Maybe sports and politics shouldn't mix, after all.
"If ESPN opened the door to politics, when would it ever close?" asked syndicated columnist Norman Chad. "If Dan Le Batard's shorts are all bunched up, maybe Bomani Jones will disagree on 'High Noon,' then Woody Paige chimes in on 'Around the Horn' before, God forbid, Stephen A. Smith blows a gasket about the entire natural gas industry on 'First Take.'
"And suddenly ESPN is Fox News or MSNBC, and there won't be any time for Adam Schefter to report that the Jacksonville Jaguars' provisional fifth-round pick in 2024 might be traded to the Los Angeles Rams for a case of iPad chargers."
