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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
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| Genre | Sports talk |
| Running time | 3 hours 4 hours on West Coast |
| Country |  USA |
| Home station | ESPN Radio (2004-) |
| Starring | Colin Cowherd |
| Air dates | March 29, 2004 – present |
| Website | The Herd with Colin Cowherd |
The Herd with Colin Cowherd is a syndicated sports talk radio show hosted by Colin Cowherd and broadcast on ESPN Radio from Bristol, Connecticut. The show is heard Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. ET until 1 p.m. ET. On some West Coast radio stations, the show cuts into the last hour of Mike and Mike in the Morning and runs for four hours, from 6 a.m. PT to 10 a.m. PT. Segements of the show are cut into ESPN Radio Daily Podcast. It is interspersed with Cowherd's views on sports, relationships, pop culture, family, and life in general.
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History
The Herd got its start as an afternoon show, later moved to morning drive time, on KFXX-AM "The Fan", a popular sports radio station in Portland, Oregon.
Format
The Herd features commentary on the day's sports news, perspective on other news stories, interviews, and popular daily segments including "Spanning the Globe" and "Rants of the Day."
Cowherd is usually joined on-air by producers Chadd "Compass" Scott and Amanda Gifford. ESPN Radio SportsCenter updates during the show are performed by Dan Davis.
Segments
- The Mysterious First Hour (formerly known as the "West Coast Hour"). This segment can be heard on select West Coast stations from 6am-7am. For non-West Coast listeners, it can be accessed through the show's archive on ESPN Insider.
- Spanning The Globe - Colin interviews sports reporters, broadcasters and sports personalities from all of the sports from around the country and the world, in a fast-paced segment airing daily at approximately 10:20am ET. In April 2006, Cowherd started performing a weekly version of this segment on SportsCenter. (Usually the second segment of the show, originally done twice a show)
- Football Fix - a year-round daily feature dedicated to anything and everything football: college football, high school football, the NFL Draft and the NFL.
- Monday Morning Riff - Cowherd's random and ironic observations from the weekend.
- The Players' Club - a weekly segment on Fridays where Cowherd will give his picks for that weekend's up-coming college football games.
- The Odd Couple - Beano Cook's weekly segment where they discuss college football and what Beano had for lunch.
Regular Guests
- Mel Kiper
- Beano Cook
- Trey Wingo and Mark Schlereth
- Eric Allen aka E.A.
- The ESPN Ombudsman
Rants of the Day
Cowherd has several regular targets he criticizes during the show. Among the most notable:
- "Homers" who take their home teams so seriously that they lose objective viewpoints about the reality of the sports. Cowherd is a known USC homer, sometimes you may get him to admit it on the air.
- Steroid users and more importantly, female body builders who use steroids. Colin often turns into another personality named "Trina". Trina is a female body builder who obviously uses steroids. When making an appearance, Trina greets others by saying "Hi. I'm Trina. Wanna see my calf implants? My neck is the size of a fire hydrant. Wanna see me bench press Interstate 40?". When steroids are a prominent issue in the news, be on the lookout for Trina.
Guest Hosts
The regular fill-ins for Cowherd are Doug Gottlieb from The Pulse, Erik Kuselias, who is the host of NASCAR Now on ESPN2, and John Kincade, an Atlanta-area sports television and radio personality.
Reaction
In November 2005, Cowherd was criticized for his treatment of the death of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Eddie Guerrero. Cowherd used the phrase "who cares" in regards to Guerrero's death, saying it was not newsworthy. Wresting and fans of the WWE (referred to on the show as "Mouth Breathers & Booger Eaters") are often targets of comedic rants. Colin was also quoted as saying "he passed away doing steroids", implying that Guerrero's death had been caused by steroid use. According to Dr. Kathryn Berg, the assistant chief medical examiner for Hennepin County in Minnesota, the autopsy showed that Guerrero died from a hardening and narrowing of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. He had an enlarged heart and other enlarged organs related to a history of anabolic steroid use. Due to the large volume of complaints from Guerrero fans, Cowherd was publicly reprimanded by ESPN ombudsman George Solomon and ESPN Radio general manager Bruce Gilbert.[1] As a direct response to Guerrero's death, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced the implementation of drug testing for WWE wrestlers, which began in March 2006.
In March 2006, Cowherd was criticized for using content from a fan blog without crediting it. Colin then labeled the creators of the website "whiners" in an e-mail and claimed they would never get credit. Credit was later given and an apology was issued on-air. [2] This incident was named in one of the Chicago Sports Review's ten greatest sports blog stories. [3]
Awards
On December 19, 2005, Sports Illustrated named Cowherd "Radio Personality of the Year".[4] Cowherd was lauded by columnist Richard Deitch for providing "an engaging mix of entertainment, information, and reportage... Cowherd has distinguished himself by refusing to rely on angry ranting and the sexual innuendo that so often permeates local radio."