Asked who would be ESPN’s Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, Fowler agreed that Bob Ley would be a good call. “First of all, Bob Ley will know who Jose Mourinho is,” Fowler said “He is the wise one, who keeps coming back and still succeeds at a high level.”
4. In two weeks, Outside The Lines shifts from its current time slot of Sunday at 9:00 a.m. ET on ESPN to one hour earlier on ESPN2 so Colin Cowherd can bring viewers his special brand of football coverage from a studio in Bristol, Ct. Management has made a clear decision to bury Outside The Lines this fall but the hard-working folks in the OTL unit are going out strong before they lose ½ their audience upon first airing. Van Natta Jr. worked for a couple of months on an fascinating piece that aired this week on whether Bobby Riggs threw the famous 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” match against Billie Jean King because he owned money to the mob. Check it out here.
5. I spoke to former wide receiver Randy Moss last week as part of a piece for the TheMMQB.com on Fox Sports 1’s NFL studio show philosophy.