The longtime contributor of the ESPN, Woody Paige, was in tears after a recent appearance on “Around The Horn” left the air, but the cameras continued to ride to obtain his reaction.
The beloved sports talk show, which will broadcast its last episode at the end of May, after being renewed by ESPN, has a kind of retirement tower as it ends, Paige being a founding father and a constant face on the day of the week which is broadcast during the week at 5 p.m.
Paige’s comrade, the Panelist “Horn”, Harry Lyles Jr., was the catalyst for tears of the chronicler of veterado newspapers in Colorado.
Lyles and Paige were the two competitors of the final confrontation ” Thursday, where they were invited in two words or less to give previews to the last words of the show to decide the winner of this episode.
Paige went first and said “Sprinkler Head”. Lyles said “Woody Paige”. Host Tony Reali immediately gave Lyles victory, who paid tribute to Paige.
“As one of the young panelists of this program, many of us grew up in coming from school and looking at this particular program,” said Lyles. “And one of the people we have always seen was Woody Paige.
The longtime contributor of the ESPN, Woody Paige, was in tears after a recent appearance
Paige’s comrade “around the horn” Harry Lyles Jr. was the catalyst for tears on the camera
“And you love it or hate it, you have always passed on this show to see what this man was going to say. This also applies to those of you who look at home. I must say that you always see the influence of Woody everywhere in the sports media today in terms of shows that you watch, the styles that people have.
“And that gave me a path to know where I wanted to be in my career, being in this program was one of these things. And Woody Paige, I wouldn’t be there without your influence. I appreciate you.
After the ESPN programming has blurred in black, the cameras were still hot. Paige experienced a rare moment speechless in the series, taking what has just been said before Reali wanted to give his two hundred.
“Woody, we owe you our careers, okay, you must hear this,” said Reali. “I want you to hear this every day for three months. This program does not make episode two without you and whatever happens, the next three months will be great because I correct the scoring to allow you 700 victories because that’s what I will do every day.
Paige is the leader of all time of the show in appearances (2.956), more than 800 on Tim Cowlishaw of second place. He also says 684 victories, the most of all time by a wide margin.