The Sports Reporters
The Sports Reporters is a sports talk show that airs on ESPN at 10am ET every Sunday morning. The shows official name is The Sports Reporters presented by American Express. It is broadcast in New York City, New York at the ESPN Zone. The layout of the show has a host and three panelist in the layout of a roundtable disscusion. The show was originally hosted by Gary Thorne and later, the late Dick Schaap.
Now hosting the show since his death is John Saunders along with regular panelists Mike Lupica of the New York Post, Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press, Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post and Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe. Guest analyst include Stephen A. Smith of Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith among others. Usually they will have a round table disscusion or argument on a number of subjects and controverses surrounding the sports world. At the end of the show they have whats called Parting Shots, which is when each panelist, including the host, deliver a monologue about a subject that they are angry about or think is not being reconized enough.