Bobby Knight Still Won’t Talk About Kentucky, Not Even When You Try Him on His Cell Phone
Bobby Knight is an ESPN college basketball analyst, but the former coach has somehow been able to do his job without mentioning the word “Kentucky” on air. For instance: Over the weekend, Knight was asked which No. 1 seed was most vulnerable in the NCAA tournament. Knight said, “the team playing from the SEC,” but refused to actually say “Kentucky.” It’s gotten to be so ridiculous for ESPN, even Rick Reilly is taking jabs at Knight on twitter.
Knight’s history with Calipari dates back to 2009, when he essentially said Calipari lacked “integrity.” Knight took another jab at Calipari last April when he (erroneously) said none of Kentucky’s starters went to class. Knight later apologized.
Bully Knight says what he wants and does what he wants – like being the only announcer at ESPN not to wear a tie when calling games – and who gives a shit what everyone thinks? He doesn’t respect anyone. Remember this Jeremy Schapp moment? [Fast forward to 1:20]
Anyway, I called Knight on his cell phone today inquiring about why he won’t say the word “Kentucky” on air. Here’s how it went down:
Q: Hi Mr. Knight, my name is Jason McIntyre and I write for The Big Lead. We write about sports and the media and I was calling to ask you about the NCAA tournament, specifically, Kentucky.
Knight: How did you get this number?
Q: Just a source. I’ve been in the media for a few years and … [cuts me off]
Knight (voice audibly raised): HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER?
Q: Just a contact I …. [cuts me off]
Knight: I’m going to ask you one last time. Who gave you this number?
Q: Mr. Knight, I’m just calling to ask about Kentucky, and why you won’t mention the Wildcats by name on air. It seems … [cuts me off]
Knight: If you won’t tell me who gave you the number, I’ve got nothing to say to you. [Click]
Wonder if we’ll see Knight on ESPN this week talking about Friday’s Indiana-Kentucky Sweet 16 game?
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March 19th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Who else wishes that this bitter, old bastard would just go away?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Did you actually expect a response on this call? Sounds like you ambushed him on his personal cell phone.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Hahaha — did this conversation really happen? Can you upload the audio?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
How did you get his number?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Hi Mr. Knight, my name is Jason McIntyre and I write for some blog named The Big Lead.
/some guy named’d
March 19th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Bob Knight’s State Farm ad is awful…makes me long for the days of Rodgers’ Discount Double Check.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
I think part of the reason he’s bitter and an old bastard is because people he’s never heard of are calling his cell phone.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Kids don’t respect their elders these days. You answer his question and he’ll answer yours.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
would have been better if you said your name was The Big Lead. Still bad ass, though.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Me. If you can’t comment on not only the current best team in college basketball but another who is currently in the top 20, why even have this guy on the air for his ‘professionalism’ and ‘expertise’? Is ESPN scared some other network will hire him away? Puuuhhhlease.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I mean, I dislike Knight as much as the next guy, but that’d be pretty close to my response in that situation.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Is this a joke? You actually did this?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
If I was Bob Knight I’d be pissed too because now I’d have to go out and change my cell phone and I barely know how to work a cell phone in the first place. Changing a number is going to cause all sorts of headaches.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
And what’s the point of even posting the lack of conversation? To further your point that he’s an a-hole since he responded to your call the same way any one of us would respond to a telemarketer calling our cell phone? I’m confused.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Almost as ridiculous as a website sending comments into moderation because of certain trigger words.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Do you by any chance ask him about Lost?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Kendall Marshall just tweeted, “Successful morning, I’m screwed”. Pretty funny.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Bill O’Reilly’s sniveling douche of a producer thinks this was BRILLIANT.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Fixed for me.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
I think he undermines the rest of the analysts on their network when he pulls stunts like this. Then you have chumps like Mike and Mike who when talking about ‘the best teams in college basketball’ won’t even ask him about it. Would love to see either Kentucky or Indiana (preferable Kentucky) in the Final Four and then have him on air to talk about the red team or the blue team.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
I would actually be curious to know how you got Bob Knight’s number
March 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Is that transcript verbatim? The way you write it, makes you look really bad.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Just a source.
Sources!!!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
this is absolutely phenomenal. PHENOMENAL. best thing ever posted on this site with apologies to the sexy ambulance.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Bob Knight, when contact by The Big Lead, declined comment.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Mr. Knight, which is your favorite heist movie?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
TBL — Did you block your number?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
I mean if this happened, not sure if it’s satire or not, clearly Cowherd or Bilas gave him the number.
Kind of hope someone at ESPN gets fired over this just to see how this site handles it.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
id have been shocked if bob knight was cordial to an unknown (to him) blogger calling him on his personal phone.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
How can you people not like Bobby Knight?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
/click
//deion sanders’d
March 19th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
INSIGHTFUL
March 19th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Had you told him who had given you the number and he approved, do you really think he answers your question?
Yeah, I didn’t think so.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
The video is only 1:20 long!
/so confused
March 19th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
TBL, I implore you to please reveal your source. We will never know if Bobby Knight is gay if you don’t reveal the source.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
How did you get the number?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
-How did you get this number?!
-Draw your own conclusions.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Options
March 19th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
I think this is an ambush and unfair. You’ve identified yourself as a writer but he declined to go on the record, yet you’ve put him on the record.
New Media?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
An AIDS walk list
/hyena’d
March 19th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
i got his number when that one WR who was decent for the bears and then went to the vikings snitched on all those steroid users.
nevermind, i was drunk.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Wonder if we’ll see Knight on ESPN this week talking about Friday’s Indiana-Kentucky Sweet 16 game
I wanna see him rant about bloggers calling him out of the blue.
I’ll put a dollar in the kitty if he acknowledges TBL. Any other takers?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
For once, two wrongs have made a right
March 19th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Bobby Knight being less than cordial on a cell phone is the least surprising thing I’ve read all day.
Does this sort of phone number passing thing happen a lot in the media? I’m asking sincerely….I have no idea.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Are you trying to get TBL back in the oven?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
HOW DID THE BIG LEAD GET THE SCRIPT FOR MY NEXT STATE FARM COMMERCIAL?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
TBL, I implore you to please reveal your source. We will never know if Bobby Knight is gay if you don’t reveal the source.
Couldn’t we just send Coop on-site?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
The more I read this, the more I’m flabbergasted that TBL actually did this.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
For putting somebody on record against his wishes, that’d result in an apology. I hope if this site apologizes to Mr. Knight for putting him on record without consent you do so as publicily as you’ve miscast him here.
On a private number, a person, even a public figure, can expect privacy.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
yea…it’s usually fun as hell to watch the NFL writers in texas write down an international phone number. “son, i think ya got onetoomenny numbers in there or my pen’s workin’ like a priest in a whore house.”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
As a sportswriter, TBL probably shouldn’t have posted this as I think it’s a bit shady from an ethics standpoint. However as a basement dwelling blogger I think it’s fair game.
/what’s that?
//he calls himself a sportswriter?
///oh…
March 19th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
this post will disappear in 5….4….3….2….1
March 19th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
You don’t really believe this do you? If Jason answered that question, Knight would have chastised him for a little bit and then hung up. Then he would go and accidentally shoot the guy who gave Jason his number.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
I thought this was a parody by T-Ry…I had to scroll back up to see who actually wrote this.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Knight seems like a bully and an a-hole, but I agree. Not sure this post is fair. Why not use your new ESPN connections to get a formal interview with knight instead of ambushing him in this manner?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Couldn’t we just send Coop on-site?
Well the big game at the end of the rainbow is finally solving the case of Scott Van Pelt being gay. After that, it’s all academic as to who killed McNair
March 19th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
fantastic comment. +1
March 19th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
No words.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
And the crazy man who’s pissed about his water bill is still locked up in a room threatening to end it all. SWAT has to be itching to breach and destroy at this point.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
I don’t think this proves that Bob Knight is an asshole and a bully.
But Bob Knight is an asshole and a bully.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
I’m a Purdue guy, and I think this was unfair to Coach. He’s never going to get over his animosity towards Indiana and Kentucky, so get over it. There was no chance of gleaning some nugget of inside information by making this ambush phone call. I support Coach’s response.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
I mean, talk about a self fulfilling prophecy.
This is like running up to someone, calling him an asshole, and then when he punches you, claiming you were right.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Good get.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
i got his number when that one WR who was decent for the bears and then went to the vikings snitched on all those steroid users.
nevermind, i was drunk.
you’re the best. around.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
pissed about a water bill? what’s this?
/waves at giant body of fresh water who’s coast my city is located on
March 19th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
I am stunned by this. The braggadocio and discourtesy is amazing.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
I had to check who wrote this comment to make sure that yes, they in fact are a newb. You’ll learn how the Payaso works soon enough.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
TBL — What was the best case scenario of this? Actually — could you give me your number? I’ll call you.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
I’m expecting TBL to come in and say this didn’t actually happen and laugh at all of us. He wins again.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Completely agree.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
if this were scrabble, id challenge this word.
/not sure if that’s how scrabble works
March 19th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
I like this post the first time it got erased in an hour. “Scott Van Pelt still won’t admit that he’s gay, even when you email him about it”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
More importantly, did Knight agree that the Broncos watching Manning work out last week showed how desperate they were?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
We had more integrity in high school when we’d call a couple dozen people and ask them if their refrigerator was running.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
NHOH.
/Bobby Knight, when asked about “Jason McIntyre” at some point in the future.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
I am stunned TBL calls himself a writer.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
JHS is just a puppet now.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
well i’ll be damned…discourtesy is indeed a word.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
I honestly think Knight has some kind of mental disease, Asperger’s or some other form of autism. You listen to him on these Big 12 games with Musburger, who is just desperately trying to make Knight seem like a human being, but he can’t.
Musburger: So this week as you know, Coach, Thomas Robinson lost his mother and his grandmother in the span of a month. His entire team went to his mother’s funeral, and Thomas has had to take care of his nine-year-old sister, who has been taken in by a local family. Robinson is playing his heart out there coach, just a sad, tragic story.”
Knight:……OK, I want to show you how Marcus Morris screwed up in the post on this last play.
The only damn time Musburger can get Knight to crack a smile is if he talks about hunting.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
I think the cold calling thing is common, most writers though aren’t looking to make a story about themselves so we never hear about it…what this post needs is for TBL to channel CJ Wilson and post that number, I’m hoping to talk shop with Bill Raftery and am guessing Knight could make that happen
March 19th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
JHS is just a puppet now.
I too, have noticed this puppet regime.
/del boca vista phase 2′d
March 19th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Sums up Knight’s response perfectly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc4HnN7S_U
March 19th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
It’s more fun if you read every comment sounding like Darryl Strawberry talking to Mr Burns
March 19th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Yeah, you just lost your next turn.
/thinks that’s how Scrabble works
March 19th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
First read, I thought it was absolutely a joke.
Second read, I actually felt worse for Knight.
Third read, I think it may be the most perfectest thing this site has done. Such douchebaggery.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
You are being charged a time out for losing your challenge.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Cold calling office lines, or cold calling private cell phones? Because there is a big difference.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
i imagine knight smiling like ron swanson being served a turn’n'turf.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Wow, an asshole is poked with a stick. Predictable response, and now heeeeeeeeeere come the page views. Cheap. Are you gonna call Coach K next and ask him why he dyes his hair?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
I can’t wait for someone to show up in Eastern PA and camp out at the TBL compound and ask him questions. When he refuses, I hope that video hits the web.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Sums up Knight’s response perfectly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc4HnN7S_U
It’s between this and his game face comment.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Actually, I’d like to call Rick Majerus and ask him if his refrigerator is running.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I think TrollBL lacks the self-awareness gene sometimes.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
while you’re at it, ask him why he fucks kids.
/high fives husker
March 19th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
I have a serious question, my boss needs me to make a chart of a stock price from six years ago until today. In no fucking way am I getting 1800 entries manually, is there a way to get a historical run of stock quotes imported into Excel?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Sometimes?
He’s not the brightest bulb.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Are you gonna call Coach K next and ask him why he dyes his hair?
Trying to look young for the little boys he’s banging
March 19th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
A cold call to a potential interview subject is not uncommon. Somebody like Knight I’d ask his boss or agent first to let them know about the unsolicited call.
But to put them on record when they don’t agree, that’s bush league.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
majerus: WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS?
s1rweeze: no, this is just a…
majerus: SHIRLEY, GET THE KIDS AND SET UP A PERIMETER AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I’M GOING NEXT DOOR TO SEE IF JIM AND HIS SON WHO JUST GOT HIS LICENSE CAN DO ROVING PATROLS IN 6-HOUR SHIFTS. WE’RE CATCHING THIS FRIDGE IF IT’S THE LAST THING I…
/has heart attack
//dies
March 19th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
I love all of this.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
But to put them on record when they don’t agree, that’s bush league.
careful now, we don’t want another slightly flawed head ruining a perfectly usable oven.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
No, it’s TBL. You can take the meathead out of US Weekly but you can’t take US Weekly out of the meathead.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
But to put them on record when they don’t agree, that’s
bush league.how you build up your credibility and get options/Corrected’d
March 19th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
is there a way to get a historical run of stock quotes imported into Excel?
yes. give it to your analyst.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Any serious responses?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
go down to the local community college, say you need an unpaid intern, let them do it.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
I was getting a little worried about ol’ Rick during that interview coming out of halftime…good thing they weren’t sent to The Pit to play, he wouldn’t have survived the walk to the locker room
March 19th, 2012 at 3:34 PM
But Skip, I’ve hit 9 nine home runs today!
Yeah, but this pitcher is left-handed. It’s called playing the percentages.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Cracking up at my desk at that spence
March 19th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Sure do, Skip.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
The more time I spend on this sight, the more I really believe that JMac getting that low 7 figure deal was a completely blind squirrel finding a nut.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Yahoo! can do it.
Enter the stock, click on Historical Prices, enter the criteria you’re looking for, and Download to spreadsheet.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
How is the data formatted?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Here you go Mole…
http://www.investparttime.com/2011/04/how-to-export-historical-prices-to-excel-from-yahoo-finance/
March 19th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Mole – go to Yahoo Finance, type the ticker in, click historical prices, then at the bottom “download to spreadsheet.”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
“I’m Bobby Knight and I am definitely comfortable wearing somebody else’s skin.”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
go to finance.yahoo.com, enter stock ticker, click on historical prices, and download as a .csv
March 19th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
My goodness, no wonder bloggers get so little respect. “Hi Mr. Knight, my name is Jason McIntyre and I write for The Big Lead. We write about sports and the media and I was calling to ask you about the NCAA tournament, specifically, Kentucky.”
Are you five, Jason? If Knight could give a crap about a veteran journalist like Jeremy Schaap, you think he would give half a crap about who you are or what website that he’s never heard of or how many years you have been involved with sports media? Start the phone call with, “Bob (or Mr. Knight), Jason McIntyre over at TBL, I was wondering if you had a minute to discuss an issue that came to my desk.”
First, you owe it to the man to disclose where you got his personal cell phone number. This is true no matter who you call.
Second, if you are lucky enough to get his attention, you do not bring up Kentucky right away, you work it into the interview.
I am shocked Knight even said that much to you with that amateur approach.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Glad I’m not the only one. I was cracking up, especially if you read it in Rick’s voice and then drop a totally unnecessary reference to OH-fence.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
anyone suggested mole use Yahoo! yet?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
yahoo.com, historical prices and then buy a schnauzer.
oh wait…that was my advice for my cousin’s rat problem. my mistake.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Thanks. Knew there was a way, couldn’t find it on Yahoo before. Clearly I don’t deal with finance, I hate this job.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Kinda surprised he didn’t screen the call instead of answering.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Ahhhhhh. Got it now.
I still think he would accidentally shoot the guy who passed on his number, though.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
**site**
/Mondays
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
I have a serious question, my boss needs me to make a chart of a stock price from six years ago until today
Bar graph I presume, maybe a lie chart? 2d, 1D?
/candlesticks are a nice gift.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
finance.yahoo.com.
-input whatever stock symbol you want
-”historical prices” link on the left
-set your dates and at the bottom is an “import to spreadsheet”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Yahoo! can do it.
Mole – go to Yahoo Finance, type the ticker in, click historical prices, then at the bottom “download to spreadsheet.”
go to finance.yahoo.com, enter stock ticker, click on historical prices, and download as a .csv
Fuck you guys. Does anybody have a serious answer?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
I hate Knight too, but I can’t disagree with how he acted.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Yahoo Finance.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Timely response.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Dean Jones: I’ve been reviewing Darren’s internship journal. Doing laundry…
Kramer: …Yeah.
Dean Jones: …Mending chicken wire, hi-tea with a Mr. Newman.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Old people don’t screen calls. They answer everything.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
Has their been any other instances of Young Jason cold calling sports figures on their cell phone? This should be a weekly post — Cold Call Mondays
March 19th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
HASN’T ANYONE SUGGESTED YAHOO FINANCE YET?! MOLE MUST BE HELPED!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Mr. Kramer would like to schedule a lunch.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Spence, that was great!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
/deer notices ringtone and runs away
unknown? fucker just scared off a 12-point buck, this better be good.
“Hi Mr. Knight, my name is Jason McIntyre and I write for The Big Lead…”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Todd Charske would’ve already exported those stock prices and emailed moleman.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Holy shit this needs to happen. I mean…I’m 100% serious, too. MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
For the record I’m milking another hour out of this “project” then sending it in at 4:40, leaving me enough room to not be given another task by five.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Some of these commenters have a bad attitude Skip
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
He called Greg Oden and asked for his penis, iirc.
Back in 2009 or so. Just check the archives.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
This post should be great for brand awareness. Of Yahoo Finance.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Probably because it’s a private line, and if it rings it’s usually someone he knows.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
god damn if we won’t have the best consulting firm in all the northeast midwest deep south.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
I’d like to export historical post comments to Excel.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
This is borderline racist but the comparison always kills me.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
He called Greg Oden and asked for his penis, iirc.
Never has one penis opened so many doors. Options, baby!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
thirded.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Charske should be up in here chatting NCAA, his Buckeyes have advanced.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
“Mr. Vitale? Just curious to know if you smell like piss since a former contact accused you of smelling like piss”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
There have been about 5 or 6 times during this post where I have literally laughed out loud at my desk.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Next week on Cold Call Monday, Jason calls Brooke Hundley to ask how her girth effects her sex life!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
dear lord i wish everyone on earth could get why this is so funny.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
HASN’T ANYONE SUGGESTED YAHOO FINANCE YET?!
This had to have been read in a Bill Pullman Independence Day tone.
/doesn’t anyone have any missiles left?!!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
I nominate AJ Smith as a subject for Cold Call Monday.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
My boss just asked me if I had any safety pins and I completely blanked and forgot what a safety pin is. Solid day for me.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Jace dials up good buddy Mark Sanchez:
MS: Hello
JM: What’s up brah…do you like cock?
MS: {click}
March 19th, 2012 at 3:46 PM
someone needs to track down skip bayless’ number.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
lol…did your inner monologue ever say “wait…what if he knows im high?”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Cold Call Mondays suggested guests:
1. Mark Sanchez
2. Brooke hundley
3. Todd Charske
4. Greg Oden
5. Jessica Alba
March 19th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
MS: Hello
JM: What’s up brah…do you like cock?
MS: {click}
Did he hang up by accident or was Scotty close by?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
You guys are making me cry…too funny.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:47 PM
This should be a weekly post — Cold Call Mondays
Hi Mr. Parcells, I was calling to ask you about your gunt.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
This feels like Bart calling Moe:
Bobby Knight: “When I find you, I’m going to staple an American flag to your butt and mail you to Iran!”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
I’m not even high!
March 19th, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Jason McIntyre calls Rick Pintino:
RP: Hello
JM: Mr. Pitino, it’s Jason McIntyre from The Big Lead. We write about sports and media. Is it true that you’re a two pump chump? How does one get out semen stains from suit pants?
JM: {click}
March 19th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
I nominate AJ Smith as a subject for Cold Call Monday.
Mike Tolbert just agreed to a 4-yr deal with Carolina. I, for one, would in real life want a cold call to Smith: “Dude, what are you thinking???”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:50 PM
your boss doesn’t know that…for all you know, he drew his own conclusions.
there’s today’s lesson, kiddos. always be careful and sketch your conclusions first.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:52 PM
I’ve got Mario Lopez’s cell number if you want to interview him. I “interviewed” him once when he was on the field at the Reds ballpark doing a lineup card thing.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Who was the Ellen Degeneres lookalike in Nevada that repaired Big Ben’s VCR?
March 19th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Trolling people by phone now? This isn’t anything noteworthy. It’s a 30-something being rude over the phone to someone he’s never met. Something you probably should have learned better than to do by age 7.
This accomplished nothing.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Because this needs to be reiterated. Did anybody watch that video? It’s a minute of someone editing Knight interviews to make him sound like an idiot, then it’s 20 seconds of him saying Jeremy Schapp “has a long way to go before he’s like his father.” I fail to see why it’s so damning.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Jason McIntyre calls RexKramerDangerSeeker
RKDS: Hello?
JM: Where’ve you been hiding, bro?
RKDS: Go do some more bicep curls.
(click)
March 19th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Thats interesting since he was more than happy to talk about Kentucky on chat roulette.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Anyone want to call US Congressman Ben Quayle? He also used to be a blogger so you might get a few answers out of him before he alerts the FBI. Anyway, I got his celly if you need it, brah.
March 19th, 2012 at 3:56 PM
I also nominate Santonio Holmes for CCM:
“Santonio, I hear that the rift between you and Sanchez developed when you found your nude photos hanging in Mark’s locker. Is that true?”
March 19th, 2012 at 3:57 PM
This accomplished nothing.
Au contraire. Added a few sweet new options
March 19th, 2012 at 3:59 PM
You should have told him you got his number from Craig James.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Of the hundreds of phone calls I’ve fielded over the years, I did actually have a reporter drive several hours hoping to catch my Uncle alive and well, having a beer with me at the family lake house. That was the most invasive thing I had to deal with.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
The utter disdain by the commenters for TBL is the only reason that keeps me coming back to this site. And Lisk. Good times.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:01 PM
This is symptomatic of how you write about the New York Jets, baseball and the New York Knicks. You’re criticizing someone for doing exactly what you do, in fact, what you’ve made a startlingly successful career out of doing.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:05 PM
And the mutual love for Frisky Dingo?
March 19th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
I’ll bet he refers to TBL as “some guy named The Big Load.”
March 19th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
pathetic.
If I calle dyou TBL , i’M sur eyou would act thye same
YOU SUCK!
March 19th, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Once, when I was a newspaper dude, me and a couple of buddies got Musburger’s home number and crank-called him incessantly for a day or so.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:12 PM
i think you gotta go quade has made his lackluster return.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:13 PM
no kramer
March 19th, 2012 at 4:13 PM
i think you gotta go quade has made his lackluster return.
I had precisely the same thought when I read that.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Bravo TBL. Knight is a low life who likes to go around be holier than thou. Hey Bobby, go throw a chair or strangle a player or whatever it is you do in your sad sociopathic life. Somebody needed to have the guts to ask him those questions. ESPN sure doesn’t.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Am I the only one who imagined this being read in a Ken Kanifff voice?
March 19th, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Bravo TBL. Knight is a low life who likes to go around be holier than thou. Hey Bobby, go throw a chair or strangle a player or whatever it is you do in your sad sociopathic life. Somebody needed to have the guts to ask him those questions. ESPN sure doesn’t.
PLANT! PLANT! WE’VE GOT A PLANT!
March 19th, 2012 at 4:22 PM
At least TBL had enough sense to come up with a name that doesn’t resemble his own.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:22 PM
TBL: Hi, Mr. Bonds? Before you head off to federal pound-ne-in-the-ass prison, I’d like to ask about your tiny peen –
Barry Bonds: *Click*
March 19th, 2012 at 4:24 PM
So comment volume wise this is going to end up the most popular non round-up post of the day. The banner ads care little if you think this was disgraceful even by sports blogging standards since half of you will now develop an inexplicable urge to book a jetblue flight with your new mastercard cc advance checks.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Jason McIntyre calls up Rory McIlroy.
rory: hello?
TBL: im looking for some guy named rory mcilroy.
rory: this is he.
TBL: so…what is it that you do?
rory: i play golf.
TBL: golf? not moving the needle here…
rory: sorry?
TBL: bang anyone famous?
rory: that’s none of your business, but im in a relationship with caroline wozniaki.
TBL: who?
rory: she plays tennis.
TBL: what?
rory: tennis…you know, rackets, net, all that?
TBL: never heard of it.
rory:
sirpenisserena williams plays tennis.TBL: OHHHHH!!! right. so…send pics of your dick to anyone?
March 19th, 2012 at 4:26 PM
BAWHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
March 19th, 2012 at 4:27 PM
I love that Rory is courteous and engages him for a while.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Spencer FTW
March 19th, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Since this is simply a pageviews post, let’s hijack this thread and make it about golf.
Goddamn, Big Easy just choked that Masters spot away yesterday, didn’t he?
March 19th, 2012 at 4:32 PM
This, followed by the loud gasp and JMac falling out of his chair, would constitute the greatest moment in TBL history.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:32 PM
choked implies that he normally makes short putts, but yea…he choked it away.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:32 PM
I’m still laughing at the fact that, on Twitter, Jason referred to this as an attempt at doing “original reporting.” If he had much experience doing that, methinks this type of response wouldn’t be such a surprise.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:33 PM
dammit, it looks as if I missed a real gem in here today.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Sorry I missed this post because I would have loved to pile on Jason for this.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:37 PM
Just awful, all around.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Wow. I’ve been a TBLer since 2008, but this is pretty…bad.
I don’t know what’s worse, saying “go to 1:20″ on a video that ends at 1:20 or randomly calling an analyst on his cell phone when he has no idea who you are and then asking a random question and expressing disappointment that he didn’t respond to you kindly.
Yikes.
March 19th, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Bob Knight is morphing into Evel Knievel. “I’ve got a caller ID here; who called this number?”
March 19th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Shoulda said “Tony La Russa.”
March 19th, 2012 at 5:12 PM
/wipes water off screen after spit-take with the cold call ideas
March 19th, 2012 at 5:16 PM
JMac is the Cosmo Kramer of journalists. His life is a fantasy camp, comes up with a blog, sells it for 7 figures and works for the company from home.
March 19th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
JMac is the Cosmo Kramer of journalists. His life is a fantasy camp, comes up with a blog, sells it for 7 figures and works for the company from home.
agree completely.
March 19th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Let me get this straight, The Big Lead calls Coach Knight, who isn’t known for his personality, on his personal cell phone without revealing where they got the number (cold call much?), to intentionally ask a question that you know will rile him up, and when he treats you like a telemarketer and declines to comment on the record, you post the conversation anyway and complain about him?
Who cares if he like Kentucky and why? I say that as a Kentucky fan. Any person deserves more respect than that, especially one of the greatest basketball coaches ever.
March 19th, 2012 at 5:34 PM
That whole exchange was Tebow reading a defense level of amateurish. Just brutal.
March 19th, 2012 at 6:05 PM
HOW DID YOU GET ON MY COMPUTER!!
SHOULD’VE SAID CALIPARI GAVE THE #
March 19th, 2012 at 6:31 PM
Exactly. Yes, let’s bring out the bad occasions for Knight from the past. I really like Jason but this is just hatred and has no place. Whenever Jason messes up – or if someone finds his screwups from the past – I’m sure we can bring that out 15 years later and hold it over his head. That’s a cool thing to do.
I am not a Knight apologist. But, the above point is legit and Knight is very funny on the new commercial (way funnier than the boring discount money belt). The view on that commercial is all about disliking Knight or finding him entertaining when he parodies himself.
March 19th, 2012 at 6:46 PM
TBL :
It seems you are the moron calling up the coach like you did. You call this good work? Waste of my time. What else did you expect? Moronic at best. Get a life and do a real story …
March 19th, 2012 at 6:59 PM
I know this subject is a pet peeve of Richard Dietsch’s, who I very much admire. But of ALL the conflicts of interest at BSPN — I wouldn’t know where to start — Dietsch is going after Knight, who at least has made his biases known up front?
smh
March 19th, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Welcome to TBL.
Come for the amateur hour antics disguised as journalism…
…Stay for the free plugs for Yahoo! Finance.
March 19th, 2012 at 7:10 PM
If you think this is unprofessional, Jon Stewart crushed a personality at CNN for doing this. ON LIVE AIR. AT SIX IN THE MORNING. http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2012/01/yeesh-tugs-collar
March 19th, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Total ambush. Calls should go thru ESPN or his agent. When did u become deadspin?
March 19th, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Maybe you should look up the name Landon Turner.
March 19th, 2012 at 10:40 PM
No.
Ok.
possibly the greatest comment thread in TBL history. You guys are the best.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:48 PM
Let’s give it up for Yahoo! Finance.
March 20th, 2012 at 1:56 AM
What’s funny is that you guys waste your time commenting on this garbage. You realize you’re just feeding the monkey, man…… or the troll.
March 21st, 2012 at 9:40 AM
You should try texting him.