1. I liked Mike & Mike but haven’t listened to them in years. I thought they were entertaining and I appreciated that, unlike a lot of the “hot take” shows, they actually seemed to enjoy working with each other. I was happy to read that they seemed to have mended fences before the show signed off.
2. ESPN suffers from the same problem that all news outlets suffer from these days - less actual news than “infotainment”. And, yes, I realize that they made their bones on that schtick (Berman nicknaming players, home run catch phrases, etc) but it seems to me that it has gone beyond a cheeky side dish to actual coverage and has become the main course instead. I don’t remember the last time I watched ESPN programming, honestly.