Cotton McKnight and Pepper Brooks won't be on the call, but dodgeball will air on ESPN2 this Sunday, as the station rebrands as ESPN8: The Ocho. "The Ocho" began as a satire from the 2004 movie ...

The American Dodgeball Invitational was aired on "ESPN8: The Ocho" with quirky commentary from anchors Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman) and Cotton McKnight (Gary Cole.) "Bringing you the finest and ...

McKnight, who is entering his 42nd season at the helm, spoke about Cotton's time at Mater Dei on Episode 4 of the CIF Southern Section Sitdown. "I think he felt way too much pressure," McKnight said.

The satirical play on ESPN’s sports coverage, made famous by characters Cotton McKnight (Gary Cole) and Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman) who mixed dodgeball commentary with iconic sports jokes, ...

As the the movie’s team, Average Joes, played, actors Gary Cole and Jason Bateman, playing ESPN announcer Cotton McKnight and his not-so-trustworthy color man Pepper Brooks threw out one laugh l ...

“The Ocho,” inspired by the fake sports news network in 2004 comedy “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” will not feature Cotton McKnight and Pepper Brooks doing play-by-play, but it will ...

Sadly, I don't think Cotton McKnight and Pepper Brooks will be hosting anything, but maybe that's a bold strategy next year. Midnight 2022 Corgi Races at Emerald Downs 12:30 a.m. Evolution of ...

As Cotton McKnight (played by Gary Cole) says in the movie: “if it’s almost a sport, we’ve got it here.” The real ESPN has since broadcast seldom-seen sports each year in a nod to the movie.

In the film, the tournament is covered by–you guess it–the then-fictional ESPN8 the “Ocho,” with sportscasters Cotton McKnight (Gary Cole) and Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman) offering such p ...