The Right Time with Bomani Jones
The Right Time with Bomani Jones
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How the NFL & ESPN DESTROYED Baseball, Boxing & Tennis | 7.25
58 minutes Posted Jul 25, 2025 at 11:00 am.
On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones is joined by Howard Bryant of ESPN & Meadowlark Media to talk about issues within tennis and Major League Baseball. The show begins with Bo and Howard discussing why fame may be dependent on how old someone is
and why the decline in SportsCenter means less knowledge across the board in sports
They move onto tennis and say why it's an American sport yet Americans aren't good at tennis
and why you no longer need to win tournaments to achieve success in the sport
After the break, they dive into baseball's issues including why stars like Mike Trout aren't recognizable
how the MLB lost its grasp on being the summer sport
and would America even care if a historic record was about to be broken?
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones is joined by Howard Bryant of ESPN & Meadowlark Media to talk about issues within tennis and Major League Baseball. The show begins with Bo and Howard discussing why fame may be dependent on how old someone is (6:15) and why the decline in SportsCenter means less knowledge across the board in sports (9:32). They move onto tennis and say why it's an American sport yet Americans aren't good at tennis (19:03) and why you no longer need to win tournaments to achieve success in the sport (26:02). After the break, they dive into baseball's issues including why stars like Mike Trout aren't recognizable (33:00), how the MLB lost its grasp on being the summer sport (37:28) and would America even care if a historic record was about to be broken? (50:01)
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