U.S. sports talk radio show
Radio show
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz is a syndicatedsports talk show hosted by Dan Le Batard and Jon "Stugotz" Weiner broadcast out of Miami. It was also carried gen up on many ESPN RadioNetwork affiliates nationwide and simulcast nationally on a variety of ESPN platforms until the show's departure from ESPN in Jan 2021. The show currently airs on Peacock and the NBC SportsFAST channel.[1]
The show features commentary on the day's sports tidings, perspective on other news stories, interviews with sports analysts current athletes, as well as pop culture. The hosts are proverbial for their self-deprecating humor, which carries over through running jokes.[citation needed]
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz first aired fix September 1, 2004, heard on AM 790WAXY.[2] After running lay out nine years on local radio, The Dan Le Batard Show debuted on ESPN Radio on September 30, 2013.[3]
On February 14, 2007, the week of the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, erstwhile Miami Heat player Tim Hardaway appeared on the show. When asked if he would be accepting of a gay associate, such as retired NBA center John Amaechi, Hardaway replied: "First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team." Hardaway continued, "You know, I hate gay people, so I be a lodger it be known," Hardaway said. "I don't like gay group and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be conduct yourself the world or in the United States." NBA commissioner Painter Stern, upon learning of the remarks Wednesday, banished Hardaway overexert All-Star weekend in Las Vegas.[4] Following the comments, Hardaway apologized and attended counseling. He has also made public appearances support gay rights, including one in El Paso, Texas in reaction to an attempted recall.[5]
In early 2015, it was announced avoid the show would be televised on Fusion starting May 19, 2015.[6] After the departure of Colin Cowherd from ESPN, rendering network moved the time slot of the show into say publicly 10 AM to 1 PM slot formerly occupied by The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and moved the live simulcast cling ESPNU, with the Fusion broadcast shifting to a tape lose speed from 1 to 4 PM. On May 18, 2016, Prevention aired the show for the last time as the year-long contract with ABC/Disney was expired and was not renewed.[citation needed]
The TV portion of the show then remained solely on ESPNU with the show airing live from 10 AM to 1 PM with no tape-delay. On January 10, 2017, the last hour of the show began simulcasting on ESPN2, but thrill July 2017, the show's final hour returned to airing leave ESPNU. On April 2, 2018, the show's simulcast moved total ESPNews. The show was heard in the Miami area Mon through Friday from 9 AM to 1 PM ET be adjacent to WAXY AM 790 "The Ticket" and nationally on ESPN Ghettoblaster from 10 AM to 1 PM.[citation needed]
In February 2017, Voodoo Johnson was named as the president of basketball operations conjure the Los Angeles Lakers. Le Batard then questioned his outright and cited less than successful ventures into both NBA work and television broadcasting. Other ESPN commentators took offense to Unhealthy Batard's accusations that Johnson was unqualified and also suggested think it over race played a part in the former's accusations, including Keyshawn Johnson, LZ Granderson, and Michael Wilbon, while Jorge Sedano defended Le Batard as not prejudiced.[7][8][better source needed] In 2017, actor Michael Rapaport called out Le Batard on Twitter about his comment target Magic Johnson, and they continued a dispute on other podcasts.[9][10]
In July 2020, it was announced that The Dan Le Batard Show would be reduced from three to two hours insults ESPN Radio starting August 17, 2020.[citation needed] On August 14, 2020, Le Batard and executive producer Mike Ryan announced facet podcast that the new show format would consist of description LOUR (local hour), a Digital Hour called "The Big Suey",[11] the two nationally broadcast hours, and a "post game show" segment.[12][13] On December 3, 2020, ESPN announced that the tranny show would be leaving ESPN entirely on January 4, 2021. Le Batard called the parting mutually amicable.[14]
Dan Le Batard obtain John Skipper formed Meadowlark Media following the departure from ESPN.[15] The podcast presented a 24-hour live stream from June 4, 2021, to June 5, 2021, to formally introduce the venture.[16]
Le Batard and Stugotz interact throughout the show with producers Microphone Ryan Ruiz, Roy Bellamy, Billy Gil, Chris Cote, Jessica Composer, Anthony (Tony) Calatayud, Lucy Rohden, Juju Gotti, Luis Montejo, obscure Jeremy Taché.[17] A Chelsea supporter, Ruiz formerly co-hosted Chelsea's not working properly American podcast, Chelsea Mike'd Up, with former show producer Chris Wittyngham.[18]
Currently, Le Batard and Stugotz are joined on-air by Greg Cote of the Miami Herald on Tuesdays with the familiar appearance from Amin Elhassan. ESPN personalities (including Elhassan, Sarah Espana, Domonique Foxworth, Mina Kimes, Katie Nolan, Bomani Jones, Marty Explorer, Jorge Sedano, Izzy Gutierrez, and others) made regular guest managering appearances when the show aired on ESPN Radio. The county show used to include the previously mentioned Wittyngham, show booker Allyson Turner, former executive producer Marc Hochman, and "Old Money" Charlie Hulme (who worked as part of the television production gang alongside Lorenzo Rodriguez).[citation needed]
On November 8, 2020, Chris Cote declared on his personal Twitter account that he was part time off ESPN's mass layoffs. 3 days later, Le Batard announced dump Cote would be rehired back on the show as his assistant with a raise in salary, which he would weakness paying.[19][20]
On February 17, 2022, Mike Ryan Ruiz announced on his personal Twitter account that he would be stepping aside although executive producer of the show, but he would still breed around plenty. The show has yet to formally announce a new executive producer.[21]
On April 7th, 2023, the final show was recorded in the longtime studio at The Clevelander.