Behind the Line

ESPN will be presenting a special episode of Around the Horn Tuesday night...as the show celebrates twenty years on the network. Once a culturally relevant show...Around the Horn has become completely irrelevant over the last three years. Ratings have dropped 50%...with Around the Horn rarely mentioned by the mainstream media.

What happened? We discuss several reasons for the decline of Around the Horn. We highlight current panelists like Sarah Spain and Mina Kimes. We react to recent clips from Around the Horn...and explain how the show went from sports to a discussion of social issues.

Stephen A Smith has been a fixture on ESPN for decades...becoming the franchise and face of the network. Stephen A Smith is the highest paid personality at the network...and is expected to demand an even higher salary when his contract is up for negotiation next year. Will ESPN be willing to accede to his demands?

We discuss the possibility of both Stephen A Smith and ESPN...willingly parting ways with each other. We highlight several instances from this year...where Stephen A Smith subtly discusses his future and grievances with ESPN. We react to ESPN wanting to reunite Mike Francesca and Chris Russo...and explain how this could lay the groundwork for parting ways with Stephen A Smith.

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Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless are paid a combined $9 million annually to attract viewers to FS1. Throughout their run on Undisputed...Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless have failed to draw an audience. This failure has resulted in them using dramatic tactics recently to improve ratings.

We reveal and react to the latest on-air emotional breakdown from Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless. We discuss the embarrassing nature of the argument...and explain how this is an attempt to improve ratings.

For the last six weeks...Jemele Hill has relentlessly promoted her memoir. Jemele Hill received plenty of help from her friends in the mainstream media...who begged people to support Jemele Hill. During her book promotion...Jemele Hill said she was confident she would become a New York Times Bestseller.

Unfortunately for Jemele Hill...that won't be happening. We reveal and react to the book sales of Jemele Hill. We explain why Bomani Jones and Jemele Hill continue to fail...while questioning why they're given numerous opportunities in media. We discuss this latest failure of Jemele Hill...and ask if she's dethroned Bomani Jones as the biggest embarrassing failure.

Back in November...the NHL sponsored a hockey tournament featuring players who identified as opposite of their biological gender. This was the first tournament of its kind...and the NHL was proud to sponsor the event with the mainstream media heaping praise on the league.

However...very little detail has been released about the tournament and now we know why. We explain why the NHL and mainstream media are burying this story...after initially praising the event. We also discuss how sponsoring this tournament could've forever changed public perception of the NHL.

Both Steph Curry and LeBron James have been the biggest draws in the NBA over the last ten years. However...with both Steph Curry and LeBron James continuing to embrace woke causes...their popularity is declining and it's impacting NBA ratings.

We reveal and react to two problematic speeches from Steph Curry and LeBron James...both occurring this week. We discuss how both players are alienating the casual NBA fan...and reveal the Warriors ratings decline. We question why the NBA continues centering the league around Steph Curry and LeBron James...and offer another suggestion that could help the NBA.

It was announced Thursday morning that Brittney Griner would be returning home to America. While most networks covered the story...ESPN decided to dedicate an entire day to celebrating the release of Brittney Griner.

We reveal and react to several clips from ESPN from Thursday. We react to the commentary of Stephen A Smith, Dawn Staley, and Chiney Ogwunmike. We discuss how ESPN used this as an opportunity to victimize the WNBA...and dispute their reasoning as to why people don't care about the WNBA.

Trevor Noah signed off the air on Comedy Central for the final time Thursday night. Trevor Noah was a colossal failure as host of The Daily Show...losing between 65-70 percent of Jon Stewart audience. The mainstream media is claiming Trevor Noah was setup for failure in late-night television...but we know the real reason he failed.

We explain why Trevor Noah was an abject failure in late-night TV. We provide a compilation of clips...of some of Trevor Noah supposedly best moments. We discuss the future of The Daily Show...and who Comedy Central could tap to be the new host.

Brittney Griner received some uplifting news early Thursday morning. It was announced that Brittney Griner would be returning to America in exchange for Viktor Bout. The return of Brittney Griner was met with mixed reactions...as former Marine Paul Whelan was excluded from the exchange.

We react to the return of Brittney Griner...and the exclusion of Paul Whelan. We explain how America didn't come out ahead in this deal. We also discuss the potential impact a Brittney Griner return could have on WNBA ratings.

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WNBA player Kelsey Plum was recently a guest on the Residency Pod...making unrealistic demands in terms of player compensation. Kelsey Plum is demanding NBA level revenue sharing in the WNBA.

We reveal and react to the demands of Kelsey Plum and WNBA players. We discuss why it's unrealistic for the WNBA to split revenue with players...and explain how the current WNBA system works fairly. We also highlight the biggest problem in the WNBA.