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Pat McAfee Tries to Broker (Limited) Peace With ESPN Critics
Pat McAfee zinged his critics even as he tried to reach a new detente with them over some of the off-kilter antics seen on ESPN's 'Pat McAfee Show'
The one-time Indianapolis Colts team member, who has also taken to the ring to fight in the WWE, surprised many a grizzled sports-media journalist Wednesday in Bristol, Conn., by alternatively lashing out at his critics (some of them in the room) and asking the audience to cut his freewheeling program, “The Pat McAfee Show” a little slack. The discussion became so encompassing that an assemblage of what was estimated to be 50 reporters at an event ESPN held to promote its service and programs to the media forgot to ask Stephen A. Smith about the state of his contract negotiations with the sports giant (His current deal is expected to expire in July of 2025), An array of top MSNBC personalities lashed out at parent company NBCUniversal and NBC News in March after a decision to hire former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel.
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