Magic Johnson is leaving ESPN.

[manyfaces]

I was hoping they'd bring back Emmitt Smith and combine their efforts to challenge the laws of the English language.

shyt would disrupt the space time continuum and probably have a black hole open right where they sit.

 

[Jerz-2]

Dawg…at least it ain’t Jackie MacMullan.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Magic left because Wilbon got demoted ...

ESPN should hire Isiah

Isiah just got hired by NBA TV.

 

[manyfaces]

Umm I never understood the magic johnson hate..

Im pretty sure he knows more about basketball than any of you clowns

So does Ron Harper, but I don't see anybody running to give that nikka a job.

 

[jadillac]

Magic was cool on TNT, but the ESPN thing never quite clicked

 

[61 Corpses]

Thank god.

This nikka Magic couldn't make up his mind who was winning the title during the finals. He had the Heat and Spurs winning the series on two occasions a piece.

I was hoping they'd bring back Emmitt Smith and combine their efforts to challenge the laws of the English language.

Knowing basketball and articulating a point are two separate things breh.

 

[GoldenGlove]

the espn is back

 

[gho3st]

 

[ghostwriterx]

Never liked Magic as an analyst.

I also hated how the rest of the analysts Wilbon would dikkride all up on him like his opinion only mattered

and Doris isn't that bad. She's like the female version of Hubbie Brown, but no where near as good.

 

[aceboon]

Doris Burke is how you know your college football game dont mean shyt. She calls so many GT bowl games.


Magic need to take Shaq place on TNT. Magic butchering the English language meshed with the show a lot more than Shaq and his FORCED jokes.

I think you're getting Burke confused with Pam Ward or Beth Mullens, Burke does CBB/WCBB/NBA games

 

[obarth]

No Wilbon is the bigger news to me

I just want Magic to do his baseball thing and come back solely for the Slam Dunk Contest

 

[distinguishedNOW]

I think you're getting Burke confused with Pam Ward or Beth Mullens, Burke does CBB/WCBB/NBA games

Yeah Pam Ward does the college football games. Now that bytch...she's terrible.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Deadspin saying Magic did indeed leave the show because of Bill Simmons. Thanks, Sports Guy.

http://deadspin.com/sources-magic-johnson-left-espn-because-of-bill-simmon-1443543687

ESPN sources tell us that Johnson's departure was the result of an old-fashioned power war, with one very clear winner: Bill Simmons. "It's Simmons's show now," said one source.

Magic apparently was not at all happy when ESPN told his buddy Michael Wilbon that his role on NBA Countdown would be diminished. He was "booted," according to one source. Another ESPN insider also said that Magic was "privately seething over the Wilbon thing and in general did not like that Simmons held all the power and influence." Magic didn't necessarily need the power, our sources explained; he just didn't feel like kowtowing to Simmons when he's, well, Magic Johnson.

"The bottom line is they turned that show over to Simmons," said our source. "That's why Doug Collins got hired and why Wilbon was out."

And that's a very large part of why Johnson decided to bolt the show at the 11th hour. ESPN announced the news this afternoon and said that Johnson informed the network of his decision today. Johnson said in a statement he was leaving "due to the nature of my schedule and other commitments, I don't feel confident that I can continue to devote the time needed to thrive in my role."

 

[Jacksonville Swaguar]

Why isn't Wilbon the won with AIDS?

 

[The_Sheff]

I think you're getting Burke confused with Pam Ward or Beth Mullens, Burke does CBB/WCBB/NBA games

You may be right. I just get pissed when I hear a females voice when watching basketball or football. Burke does the shytty NBA games.