When you watch Around The Horn on ESPN, you will find a debate show where the points matter and there is always competitive banter. However, sometimes, what you will find before the show starts are some interesting stories told by the people on the panel.
Before Thursday’s show, Woody Paige mentioned before one of the Super Bowl that took place in Arizona (2008 or 2014) that he once took a fellow colleague’s car during the week of the big game off the ESPN compound in Scottsdale.
“When the Super Bowl was here and ESPN had a compound in Scottsdale, we did all of our shows there. I got through with my show. I’m out in the parking lot, trying to figure out where I parked my rental car. Wilbon comes into the compound area, pulls up there. He rolls down the window and says you got my car? I got the car, drove it down the compound down the street. When I came back, he was talking to the security guard about how someone came and took his car. I pulled up and said, you want to park my car, Michael?”
Now, Wilbon has not commented on social media or on Pardon The Interruption about what happened. However, if this is a true story, Paige’s prank does show some of the hijinks that can go on behind-the-scenes at ESPN. Plus, you never know what you are going to get during these segments that get posted on social media from the panelists.
For example, before Tuesday’s show, Atlanta native Elle Duncan went on a rant about people that think Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan has a case to get into the Hall of Fame.
“I knew everything I needed to know about Matt Ryan when he didn’t look on that damn sideline during that Super Bowl debacle and go we’re going to f*** run the ball. I don’t care what you are calling Kyle Shanahan, I’m the league MVP, we are running the ball.”
As far as Paige and Wilbon are concerned, we await to see if Wilbon comments on Paige’s story. Nevertheless, the viewer did get an inside look as to what potentially happens on the ESPN set during Super Bowl week.
The story also serves as proof that watching Before The Horn is just as important as the television show that comes after it. You never know what kind of story or rant or entertainment you are going to get.
