Rise and shine Monday to Friday, from 6am to noon, with ESPN's informative and entertaining morning block starring two of the most popular shows on the air - Mike and Mike in the Morning and ESPN First Take.
Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, the oddest couple in sports, host Mike and Mike in the Morning, a TV simulcast of their popular sports talk radio show, beginning at 6am. Join the guys for four hours of sports news, culture and controversy that manages to be hilarious and informative in equal measures.
Along with regular guest hosts and renowned contributors, the show features weekly segments like Just Shut Up, Monday Morning Quarterback, and the not to be missed Man Up Question of the Day, where male listeners are coached on how to be more manly.
MIKE GREENBERG
ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning Co-Host SportsCenter Anchor
Mike Greenberg, who joined ESPN in September 1996 as an anchor for ESPNEWS which launched in November of that year, is heard on ESPN Radio each weekday morning and usually seen on ESPN each Monday evening on SportsCenter.
Greenberg was named co-host of Mike & Mike in the Morning, ESPN Radio's daily drivetime show (M-F 6-10 a.m. ET) with Mike Golic on December 30, 1999. In January 2005, Mike & Mike in the Morning, which had been simulcast on ESPNEWS (45 million homes) since April 2004, moved its simulcast to ESPN2 (99 million homes).
In December 2007 Greenberg hosted ABC's "Duel," a week-long game show of which a New York Daily News preview wrote: "Mike is the perfect host." Additionally, Greenberg's book "Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot" spent five weeks on the N.Y. Times Best Sellers list and was nominated for a Quill Award.
In 2007, Greenberg expanded his ESPN responsibilities to include television play-by-play for Arena Football League games when he and Golic (analyst) were named the top commentator team for ESPN's return to the AFL. In December 2007, "Mike & Mike" served as special commentators on ESPN's and ABC's live coverage of the May 31 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals from Washington, D.C., and called the Arizona Cardinals-San Francisco 49ers Monday Night Football game on September 10 at 10:15 p.m.
The radio show co-hosts have appeared in other ESPN media outlets: a primetime special (ESPN's Mike & Mike at Night); a primetime drama (TILT); a primetime series (League Night); and online as star characters in ESPN.com's "Off Mikes" Emmy Award-wining cartoon.
Greenberg has also been part of ESPN Radio major feats, along with co-host Golic: they staged the network's largest-ever promotion - "Mike & Mike's Marriage Madness" - in which 500 couples applied for the chance to be married on the show; Greenberg's live, in-studio cow-milking after losing their annual NCAA men's "Bracket Wager" to Golic last spring.
Greenberg and his ESPN Radio co-host, with a special guest appearance by Michael Vick, were featured in the Radio network's second on-air television promo. In December 2005, the Mikes were featured in ESPN Radio's first national, broadcast promos.
Greenberg is also frequently an anchor for the 6 p.m. SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship news and information program. He and Golic have been guests on Late Night with David Letterman.
Prior to joining ESPN Greenberg had worked as a sports anchor/reporter for the regional cable news network CLTV in Chicago, Ill., since April 1995. While there, he covered all local sports teams for the 24-hour cable news network, anchored sportscasts and hosted SportsPage, a one-hour Sunday night program featuring live guests and viewer calls.
In addition, Greenberg had worked for Chicago's WSCR-Radio (1992-96) serving as a reporter (covering events including the World Series, Super Bowl, etc.) and talk show host.
From 1994-95, Greenberg worked as a reporter for SportsChannel Chicago. He also worked as a syndicated sports columnist for the California-based Copley News Service, writing a weekly column (1993-95). Previously Greenberg worked for Chicago's WMAQ-Radio as sports anchor/reporter from 1989-92.
Born August 6, 1967, Greenberg is a 1989 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. The New York City native is married and has two children.
MIKE GOLIC
ESPN Radio co-Host of Mike & Mike in the Morning
Mike Golic is co-host of ESPN Radio's popular Mike & Mike in the Morning show (6-10 a.m. ET M-F), which premiered October 12, 1998 and is carried by more than 310 affiliates nationwide. He also serves as an analyst for ESPN and ESPN2's NFL studio programming.
On January 2006, Mike & Mike in the Morning, which had been simulcast on ESPNEWS (45 million homes at the time) since April 2004, moved its simulcast to ESPN2 (89 million homes at the time, 99 million now). Co-hosts Golic and Mike Greenberg have also made multiple appearances on Late Night with David Letterman.
Golic joined ESPN in 1995 as an NFL reporter/analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown. He has also worked as color commentator for the Arena Football League (1996-98, 2007-08) and the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars pre-season games (1995-98). In 1998, Golic began serving as college football analyst for ESPN and ABC, and was an original analyst for NFL 2Night, ESPN2's weeknight news and information program which ran through the 2002 season. Beginning in 2003, he held a similar position on ESPN2's NFL Live.
Golic is a nine-year NFL veteran, playing defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers, Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins. During his seven years in Philadelphia, he began his television career with a weekly segment on the Randall Cunningham Show. He received a Mid-Atlantic Region Emmy Award for his feature "Golic's Got It."
As Mike and Mike In The Morning co-host, Golic:
• Appeared in an ESPN primetime special Mike & Mike at Night (Aug. 13, 2004)
• Mike & Mike were featured in ESPN Radio's first national on-air promos
• Appeared in prime time drama TILT (March 10, 2005)
• Co-hosted primetime series League Night (debuted April-May 2005)
• Appears on-line in ESPN.com's "Off Mikes" cartoon£
• Was an Arena Football League analyst
• Was a special commentators on ESPN and ABC's live coverage of the Scripps
National Spelling Bee Finals from Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2007
• Was an analyst for Monday Night Football doubleheader games in 2007-08-09
• Was a "guest conductor" at Wrigley Field, leading Cubs fans in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in June 2008
• Appeared with Mike Greenberg on the TV series Guiding Light in 2008.
• Announced and played in Legends Game at Yankees Stadium in July 2008
• Served as guest emcee at White House Tee Ball game on the South Lawn and
attended official White House dinner in July 2008
• Downed wings in an in-studio competitive-eating event against three of the world's best competitive eaters on May 1, 2008
• Endured an in-studio waxing on April 29, 2009
• Received Sports Emmy in new-media category -- Achievement in Content for Non-Traditional Delivery
In December 2005, the Mikes were featured in ESPN Radio's first national, broadcast promos.
Born December 12, 1962, Golic is a 1985 graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he served as captain of the football team during his senior season and wrestled. Golic is married with three children.