Brian Kenny’s Leaving ESPN After 13 Years
Brian Kenny, a host of Sportscenter, own ESPN radio show and boxing’s Friday Night Fights, is leaving the network after 13 years.
USA Today’s Mike McCarthy reported that Kenny’s run at ESPN will end in early September, and he’s likely to land at MLB Network (although it isn’t saying anything yet, presumably because his contract is not yet up). Kenny would be the 2nd ESPN staffer to leave for the MLB Network recently (Peter Gammons made the move in 2009 after 20 years at ESPN).
I suppose the biggest questions are who will replace Kenny as Jay Harris’s wingman on the 6 pm Sportscenter (Cindy Brunson? John Anderson? John Buccigross? newbie Lindsay Czarniak?), and who will take over his 5-days-a-week radio show (8-10). Also, who will be ESPN’s boxing voice? Who will spar on Sportscenter with Money Mayweather? This has to be one of the top five Sportscenter interviews in the last 20 years. It’s riveting and Kenny more than holds his own as Mayweather attempts to dance around every pertinent Manny Pacquiao question.
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August 23rd, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Brian Kenny was drowned out in the laser light show that is ESPN. I bet he thrives at MLB.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 PM
sadface. Brian Kenney is one of my favorites along with Wright Thompson and Bob Ley.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Yea, Kenney and Ley are the best over at the WWL.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:21 PM
I dont like how he tries to fit boxing into every radio show/Sportscenter he does. Dude, no one cares.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:21 PM
NHOH
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:22 PM
I dont like how he tries to fit boxing into every radio show/Sportscenter he does. Dude, no one cares.
You’re an idiot.
Kenny was solid, will be missed.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 PM
This right here.
Poofiest flat-top hair in history. It just never made sense to me.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Dude, Kenney was good. Dude, c’mon.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:27 PM
It’s riveting
I was riveted.
/did not watch
p.s. Rusty, it’s your turn
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:27 PM
He left because he wasn’t as respected as Jay Bilas.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:28 PM
Dude, I really like MLB Network, dudebrah. So I’ll probably watch Poofy-Flattop Dude on MLB Network.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:30 PM
/needs more earthquake
All this talk about 10 seconds of some inconsequential shaking? You sound like the girl I lost my virginity to.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:32 PM
DUDE, FOX NEWS IS CONCERNED THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT MIGHT BE TILTING!!!!!!
/gotta love fox news
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:32 PM
I still like boxing and liked Kenney’s work.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:33 PM
AH BERT SUGAR! GET IT OFF MY SCREEN!
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:33 PM
THE SHITTY SHOW THE EVENT WAS TRUE. ITS THE ALIENS!!!!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:34 PM
Kenny was always solid and never made himself bigger than the story he was reporting. So kudos to him. And if he lands on MLBN then they’ll be better for it.
ESPN meanwhile is going to end up with the kids — and Bob Ley as Kurt Loder.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:34 PM
And Floyd Mayweather should STFU until he signs the fight with Pacquiao.
/who am I kidding, I’m buying the next Mayweather fight
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Kenny’s a pimp. Hopefully he’ll be allowed to do some boxing stuff on HBO.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:36 PM
He reminds me of the preacher from Poltergeist 2.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:37 PM
who am I kidding, I’m buying the next Mayweather fight
Mayweather’s losing his next fight, so the Pacquiao thing will become moot
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:37 PM
That’s a big loss for ESPN. He is easily one of the best they have.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:38 PM
That’s a big loss for ESPN. He is easily one of the best they have.
Did you vote for him in the respectability rankings?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Never knew that he was such a big MLB guy. Wonder if he’ll just be an MLB Tonight anchor or if he’ll have a show. Something needs to get Chris Rose and Kevin Millar off the air. The Rundown is not good.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:42 PM
Mayweather’s losing his next fight,
Damn straight.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:44 PM
I dont like how he tries to fit boxing into every radio show/Sportscenter he does. Dude, no one cares.
The absolute WORST is that Melon Headed Mushbrain Michael Kay who tries to fit the Yankees into pretty much anything that he talks about. I have to turn off the radio in my rage.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Hes a Yankees homer on his radio show. You’d love him.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:46 PM
The FoxNews homepage is just a smorgasbord of scare tactics. Why would there be a threat of a tsunami if the quake didn’t happen under the ocean?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:47 PM
You mean Intentional Talk. And that show is garbage. Millar is fucking retarded.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Yeah. That one. Rundown is Hazel Mae and I can watch that with the volume off and be perfectly fine.
/pulls down pants
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Bet he’s got nothing on Francesa and Kay.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Yeah. That one. Rundown is Hazel Mae and I can watch that with the volume off and be perfectly fine.
/pulls down pants
Wasn’t she fucking Red Sox players before she left for the MLB Network? Suprised you’d want to think about taking Jason Varitek’s sloppy seconds.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Hazel Mae can so get it.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:51 PM
There were certainly a lot of Earthquake jokes on the Twitter, but once again, toilet humor made me laugh the most. For those of you without Twitter:
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Having end of days occur while on the crapper has to be the worst way to go, right? That, or having or prostate examined. Especially if the quake jostled the doc’s hand further into your rectum.
Apologies to you West Coast folks for that mental image just prior to lunch.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:54 PM
No earthquake post?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Hey CJ… shut out in game one, but we got John Lackey on the hill tonight in Texas. I’m feeling good about this one.
/feels bad about this one
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 PM
fuck no…one of the best.
the worst ways to go? old age or cancer.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 PM
I’m sure everyone by now is aware of my affinity towards baseball. But being a regular listener of Dan Patrick show, I am familiar with suzyn waldman and Steiner. How does the high profile baseball team get stuck with such bad announcers
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 PM
Yeah, it would have to be. Also if you are in the shower and you have JUST applied the shampoo.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:55 PM
Having end of days occur while on the crapper has to be the worst way to go, right?
I’d go with right before you get the top off of the smokeshow you’re about to have sex with for the first time being the worst time for the end to come.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:56 PM
fuck no…one of the best.
the worst ways to go? old age or cancer.
/moderation’d
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Yeah, it would have to be. Also if you are in the shower and you have JUST applied the shampoo.
City turned off the water to my apt. building in college once right after I shampooed and lathered my self up. It was honestly one of the worst 2 hour stretches of my life.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:57 PM
Could you imagine that quake hitting while you were in the middle of a back to front wipe?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:58 PM
I don’t really follow boxing, but that interview was entertaining. Kenny shredded him. Though considering the amount of blows Mayweather has taken to the head in his career, I guess it’s not all that surprising.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:58 PM
I remember in elementary school I got caught on the dumper during a fire drill. it was traumatizing.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:58 PM
IDK if the prior thread is still open, but we just got this firm-wide e-mail. Ridiculous…
So these fuckers get to go home for the day because of a little earthquake??
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:58 PM
you’d smear poo around like wax on a car’s hood. it’d be horrible.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:58 PM
I don’t really follow boxing, but that interview was entertaining. Kenny shredded him. Though considering the amount of blows Mayweather has taken to the head in his career, I guess it’s not all that surprising.
/no idea why that was moderated.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:00 PM
earthquake bro.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:00 PM
I wonder if anyone just whipped it out in the office and started going at it figuring they were going to die.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Yeah, it would have to be. Also if you are in the shower and you have JUST applied the shampoo.
At the first home tailgate of last season, the fire alarm of the dorm nearest our spot went off. Campus cops cleared out the dorm…there were a couple of girls who came out wearing towels. It was nice.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:00 PM
It would be awful, finger painting your balls with your own shit. Disgusting.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:01 PM
i’d start judging people. pull out the smith and wessie and start capping fools that don’t deserve to savor their last minutes on earth.
probably would be a little rash considering it’s just a 5.8.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:02 PM
I wonder if anyone just whipped it out in the office and started going at it figuring they were going to die
You’re very odd.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:02 PM
I wonder if anyone just whipped it out in the office and started going at it figuring they were going to die.
If this is a Mallrats reference, it’s an impressive one.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:02 PM
Mayweather is a great boxer, but he’s a real bitch.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:03 PM
I wonder if anyone just whipped it out in the office and started going at it figuring they were going to die
At the very least, I’d go find the nearest intern and give her a “what the hell” sort of look. Going out beating your own meat though? No thanks.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:05 PM
the great pooquake of 2011. never forget.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:06 PM
shitnami.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:08 PM
shitnami.
Is that what happens when there is standing water in the shower because the drain has a clog in it and then you take a dump into said standing water, thus making waves?
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:08 PM
We were looking for poonami SC, Poonami.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:09 PM
I wonder if anyone just whipped it out in the office and started going at it figuring they were going to die.
I did
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:09 PM
How am I moderated for saying poo-nami?
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:10 PM
scategory 5…just devastating.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:13 PM
Well this thread really took a turn for the worse.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:14 PM
What in moderation hell is going on right now?
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:14 PM
quite rare. reserved only for massive bouts of post-chinese buffet booty-flu and day long tailgates involving bbq and massive amounts of fried foods.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:15 PM
your brilliance manipulating the word “scat” is just…well…brilliant.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:15 PM
scategory 5…just devastating.
That’s bad. Funny, but bad.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:16 PM
What in moderation hell is going on right now?
Talkin’ bout poo. Wanna join?
/offers SG place to sit
//makes a ‘stool’ joke
///shows self out
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Gammon’s is basically on NESN everyday, drooling about the Red Sox. He is no longer required to hide his homerism.
August 23rd, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Brian Kenny was great on FNF. Coachman isn’t in the same area code as Kenny.
And that interview with Floyd further solidified my opinion that “Floyd’s a douche canoe who is afraid to fight Manny.”
August 23rd, 2011 at 5:19 PM
Yikes. He was one of the reasons I stopped watching SportsCenter. He was working SC the day Doug Flutie retired from the NFL. Michael Smith was on VTC, and had the nerve to ask since Flutie was retiring from the pros, why were all the highlights shown Boston College highlights? Kenny sputtered a bit, then used the “technical difficulties” excuse to interrupt Smith. Weak, I say.
Long time lurker, first time commenter.