01:00 Athletic: ESPN’s ‘First Take’: Skip and Stephen A. embraced debate, played the hits and changed TV, https://theathletic.com/4681066/2023/07/12/first-take-espn-stephen-a-smith-skip-bayless/
04:00 Skip Bayless: How is sports media’s most hated man so popular?, https://sites.northwestern.edu/sliceofsports/skip-bayless-how-is-sports-medias-most-hated-man-so-popular/
07:00 Mark Cuban destroys Skip Bayless, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRaO1mN5EEM
14:00 Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149406
18:00 The Science and the Art of Gurometry, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/the-science-and-the-art-of-gurometry
41:00 Yappy Days: Behind the Scenes with Newsers, Schmoozers, Boozers and Losers, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149400
58:30 Opie Thinks Anthony’s Book Is Lazy – with Erock and Mike Wolters, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FypR9fzWiuU
1:07:00 Radio DJs suspended over Bay Bridge stunt, https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/05/27/Radio-DJs-suspended-over-Bay-Bridge-stunt/1178738475200/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/skip-bayless-espn2-first-take-co-host-may-be-the-most-hated-man-in-sports/2013/09/13/c001a7c2-170a-11e3-804b-d3a1a3a18f2c_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2013/09/24/nine-things-you-should-know-about-skip-bayless/
Permanently Suspended: The Rise and Fall… and Rise Again of Radio’s Most Notorious Shock Jock, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=149373
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