The news that Skip Bayless has agreed to leave ESPN for Fox Sports 1 when his contract ends in June shouldn’t come as much of a surprise — FS1 has been poaching big names from its competitor for two years and Skip hasn’t been happy with his role for a while — but it still feels strange. Who else has the cojones to float absurd theories with complete confidence alongside Stephen A. Smith? Who could possibly replace him on ESPN 2’s highest rated program?
Before we start speculating on Skip’s predecessor (spoiler alert: we already have), let’s take a second to watch sports media’s tag team champions bid each other a preemptive goodbye.