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Article: Screen of any size too big for 'I, Max,' Kellerman.(Sports)(TV & Radio)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2004
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Byline: Ted Cox
Great, just what we need, another sports-oriented nattering nitwit of negativism intended to arouse the nimrods in the 18-34 male demographic.
Mixing "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" with a little "you steal from me, I rob from you," Fox Sports Net and its Chicago outlet have added Max Kellerman's new show "I, Max" to its lineup at 6 p.m. weekdays (games permitting, of course).
Kellerman is a former host of the ESPN sportswriter free-for-all "Around the Horn," and "I, Max" is a blatant rip-off of that format. It's stripped down from a journalistic tele-roundtable via satellite to a few basic elements - no doubt the better for ...