Sports Media Figures You Love to Hate

If you're like us here at Boy Meets Sports, you can't get enough of sports radio, TV, and internet.  You also probably have a favorite writer, analyst, or host.  The likeable ones  are easy.  It's the ones we hate that really drive sports media.  You know the ones that make us scream at our televisions or car radios. I made a list of the top five sports media figures that we all absolutely love to hate.

5. Collin Cowherd

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This guy makes me want to scream at the top of my lungs when I'm driving to work in the morning.  He can be extremely idiotic and naive, but you know what? I keep listening.  I listen because I want to hear the next words out of his mouth.  I want to hear what twisted opinion he has next.  He's extremely smart.  He either says something intelligent or something that will get him more ratings.  both of those techniques are perfect for sports radio.

4. Skip Bayless

Skip is a ridiculous human being.  He makes outrageous claims and tries to back them up with illogical arguments.  He's very smart, and a lot of what he says is calculated.  When he has an opinion on an issue, he will fight tooth and nail to defend it and sometimes it gets him in trouble.  If you don't agree with you, you're going to hate him.  If you agree with what he says, you'll be ready to go to war for the man.  It's all about perspective with Skip.

3. Merril Hoge

Hoge sounds like a no-it-all on TV.  He's the kind of guy (like Warren Sapp) that make us wonder how much knowledge former players can really provide to the media.  Sometimes being a former player isn't all that matters in analysis.  Former players who weren't perfect, which is all of them, can't give perfect analysis.  It's hard to believe everything a former player has to say.  It's only one perspective of that respective locker room.  Merril has strong opinions on many players.  He's right on a lot of them, but sometimes he's just a tool.  Sorry, Merril, but you're not right on everything.

2. Jim Rome

Before 104.5 The Zone signed a contract with "The Three Hour Lunch"  to take the 12-3 PM slot on weekdays in Nashville, Rome carried that slot with pride.  I used to loath driving to lunch on weekdays and trying to find decent sports radio.  He's conceded, rude, and had a terrible call queue.  All of that said, I'm sure I'm going to get roasted by some of his fans.  He's a polarizing figure in media (less so now than then) and brings the heat to the radio.

1.  Clay Travis

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People outside of Nashville or the Southeast may not even know his name.  Here, though, he's a loose cannon.  He will tell you exactly what is on his mind and many times, he'll tell you exactly what is on your mind whether you like it or not.  Travis holds his tongue for no-one.  If he likes you, he'll go easy on you in interviews, but if he hates you, he'll make is as uncomfortable as possible (see Jeff Fisher).  I personally love Clay, but I know he has many enemies.  Nevertheless, his show gets some of the highest ratings in the country.  Face it, you LOVE to hate Clay Travis.

Trey Frisbey
Boy Meets Sports
3/2/2014
Twitter: @boymeetsports