February 20, 2004

AND THE DISEMBODIED VOICE HE

AND THE DISEMBODIED VOICE HE RODE IN ON: As discussed earlier, Max Kellerman has officially left ESPN's "Around the Horn" and will host a new half-hour show on Fox Sports Net.
Aside from a slightly bigger paycheck, I don't see how this could possibly be a good career move, as it seems everyone else is going the other way- Jim Rome, Michael Irvin, and Stephen A. Smith have all jumped from FSN to ESPN in the last year. Never mind that Fox Sports gets a small fraction of the ratings of the Worldwide Leader, following its ill-fated plan to "go national" and compete with ESPN a few years back.
Despite my distaste for "Around the Horn"'s bizarre, nonsensical concept, I do like Kellerman- his personal story is interesting, and the man is a Yiddish enthusiast! I wish him luck, but since I don't have FSN, I doubt I'll see him on TV again for the foreseeable future.
(Hat tip, DaveWagz).

Posted by Stephen Silver at February 20, 2004 12:39 PM
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