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unusual facts about Around the Horn



Adam Schefter

Before joining NFL Network Schefter appeared frequently on ESPN's Around the Horn as a substitute for Woody Paige, who was based in Denver at the time.

The Sportswriters on TV

Bill Jauss, Bill Gleason, Ben Bentley, Joe Mooshill, Lester Munson, and Rick Telander were the usual writers discussing the sports issues of the day, and the show was a forerunner of many of the sportswriter TV shows that are much more common now (The Sports Reporters, Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, etc.).


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Henry Mellus

Henry sailed "around the horn" with Richard Henry Dana, Jr. on the ship named the Pilgrim, and arrived in California in 1835.

Jay Mariotti

He moved to The Denver Post in the late 1980s, where he met Woody Paige, a fellow regular panelist on Around the Horn. Mariotti and Paige were said to have been in a long-running feud during their time together in Denver, which eventually resulted in Mariotti leaving the Post for the paper's then rival, the Rocky Mountain News; the rivalry was something that was mentioned at times in the early episodes of Around the Horn.

Pablo S. Torre

On the March 11, 2013 edition of Around the Horn, Torre boldly predicted Southern University would defeat Gonzaga the following Thursday and thus become the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the history of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Tim Cowlishaw

Cowlishaw is a devoted Radiohead fan, and often references their lyrics on Around the Horn.