Mike Ryan

And I think it was in small part due to the young people around you. You were playing literally in your studios to a younger audience, so you really sharpened that skill. So the show starts humming. We feel good about the show that we're doing in the afternoons for ESPN Radio. We have contacts like Amanda telling us what a great job that we're doing.

And I think it was in small part due to the young people around you. You were playing literally in your studios to a younger audience, so you really sharpened that skill. So the show starts humming. We feel good about the show that we're doing in the afternoons for ESPN Radio. We have contacts like Amanda telling us what a great job that we're doing.

Trog Keller's telling us what a great job that we're doing. Colin Cowherd has a making it pretty well known that he is negotiating with Fox. This is around the time that FS1 launches, and they want to make a big splash with their talent signings. So it seems as though Colin Cowherd is going to leave the mothership, and we are the likely replacement there.

Trog Keller's telling us what a great job that we're doing. Colin Cowherd has a making it pretty well known that he is negotiating with Fox. This is around the time that FS1 launches, and they want to make a big splash with their talent signings. So it seems as though Colin Cowherd is going to leave the mothership, and we are the likely replacement there.

Conversations, I imagine, start happening with Trace, and I'm curious. Was it your feeling that we were... I feel like we were the obvious backup to, they were clearly trying to extend with Colin Cowherd, but they weren't going to pay him that. Had Colin Cowherd decided to leave, we would be the show that replaced him.

Conversations, I imagine, start happening with Trace, and I'm curious. Was it your feeling that we were... I feel like we were the obvious backup to, they were clearly trying to extend with Colin Cowherd, but they weren't going to pay him that. Had Colin Cowherd decided to leave, we would be the show that replaced him.

I want to know what those conversations were like with Trace, your agents, ESPN, and did you even talk to Colin about it?

I want to know what those conversations were like with Trace, your agents, ESPN, and did you even talk to Colin about it?

The motivations to move to middays were pretty obvious, but for those that don't know, Dan had a very different relationship with time. Dan was a single man, didn't have kids, and had just moved into a studio that was blocks away from his home.

The motivations to move to middays were pretty obvious, but for those that don't know, Dan had a very different relationship with time. Dan was a single man, didn't have kids, and had just moved into a studio that was blocks away from his home.

So when we were in the afternoons, I'd be doing all my pre-production, I'd get there close to noon, our show would end at 7 o'clock, I got a ton of work to do. ton of post-production to do. And then I leave the island and I crawl across the 836 and I'm getting home sometimes around 945. So family life is difficult to maintain at this point.

So when we were in the afternoons, I'd be doing all my pre-production, I'd get there close to noon, our show would end at 7 o'clock, I got a ton of work to do. ton of post-production to do. And then I leave the island and I crawl across the 836 and I'm getting home sometimes around 945. So family life is difficult to maintain at this point.

A young husband, I want to start thinking about having a family. How do I spend time? Am I just not going to be a part of this child's early life with this window? And also you make stuff for people to hear it. We were starting to be a really big digital property. Certainly for ESPN we were, but the time that people were getting to our podcast was when games were tipping off.

A young husband, I want to start thinking about having a family. How do I spend time? Am I just not going to be a part of this child's early life with this window? And also you make stuff for people to hear it. We were starting to be a really big digital property. Certainly for ESPN we were, but the time that people were getting to our podcast was when games were tipping off.

Our podcast was becoming antiquated the second that we released it. I felt like if we started up and had our podcast hit to market around 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Our podcast was becoming antiquated the second that we released it. I felt like if we started up and had our podcast hit to market around 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

We could still be a part of people's drive time traditions. And that's how we sold it to our South Florida audience, because that was also something that we were worried about. I could really maximize my digital audience. So for me, life balance, money, career opportunity, the fact that you have this Cadillac of a real estate space in radio, I thought we could do a lot with it.

We could still be a part of people's drive time traditions. And that's how we sold it to our South Florida audience, because that was also something that we were worried about. I could really maximize my digital audience. So for me, life balance, money, career opportunity, the fact that you have this Cadillac of a real estate space in radio, I thought we could do a lot with it.

But that life balance was a huge part of it, not just for that moment, but seeing where I wanted to take my life beyond that.

But that life balance was a huge part of it, not just for that moment, but seeing where I wanted to take my life beyond that.