Jason Kelce, maybe leave this one to Jim Nantz.
Professional golf’s premiere event, The Masters, brands itself as “A tradition unlike any other.”™ (A Nantz line from the ’80s, but Augusta National owns the rights to anything said during Masters broadcasts.) There’s a little bit less tradition thus far this year.
ESPN shoehorned Kelce, a retired (terrific) NFL center and the brother of active (terrific) NFL tight end Travis Kelce, into its early Masters coverage — an effort to make its broadcasts and streams of a stuffy golf major championship more enticing for our doomed doomscrolling culture. (How buttoned up is The Masters? The winner literally gets a sport coat.)
Through no fault of (Jason) Kelce’s, America could probably use a break from the bearded big fella. ESPN has gone to new heights deploying the New Heights podcast co-host in every possible way. Some say in too
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