Host of MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann and co-host of NBC’s Football Night in America Keith Olbermann in an interview with Sports Illustrated media writer Richard Deistch.
“SI: Will you appear on SportsCenter again in your lifetime?
Olbermann: Well, they mentioned me about a month ago with the Pete Rose, I-bet-on-baseball-every-night interview that Dan and I did on ESPN Radio. Clips were played from it. My voice was heard on it and my name was used.
SI: And the network still stayed on the air?
Olbermann: There was no major walkout. I think the nuclear war ended and everything was still standing. So I assume it’s a possibility on some anniversary show.“
Of course, Olbermann was notably left off the invite list for SportsCenter Old School Week in 2004 — a week that saw Gayle Gardener, Craig Kilborn, Charley Steiner and Greg Gumbel return to Bristol — so an anniversary show may not be much of a possibility.
