Mike Golic, Mike Greenberg dont keep in touch much after ugly end to ESPN radio show

“Mike & Mike” had a 17-year run on ESPN Radio and its networks from 2000 to 2017.Now, Mike Golic is speaking out on the status of his relationship with ex-cohost Mike Greenberg.Greenberg left the show in 2017 to host “Get Up.” Golic then paired with Trey Wingo on “Golic and Wingo” until 2020.“It did not end well,” Golic told Sports Illustrated of “Mike & Mike.” “That that’s been pretty much documented.

But somewhat like my football career, when I got cut by the Houston Oilers and went to the Philadelphia Eagles, I didn’t reminisce about the Houston Oilers.I was playing for the Philadelphia Eagles.

The same thing when I left Philadelphia to go to Miami.You move on and you study the task at hand.“As far as the relationship with Greeny, we don’t keep in touch much in all honesty, but occasionally we’ll check in.

Quite honestly, mostly it’s about how the kids are doing, how his kids are doing, how my kids are doing, because I was growing my family during ‘Mike & Mike’ and Greeny had his kids during ‘Mike & Mike’ and we were always a very family-oriented show, so kids were always involved.”Golic and his son, Mike Golic Jr., are returning to ESPN to host a new show called “The Golics,” which will begin on Monday.The senior Golic is returning after six years away from ESPN.

His first stint was from 1995 to 2020.“Again, we don’t keep in touch much, but he texted me about coming back to ESPN and was very happy for me, and certainly for Mike [Jr.],” Golic Sr.continued.

“As I said, we talk about the kids, so it’s cordial…We certainly meshed well on the show.So, it’s not very frequent we keep in touch, but when we do, it’s cordial.”Golic’s description of a cordial but distant relationship between the two seems to indicate that the tension that was originally reported at the end of “Mike & Mike” has lessened.

Both former co-hosts previously stated they were frustrated when the news ...