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, there's six football games on TV today.
Rome: If Tim thinks the dress code is retarded... what do you think he thinks about getting tossed from the bench for laughing? (On Tim Duncan being thrown out of a game on April 15, 2007)
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.
Jim was the host of the memorial service for former NFL star Pat Tillman who was killed while serving the United States in Afghanistan.
Jim Rome was himself in the remake of the movie The Longest Yard, with Adam Sandler.
Nicknames: "Pimp in the Box", "Van Smack" and "Working Men's Hero."
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