the sh*tting on players making teams thing...

acting like it has to be a old white man with a cigar putting the blacks together cause they don't UNDERSTAND how to work as a team without DIRECTION.

(yet its OK for the them to be SENT to recruit)

that being said.

I can now see the gripe behind KD.

I think its just him going DIRECTLY to the team that JUST beat him...soundly...and he was DIRECTLY responsible for the playoff loss.

So yeah I get that.

I still respect him his decision and do not begrudge the Warriors organization and fans ANYTHING.

But I can now fully UNDERSTAND their frustration and how this can be bad for the league as a whole.

(before anyone asks...and NO this is NOT like when Lebron went to Miami)
 
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You know...I STILL support KD.

I can't deride free agency.

I don't like this whole the sh*tting on players making teams thing...

acting like it has to be a old white man with a cigar putting the blacks together cause they don't UNDERSTAND how to work as a team without DIRECTION.

(yet its OK for the them to be SENT to recruit)

that being said.

I can now see the gripe behind KD.

I think its just him going DIRECTLY to the team that JUST beat him...soundly...and he was DIRECTLY responsible for the playoff loss.

So yeah I get that.

I still respect him his decision and do not begrudge the Warriors organization and fans ANYTHING.

But I can now fully UNDERSTAND their frustration and how this can be bad for the league as a whole.

(before anyone asks...and NO this is NOT like when Lebron went to Miami)
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I agree with everything you said, but the end result is just bad basketball, not competitive worth a damn. I hope I'm wrong.

This may never happen again, very seldom will a top 5 athlete join the team that just kicked his ass

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I agree with everything you said, but the end result is just bad basketball, not competitive worth a damn. I hope I'm wrong.

This may never happen again, very seldom will a top 5 athlete join the team that just kicked his ass

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agreed.

but I feel like that has happened at LEAST once in Baseball, Football AND Hockey.

I have to check.
 
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I agree with everything you said, but the end result is just bad basketball, not competitive worth a damn. I hope I'm wrong.

This may never happen again, very seldom will a top 5 athlete join the team that just kicked his ass

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I haven't watched one second of the finals and barely any of the playoffs. What's the point anymore. It's the same teams every time. I'll continue to say that the NBA has a parity problem and has had one forever.
 
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as soon as Golic Jr...made it racial?

when talking about Subban and Crosby?

damn those two old cacs shut that sh*t down with the quickness.
 
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Fuck you talking bout?
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Man I was searching the thread trying to figure out the same thing :confused:
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That would be the shit!!!
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damn...do I have a rep for posting bullsh*t?

This morning on Mike and Mike Trey was joking about finding parking and all the new meetings they have to go to for the NEW show and he made a few slick comments about its "success"

later on they discussed how Sidney Crosby punched PK Subban repeatedly on the head INTO the ice and essentially no real penalty.

Then Golic Jr mentioned that its funny how when Crosby punches the hell out of a essentially defenseless player he isn't called a THUG

and if the roles were REVERSED

and a BLACK player had done that to Crosby all hell would have broken loose.

Try and Mike quickly changed the topic.

So is that enough synopsis...?
 
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damn...do I have a rep for posting bullsh*t?

This morning on Mike and Mike Trey was joking about finding parking and all the new meetings they have to go to for the NEW show and he made a few slick comments about its "success"

later on they discussed how Sidney Crosby punched PK Subban repeatedly on the head INTO the ice and essentially no real penalty.

Then Golic Jr mentioned that its funny how when Crosby punches the hell out of a essentially defenseless player he isn't called a THUG

and if the roles were REVERSED

and a BLACK player had done that to Crosby all hell would have broken loose.

Try and Mike quickly changed the topic.

So is that enough synopsis...?
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Good Synopsis....

I keep forgetting that you on Kid time..... I was wondering why this was posted so late in the day.
 
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damn...do I have a rep for posting bullsh*t?

This morning on Mike and Mike Trey was joking about finding parking and all the new meetings they have to go to for the NEW show and he made a few slick comments about its "success"

later on they discussed how Sidney Crosby punched PK Subban repeatedly on the head INTO the ice and essentially no real penalty.

Then Golic Jr mentioned that its funny how when Crosby punches the hell out of a essentially defenseless player he isn't called a THUG

and if the roles were REVERSED

and a BLACK player had done that to Crosby all hell would have broken loose.

Try and Mike quickly changed the topic.

So is that enough synopsis...?
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Dont be mad at us that we cant read your mind nigga.
 
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damn...do I have a rep for posting bullsh*t?

This morning on Mike and Mike Trey was joking about finding parking and all the new meetings they have to go to for the NEW show and he made a few slick comments about its "success"

later on they discussed how Sidney Crosby punched PK Subban repeatedly on the head INTO the ice and essentially no real penalty.

Then Golic Jr mentioned that its funny how when Crosby punches the hell out of a essentially defenseless player he isn't called a THUG

and if the roles were REVERSED

and a BLACK player had done that to Crosby all hell would have broken loose.

Try and Mike quickly changed the topic.

So is that enough synopsis...?
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It is a new world we live in when a white man says what we have been saying. Same goes for Nick Wright
 
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Well Mike golic new show starts November 27th.

This is still crazy to me
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I love how ALL the parties involved sound so f*cking disinterested in the entire thing.

I realize now ALL those rumors about Mike and Mike HATING each other?

Complete and utter lies...

they have said PUBLICLY for YEARS

they don't call, text or hang out.

the ANTI - Mike and Jemellle

but they brothers.

ESPN really better be right about this.
 
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I think it will be good, I like Nick Wright's take on topics
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Nick's only issue is that he is too team LeBron and because of this, has blind spots when it comes to the NBA at times. He had to fully come to terms with how wrong he was about the Warriors. It's okay to be wrong and give wrong opinion takes but his opinions were not centered around facts... just his overwhelming love for LeBron.
 

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