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The newest{{when}} member of [[ESPN]]'s "sportswriters yack about sports" group along with with ''[[Around the Horn]],'' ''[[Dan LeBatard Is Highly Questionable|Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable]]'', ''[[Jim Rome Is Burning]]'', ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]'' and ''[[Sports Nation]]'', ''Numbers Never[[Lucky Charms Title|*]] Lie'' focuses on the statistics side of sports. Hosted by Charissa Thompson and infrequent ''[[Around the Horn]]'' panelist Michael Smith.

Segments in this show include some variation of "X or Y" - including Michael's favorite "Over/Under", plus the show-ending "Numbers You Need To Know," which runs down the good and bad numbers of the day.

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* [[Ascended Extra]]: As mentioned before, Michael Smith.
* [[Catch Phrase]] / [[Title Drop]]: Charissa says "Numbers never lie" going into commercial breaks and to end the show.
* [[Good with Numbers]]: Smith and the guys from Football Outsiders who drop in every now and then.
* [[Guest Host]]: Amazingly for an ESPN talk show, subverted as of yet.
* [[Shoot the Messenger|Don't Shoot The Messenger!]]: A show segment with a football statistician (Usually from Football Outsiders during the NFL season) acting as the "messenger."
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Michael Smith from ''ATH'', obviously, but Charissa's not a newcomer to the sports talk show genre either -- she was a correspondent on ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]''.
* [[Prop Recycling]]: During "Are The Numbers Lying?", the stands that the cards go on are obviously from [[Sports Nation]] with the NN*L logo covering the ''SN''.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Michael tried to do this as a response to the Broncos upsetting the Steelers. Unfortunately for him, [[Executive Meddling|the higher-ups at ESPN told him to appear on the show anyway.]]

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