Tony Reali as host. Panelists, left to right:
J.A. Adande, Tim Cowlishaw, Israel Gutierrez, Bob Ryan.
November 4, 2002: Around the Horn premieres on ESPN, sort of a McLaughlin Group for sports. Max Kellerman hosts until January 30, 2004. Tony Reali has been the host and moderator since February 2, 2004.
Reali introduces topics, then lets each panelist have about a minute on them, giving points if he likes what they say, taking off points for not liking something. If a panelist had made a prediction that came out right, they get bonus points; if a prediction bombed, they get points taken off. Reali will also hit the MUTE button, an automatic 1-point deduction, for a panelist getting out of control, or just to "direct traffic" if everybody is talking at once.
Current regular panelists include:
Current regular panelists include:
* Woody Paige of the Colorado Springs Gazette, formerly the Denver Post.
* Bob Ryan, ESPN NBA analyst, formerly of The Boston Globe.
* Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times.
* J.A. Adande, of ESPN and formerly of the Times
* Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News.
* Kevin Blackistone of The Washington Post, formerly of The Dallas Morning News.
* Israel Gutierrez and
* Bomani Jones, co-hosts of ESPN show Highly Questionable, both formerly of The Miami Herald.
* Pablo S. Torre, co-host with Jones of ESPN's High Noon.
* Frank Isola of The Athletic, formerly of the New York Daily News.
* Elle Duncan, co-anchor of ESPN's 6:00 PM SportsCenter broadcast.
* Mina Kimes, panelist on ESPN's NFL Live.
* Sarah Spain, co-host of ESPN Radio's Spain and Fitz.
* Jorge Sedano, ESPN NBA analyst.
* Emily Kaplan, ESPN's lead NHL reporter, formerly of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
* Joon Lee, ESPN baseball analyst, formerly of the Boston Herald.
* Monica McNutt, ESPN college basketball analyst.
* Ramona Shelbourne, co-host of ESPN Radio's TMI with Beadle & Shelburne.
* Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN college football analyst.
* David Jacoby, co-host of ESPN Radio's Jalen & Jacoby.
* Malika Andrews, host of ESPN's NBA Jump.
* ESPN NFL analysts Courtney Cronin, Dianna Russini and Kimberley A. Martin.
* And writers for ESPN's The Undefeated: Clinton Yates, Justin Tinsley, David Dennis Jr., and former NFL player Domonique Foxworth.
Notable former panelists include Jackie MacMullan, Charlie Pierce, Michael Holley and Michael Smith, all formerly of The Boston Globe; T.J. Simers, formerly of the Los Angeles Times; Richard Justice, formerly of the Houston Chronicle; Jemele Hill, formerly of the Detroit Free Press; Kate Fagan, formerly of ESPN and the Philadelphia Inquirer; Jon Weiner, a.k.a. "Stugotz," who hosts an ESPN Radio show with Dan Le Batard; and, most controversially, Jay Mariotti of Fanhouse.com, formerly of the Chicago Sun-Times, on nearly every episode until 2011, when he was fired following a domestic violence scandal.
The show does annual specials for April Fool's Day, where Reali switches with a panelist, who usually gives him a taste of his own medicine with the MUTE button; and Halloween, where the panelists, and sometimes even Reali, not only wear costumes, but answer questions in character.
As of the 20th Anniversary episode, November 4, 2022, Paige is the all-time leader in appearances, with 2,858; and in wins, with 650. Kimes holds the record for highest winning percentage, with a minimum of 200 appearances: 31.2 percent.
Other win totals: Cowlishaw 514, Plaschke 409, Blackistone 357, Mariotti 329 (until his firing, he and Paige were neck-and-neck for the all-time lead from the beginning), Adande 325, MacMullan 258 (she has since retired from the show, but will remain the all-time winner among female panelists for some time), Ryan 211, Guiterrez 191, Jones 159, Isola 159, Smith 136, Spain 119, Torre 112, Yates 108, Kimes 67, Shelburne 50, Fagan 41, Sedano 29, Kaplan 26, Hill 22, Tinsley 19, Duncan 16, McNutt 12, Dennis 11, Lee 10, Lyles 10, Simers 10 (including the 1st episode), Cronin 6, Stugotz 4, Foxworth 3, Jacoby 3, Russini 1 and Andrews 1.
UPDATE: Around the Horn was canceled on November 20, 2024, with its last episode airing on May 23, 2025. Here are the final standings, with ties broken by winning percentage:
1. Woody Paige, 688 (Tony symbolically bumped him up to 700)
2. Tim Cowlishaw, 551
3. Bill Plaschke, 428
4. Kevin Blackistone, 386
5. J.A. Adande, 339
6. Jay Mariotti, 329
7. Jackie MacMullan, 259
8. Israel Gutierrez, 228
9. Bob Ryan, 224
10. Frank Isola, 192
11. Bomani Jones, 160
12. Pablo S. Torre, 138.75
13. Michael Smith, 137
14. Clinton Yates, 135
15. Sarah Spain, 127
16. Mina Kimes, 89
17. Ramona Shelburne, 61
18. Courtney Cronin, 52
19. Harry Lyles Jr., 48
20. Jorge Sedano, 47.5
21. David Dennis Jr., 44
22. Emily Kaplan, 43
23. Kate Fagan, 42
24. Justin Tinsley, 41
25. Michael Holley, 34
26. Kevin Clark, 29
27. Jemele Hill, 23
28. Monica McNutt, 22
29. Elle Duncan, 19
30. Bill Barnwell, 19
31. Jim Armstrong, 18
32. Marcel Louis-Jacques, 17
33. Joon Lee, 10 out of 49
34. T.J. Simers, 10 out of 65
35. Gene Wojciechowski, 9
36. Jen Lada, 7
37. Charlie Pierce, 5 out of 13
38. Josh Elliott, 5 out of 23
39. Jon "Stugotz" Weiner, 4 out of 16
40. LZ Granderson, 4 out of 19
41. David Jacoby, 3 out of 5
42. Domonique Foxworth, 3 out of 8
43. Lindsey Thiry, 3 out of 11
44. Kimberley A. Martin, 2 out of 4
45. Adam Schefter, 2 out of 5
46. Tony Reali, 2 out of 7 before he was host
47. Martenzie Johnson, 2 out of 12
48. Christine Williamson, 1 out of 1
49. Malika Andrews, 1 out of 1
50. Bruce Arthur, 1 out of 1
51. Lil Wayne, 1 out of 1
52. Mark Cuban, 1 out of 1
53. Dianna Russini, 1 out of 4
54. Richard Justice, 1 out of 5
55. Bob Glauber, lost his only appearance
56. Andy Katz, lost his only appearance
57. Mark Kiszla, 0-for-2
58. Jean Jacques Taylor, 0-for-4
59. Ron Borges, 0-for-4
60. Dan Shanoff, 0-for-5
61. John Powers, 0-for-5
All of the current panelists, and several former panelists, were brought back to do one last "Face Time" on the final show, or, at least, during the final week. Despite his past success, with a cloud still over him, Mariotti was not one of them.
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November 4, 2002 was a Monday. On ABC Monday Night Football, the Green Bay Packers beat the Miami Dolphins, 24-10 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
Baseball season had just ended. But there were 6 games played in the NBA:
* The New York Knicks lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, 97-88 at Madison Square Garden.
* The New Jersey Nets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 106-82 at the Continental Airlines Arena at the Meadowlands.
* The San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 103-101 at The Pyramid in Memphis.
* The Dallas Mavericks beat the Golden State Warriors, 107-100 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Jason Richardson scored 39 points for the Warriors, but it wasn't enough.
* The Toronto Raptors beat the Chicago Bulls, 109-105 in overtime at the Air Canada Centre (now the Scotiabank Arena) in Toronto.
* And the Detroit Pistons beat the Phoenix Suns, 84-82 at the America West Arena (now the Mortgage Matchup Center) in Phoenix.
And there were 3 games in the NHL:
* The New York Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames, 4-2 at the Nassau Coliseum.
* The Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Avalanche, 4-2 at the Pepsi Center (now the Ball Arena) in Denver.
* And the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2 at the Staples Center (now the Crypto.com Arena) in Los Angeles.
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