![]() ![]() On February 4, 2008, the show was added to XM Radio on ESPN Xtra. Two months later, ESPNEWS and SportsCenter host Brian Kenny joined the show as co-host. In September 2007, Kellerman began hosting a third hour, extending the show to 1 pm. On October 23, 2006, Max began hosting the 10 AM to noon program on WEPN, replacing ESPN's nationally broadcast Colin Cowherd program. On August 28, 2006, it was announced that Brandon Tierney would be taking over at 7 PM, which temporarily left Kellerman without a timeslot. ![]() Starting in the week of August 21, 2006, Kellerman did at least two nights of audition shows at 7 PM for WEPN (1050) 1050 ESPN Radio in New York City, hosting one night with Sid Rosenberg. Frequently, Carlson introduced Kellerman with a bio containing a humorously enthusiastic compliment. On a segment of the show called "The Outsider", Kellerman generally took the position selected by Carlson. In 2005, Tucker Carlson announced that Kellerman would be a permanent contributor on his MSNBC show Tucker. Max also was the co-host of Spike TV's 2006 series, King of Vegas. The last I, Max show aired on February 18, 2005. He later returned, but despite his show garnering the network's highest ratings for a period of time, it was canceled by Fox. Max took time off from the show after his brother's death (see below). He would discuss sports news with Michael Holley, former Around the Horn panelist, and Bill Wolff. While the show was incredibly popular, Kellerman and ESPN could not reach an agreement for him to remain with the network, and Kellerman left the network in early 2004 to host a new show called I, Max on Fox Sports Net. In November 2002 he was given his own show and, influenced by Pardon the Interruption, became the architect and original host of ESPN's Around the Horn. In the late 1990s after graduating from Columbia University with a degree in history, Kellerman was hired as an analyst on ESPN's boxing series Friday Night Fights where he met future radio partner Brian Kenny. Given the medium, the show was quite simple but nevertheless caught the attention of the boxing community, including a young Mike Tyson. Kellerman's first broadcasting experience was as a teenager on a New York City public-access television cable TV program on professional boxing called Max on Boxing. He was also a studio commentator with Brian Kenny on Friday Night Fights and a color commentator for HBO World Championship Boxing and Boxing After Dark. Kellerman hosted the ESPN panel talk show Around the Horn from the show's incarnation in 2002 until 2004 and co-hosted the sports comedy talk show SportsNation, alongside Wiley and Michelle Beadle, from 2013 until 2016. He also previously was the co-host of the sports radio talk show Max & Marcellus, with Marcellus Wiley, on ESPNLA. He previously was a co-host of ESPN talk show First Take alongside Stephen A. Until his departure from ESPN on June 30, 2023, he was the host of This Just In with Max Kellerman and the co-host of Keyshawn, JWill and Max on ESPN Radio. Max Kellerman (born August 6, 1973) is an American sports television personality and boxing commentator. ![]()
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