The Jim Jackson Show: Michael Wilbon

The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen Productions

Sports, Football, Comedy

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Please check out other RES productions: The Rich Eisen Show: ⁠⁠http://apple.co/richeisenshow⁠⁠ OverReaction Monday: ⁠⁠http://apple.co/overreactionmonday⁠⁠ What the Football with Suzy Shuster and Amy Trask: ⁠⁠http://apple.co/whatthefootball⁠⁠ The Jim Jackson Show: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jim-jackson-show/id1770609432⁠⁠ No-Contest Wrestling with O'Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-contest-wrestling/id1771450708⁠⁠ ===== ESPN’s ‘Pardon the Interruption’ co-host Michael Wilbon tells Jim Jackson why he initially turned down the chance to host ‘PTI’ with Tony Kornheiser, discusses the challenges of holding onto journalistic integrity in today’s hot take sports media culture, breaks down the Lakers’ surprising first-round playoffs exit, and says why the Olympics have been his favorite event to cover during his illustrious career. Jim also weighs in on the Lakers’ shortcomings and what’s in store for Luka Doncic, LeBron James, JJ Redick and company during L.A.’s longer-than-expected offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome in. Today is May 1st.
0:11.2	Winding down the first round of the NBA playoffs. Happy May. Hope everyone had a happy and a prosperous April.
0:21.5	A lot of stuff going on right now.
0:23.2	Thank you for joining the show.
0:24.2	Of course, you can join the Jim Jackson Show at Jim Jackson Show.
0:28.0	That's Instagram.
0:29.2	Also, you can follow it on at the Rich Eisen Show YouTube or any place that you download
0:35.9	your favorite podcast that you tune into, we're available,
0:39.8	I'm available. So thank you for always tuning in. Just sitting here thinking about like
0:44.9	kind of turning the page a little bit. Now we're going into May deeper into NBA playoffs.
0:49.8	This is going to be a conversation here a little bit. And my guest that I'm going to talk about, we'll dig into NBA playoffs,
0:57.3	but also too, a little bit more journalistic view of things and how you cover sports,
1:02.9	past and present and where it's going.
1:05.3	And speaking of covering sports, there's a lot of chatter today because I live in LA.
1:11.6	The Lakers played last night, the Clippers play today.
1:14.6	But of course the big news and the big conversation is all about the Lakers losing in Minnesota.
1:19.6	Three to one, I mean four to one.
1:21.6	And what is the, what is the backlash?
1:26.6	What is the ramifications of this series being over when the Lakers were
1:32.2	assumed to be a legitimate threat, not only to get to the Western Conference finals, but to
1:39.0	get to ultimately a championship and maybe get another one because of the trade with Luca.
1:46.2	And the chatter right now has been throughout this series.
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