jim fred this show is scripted. the opinions are not real. the writers write it, the actors say it. if you want to hear legitimate sports discussion, get away from espn and hit up the old fashioned am/fm radio, you can find honest and much more detailed analysis there. nothing more needs to be said, so in response the the ten lines of text requirement, i will just repeat myself. this show is scripted. the opinions are not real. the writers write it, the actors say it. if you want to hear legitimate sports discussion, get away from espn and hit up the old fashioned am/fm radio, you can find honest and much more detailed analysis there.

ccthemovieman-1 Unless you live in a volatile family situation or are from New York City and are used to shouting, what is the attraction of this sports talk show? Most people are tired of hearing people shout over one another. We get enough of that on political talk shows. I know sports is fun to debate. I've been doing that with friends for years, but there is no reason to shout and constantly interrupt each other....in "the name of entertainment."I could still put up with abrasive shouting of co-hosts Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbons but it's the other things, really, that made me lose interest in this show. What things? Ridiculous bias on the part of the hosts, particularly Kornheiser, who cannot stop interjecting his ultra-Liberal political beliefs. I lost track how many times this idiot had to give me his two cents on which candidate he liked best (the looniest, of course) during all the primaries. What has that got to do with sports? Nothing.Also, after awhile, the show's introduction in which Kornheiser feels he has to try to imitate Howard Stern with some raunchy joke, gets tiresome fast...and is another reflection on the absolute moral bankruptcy of this so-called "sports guy." Hey, I like a laugh or two along with my sports commentary, too, but too often his jokes are tasteless.Wilbons? He just isn't interesting enough to make any comments about here. Nor are the substitutes in this show, all of whom, by the way, have the same twisted values as the regular hosts. This could be a very good show if you had two more mature guys who always were a little more balanced in their reporting and a little classier in their humor.

Waydownthehill Not only do Wilbon and Kornheiser make great insights and humor into sports, they do into entertainment and politics as well. It is very refreshing to see two intelligent people be able to offer reasonable opinions about sports and differ on them. It is hilarious to see them bounce off each other and even scream at each other. I find it even more funny that they both work for the Washington Post. Without a doubt the freshest, best, most original show ESPN has had in a LONG LONG LONG time. Even someone in Mongolia can recognize this. And to those who disagree, your opinions are PORRIDGE! JUST LIKE THE BCS, PORRIDGE!

BlackJack_B This is definitely one of the best sports shows I've seen in awhile. Washington D.C. sports writers Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon have heated debates on the goings-on in sports and a bit of pop culture to boot. They always come up with some great bits in these tete a tetes and have great chemistry. Tony's New York City brogue meshes great with Wilbon's Midwestern sensibilities. The quick and dirty debates, the interview with a prominent sports figure that's in the current news, the always entertaining third segment (which rotates around different themes); it's all good. It's best asset is that it makes "Off The Record", the show that follows it on The Sports Network in Canada, even better because you're hungry for more sports debates. The only bad part: TSN only shows it Monday-Wednesday because TSN has a contract with the PGA to show the first two rounds of their golf tourneys. Still, three days a week are better than none. This is a definite must-see if you're a sports fan.