Lebatard out at ESPN...

[SWFLHurricane]

Lol...Good....Snitching MFer....

 

[CFLCane]

Tenured sports anchors are being replaced with podcast and streamers. Same **** happened to radio.

 

[Colombie]

Go woke go broke.

 

[RangerGranger]

I never liked his scummy personality. Daggum weasel.

 

[canecrazy23]

Finally. That show was terrible. In fact his dad should be the one in talk show because Lebaturd is a putz.

 

[jjpuppet]

Surprised he lasted so long, The show was terrible

 

[LuCane]

I know some people really liked his segments, but I couldn't get through an entire episode. Rather pick and choose discussions on message boards.

 

[Allabouttheu95]

ESPN is a cesspool.... top to bottom.

 

[rsa coral gables]

he used to be great, but then get got to "eclectic" and "different" and started social commentary and it was over then

 

[CDWright40]

Lebotaard is cancer

 

[Firesite]

I liked his dad though.

 

[JD08]

It's a start.

 

[JBCanes-NC]

Lebotaard is cancer

Sweaty *** always looked like he just snorted a line

 

[AUcane]

I liked his dad though.

First I hear this handshake deal - pretty funny bit. Is this a thing? The Josh Norman one was funny.

 

[CaneDawgCrew]

Good.

A once great sports network.

 

[supersaiyanshel]

Go woke go broke.

Nah. "Woke" definitely pays. Remember her?

Showtime Developing Comedy Series ‘New Money’ From Gabrielle Union, Jemele Hill, Kelley Carter & Sony Pictures Television

Former ESPN star Jemele Hill is moving into scripted television and has teamed with Gabrielle Union to develop a half-hour comedy series about Black women with financial independence. New Money, which is based on a story from Hill and The Undefeated journalist Kelley Carter, who run Lodge...

deadline.com

And that's in addition to ANOTHER TV show she's hosting.

Anyway, this is likely what's in store for Lebatard. ESPN probably was holding him back financially to be honest. He'll probably get in the podcast game, scripted TV show, etc.

His interests clearly evolved beyond sports (I suspect his way too hot for him fiance has something to do with that). I just never got the feeling that he was the guy who I wanted to listen to about those topics (even when I agreed with most of what he was saying).

 

[canecrazy23]

he used to be great, but then get got to "eclectic" and "different" and started social commentary and it was over then

He's knows about as much about sports as Elton John. Not sure how he ever got a show.

 

[Canes Device]

I realy like the show, but it took a massive hit when they went remote because of COVID. It got way worse when ESPN demoted them a few months back and the show is boderline unlistenable now.
When they go back in person (If they ever come back) I will give it a try. I dislike most forms of sport analysis offered by the media and enjoyed the sports as a table setting to discuss whatever they wanted, but always having sports to come back to for content.
As for LeBatard itself I think the show is awful when he is out. He was the captain, played the straight man to perfection and was able to direct conversation to interesting places. As for his wokeness, it never bothered me, I agree with some of what he says, but even when I disagree it doesn't bother me, but he can get tiresome and strident sometimes.

I don't think he's hurting for cash and with his show already as a digital media I think he will land on his feet fairly easy

 

[dookie blaylock]

Nah. "Woke" definitely pays. Remember her?

Showtime Developing Comedy Series ‘New Money’ From Gabrielle Union, Jemele Hill, Kelley Carter & Sony Pictures Television

Former ESPN star Jemele Hill is moving into scripted television and has teamed with Gabrielle Union to develop a half-hour comedy series about Black women with financial independence. New Money, which is based on a story from Hill and The Undefeated journalist Kelley Carter, who run Lodge...

deadline.com

And that's in addition to ANOTHER TV show she's hosting.

Anyway, this is likely what's in store for Lebatard. ESPN probably was holding him back financially to be honest. He'll probably get in the podcast game, scripted TV show, etc.

His interests clearly evolved beyond sports (I suspect his way too hot for him fiance has something to do with that). I just never got the feeling that he was the guy who I wanted to listen to about those topics (even when I agreed with most of what he was saying).

another show that no one is going to watch because twitter popularity doesn't reflect reality. she'll get her payday for a season and showtime is going to continue to hemorrhage viewers and cancel the series (then blame it on racism).

 

[gogeta4]

First I hear this handshake deal - pretty funny bit. Is this a thing? The Josh Norman one was funny.

iTS A Miami thing we do from elementary school...im surprised he was doing that sh*t ..Papi is the streets lol