Mike Golic details sad ESPN ending: ‘Blow to the ego’

Mike Golic was booted without being offered a pay cut by the Miami Dolphins, the old Houston Oilers and now ESPN.

In a recent podcast with with Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, the longtime radio host equated his departure from ESPN earlier this year to when he was released by teams during his NFL career. “When ‘Mike & Mike’ ended, they still felt there was value to having me there,” the 58-year-old Golic said. “That’s why the new morning show with me and Trey and my son [Mike Jr.] got going, but after that deal and contract was up, they just felt there wasn’t any worth. And, not even from a monetary point, because they didn’t even talk about taking less money. We knew everybody was taking pay cuts. We didn’t even talk about that.”