Journalist Tim Cowlishaw takes shot at ESPN in final airing of “Around the Horn”

ESPN “around horn” aired last on Friday after almost 23-year-old running.

One of the main competitors on Game show over the years, Tim Cowlishaw, he crossed his finger on ESPN In his last comments on the show.

“I want to thank ESPN for the opportunity I have not sought and I never expected myself to come back in 2002. Also I would like to say that although ESPN is currently more prepared to hire athletes instead of journalists,” Cowlishaw said during the last episode of the show on Friday.

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Sport journalists Tony realized and Tim Cowlishaw attend ESPN party in a basketball city in Pier on January 36, 2014 in New York. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Pictures for ESPN)

“Around Horn” consisted of four different journalists who would appear on the show and discuss current sports topics. However, ESPN moves away from journalists at his exhibitions in favor of former athletes.

Some of the highest figures of the network are former athletes like Pat McAfeeJason Kelce, Kendrick Perkins and Ryan Clark, among others.

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Max Kellerman poses on the set of ESPN “around Horn” with sports columnists on the monitors in the background of December 5, 2002. The columnists are on the left, I am Adana, Woody Paige, Tim Cowlishaw and Jay Mariotti. (H. Darr Beiser/USA Today via Imagingn Images)

“We had a wonderful 22 years on the show I felt Imposter syndrome every time I got into this studio. I hope that people in the next show in this time place will have so much fun and bring as many smiles as possible in the next 22 years. I’ll count,” Cowlishaw said.

ESPN did not announce which show would take that time slot.

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The NHL Commissioner Gary Betman and sports writer Tim Cowlishaw attended the Stadium series 2014 at the Yankee Stadium on January 29, 2014, in the Bronx district in New York. (Tom Nycz/Nhli via Getty Images)

An hour from 17:00 et on ESPN consisted of “Weapons of Break” and “Around Horn”, two of several remaining shows that contained media comments, unlike former athletes.

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