"It undermines everything Stephen Jackson said so eloquently on behalf of Black Lives Matter."
@realmikewilbon
says Stephen Jackson "has no credibility" as a voice for equality after making anti-Semitic statements
“Colin Kaepernick looks pretty good right now because he got it right.”
@realmikewilbon
believes protests after George Floyd's killing prove Kaepernick's point
Happy anniversary to
@PTI
, which debuted 22 years ago today on ESPN.
Tony Kornheiser,
@RealMikeWilbon
and production leads
@ErikRydholm
@kellihem
and
@BonnieBerko
have been there from the beginning - and made PTI one of the most successful shows in history.
"The short term is to get people to stop killing folks! That’s the short-term goal. Stop shooting me!"
@realmikewilbon
on what NBA players hope to achieve by boycotting games
“I’m offended by what I saw… So numbers are so important to you, Kevin Cash, that you can’t use your eyes?”
@realmikewilbon
says Cash pulling Blake Snell made Game 6 “a sad night for baseball”
“We know this is a sports show, but what has happened and what is happening in Minneapolis looms over the two of us, looms over the entire nation.”
This is how the show started today:
"You never give up a platform and a microphone, ever."
—
@RealMikeWilbon
rejects the idea that the NBA’s return will distract from the Black Lives Matter movement
“When I use the words 'plantation mentality,' it makes people cringe. Good, cringe, damnit! Because that's what the NFL is back to."
—
@RealMikeWilbon
on prospects for black coaches in the NFL
Reminder that we are off for the holidays and will be back on January 3rd. Thanks for joining us in 2021, (our 20th year!) and we’ll see you all in the new year! 🎉🎉🎉
"This is an offensive coach who called running play after running play into Aaron Donald! How dumb is that strategy?"
@realmikewilbon
had TIME for Bears coach Matt Nagy 😤
"This is the story of a crisis."
@RealMikeWilbon
defends the Big Ten and Pac-12's decision to cancel fall football, saying any program that doesn't like it can "get out"
"I see the Southern flag and it raises the hair on my arm."
@realmikewilbon
hopes Tony is right when he predicts that NASCAR will ban Confederate flags
Congratulations to
@realmikewilbon
on receiving the Curt Gowdy Media Award for Print Journalism from the
@hoophall
. Here's the moment he got the news. 😊
Today, at last, is the 🎉 20th Anniversary of
@PTI
🎉 — the very strange sports TV show that kinda changed everything.
So here’s the new/final chapter of our
#ESPNDaily
miniseries… and a message from a very special guest:
@BarackObama
(!)
🎧➡️
"There apparently are second acts in America, because I have had one."
Tony and
@realmikewilbon
opened up to
@ESPNGreeny
about the unexpected joy of PTI's success
#Greeny