{"id":142450,"date":"2023-10-20T08:08:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142450"},"modified":"2023-10-20T08:08:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:08:13","slug":"im-a-former-sky-sports-presenter-someone-once-told-me-i-was-the-best-at-getting-interviews-and-asking-them-f-all-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/im-a-former-sky-sports-presenter-someone-once-told-me-i-was-the-best-at-getting-interviews-and-asking-them-f-all-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#x27;m a former Sky Sports presenter &#8211; someone once told me I was the best at getting interviews and asking them f*** all | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGENDARY Sky Sports presenter was once told they were the best at getting interviews &#8211; and then asking them f*** all!<\/p>\n<p>This star was instantly recognisable to football fans across the UK as he became the face of transfer deadline day on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-849.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000814383038.png\"><\/p>\n<p>But these days he is one of the main voices on TalkSport as he hosts the much-loved White &amp; Jordan each weekday between 10am and 1pm after leaving Sky in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The man we are talking about is, of course, Scotsman Jim White.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 66-year-old and his bright yellow tie became synonymous with transfer deadline day, he learned his craft on the local papers back in his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>But after graduating to television, his first big scoops were with rock and roll stars Mick Jagger and David Bowie.<\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE IN FOOTBALL<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PM-SPORT-PREVIEW-Kate-Abdo-SSN.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PM-SPORT-PREVIEW-Kate-Abdo-SSN.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PM-SPORT-PREVIEW-Kate-Abdo-SSN.jpg\"><\/picture><span>AB FAB <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I&#x27;m a former Sky Sports presenter but now I&#x27;m taking the US by storm<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RR-BETTING-PADDY-POWER-football-1.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RR-BETTING-PADDY-POWER-football-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RR-BETTING-PADDY-POWER-football-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>POWER UP <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a340 in free Bet Builder bets when you stake \u00a310 on football with Paddy Power<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the Daily Mail, White said: \u201cI am a reporter who happens to present a show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in a studio with a shirt and tie on quite a lot. Scotsport, Sky. But the best times I have had were when I have been out there running riot, going after people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey either speak to you or they don\u2019t. That\u2019s the biggest adrenaline rush in the business, especially when you walk away from someone and you\u2019ve got it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a different discipline from presenting but it gets me more, yeah. And over the years I have really had to work on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/crop-24458920.jpg\"><\/picture><span>FINAL WHISTLE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC axes top football show less than a month after Scott &#038; Walker\u2019s row<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HB-OFF-PLATFORM-ENGLAND-ATACK.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ON THE ATACK <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>England stars party with Emily Atack and rack up \u00a335k bill after Euros heroics<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HB-OFF-PLATFORM-LEE.jpg\"><\/picture><span>LAID TO REST <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Souness leads mourning stars at funeral of late Man City star Francis Lee<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DD-fabio-paim-ronaldo_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>TEEN TROUBLE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I earned \u00a36,500 a week at just 13 but women, cars and drugs wrecked my career<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FREE BETS &#8211; BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White is renowned for having one of the best contact books in the business and his no-nonsense questioning has made him a must-listen.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has not all been plain-sailing.<\/p>\n<p>White revealed: \u201cSomeone at Sky said to me once, \u2018You are one of the best I have ever met at getting into position and getting big names&#8230; and then asking them f*** all\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat made me realise it\u2019s one thing getting into positions but if you then don\u2019t execute the questions then it\u2019s a waste of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very much like, \u2018Mick Jagger, it must be great being in Glasgow\u2019. \u2018Yeah it is\u2019. You know? Hopeless. I was just ill-prepared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut it this way. I know what I would ask David Bowie now. These days my approach is that I am not going to let someone go until I have nailed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White and former Sky Sports colleague Kaveh Solhekol have joined forces to write a book about how they secured the scoops on football\u2019s breaking transfer stories.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Deadline Day: The Inside Story of Football\u2019s Transfer Market by the pair is out now and available for \u00a325 via Constable.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-850.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/24463246\/jim-white-transfer-deadline-sky-sports-talksport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGENDARY Sky Sports presenter was once told they were the best at getting interviews &#8211; and then asking them f*** all! 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