Mar 9, 2021
Skip Bayless and I get to topics big and small!
Skip, of course, is an award-winning journalist, author and TV personality. He hosts the sports opinion and debate show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe, and was previously on ESPN's Cold Pizza and First Take.
Fun fact! Skip’s brother is the talented and well-known chef Rick Bayless.
Skip and I met through his wife, Ernestine Sclafani Bayless, who just published a book called Balls: How to Keep Your Relationship Alive When You Live with a Sports-Obsessed Guy, which has a chapter written by Skip and contributions from some of their celebrity friends, like Michael Rapaport and Billy Bob Thornton.
In my wide-ranging talk with this total interviewing pro (who this time was the guest rather than the interviewer), we get into:
- His fascinating journey to becoming a huge TV sports guy
- Behind-the-scenes dish on his TV shows, Undisputed (weekdays on Fox Sports 1), First Take and Cold Pizza.
- Oklahoma, Texas, California, New York, Connecticut and Tennessee
- Shannon Sharpe, Michael Jordan, Joe Namath, Mark Shapiro, Dick Schaap and other interesting people in the business
- Lucky breaks
- A teacher who he'll never forget
- Growing up with two alcoholic parents
- His difficult childhood
- What his parents and his childhood did to help him become who he is today
Enjoy!
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This is a classic episode (Feb. 2020)
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