Tag: Tony Reali

ESPN’s Around the Horn is reportedly coming to an end next summer

It’s time to say goodbye to ESPN’s Around the Horn.

Afternoons on ESPN are reportedly going to look a lot different starting next summer.

New York Post‘s Ryan Glasspiegel reported on Wednesday that ESPN’s Around the Horn will come to an end in the summer of 2025 after a 23-year run.

The Tony Reali-hosted sports panel game show brought sportswriters like Woody Paige, J.A. Adande and Bill Plaschke to national prominence, among many, many others.

Fans of the show will most certainly deduct many points for ESPN making an unpopular decision like this, although the program will at least get a farewell run through the middle of next year.

We sure hope ESPN finds a new place for Reali with the network. He’s one of the best and brightest personalities on the network, and we don’t want him to leave the network on weekdays even if the show is coming to an end.

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Popular ESPN television personality celebrates the third straight Duke football win

Tony Reali, the popular ESPN personality and longtime host of “Around the Horn,” posted about the Duke football victory over UConn.

The Duke Blue Devils are 3-0 again, and one popular ESPN personality is enjoying the results in Durham thus far.

Tony Reali, who has hosted the “Around the Horn” television show since 2004, shared a Sunday social media post wearing a Duke polo in support of the Blue Devils.

Head coach Manny Diaz and his team made Duke fans sweat on Saturday night, initially leading 17-0 before three unanswered Connecticut touchdowns gave the Huskies the lead in the third quarter. Quarterback [autotag]Maalik Murphy[/autotag] responded with a 20-yard scoring throw to Que’Sean Brown, the redshirt freshman’s 10th catch of the night, for the 26-21 victory.

The touchdown, Murphy’s eighth of the young season, has the former Texas Longhorn on pace to comfortably break the school record for passing touchdowns in a single season. Diaz also became the seventh Duke coach to win his first three games with the program despite two trailing after three quarters against Northwestern and UConn.

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Duke hopes for another Reali celebration post in Week 4 after a road trip to Middle Tennessee.

Tony Reali shared a powerfully honest message about the anxiety attacks he’s been having

What an honest and powerful conversation.

ESPN’s Tony Reali has never shied away from talking honestly and openly about mental health, which is powerful because it’s a topic that affects a lot of people and the more it is discussed out in the open the more it will help people who need it.

Reali did that again before Thursday’s “Around the Horn” episode as he talked about how last week he suffered a number of intense anxiety attacks that left him unable to work one day, had him sweating through every sheet in his house, and had put him in a “full health meltdown.”

If you suffer from anxiety then you know how hard these attacks can be. If you don’t suffer from anxiety then consider yourself lucky. But you should also watch Reali’s discussion below, as it could help you understand what some people in your life might be going through.

Right now there is a lot going on in the world that can trigger these attacks and its important that we all know we aren’t alone when going through these things.

Take 6:50 and watch this:

He then later expanded on this thoughts in this Twitter thread that is a great read.

Thank you for sharing that, Tony.

Tony Reali hosted a social-distanced version of ‘Around The Horn’ after Tom Brady news

Well done.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the sports world to essentially close down as leagues look to limit large gatherings that could spread the virus. It has also had a significant impact on ESPN’s programming.

It was announced on Monday that ESPN’s Around The Horn would be off the air this week, which was an appropriate decision given the move from newsrooms to work remotely.

But there are times when a pandemic can’t even stop the competitive sports banter. This was one of those times.

After Tom Brady announced Tuesday morning that he would not be re-signing with the New England Patriots, Tony Reali got a panel together of Mina Kimes, Sarah Spain and Jackie MacMullan to discuss the huge NFL news … via a video chat from their homes. It was called “Around The Home.”

Such a good idea. Again, social distancing shouldn’t stop us from discussing sports. There are responsible ways to make it happen, and Reali pulled it off perfectly here.

While this segment wasn’t going to air on ESPN, it made for a great Twitter video.

Let’s keep “Around The Home” going as NFL free agency continues.

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