Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh did his very best to make the head of ESPN's Colin Cowherd explode on Wednesday morning, purposefully using short, mocking answers to counteract pointed questions by the notoriously long-winded Cowherd.
You can view the chair-squirming interview in its entirety above, but yesterday's fun times between Cowherd and Harbaugh got us thinking about the most uncomfortable sports interviews that we've ever had the (dis)pleasure of watching. With the above Harbaugh fiasco included as #1, here's our list of the 11 most awkward sports interviews ever.
2) Mark Dantonio has no time for your puny, mortal questions.
3) Mike Ditka does his best impression of a caged circus bear.
4) Gregg Popovich goes full existential mode on David Aldridge.
5) Les Miles treats a postgame interview like a soap opera audition. SHOW ME EMOTION, LES!
6) Mike Gundy almost gets into a brawl with a newspaper.
7) Bill Belichick. You know the rest.
8) Richard Sherman vs. Skip Bayless, Celebrity Deathmatch style
9) Deion Sanders takes himself off Tim McCarver's Christmas card list.
10) Jim Everett almost kills a man (Jim Rome) on live TV.
11) Eminem and ESPN go together like peanut butter and motor oil. As in, not well.