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Michael Wilbon did not mince words in his public callout of Geno Auriemma. The UConn women’s basketball head coach received negative backlash last week for confronting Dawn Staley after his team lost to South Carolina in the Final Four. …
Michael Wilbon wants to zig where everyone else is zagging. The veteran ESPN commentator Wilbon revealed this week on “Pardon The Interruption” that he is currently planning to give Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown his vote for NBA Most …
Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl announced on Monday that he is retiring, and longtime ESPN analyst Michael Wilbon was openly pleased about the news. Pearl, 65, is stepping down at Auburn and handing the program over to his son Steven. Wilbon and …
Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser will be continuing to shoot the breeze for several more years to come. ESPN has agreed to three-year contract extensions with both Wilbon and Kornheiser, John Ourand of Puck reported on Monday. As a result, Wilbon …
ESPN host Michael Wilbon did not hide his disdain Tuesday for the current state of college football coverage. Some of the biggest names in the sport stumbled out of the gate in Week 1. Texas quarterback Arch Manning underwhelmed in his debut as the …
ESPN personality Michael Wilbon ripped into LeBron James and Anthony Davis on Friday over the way they handled the end of the Los Angeles Lakers’ season. The Lakers were eliminated from the postseason on Monday with a Game 5 loss to the Denver …
Michael Wilbon is taking his anti-Ja Morant stance beyond just the airwaves of ESPN. The veteran sports journalist Wilbon went viral this week after revealing his protest move against the Memphis Grizzlies All-Star Morant, who just got himself into …
One prominent ESPN personality is making his feelings about Grayson Allen very clear. Before the Milwaukee Bucks-Chicago Bulls game on Friday, ESPN analyst Michael Wilbon had some harsh words for the Bucks guard Allen. Speaking in reference to the …
Lane Kiffin is used to public criticism, but he clearly finds recent remarks made by Michael Wilbon to be overly harsh. On Tuesday’s “Pardon the Interruption,” Wilbon was critical of Kiffin after co-host Tony Kornheiser asked …
Michael Wilbon apologized via Twitter Monday night for making an inaccurate statement on TV earlier in the day. Wilbon was a guest on “The Jump” on ESPN and talked about “The Last Dance” documentary with host Rachel Nichols. …
Friday night’s game in Los Angeles between the Milwaukee Bucks and Lakers drew a huge crowd and resulted in some cramped spectators. Just ask Michael Wilbon about that. ESPN had a crew at Staples Center for their pregame/postgame coverage that …
Dan Le Batard heard it from all comers on Thursday after his criticism of Magic Johnson, but the most notable response came from Michael Wilbon. Le Batard criticized the Lakers making Magic their President of Basketball Operations in an effort to …
The Tiger Woods-Lindsey Vonn Halloween costume has been a popular selection among couples this year, but nobody did it quite as well as PTI hosts Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon, who did their entire Thursday show in costume. The best part about …
Michael Wilbon, whom you know from his work as a co-host on PTI and ESPN/ABC’s NBA coverage, got into a sparring match with The Washington Post’s Dan Steinberg over Washington D.C.’s status as a sports town. The Internet fight began …
Waiting for the second game of the College World Series to begin, I wound up watching a trial balloon show on ESPN that was sandwiched between the end of the 6pm ET SportsCenter and the 7:30pm ET start time in Omaha. After a few moments I realized …
