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Bob Knight And Chris Berman, Together At Last

Bobby Knight has joined the other team. Nope, he's not announcing that he's gay, although I know that's what you were thinking. He's merely becoming what he has loathed most throughout his coaching career: A member of the sports media. Knight will become a studio analyst for ESPN for the NCAA men's postseason, which means that the WWL now has two on-air personalities who could snap and kill an intern at any moment.

Knight will be on hand for ESPN's wall-to-wall coverage of the major conference championships and continue through the NCAA title game - including working on ESPN's on-site set at the Final Four. He'll appear on pregame and postgame shows and on SportsCenter, says ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys, "and all the things we do tied to men's basketball."

All very well, but will this be the real Bobby Knight? Is he going to give his true opinion about Drexel's shitty-ass, gimmicky zone defense, or the way that Wake Forest doesn't run its offense worth a damn? Because he wouldn't last a week, but it would be fun.

Bob Knight Joining ESPN Studio Team [USA Today]

6:09 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Rick
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Spanish Necktie at 06:19 PM on 02/28/08
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What they really need is to have Knight anchor ESPN's golf coverage.

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Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner at 06:19 PM on 02/28/08
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If Golf Your Way is any indication, somebody is gonna end up beheaded.
Carlton_Whitfield at 06:20 PM on 02/28/08
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[everett/rome reference]
Rob Iracane at 06:20 PM on 02/28/08
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Dammit, I'm gonna need a deux deux deux to listen to this.
Le Légende de Vincent... at 06:20 PM on 02/28/08
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Digger Phelps saw this coming when he noticed the chairs being bolted to the floor of the set.
She Blinded Me With... at 06:20 PM on 02/28/08
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Two personalities? Who's the first? Kurkjian?

@Hank Scorpio: Preferably Gottlieb.
Laser Guided at 06:20 PM on 02/28/08
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Berman will have to slip Knight some Triple Deux's before they go on air for this not to be a trainwreck. One of the most candid, brash people on earth in a studio is like free willy in the captivation tank. Knights cursing outburst will be willy jumping over the rock wall.
Secret Identity at 06:21 PM on 02/28/08
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Did you just throw a chair? What are you, stupid? That's just stupid.
The Fake Gimel Martinez at 06:21 PM on 02/28/08
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This event is why anonymous Internet video was created by God. Thank you, God!
The Fake Gimel Martinez at 06:22 PM on 02/28/08
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@The Legend of Vincent Tremblay: They're adding an extra high chair for Bobby's grandson. I think ESPN is going to call him "Seth Davis".
chilltown at 06:24 PM on 02/28/08
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So now Bobby Knight is, by his own admission, one rung above those guys on To Catch a Predator?
longefellowes at 06:25 PM on 02/28/08
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Wow. As much as I hate tWWL, this might be worth tuning in to. Just to see Knight lose his shit on-air.
Vizzini at 06:27 PM on 02/28/08
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I wish I could be there when Knight and Jeremy Schaap both reach for the last bagel in the ESPN cafeteria.
chilltown at 06:27 PM on 02/28/08
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@Spanish Necktie: Knight and Berman at the Masters just might make my head esplode.
Its The Beer Talking at 06:27 PM on 02/28/08
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INVIZIBUL PEENISS

Fuck you, Knight.
shea_guevara at 06:28 PM on 02/28/08
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They're not pairing him with Vitale at any point, are they? Because if they do, Knight just might rip his face off.
That-Dude at 06:34 PM on 02/28/08
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This will not end well for the General Robert Montgomery Knight . . .
BigTenObsession at 06:34 PM on 02/28/08
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@Its The Beer Talking:

Hey, we agree on something today!

Fuck Knight right in the pants.
Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner at 06:34 PM on 02/28/08
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@She Blinded Me With Violence: Well it won't be Digger since they go way back, he may accidentally shoot Digger, but won't kill him. Bilas will most likely lodge his head up Knight's ass.

But my guess is Vitale, at some point Knight will reach his threshold of listening to Dickie and that'll be that.
Its The Beer Talking at 06:36 PM on 02/28/08
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@BigTenObsession: Well, if there's one team I'm willing to share the title with, it's Purdon't. Had a great time in W. Lafayette a few years back (Orton fumble game).
BigTenObsession at 06:37 PM on 02/28/08
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@Its The Beer Talking:

Glad to hear it, because there really isn't a whole lot to do there except drink.
VanBurenBoy at 06:47 PM on 02/28/08
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In other news, Dr. Steve Brule is now ESPN's resident medical expert.

/For your health.
IchiroSuzukiSamurai at 06:47 PM on 02/28/08
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When they give him Salisbury's office, I hope they disinfected first.
smurphette at 06:47 PM on 02/28/08
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@shea_guevara: Oh, god I hope so.

Having both Digger and the General in the same show might overload my hoosier pride. This is going to be tremendous.
tater at 06:47 PM on 02/28/08
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Over/under on how many times Knight appears on ESPN before he is fired for saying one or more of the seven words you can't say on tv?
Rickey_Fitts at 07:17 PM on 02/28/08
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@tater: Two... fucking hypocrite that he is
RonZookonRedBull at 07:36 PM on 02/28/08
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I can see it now... a chalk outline of a dead person on the carpeting at Bristol and a nearby chalk outline of a bag of Cheez Doodles.
MENACEIISOBRIETY at 07:38 PM on 02/28/08
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INVISABL DETNATOR OF CAREER
Beer-Fart at 08:43 PM on 02/28/08
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@shea_guevara: That would instantly and forever make me a Knight fan.
Gio at 08:50 PM on 02/28/08
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So the same man who spent his coaching career demanding that his players show respect towards their superior while showing none for his own is now joining the very media he spent a lifetime belittling? Sounds like a logical career move for General Hypocrisy.
$Image of josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris\'s sack-dance for you$ josereyes.theroof... at 09:20 PM on 02/28/08
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@Spanish Necktie: I would like to think Knight was playing up to his reputation, but somehow, where Hunter Thompson's drugs ingestion was a shadow of perception, Knight's temperment is as real as it seems.
Spike Vrusho at 11:57 PM on 02/28/08
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Looks like Knight is also a bench-sitting Cardinal, as seen in Jupiter, Fla., today when Bobby was assigned to keep LaRussa from falling asleep at any stoplights during the first Spring Training game. I would pay top dollar to see Red Schoendienst kick Knight's ass.
TFC115 at 01:02 AM on 02/29/08
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Remember when he said "When I die, I want them to bury me upside down so the media can kiss my ass." Does that mean he has to kiss his own ass now?
NovakAintNoJokovic at 08:44 AM on 02/29/08
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Jeeezus, you've had 2 fucking hours to throw a chair around. Can't this guy wait another 10 minutes? Hasn't he ever worked on TV before?

[murmuring in Berman's earpiece]

What? THE Bob Knight?
The Sports Hernia at 09:45 AM on 02/29/08
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@TFC115: "so my critics can kiss my ass."
GiselleBeardchen at 12:10 PM on 02/29/08
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Bobby's done the regionals for CBS a couple of times before when IU masde early exits and was terrific--just as he will be here.
J.R.RiderSmokingWeedOu... at 01:21 PM on 03/01/08
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10 bucks says Knight quits ESPN in the middle of a broadcast.