Tony Kornheiser loyalist Steve MacLaughlin has a review of Colin Cowherd, Mr. T's replacement on ESPN Radio. Some of Steve's readers think he's being too kind.
March 30th, 2004
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Tony Kornheiser loyalist Steve MacLaughlin has a review of Colin Cowherd, Mr. T's replacement on ESPN Radio. Some of Steve's readers think he's being too kind.
I tuned into to hear his first show. Turned it off less than 2 minutes into his initial segment. Today caught his “spanning the globe” segment, where in rapid succession he interviewed various radio guys and beat writers around the country–>asking pedestrain questions like: “Is this Eddie Sutton’s best team at OSU?” By my count he talked to 4 different people about 6 different subjects in about 12 minutes.
Just a lame show with a lame host. Tony K set the bar to a point where no one can reach, but this Colin guy is lucky he’s not doing overnights.
I haven’t been very impressed. It sounds like 90% of sports radio. Not distinctive at all. Kornheiser was really a vox clamantis in deserto as far as doing stuff besides propeller-head sports nerd radio.
Want good sports radio? Listen to BBC’s Five Live, especially the 606 call-in show.
Granted, you’ll end up banging your head in sheer frustration after hearing how much more intelligent and civilized the typical English soccer fan is when compared with anyone U.S. radio can turn up.
Can I recommend Sporting News Radio? I find it to be much better than ESPN radio, especially with Rick Ballou on from 10pm-2am. The problem? No one in DC gets it, so you don’t have the choice…one sports radio station that owns the satellites (980, 1260…etc) makes it impossible to get another viewpoint on.