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Rome: You can go market to market, show to show and hear the shows and they all sound pretty similar. I figured if I was going to have any chance at all, the show had to be different. So I don't think I revolutionized anything, but I think I can sit here confidently and say it's a different show and I'm a different host.
Rome: My old man used to tell me 'why don't you go outside and do something? Play ball, tennis.' And I'd be like, but, Dad, ther... (more Jim Rome quotes)
Jim refers to his radio show callers as "clones" because they often agree with what he says.
The character Jack Rose in the film Any Given Sunday was based on Jim.
Jim often makes fun of the sport of soccer and the WNBA on his radio program.
Jim got married to long-time girlfriend Janet got married on July 19, 1997. They had their first son Jake in 2001 and their second son Logan in 2005.
Jim's first radio job was at his college station KCSB at UC Santa Barbara.... (more Jim Rome trivia)
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