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Criticism Mounts Over Alexi Lalas’s Fox Sports Commentary
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What happened
Alexi Lalas is drawing renewed criticism for his Fox Sports commentary, with former teammate Eric Wynalda calling it “unwatchable.” The backlash centers on Lalas’s provocative style and the uneasy studio chemistry with Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
- 01Eric Wynalda called Alexi Lalas’s Fox Sports commentary “unwatchable.”
- 02The studio chemistry with Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also drawn criticism.
- 03The Guardian described Lalas’s style as “thrashy, breathless troll-bait.”
- 04Wynalda said Fox encourages outrage to drive clicks.
- 05Lalas previously said he does not care whether viewers like him.
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