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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/m...0-martzke_x.htm

 

Max Kellerman and ESPN have parted ways. ESPN vice president Mike Soltys said the cable network notified the agent of the former Around the Horn host and boxing analyst, whose contract expired, that it will not match an offer from another network. Kellerman, who sought an increase to about $850,000 annually, might wind up at Fox Sports Net in a multifaceted deal that could include the entertainment industry.
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Guest Ghettoman
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Well I won't be watching ATH anymore, unless they get someone other than Stat Boy, who sucks.

Guest OctoberBlood
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Heh. ESPN continues to grow more shittier ever day. Lovely.

Guest Olympic Slam
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Thank God! It's because of that rat faced idiot that almost all sports related commentary has been reduced to who can yell the loudest or have the cheesiest gimmick. Stat Boy is a huge improvement.

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ATH might get cancelled sooner rather than later.

 

Which sucks cause Woody Paige and Michael Holley are gods while Bill Morality thinks he can hug god.

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It sucks because I just know the show will be cancelled soon, or given a crappy host. (I don't think Stat Boy will be the permenant host, although he'd do fine if they choose to keep him). Other than that though, I hated Kellerman and I'm glad he's gone. Hopefully if the show does stay on the air whoever hosts it isn't so damned biased for New York, and Bill Plaske. Make Woody the host, now THAT could be interesting.

Guest Redhawk
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Damn, I liked Max. He was great on boxing and I actually liked ATH as much as PTI. Funny, I was just wondering what had happened to him, because they didn't say he was on vacation or anything.

Guest FrigidSoul
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ATH sucks. A bunch of crappy sports journalist given points on whether or not they can agree with the hosts point of view? Fuck that

 

PTI is where its at.

Guest OctoberBlood
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No. PTI and ATH sucks. Most of those guys on both shows know almost nothing about many topics. They may be experts in football, but they don't know shit in just about everything else. Both shows were decent at the beginning, but they are terribly old and awful.

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Now if only Fox Sports can get a deal with UFC and have Max Kellerman host it. The Best Damn Sport Show Period should dump Rose and replace him with Kellerman.

 

Agreed. Rose should be shot out of a cannon for being really crappy at his job.

 

The guy has NEVER been good and he gave up the last ounce of shame he had when he announced that Celebrity Boxing.

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We all know that Fox Sports has been working on some sort of deal with the UFC, and perhaps Max will be used. That's what I've heard "around the horn" anyway (HA!). Truth be told, unlike the PTI guys, Max is pretty knowledgeable in MMA and supportive of it as a sport, so he would work.

 

I still love PTI though. It's not like MMA is ever discussed.

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Do you mean Jim Rome?

 

And whatever happened to that show?...

It airs Tuesday nights after the 11 p.m. eastern SportsCenter. I think its because of basketball.

 

As for ATH, Stat Boy doesn't seem too comfortable hosting the show if you ask me. Maybe that'll change with more shows he gets under his belt. He's better on PTI though.

 

What about Norman Chad as new host? Chris Myers? Roy Firestone?

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I hope Woody and Jay stick around...THE HOOOOOOOOOOORN! Sorry had to do it. I really do like the ATH crew, even Max, even the Disemboweled Voice.

 

My fear is that if it does stick around, it'll get bastardized with new cities that suck (I can see Dan LeBetard from Miami coming in) and losing the stuff that made it fun to watch (i.e. Woody and Jay.) And I think Jay and Max had some ESPN Radio show on the weekends, that could affect things.

 

Maybe just merge the two shows and have Woody and Jay appear on a 60-minute PTI. Who knows.

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Stat Boy just seems to lack the charisma needed to host a show like "Around the Horn." Say what you want about Kellerman being an assertive asshole and all that, but he KNEW how to be entertaining and how to keep a show like that in order. Every episode I've seen of ATH since Stat Boy has started consists of Paige and Mariotti shouting to talk over him, and Stat Boy taking it with a smile on his face. That's not how you run a show like ATH. Plus, it just seems to annoy me that he has the tendency to give a guy 6, 8, one time 10 points on one turn. What the hell is the rush?

 

This might all be stuff that can be fixed as the weeks go on. But it just seems to me that Kellerman's natural charisma was a perfect fit for the show, and a perfect catalyst for the normal journalists that appear. Stat Boy is much better suited for a 1-minute spot on PTI where he reads off a sheet of paper and isn't needed to CONTROL a half-hour show.

 

-Oh, and yes, it's quite obvious PTI is worlds better than ATH.

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ATH is making a killing in the ratings, so it won't be going anywhere.

 

Max Kellerman is a fucking annoying prick and I'm glad he's gone. People watch that show because of Woody f'n Paige, not Ratboy.

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Do you mean Jim Rome?

 

And whatever happened to that show?...

It airs Tuesday nights after the 11 p.m. eastern SportsCenter. I think its because of basketball.

 

As for ATH, Stat Boy doesn't seem too comfortable hosting the show if you ask me. Maybe that'll change with more shows he gets under his belt. He's better on PTI though.

 

What about Norman Chad as new host? Chris Myers? Roy Firestone?

Norman Chad?

 

OH GOD NO

 

did you see him on PTI with Tony over the summer?

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