QUOTE=kalinecountry;314587]I would watch him regularly and then occasionally on msnbc, and then on Current, and couldn't believe he got fired from there as well.
Yeah sometimes knowledgeable/intelligent people do have massive egos.
Kaline, I usually agree with u, but K.O. Is not one of my favorite guys. If he just sticks to sports he's bearable. His view on politics need to stay out of the sports arena.[/QUOTE]
I will never watch Keith again. He doesn't report on new and insightful. He reports on controversial and off the wall. Anything where he can stir the pot and be part of the story. He is the Howard Stern for TV, and I do not like Howard Stern.
I like KO when he delves into history of the game (ala Freddie Merkle). He annoyed me during the Tim Russert retrospectives. He seemed to be trying to make himself part of the story.
I like Keith's humility. It's what differentiates him from the usual ego-maniacal sports pundits.
"Apart from the opportunity to try to create a nightly hour of sports television that no fan can afford to miss," Olbermann said in a news release, "I'm overwhelmed by the chance to begin anew with ESPN. I've been gone for 16 years and not one day in that time has passed without someone connecting me to the network. Our histories are indelibly intertwined and frankly I have long wished that I had the chance to make sure the totality of that story would be a completely positive one. I'm grateful to friends and bosses -- old and new -- who have permitted that opportunity to come to pass. I'm not going to waste it."
Pretty much agree with all you guys, loved his baseball savvy knowledge, took his political agenda with a grain of salt, more laughs than seriousness.
and from the read, it sounds like he has matured from yesteryear.
