Yesterday was the final episode of Around the Horn on ESPN, which began on November 4, 2002. Originally hosted by Max Kellerman, and then from February 2, 2004 onward by Tony Reali, it started out as sports' answer to The McLaughlin Group, and became something more insightful and more beloved.
The show ran for a little over 21 years, with over 5,000 episodes. Of those, 4,953 were hosted by Reali. As was pointed out, that was more shows than were hosted by Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Springer or David Letteerman -- and Reali is only 46 years old.
Here are the final win totals:
1. Woody Paige, 688 (Tony symbolically bumped him up to 700)
2. Tim Cowlishaw, 551
3. Bill Plaschke, 428
4. Kevin Blackistone, 386 (1st among nonwhite panelists)
5. J.A. Adande, 339
6. Jay Mariotti, 329
7. Jackie MacMullan, 259 (1st among women)
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 Wojiechowski, 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
Most appearances: Paige, 2,965, to Cowlishaw's 2,114, Plaschke's 1,758 and Blackistone's 1,608. MacMullan's 891 was the most by a woman.
Best winning percentage, with at least 50 appearances: Kevin Clark, 31.5 percent, to Michael Smith's 30.3. Elle Duncan led women with 30.2.
Most points per show was won by a woman: Emily Kaplan, 23.7, to Jackie Mac's 23.0.
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. With a cloud still over him,
Mariotti was not one of them.
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