Longtime ESPN host Tony Reali took his final lap “Around the Horn” on Friday, closing out the sports debate series after 23 years and more than 4,900 episodes. ESPN set the end date months ago for the ...

How Around the Horn went from embracing debate on ESPN to being thoughtful, diverse and deeper before its cancelation.

Tony Reali has had dream jobs before. As a student at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, Reali grabbed a student-radio station (WFUV) microphone and covered his beloved Yankees.

Vibes on the last show were somber from start to finish, with longtime host Tony Reali opening with an emotional tribute to everyone who has worked on the show. Longtime panelist Bob Ryan pointed ...

Tony Reali took over the show from Max Kellerman, the original host, when he was 25. Overnight – literally, he accepted the job during the 2004 Patriots-Panthers Super Bowl (yes, the Janet ...

One of the most popular shows on sports television aired its final episode on Friday afternoon. Around the Horn is no more. The show produced more than 4,900 episodes during the course of its 23-year ...

For Tony Reali, sports has never been about the numbers. It’s an ironic realization for the 46-year-old talk show host, who rose to prominence on ESPN as the know-it-all “Stat Boy” on Pardon ...

Tony Reali got a raw deal. Much like Max Kellerman before him, Reali deserved more from ESPN. A whole lot more. Because whatever this is — gestures broadly at the slow drip farewell tour they’ ...

NEW YORK — In a Manhattan studio one recent morning, Tony Reali, the host of ESPN’s afternoon debate show “Around the Horn,” was staring at the faces of four journalists on that day’s ...