John Tournour (born November 23, 1965) better known as J. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. T. the Brick is a sports talk radio host based in Los Angeles, airing weeknights from 7pm to 11pm Pacific time (10pm to 2am Eastern) on Fox Sports Radio. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming all day every day Tournour is a graduate of the SUNY campus at Geneseo. Geneseo ( is the name of a Town and a Village in Livingston County in western New York, USA.
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Career
J. T. , a former stock broker, got his start in sports radio after becoming a frequent caller to The Jim Rome Show. The Jim Rome Show is a Sports Radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. After winning Jim's inaugural 1995 "Smack-Off" championship title, J. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Smack-Off is an annual invitation-only competition on The Jim Rome Show, held in mid-to-late spring and which takes up the entire program on a Friday T. was quickly offered a job hosting a late-night Sunday show at KMAX-Los Angeles. Ten weeks later, the station owner faced financial problems and cancelled J. T. 's show. A devastated J. T. volunteered to sell his own advertising in return for regaining the time slot. KMAX agreed, and the show continued.
From there, J. T. moved his show to KFMB-San Diego, where he only spent a few weeks, before being offered a show on the now-defunct Las Vegas-based Sports Fan Radio Network. KFMB (760 AM, "TalkRadio 760" is a conservative talk Radio station in San Diego California, co-owned with KFMB-FM and Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The Sports Fan Radio Network was a sports talk radio network that existed from 1996 through 2001 when it abruptly folded J. T. 's late-night show lasted five years, until the network's demise in 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. During this time, J. T. also hosted an afternoon show on a San Francisco-based radio station. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
In June 2001, J. Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. T. landed at the upstart Fox Sports Radio network, hosting an afternoon show. It didn't take long for the network to realize that J. T. was better suited for late nights, where his talent helped build the largest late-night syndicated sports show in the nation on SportsFan Radio Network. He remains on the late night shift today.
J. T. also hosted, until the end of the 2005 season, a Sunday night show, Fox Sunday Game Time React, where he discussed the football games of the day with Bryan Cox. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Bryan Keith Cox (born February 17, 1968 in St Louis, Missouri) is a former American football Linebacker in the That show was eventually replaced by a similar show hosted by John Fricke and Chris Landry. John Fricke is a historian/author on The Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland. Chris Landry is an American extreme skier and snow scientist.
J. T. is known for delivering all of his opinions in a very aggressive manner. J. T. makes well-known the fact he is a die-hard fan of the New York Giants and New York Yankees. The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. He hates the Eagles, and despises the Boston Red Sox. The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions.
On May 29, 2006, J. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. T. celebrated his ten year anniversary as a sports radio personality.
J. T. made a guest appearance on CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on June 26, 2006, to discuss the feud between Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, and Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen. CNBC (an abbreviation for the " C onsumer N ews and B usiness C hannel" its official name until 1991 is a cable and The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch is a Talk show on CNBC hosted by Donny Deutsch. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. Jay Mariotti (born 1959 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a sportswriter and a former columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times until he resigned on August The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Oswaldo José Guillén Barrios (born January 20, 1964 in Ocumare del Tuy, Miranda State, Venezuela) well known as Ozzie Guillén
Gametime React
His late-night syndicated show, Gametime React, also known as "Sports Radio's Most Interactive Show. " J. T. is known for giving die hard sports fans a chance to interact and voice their opinions on a nightly basis. He urges his callers not to ask questions because he believes it makes boring radio. Instead, his callers are encouraged to come strong with their opinions about sports. J. T. has little patience for boring callers, and often hangs up on them with a pre-recorded clip of J. T. shouting "TOW!" (rhyming with "how")
Tomm Looney, the voice of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, works alongside J. The Best Damn Sports Show Period is a sports Talk show on Fox Sports Net and Comcast SportsNet. T. on Gametime React. Looney is best known for providing the three-times-hourly sports updates and for hosting the entertainment segment of the show which is called "Pop Looney. "
During the 2005 NLCS, Albert Pujols smashed a game winning home run against the Houston Astros. The National League Championship Series ( NLCS) the second round of the 2005 National League playoffs matched the Central Division champion and defending José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (IPA /puˌˡxols/ (born January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) (nicknamed Prince Albert The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. J. T. was so excited that he accidentally called Pujols "Albert Hooblehoff" while live on the air. Since then, once J. T. mentions Pujols on his show, a snippet of the "Albert Hooblehoff" soundbite is played. Andrew Siciliano also plays the sound clip anytime a major leaguer hits a home run during his show. Andrew Siciliano is a sports anchor for Fox Sports. He can be seen in FSN Final Score, where he is a co-anchor and heard (along with Krystal
In addition to his hosting duties, J. T. is a regular sports columnist for MSNBC. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. com.
Origin of nickname
The nickname "the Brick" comes from his time as a caller to The Jim Rome Show. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. A "brick" is a common slang term in basketball for a shot that bounces off the rim. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Rome dubbed the New York Knicks as the "New York Bricks" for their lack of offense in the mid-90s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The term "Brick" was later extended to mean anyone from New York, especially J. The City of New York T. with his thick New York accent.
Relationship with Jim Rome
To this day, there is friction between J. T. and Jim Rome, despite the fact they now both work for the same company (Premiere Radio Networks, owner and licensee of Fox Sports Radio), and share many of the same affiliates. Jim Rome (born James Phillip Rome October 14, 1953) is an Premiere Radio Networks is an American Radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of Although Rome follows through with his policy of inviting all Smack-Off winners back for future competitions, he has otherwise cut all ties with The Brick.
J. T. made himself available for an extensive interview in Alan Eisenstock's 2001 book, Sports Talk (Rome declined numerous requests for an interview for the same book). The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books In the interview, J. T. details his decision to leave a six-figure income as a stock broker to chase his dream of talking sports for a living. He also weighs in on his relationship with Rome, saying:
| “ | He's done everything for me. But he's done nothing for me (sic). It took Jim a while to get successful. I'm only in my fourth year. I've got two syndicated shows and I'm in the number four market (San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose). His fourth year, he was reading traffic. | ” |
Even today, the two often take subtle on-air jabs at each other. As an example Rome makes a point that he doesn't take lots of phone calls, stating that he doesn't want the fate of his show to be determined by said callers; J. T. , on the other hand, makes the point that he includes callers as top priority of his own show. Those statements seem to hint at each other's opposite viewpoints.
On January 23, 2007, Rome was talking about former Jungle contributors who have gone into the sports radio business after they left his show. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Rome said that J. T. the Brick has "an excellent show. "
On February 7, 2007, J. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. T. said he was the best caller in American sports radio and then was asked not to call that show again. He then made a point to say that his show was not like that and all callers are welcome, and even if they are bad callers, they are welcome to call the show the next day and give it another shot. Though he never mentioned Rome by name, this was a clear reference to Rome's show. On May 2, 2007, JT announced he would end his 12-year hiatus from The Jungle by participating in the 2007 Smack-Off. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. However, he failed to make an appearance.
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References
- "The Hardest Working Man in Sports" - Interview from American Superstar Magazine, January 2006. Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming all day every day
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