When ESPN announced their new television programming lineup for 2018 would include a solo show for Mike Greenberg, fans of ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike knew the end of the show was near. The two made the official announcement of their impending breakup back in May, but even then it was a brief note about the show coming to an end at a yet to be determined date later in 2017.
Since then, there have been rumors that the two hosts don’t get along off the set, although both have publicly denied that there is a serious rift between them in their personal lives. The tension, whether as significant as reported or not, was evident in that announcement when Mike Golic seemed to not want to even discuss the decision, saying it was “someone else’s story to tell,” as to why the show was ending.
For the past two months since they made the official announcement, the show has gone on as usual, with the end date approaching but no one knowing exactly when that would be. Until now.
On Monday, ESPN made the official end date of Mike & Mike known, as the 18-year long run of the program will have its final show on November 17. Two weeks later, on Nov. 27, Golic & Wingo will debut as the new morning show on ESPN Radio, with Mike Golic Jr. joining his father and Trey Wingo every morning from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. ET.
The new pairing of Golic and Wingo will make their radio debut this week as they will co-host Mike & Mike from July 18-20 with Greenberg in New York. The two figure to lean heavily into their NFL backgrounds on the show and they have prior experience working with each other on some of ESPN’s NFL programming.
Golic and Greenberg have noted that once an end date is scheduled they will figure out how to properly send the show out and while Golic had reportedly hoped for the transition to come prior to the NFL season, they’ll have to fit their goodbyes and special segments honoring the show’s long run into the grind of the NFL season.
