Dan Le Batard Responds To ESPN's Statement | Hour 2
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What is Dan Le Batard being called out for in the opening segment?
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Zaz, the sword isn't helping. You still look like an old Ukrainian woman.
That's
your
opinion.
Dan, we got to call you out for something you just did in that last hour. Because I think you just performed some of the most absurd journalism I've ever seen where you said. Hey, Ross, I can't report this, but here are all of the details of this thing that I can't report. I'm going to tell you the entire story and everything that I was told. I can't report it. So, hey, why don't you report it? I know you got sources. Let me rib you on that. That was insane, Dan.
You're going to call yourself a journalist? I'm saying I don't know if it's true. I don't know if it's true. I'm not sure if it's true, but I'm going to give you every single detail, and I can't report it. I don't have enough sources to tell you, but my sources are saying this.
No, I have to agree. That struck me as very odd when
he was
saying that because what he was doing to Ross Tucker was he was saying, Ross, you have Buffalo sources. Do my
reporting for me. Do it for me. Get back to me with the answer so I can report it. All right, so hold on a second. at the risk of sounding defensive, okay? You already have. It's the second time that I have asked Buffalo reporters to look into something that I haven't been able to verify because it's something that so few people would know if it were true. I'm offering something to you there that is a morsel of information that I'm saying on the front end. I don't know if this is true. I can't say it as a fact, so... If you have Buffalo sources, please ask those sources whether or not this is true because I think this is a story people would be interested in. I've been trying to reach Mike McDaniel on it for a while and he will not talk about it because it would be a fairly amazing story.
Would we not agree that if that is something that were true, people would want to know about it? But because I haven't, because my sources are not solid enough and I would need multiple sources on this and I just don't have them in Buffalo. Just roll with it. I can't report it as fact. Well, you've already reported it. I have not reported it. It's a good move, though, Dan.
It's a good move because you get to say the report that you don't want to report. You know, kind of like the way where when I want to call them a stewardess and I say, oh, but they're not called stewardess anymore. What
are they
called now? You know, I get to still say it.
It's not the same thing at all. You get to say the word.
Very similar. Yeah, very similar.
So would I have been better off if I had done this?
Yes. all journalistic credibility and get reckless. Here is something we like to call reckless speculation. You're good.
In delay. Thank you. Fine. I'm good. Now you're good. Retroactively. Thank you for calling me out on that. A number of things that I want to get to this hour, but I'm remiss if I don't get the rest of the updates on Greg Cody's catchphrase countdown. I am really bothered. I thought we were going to get number one today. The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody has had a. An exclusive, an exclusive proprietary ownership of these catchphrases appear first on your podcast. And then the joke comes over here. But this is a month's long joke that I thought we were going to get number one today. We're not getting number one. We're getting 75 through 71. Yes, this
is a bonus interlude, a prelude to the big reveal on number one.
How does the show transition from the journalism controversy to the recurring ‘butt’ jokes?
We now have numbers 75, 74, 73, 72, and 71. All right, so number 75 is? I'm a small private individual. 74, I eat butt all the time. 73, I hear ya. 72, you may be right. The ultimate argument diffuser. Yes, Edwin Pope taught me that. And 71... That is weird, wild
stuff.
Wow. I criticized that one. I'm like, everyone does a fake
Carson. That is weird, wild stuff.
I've been hearing that from your father for a long time. Thank you.
It's
a very limited impersonation, but so number one we will get next week?
Yes.
And you do eat butt all the time, correct?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Dan Le Batard being called out for in the opening segment?
0:00–3:28
2
How does the show transition from the journalism controversy to the recurring ‘butt’ jokes?
3:28–8:10
3
Why do the hosts compare Jameis Winston’s career to other ‘bust’ quarterbacks?
8:10–12:46
4
What is ESPN’s official response to Dan’s accusations about NFL coverage?
12:46–16:47
5
How does Dan explain the history of ESPN’s hiring practices and diversity efforts?
16:47–20:36
6
What examples does the panel give of white‑dominant decision‑making at ESPN?
20:36–25:33
7
Why do the hosts argue that ESPN’s statements on diversity are inaccurate?
25:33–30:14
8
What conclusions do the hosts draw about the future of ESPN’s talent and platform decisions?
30:14–37:33
Speakers
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