rant · moment 11 of 24
Sports Journalists Aren't Geniuses
from #220 - Hail Mary | The Tim Dillon Show · #220
3 min
Tim recounts upsetting his opener Dan Carney by claiming sports journalists like Jemele Hill aren't intelligent, arguing that covering a simple game like basketball doesn't require genius while conceding some athletes and commentators like Bob Costas are smart.
- Dan Carney got upset with Tim for suggesting sports journalists like Jemele Hill aren't geniuses.
- Tim claims he was a great athlete—third fastest butterflyer on Long Island at seven years old.
- Most journalists covering politics aren't bright; Tim respects about five of them.
- You can't tell anyone under 30 they're not the greatest thing to exist on Earth or they act abused.
- When Tim denigrated professional sports talk, the friend got defensive because he had a basketball podcast.
- Tim questions how many real geniuses are in the sports journalism crew.
- Sports journalists analyze balls going in a hole—that's essentially what they're doing.
sports journalismDan CarneyBob CostasJami HillBrian GumbelBill Simmons