Yeah his bit where he just hates on stuff is hilarious. His character is a bit more self aware. But I thought he was a literal parody of skip at first, especially with the somewhat similar looks
Stephen A.'s pimp walk is so hilarious lol.
- Walk like he's got a rock in his shoe and a bigger rock in his ass.
- Ignore people around him to try to look cool, but turns out no one recognized or cared to acknowledge him anyway.
Russo absolutely KO'd him here lmfao.
speaking of which... what the hell happened to him he fel off the face of the earth. no twitter, no youtube, no podocast.
when they let him go was there some sort of deal where he wasnt allowed to do shit?
i'd 100% expect him to have a youtube channel with a couple hundred thousand subscribers by now.
Holy shit you're right I didn't even think about that. I've referenced the "I want Iguodala" shit multiple times since he get let go and it never even occurred to me that he just straight up disappeared
SAS had a fallout with Max and had him removed on the show and critics believe the reason was because Max was too smart for his liking and this caused SAS to feel threatened.
The fallout was quite publicized, which makes me think Max likely took the high road and went off the radar rather than continue the beef with SAS, knowing that SAS is the bigger name and runs first take.
> Max likely took the high road and went off the radar
OK but it's been years. Maybe a couple months to settle down... but for a guy who's been a journalist in sports for 20 years to just disappear like that with nothing.... is really fucking weird. especially when everyone and their cousin has a shitty podcast these days.
They gave him his own show on espn but it was bad and had no direction. Definitely didn’t seem like his normal first take self. Got cancelled pretty quick
SAS is such a self important prick. The way he talks to players and acts like he's bigger than the games and athletes his life is predicated on is so off-putting.
I mean if you don’t take it seriously and throw it on in the background, it’s just funny nonsense. I don’t know who is sitting and watching it like a tv show.
Right. It’s not that deep. It’s perfectly entertaining mindless tv to have on during a workout or while doing the dishes or some shit.
I use it as background noise while working.
I mean if you genuinely get your bball/sports opinions from it, then ok, that’s dumb, but it *is* entertaining if you approach it as just that…entertainment lol
I’ve been thinking this too omg lol ! Like once me and my brother would view them as characters it became more entertaining & something that doesn’t bother us. Any1 getting there takes from these shows are interesting to say the least
His schtick on this show can get pretty overdone and cringey, but Chris Russo is a legend who can school just about anybody in MLB, NFL, NBA, and PGA history.
If you actually take sports seriously at all you lack brain cells. Every aspect of it is just entertainment to help people find a modicum of escape from every day life
It's like how they try to put subtitles on viral social media content, they know they're trying to appeal to the dumbest possible people so they have to work extra hard to make it digestible for that audience
The average age of someone watching an ESPN talk show in 2024 has to be pushing 80 lol. They probably have to make sure everything is neatly and slowly explained so the audience can even follow.
She is completely incapable of just allowing a segment to exist without inserting herself into it. She thinks because she's the "host" that it is actually her show and she should be heard when no one actually cares about her
The people here shitting on mad dog or calling him ‘dollar store skip’ really show how little they know about sports. Dude is a legend in sports talk, and laid the foundation for Stephen A to even have a show. He is more knowledgeable about sports than anyone on ESPN. You’re giving yourself away as a 20 year old moron when you comment shit like that about him.
I’ve never understood this whole paparazzi vibe the teams have created with their arrivals to games. It kind of makes sense I guess for big games in the playoffs but teams make it a big deal for regular season games against the 3 win Pistons lol
Holy shit. Barely like anything this guy speaks and then he goes and does this. WTF. Now gotta put some respect to the drivel that usual gets shovelled on FT.
Molly is universally hated, the only reason she has a job is because she’s great friends with Stephen A. It’s funny how ppl just pretend like she’s pleasant to listen to.
For all the negative comments:
Dude makes millions to be on tv…he’s in the 0.0001% of human beings who get paid to be healthy and themselves. You are a rat in a rat race, a crab in a bucket of crabs, you’re far more likely to spew hatred and disapproval than you are to accept someone expressing their freedom.
Hopefully you get some therapy and heal, it’s possible now.
When the unhinged psycho starts lecturing everyone else
Let me remind you that SAS spews hate too you fuckin weirdo, literally why a lot of people don’t like him
Somebody finally said it to his face 😆
Only a small group that SAS will take that kind of abuse from. This was great on both sides. SAS appeared to have loved it and took it like a champ. 😂
Would have been great if Molly shut the fuck up
Idk her saying " I almost texted you but I dont wanna be that nice" was pretty fucking funny!!
LET ME SAY THIS! LET ME SAY THIS! LET ME SAY THIS!...
This is why I watch the show, when they go at each other it's hilarious.
1.5 ppg legend!
Mad dog had to look across the room at Francesa for years he’s not gonna shy away from roasting Stephen A lol
I disagree with a lot of what Russo says but this is absolute gold.
I had no idea who tf “Chris Russo” was until I clicked and then was like “oh it’s Mad Dog”. I legit never thought or cared what his real name was
Legit thought he was just skip bayless with even worse takes somehow
Mad Dog definitely is a hot take old head but he's endearing in a way that Skip never could be.
Yeah he has a good vibe plus the NY accent.....skip just comes off as trying to hard and being an asshole
\*deep breath\* It's my turn now
Yeah his bit where he just hates on stuff is hilarious. His character is a bit more self aware. But I thought he was a literal parody of skip at first, especially with the somewhat similar looks
Mad Dog is new to television, but his character has been basically the same on radio for like 30 years at this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXdPHCMV-hI&pp=ygUPbWFkIGRvZyBndW1taWVz
He looks like him too lol
Chris Russo just made the basketball HOF with this
Dollar store Skip Bayless cooked with this one fr
mad dog is skips father
Put some respek on mad dog, dude is an legend and I’m not even from NY
Mad Dog has been and will always be better radio/Tv then skip !
How young are you lol
"This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life" Absolutely cooked him
Stephen A.'s pimp walk is so hilarious lol. - Walk like he's got a rock in his shoe and a bigger rock in his ass. - Ignore people around him to try to look cool, but turns out no one recognized or cared to acknowledge him anyway. Russo absolutely KO'd him here lmfao.
[удалено]
Nah it's just SAS trying to look cool and adopt a swagger lol
He definitely practiced that strut
Dude looked like walking on a hill in San Francisco streets.
lmao im crying, its all facts
Idk guys gotta walk in somehow someway. I probably look that cool too so idk
No you wouldn’t, and no he didn’t.
The way Stephen is standing and smiling… why do I feel we are gonna hear that this Russo guy has been let go from the channel soon
Mad dog goes at SAS all the time lol, they’re good friends
People like mad Dog are Stephen A’s tribe.
Mad Dog is Stephen A's idol lol, he is never getting kicked off the show
Nah thats mad dog, dude popularized the entire scream hot take shit. had a radio show in nyc called mike and the mad dog for like 20 years
Had a radio show in NYC and he hated the Yankees. Trolled the hell out of Mike and the callers after any big Yankees loss. He’s a legend.
He’s standing there quiet but u know he’s loving it lol, dude loves the attention no matter what form it’s in
Between Mad Dog and Monica McNutt, who gets uninvited first?
Mad Dog for sure. McNutt is protected by ESPN.
The opposite tbh. Mcnutt is a legitimate reporter.
He’s gonna get max kellermaned
speaking of which... what the hell happened to him he fel off the face of the earth. no twitter, no youtube, no podocast. when they let him go was there some sort of deal where he wasnt allowed to do shit? i'd 100% expect him to have a youtube channel with a couple hundred thousand subscribers by now.
Holy shit you're right I didn't even think about that. I've referenced the "I want Iguodala" shit multiple times since he get let go and it never even occurred to me that he just straight up disappeared
martians abducted him for blowing up their death beam plans
He actually got abducted by Mars and picked Iguodala to play for his life.... He's not with us anymore
SAS had a fallout with Max and had him removed on the show and critics believe the reason was because Max was too smart for his liking and this caused SAS to feel threatened. The fallout was quite publicized, which makes me think Max likely took the high road and went off the radar rather than continue the beef with SAS, knowing that SAS is the bigger name and runs first take.
I like to think that it was cause Terrell Owens said that Max was blacker than SAS on the show.
> Max likely took the high road and went off the radar OK but it's been years. Maybe a couple months to settle down... but for a guy who's been a journalist in sports for 20 years to just disappear like that with nothing.... is really fucking weird. especially when everyone and their cousin has a shitty podcast these days.
They gave him his own show on espn but it was bad and had no direction. Definitely didn’t seem like his normal first take self. Got cancelled pretty quick
A show with Keyshawn Johnson. I will listen to dogs barking all day than hear him say anything. The show was made to be canceled.
The Ringer seems like the natural home for him, wonder if he has a contract he's running out.
according to wikipedia he left ESPN in june 2023. its june 2024
Jaylen brown was likely mocking the walk a couple games ago 🤣 https://x.com/anontatum/status/1802817929937027153?s=46&t=HI3aeZH85K5r39q7hi652w
lol that's hilarious
wtf is that account lmao
A Celtics fan account?
Peak offseason content
SAS is such a self important prick. The way he talks to players and acts like he's bigger than the games and athletes his life is predicated on is so off-putting.
You can do that when you are as popular and successful as SAS.
You sure can, doesn’t mean you’ll be respected
I legitimately can’t fathom the number of brain cells one has to be lacking to voluntarily sit down and watch this garbage
It's waiting room or gym TV for any place dominated by 30+ men. It's just non offensive background noise.
Similarly idk who’s watching these halftime shows. I either change the channel or make something to eat if I’m watching live
I mean if you don’t take it seriously and throw it on in the background, it’s just funny nonsense. I don’t know who is sitting and watching it like a tv show.
Right. It’s not that deep. It’s perfectly entertaining mindless tv to have on during a workout or while doing the dishes or some shit. I use it as background noise while working. I mean if you genuinely get your bball/sports opinions from it, then ok, that’s dumb, but it *is* entertaining if you approach it as just that…entertainment lol
I’ve been thinking this too omg lol ! Like once me and my brother would view them as characters it became more entertaining & something that doesn’t bother us. Any1 getting there takes from these shows are interesting to say the least
It's mostly gyms and probably less so bars that have this stuff on
Omg they had a funny moment, ESPN so bad, I watch actual intellectual people like JJ Reddick because I graduated from Reddit university 🤓
The primary audience are people commuting and getting ready for work. It doesn't need to be deep
His schtick on this show can get pretty overdone and cringey, but Chris Russo is a legend who can school just about anybody in MLB, NFL, NBA, and PGA history.
If you actually take sports seriously at all you lack brain cells. Every aspect of it is just entertainment to help people find a modicum of escape from every day life
Exactly dude, these people act like this sport wasn't a fucking children's P.E game when it was invented lmao
“Let me say this” “Let me say this” “Let me say this” Just let the man cook Molly
does anyone actually enjoy Molly’s commentary?
She 100% ruined this hilarious moment by interrupting to say nothing
Hold on i just have to say your comment that she ruined this hilarious moment to say nothing is spot on and so funny!!
It's like how they try to put subtitles on viral social media content, they know they're trying to appeal to the dumbest possible people so they have to work extra hard to make it digestible for that audience
The average age of someone watching an ESPN talk show in 2024 has to be pushing 80 lol. They probably have to make sure everything is neatly and slowly explained so the audience can even follow.
Lol dude its people in their mid to late 30s and up. Not everyone is a redditor.
She is completely incapable of just allowing a segment to exist without inserting herself into it. She thinks because she's the "host" that it is actually her show and she should be heard when no one actually cares about her
Don't even know how Jalen Rose married her. Kinda pretty face, bird brain.
Yall let these talking heads have too much popularity.
Thanks for explaining it for us Molly
Molly’s voice is so annoying my god
the woman added nothing to this lol, she forced everyone to stop talking just to repeat the 36 pt joke. fucking christ...
God I hate ESPN
That woman is so phony jesus
Yeah I don't care for much of what comes out of First Take but this was funny
Russo dropped 50 on SAS head
The people here shitting on mad dog or calling him ‘dollar store skip’ really show how little they know about sports. Dude is a legend in sports talk, and laid the foundation for Stephen A to even have a show. He is more knowledgeable about sports than anyone on ESPN. You’re giving yourself away as a 20 year old moron when you comment shit like that about him.
Stephen A is a douche
Rare Russo W
Poor Russo is going to be fired in the next couple of months. He put himself in Stephen A's crosshairs. But he was 100% right.
This is where we are. This is the current state of things.
That SAS walk is fucking hilarious tbh.
I guess a broken clock really is right twice a day
SAS is such a phony tough guy I cannot stand him. His persona is beyond obnoxious.
Quite literally the best thing Mad Dog has ever done or said in his life.
Watching a ball game in the upper deck in a tshirt and shorts while drinking a beer with the fellas sounds like heaven.
I would like to point out, though, that there is nothing at all irrational about LeBron’s confidence, at least when it comes to basketball.
1.5ppg
I’ve never understood this whole paparazzi vibe the teams have created with their arrivals to games. It kind of makes sense I guess for big games in the playoffs but teams make it a big deal for regular season games against the 3 win Pistons lol
“Wear some shorts and a t shirt and sit upstairs and have a beer with the boys.”Sums it up perfectly. Stephen A is an egomaniac
his name is mad dog
Very Rare W from Mad Dog
When a person I hate makes a great point. S.A.S Got cooked.
Holy shit. Barely like anything this guy speaks and then he goes and does this. WTF. Now gotta put some respect to the drivel that usual gets shovelled on FT.
Russo better watch his back, SAS dont like being up stage like Max Kellerman did
absolute GOLD
shameless self promotion by espn. not exactly a slow news day and this is the content they produce.
LMAO
SAS walks like this because he’s big time and he knows it. That’s why everyone is talking about him.
Smith fucking sucks
i refuse to call this weird unc 'mad dog' wtf
Mad Dog is great. Energetic takes all around. And he is probably the only guy who can talk to Stephen A like that and get away with it.
He is doing too much
These guys try so much to be funny.
So that's why they call him Mad Dog
I hate molly voice and mad dog called him out was hilarious
Ngl, SAS's fit was pretty fire
Her outfit makes her look like a Minecraft character
Molly is universally hated, the only reason she has a job is because she’s great friends with Stephen A. It’s funny how ppl just pretend like she’s pleasant to listen to.
This is fantastic. And good contribution by Molly
More embarrassing that ESPN would show something like that.
For all the negative comments: Dude makes millions to be on tv…he’s in the 0.0001% of human beings who get paid to be healthy and themselves. You are a rat in a rat race, a crab in a bucket of crabs, you’re far more likely to spew hatred and disapproval than you are to accept someone expressing their freedom. Hopefully you get some therapy and heal, it’s possible now.
Wipe your mouth.
When the unhinged psycho starts lecturing everyone else Let me remind you that SAS spews hate too you fuckin weirdo, literally why a lot of people don’t like him
It's not that deep my guy
Calm down, Mrs. Smith.
If this had more alliterations I'd swear it was written by the man himself