Jim Rome Reflects On His Clash With Jim Everett |

Jim Rome (and Bob Costas) joins us for The Dan Le Batard Show's #FREEDUMB 24 Hour Live stream. Rome discusses his infamous interview with Jim Everett
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[@johnmontgomery9100]

Always good to see Jill Rome.

[@ari_x89]

Fuuuuuuck Jim Rome !

[@HornetsNestMMA]

Jill Rome? That’s the best you got? Don’t quit your day job Mr. Comedian

[@ari_x89]

@@HornetsNestMMA 🗑

[@ryansproviero]

@@HornetsNestMMA Take it easy Chris

[@FredPena-rd5cf]

Not really.

[@ShaunHensley]

12:10

[@johnfalcetta5431]

You the real MVP

[@trhansen3244]

@@johnfalcetta5431 I was the MVP during my last year of high school JV intramural basketball.

[@seabrook1976]

thank you

[@usa9960]

Thanks 😎👍🏻

[@TheColdrush22]

You are my favorite human.

[@tonyc7301]

I guess Jim learned a valuable lesson that insulting a 6'5", 230 lb. NFL QB isn't the best idea.

[@Tourist-Q]

You know there are 5'5, 130 lbs. boxers / wrestlers / MMA fighters that could beat the piss out of Jim Rome too, right?

[@clamshell6863]

Especially when the guy shoved him like a garbage can.

[@BabylonGateLA]

@@Tourist-Q Come on man, yea if they have to follow rules, sure! But if they are fighting in an alley by themselves, who are you taking!? 😂😂

[@Tourist-Q]

@@BabylonGateLA they coujfnt beat up Jim Rome in an alley? I could beat him up in an alley and I'm not a fighter

[@badsolja1]

@Tourist Q 5’6ft spotted lmao

[@rmpeete]

Jim Everett segment: 12:08

[@JK-br1mu]

Too bad Everett didn't land about 4 or 5 hard rights to Rome's head

[@TheBearGrappler]

Rome's dome*

[@robertyaeger6603]

Touche. Rome should be banned from the airwaves.

[@vanadyan1674]

Accuracy always was an issue for Everett

[@HighPlainsDrifter53]

@@robertyaeger6603 why Rome is great. Why u hate him? Is it that you're just super pro-athlete guy, or u just think he's annoying?

[@rockabye_baby187]

@@vanadyan1674 lol

[@beecee5668]

12:10 Jim Everett

[@troua2001]

ty

[@vagrante13]

They should reunite in a Super Bowl add for Miller Lite with the actual Chris Evert doing a cameo at the end.

[@Josh_Jackson]

Rome is literally the guy at the party with the big mouth that gets his clock cleaned 100% of the time lol.. "Calm down Jimmy your gonna get hurt again... 💥💥💥 Damn it Jimmy!"

[@canamrider07]

Yea, but he would have brought hot chicks for his friends and his daddy’s Porsche and bought everyone drinks for the night.

[@willkittwk]

​@@canamrider07 Redemption

[@redfive5856]

Everett story starts at 12:13

[@filmgeekstudios4393]

I appreciate you homie

[@RadioAaron]

Van Smack! Pimp in the Box!

[@michaelmckenzie6311]

Everett had Rome shook!! He crapped his draws when Everett put hands on him fixing to give him the beats about F ing w/grown men! Respect to Everett! Great player also!

[@garybeltrand5802]

It doesn't matter what conversations took place before the show, that needed to happen. It was hilarious. Everett grabbing him and roughing him around like the little mouthy shit he was, lmao. Reminded me of a junior high gym teacher losing his patience with some wise ass nerd kid who won't shut up. I don't get how anyone thought the lame "talk the smack" shtick was cool in any way.

[@innocentbystander72]

@@garybeltrand5802 The only people who think that the "talk the smack" stick is cool are those who can't. I mean they can't play the sport. Jim Rome never played football. It is sad that people have to put others down to lift themselves up. It is also sad that society has rewarded people like Jim Rome.

[@Longenecker1776]

Looked kind of staged but I guess it was real.

[@BlackedOutDreams]

@@garybeltrand5802i love ppl like you who think athletes are always in the right and they can do whatever they want. Like they give a fuck about a nobody like you

[@jarrettjordan]

The Stugotz is strong in Jim 😂😂😂. What a way to finish the bit.

[@billhendricks8516]

collin cowheard in a cheap polyester rip off of Rome

[@jocko8888]

Rome sucks now and has ALWAYS sucked. NO class..

[@Fakename70]

Everett gave him what he deserved. I’m surprised Rome was surprised by his reaction. Shows how delusional he is that he apparently expected Everett to just sit there and get punked like that. I’m glad Everett hasn’t allowed Rome any closure.

[@78bcat]

Looking at the comments...are there really this many fanboys of jock-sniffers or does the "Pirate Ship" (cringe...) deploy the team to write embarrassingly fawning comments

[@szalay83]

25 mins of absolute cringe.

[@Rob-dp3vr]

I found the fanboy cokgobbling a little bizarre too. Worshipping talkers? Weird.

[@SummersTimeEntertainment]

I wonder how Jim Rome talks in real life. His family must get annoyed if he uses his radio voice at home.

[@MrColdwatercanyon]

Never heard Rome curse

[@JAGNFL]

I know right haha. Like obviously he cusses a shitload off the radio, but hear him say Fuck was shocking for a split second.

[@briansalisbury5760]

I guess its just me but I never cared for Rome and his crap with Everett was low class.

[@jamescook8786]

You're not alone. Everett should have chinned him.

[@RPerry-zs3hl]

Jim Rome’s schtick gets old after 5 minutes of listening to him. I agree about a low class move with Everett. Says a lot about you if you have to have an ex-navy seal travel with you to protect you from the athletes you diss on your show.

[@JAGNFL]

@@RPerry-zs3hl He actually isn't all about trashing people. In fact, he praises most athletes and shows tons of love when they're guests on his show.

[@Phil_Lamarr]

I thought it was funny. I hope they reunite on the show and he calls him chris again hahaha

[@StoicBehavioR]

@@RPerry-zs3hl Yup.. The clones and all the people who got blocked with their funny texts, emails, and calls is what made his show.

[@Lawomenshoops]

Rome has turned down a commercial with Jim Everett. Don’t believe his BS.

[@78bcat]

Starting the clip now, but if Rpme does not begin and end the story bout Everett with "As soon as he got up, I shit my pants...and when he grabbed me, I tried not to cry" because that's precisely the story his face told.

[@tommyvaldez4342]

I hope they post the whole marathon in it's entirety I'm sure all us diehards will go through it. We get the showww!

[@tacomeat]

if you didn't go to a jim rome tour stop you're not a real one. stugotz woulda been a good caller in 2004.

[@canamrider07]

Went to one at Qualcomm stadium before a Padre game vs the Rockies. It was out in the bleacher seats in right field. Brought my son, we had a great time.

[@Rob-dp3vr]

Anyone going to a Jim Rome anything really needs to worry about losing their virginity and getting a life.

[@tacomeat]

@@Rob-dp3vr in 2004?

[@canamrider07]

@@Rob-dp3vr Actually Ron, we would have kicked your Sorry azx and “run” you back to your moms basement. I listened to Rome in the car as a salesperson. Now I’m a retired millionaire. Check my channel out, don’t cry.

[@scottcasey9240]

Jim Everett was a class guy. He slipped, but Rome was calling him a female tennis player on national TV. Everett towered over him, and made Rome look like a little kid in his basement talking trash. This is what most keyboard warriors would look like, if they faced the people they bash on-line.

[@sbizzle23]

This is gold

[@Divisiononebasketball]

I love Rome but my man is not 5’10”.

[@sylvesterstain]

Because why?

[@Wally-pu2hh]

Maybe he was . We lose height as we age . Fact

[@Divisiononebasketball]

@@Wally-pu2hh I actually got a chance to meet Rome in the 80’s because of basketball and interestingly enough I met Jim Everett because he attended a rival high where I lived. Everett is 6’5” and I’m 6’6”. Rome was barely taller than his wife Janet who was maybe 5’8”, and Rome was wearing shoes with a good heel on it.

[@ARWG]

Ok, I did not expect Rome to be this great.

[@cardsfighter2]

For real. I always thought he was the first skip Bayliss, this was great.

[@russellmills4928]

Jim Rome is the OG

[@suckafreesaint]

B!tch Rome is the goat

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Agree. I enjoyed it after all of the these years.

[@festivetouch]

He, PheNOMenal

[@Josh-pc8vp]

“I go about 5’-10” “ No you don’t 😂😂

[@robbyrobinson4500]

He is bragging about someone who backed down from his bodyguard. Rome, did he back down from you. Nope, you are the wimp

[@elfuego51]

"You'd be slotted 10th or 12th." The Smackoff usually has 12 calls max. The burn went way over Stu's head.

[@foxpaw1]

Always hated his show. Created a silly way to rage about sports with rules for the "follower" type personality. About as worthy as that silly show "Crossfire" is for politics. Ick

[@dbreiden83080]

Jim Rome claiming 5'10 LOL He is like 5'7..

[@trunks2210]

3:15 for the costas/john gotti story. epic.

[@TaskForceB]

Story of the year Suey favorite

[@curtdews4691]

This is HEAVEN SENT

[@brianblack3597]

Lebatard and Rome two of the OG worst sports talk guys ever.

[@gts8361]

This is like the first time Flair met Hulk. Epiiiiic.

[@Michigan_dad]

Yes.

[@HappyLarry.]

That absolutely isn't true lmao, those two are legends, no one gives af about Jim Rome

[@gts8361]

@@HappyLarry. Awww.. You're probably 23 years old. Cute take.

[@HappyLarry.]

@gts8361 is the comparison that you're 46 and still think two of the most popular WWE characters in the Golden age of that genre, is the same as someone being interviewed who's most famous moment is literally being a prick and pissing a player off?

[@gts8361]

@@HappyLarry. Tell us more about the Paw Patrol characters, Lawrence.

[@davidellis5141]

First time I have heard Jim interviewed !

[@DabsDad]

exactly. I've been following his show on and off for 20 years and can't remember him ever being interviewed about anything other than Horse Racing. Certainly nothing regarding his radio career or the Everett incident.

[@jamesd3412]

Stu got roasted

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Wow!!! I actually respect Rome after hearing his explanation & how he owned it. I still respect Jim Everett more but props to Rome. 😀

[@magazineretriever9036]

Jim Rome had a sex change. Now, he is Jill Rome. 😆

[@damonwilson3609]

At first I was worried Dan was going to leave after marriage. And then,During the pandemic,I missed Dan the most and when he came back and left again (along with Papi) I was ready to hunt him down and make him get a new platform! Thank God you're back and don't ever leave again!!!!

[@ricjackson1308]

Romes lettuce looks on point

[@freeplax17]

Watching Rome learn that men operate under a low level of violence at all times was hilarious, he's lucky Everett controlled himself and only pushed him to the ground cause he sure looked like he was about to start putting hands on Rome while he was on the floor with his producer trying to pull Everett off of him.

[@1RicoStunna]

STUGOTZ !!!!!! How much do you make?

[@mundial8]

Classy Stugotz

[@ChristianBullen]

Id guess 350k a yr

[@williamduval9856]

That was very smart of Rome for insulting a football player in front of his face. Rome is so intelligent and lucky didn’t get his face bashed in.

[@yeags1383]

To hear the respect between these 2...the 2 best guys in my sports radio life was beyond special! I was jacked to hear this!

[@HardParking]

Rome was my first big podcaster, then came Adam Carolla and Dan. Haven’t checked out Rome in years but to this day because of him, I always refer to my alcohol as “pops”

[@19broncos97]

This was absolutely legendary! I never thought I’d see the day with these two guys together. My two favorite guys on radio. Please please please! Get Jim to join the pirate ship.!!!!

[@Steelers-tw5cx]

Wishful thinking he’s worth half of what they got from DraftKings

[@oscaruvalle7538]

Guess you guys haven't heard, RIP Bob Costas

[@wreckitmanny]

@@oscaruvalle7538 did you kill Bob Costas? $50 fine!

[@19broncos97]

@@oscaruvalle7538 Bobby Q. I love that guy🤣🤣

[@oscaruvalle7538]

@@wreckitmanny No, but allegedly his salad has been tossed.

[@josh8740]

I'd love to see Jim Everett and Jim Rome reunite but instead of it being an interview it's an NFL game where Everett switches positions from quarterback to defensive end and where Everett sacks Rome who's the quarterback

[@acb9896]

Jim Everett is a real dude. Romey wanted to see if he could squeeze a real dude and got smacked. He's lucky Jim didn't put a real grip on his narrow ass. Rome wanted a Springer/Geraldo moment and almost got more than he bargained for.

[@youraverageguy5421]

Alvin would have ran that dude 13 seconds into that shitty rant lol 😂

[@GoatReactz]

Rome has one of the best voices ever. So does Costas

[@stephenkinq5425]

Bob nd Jim , the two seems a universe apart but An Icon nd Legend in the same World. Nyce!!

[@matthewfortuna3443]

I want to hear Rome do his show R rated. How much better would be the show be if he got to really roast hardcore in his takes?

[@eligeorge1390]

Rome started speaking and I literally thought it was frank caliendo 😂

[@SuperJd78]

To me these 2 are my JORDAN and KOBE of sport talk radio. The Pirate Ship is at the highest of seas during this interview. The Jungle and the pirate Ship, the highlight of 2021!

[@jeffe_77]

Ditto, listen to Rome and the jungle BITD, late 90s and to hear him on my favorite show of all time in the LeBatard show, was amazing!! And Romey delivered.

[@williammorrison6228]

Well said Jordan and Kobe

[@MosMoney187]

Bob Costas and Jim Rome are legends!! Till this day Skip Is Still trying to be Jim Rome.

[@rockabye_baby187]

Skip isnt even in the same breath personality wise. jim is a natural critic to me what makes skip effective is arguing. Even if their ridiculous which they are at times. jim rome is unique in that he didnt need a partner or someone to bounce his logic off of. he did it solo.

[@erickthefantabulous1]

Jim Romes an acquired taste he got me through a lot of Afternoons On my truck route It took me a couple of weeks to figure out what the hell I was listening to the jungle and all that Very unique sports talk show And I'm pretty sure I saw the Jim Everett show live on ESPN 2 At the time I think I thought it was a gimmick I'm looking forward to this year's smack off

[@rockabye_baby187]

@@erickthefantabulous1 yes Jim Rome is entertaining. I dont agree with every take he has but theyre all entertaining for sure.

[@dabearcub]

Skip could buy and sell Jim Rome several times.

[@MrKevinEaddy]

Remember when Rome did Tour Stops? And it was basically him shitting on Mike Shanahan and people with Rat Like Features for hours

[@jkentris]

Epic!

[@jonkitchen3450]

I fkd with Rome back in the day in 1999 when I worked for a mom n pop carpet cleaning company that their van they stuck me with only had a.m radio and the only thing I had to listen to was talk radio.. The format Rome had was CRRRRAZY a/f and brand new back then..

[@tomjohnson5583]

I listened to Romey religiously about 25 years ago. Nice to see him catch a vine, swing onto the pirate ship, drop an “incredible” and “above average”.

[@BelchingBeaver69]

@@uncletony6210 he looks like a rat himself

[@beanindividual4000]

@@uncletony6210 are we talking about the rat family? LMAO

[@uncletony6210]

@@beanindividual4000 Yeah, but the irony is, if you look at him these years later, he looks like more of a rat than pretty much anyone in the "rat family."

[@beanindividual4000]

@@uncletony6210 he actually moved away from that stuff awhile ago, though. Close to when his kids were born.

[@uncletony6210]

@@beanindividual4000 but he brought it up again just 3 or 4 yrs ago.

[@facetiousmonkey5322]

OMFG! Been a Jim Rome listener for over 10 years now and I just Realized he named his two sons Logan and Jake! That is hilarious! We need a Romes vs Pauls PPV!!!

[@epicwolf]

Dan look so much happier ever since he left espn.

[@hrs1414]

Jim rome is the expert at repeating himself right after he said the original statement. "That was not staged. That. Was. Not. Staged"

[@ZJ-ne9kn]

Didn't expect this honest of a response from him well done

[@josh8740]

If only Jim Rome and Jim Everett reunited and they played against each other in a NFL game and that Everett switches from offense to defensive and he goes and runs after and sacks and tackles Rome who's the quarterback

[@MrZola1234]

Rome played the shock jock creating a controversy for ratings. Funny thing is since he’s been big time his interviews are all kiss asr no edge zero tough questions, then he spends 10 minutes afterwards talking about how legendary his garbage interview was….this should be more embarrassing to him than Evert.

[@raybarsamian5221]

I have actually met Jim Rome and Jim Everett but not together. I met Everett at a store while he was shopping and I met Jim Rome at a baseball game. They were both very cordial and nice to me when I met them. I hope one day they will sit down and have an interview again.

[@dkaye179]

Stu’s smack off call was so terrible. I was really hoping Jim would run him. Thank god for Billy.

[@k.a.applegate7749]

Nooooo! His timing and cadence was perfect.

[@NonRandomNonSense]

Stu should have been run for reading his call.

[@stevenfernandez4845]

@@k.a.applegate7749 no, he was terrible

[@andykroeger6408]

Romey still killing it with the goatee

[@kona6451]

right, 1998 called and they want their goatee back. bwhahahaha

[@juliusschmidt6304]

@@kona6451 😂🤣

[@joshlynn3185]

Naw lame lol he sucks

[@VicInNocal]

Stugotz was terrible, he's no Broadway Vic in Nocal.

[@DabsDad]

Rachel in Houston would eat him for breakfast

[@willynelson9595]

Did Jim Rome ever do anything significant in the athletic arena ? Methinks not. He baited Everett, he is the ultimate BS artist. He planned this because at the time if you polled the country and the question was, have you heard of Jim Rome? 95% of the country would have responded, who the F is Jim Rome.

[@kcuba1228]

16:32 If a re-union happens, this story deserves a 30 for 30 episode.

[@johncocktose1086]

Geraldo Van Smack. I’ve listened since 92 when he was on the night crew in the nifty six fifty in San Diego. Huge call of the day won you the cotton. I miss the gloss. Ed Elway University of Ed A Raunchy chick from the Barrio Granny Faust Beano Pawlus Lombardy Fontes Rat shanahan The Left Turn Circuit Pete the Chimp

[@raidermiggy21]

When you hear sports on the radio,it's extra sports 690! Baja California,Mexico! AM690! San Diego! Southern California. I want to talk sports with you!

[@mangrove]

If Patrick Roy and Mario Tremblay can break bread and have a laugh at what happened decades ago, then the Jims can come together, no doubt.

[@Boogenhagen100]

my best friend from high school literally morphed into Jim Rome. we haven't spoken in 30 years.

[@Mike-bk5yc]

Ive been waiting forever for some inside information in this. Remeber seeing the clip and thinking ok yup she should have stopped and said your right Jim I messed up no disrespect can we move forward with this interview cause I have some good questions and somethings I wanna talk to you about. That's how I would have handled it.

[@zachshelton8321]

No. No. No Navy SEAL or Special forces were ever a "black belt in karate". That's fucking ridiculous

[@liamsandal6360]

It is so precious how after Jim Everett whipped Jim Rome's behind, he started working out, grew a goatee and lowered his speaking voice.

[@willynelson9595]

If Everett wanted to beat the crap out of, “I’m Jim Rome and you’re not” Everett could have done that easily.

[@slapshot6ful]

Rome is good... check that! Rome is great... no, no check that! Rome is the f'ing GOAT!

[@oregonguy13]

Actually Rome sucks

[@plinkogucci]

Rome and Costas on together was a major highlight for me

[@brettaxelson6163]

I never cared for "Talk 2" as I punched several guys like Rome in the mouth. Rome talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. Rome's "got a love for life" my ass!

[@explodingheadshorrormoviepod]

Take a drink every time they say Stugats. It’s out of hand with this dude lol

[@publikenemi49]

No respectable journalist would treat a guest like that. Jim Rome is a clown, tries to be a “shock jock journalist”, who felt the need to pull stunts like that for ratings. The truth is he has natural talent for talk or TV journalism, and he defiled himself instead. In the view of many, he will always be known for that moment, and that is unfortunate

[@hanlee3068]

Who comes back on Rome's show first? Jim Everett or Jay Mohr?

[@matthewfortuna3443]

Jim just described the essential functions / responsibilities of a body guard

[@rcapogarcia]

Dissapointed Lebatard didnt call out Rome for the sexism if Chris Evert name calling.

[@michaeln.2383]

He's only 5'9'', but he'll pick a fight with someone 6'5'' because he's got his buddies right there to back him.

[@cmo9400]

What is the insult in calling him a champion tennis player. Jim Rome is lucky Chris Everett didn’t show up

[@deanalbertson7203]

Chris Everett was a great athlete.

[@jerrybeloin4985]

Calling a guy out like that jim Rome is a PUNK HE DESERVED TO GET BEAT BAD

[@dispassionateobserver]

That wasn't a clash. Rome got ran over and put up zero resistance. lol. Everett showed a lot of restraint by not throwing some haymakers.

[@bbm1077]

Rome was an absolute coward for this. He would have never disrespect Everett like that if he wasn't in a room full of his production staff. clown.

[@nicholaspreston2731]

Rome is like a sleazy lawyer...a barnacle on the ship of sports

[@christopherhenson5509]

Good afternoon, checking in from Detroit. This is amazing, it's so great to hear Pimp In The Box being able to speak so freely, not being behind his mic when he's on the air. Salute to Mr.DJ Man! #JungleKarma #GoodNightNow

[@GoatReactz]

Rome is the best...i think he the goat of sports radio

[@bobmilian5327]

Taunting is asking for trouble. Lost respect for Jim Rome

[@timothycliburn5018]

Rome's a Punk, and he got Manhandled. How humiliating for him 😊

[@tonth1383]

And you had to know when he told you "I bet you won't do it again" you shouldn't have done it. He wouldn't do it again because he didn't want you to get those ratings that you would have gotten had he come back on your show.

[@KevinBarry-j8w]

Jim Romes a punk, he got humilliated by Jim Everett, the end😂