{"id":149435,"date":"2023-07-28T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149435"},"modified":"2024-02-10T18:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T02:11:55","slug":"decoding-skip-bayless-7-28-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149435","title":{"rendered":"Decoding Skip Bayless (7-28-23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v30fphc\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", 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rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/sites.northwestern.edu\/sliceofsports\/skip-bayless-how-is-sports-medias-most-hated-man-so-popular\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 07:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#420\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"420\">07:00<\/a> Mark Cuban destroys Skip Bayless, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xRaO1mN5EEM\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xRaO1mN5EEM<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 14:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#840\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"840\">14:00<\/a> Beer, Babes, and Balls: Masculinity and Sports Talk Radio, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149406\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149406<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 18:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1080\">18:00<\/a> The Science and the Art of Gurometry, <a 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class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4020\">1:07:00<\/a> Radio DJs suspended over Bay Bridge stunt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1993\/05\/27\/Radio-DJs-suspended-over-Bay-Bridge-stunt\/1178738475200\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/1993\/05\/27\/Radio-DJs-suspended-over-Bay-Bridge-stunt\/1178738475200\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"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\" rel=\"nofollow\">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<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2013\/09\/24\/nine-things-you-should-know-about-skip-bayless\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2013\/09\/24\/nine-things-you-should-know-about-skip-bayless\/<\/a><br \/>Permanently Suspended: The Rise and Fall\u2026 and Rise Again of Radio\u2019s Most Notorious Shock Jock, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149373\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149373<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Athletic: ESPN\u2019s \u2018First Take\u2019: 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\u2019s 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=xRaO1mN5EEM14:00 Beer, Babes, and Balls: &hellip; <a 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