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The Athletic reportedly abandons Kalshi partnership amid New York Times Union demands

The NewsGuild of New York, the labor union representing more than 2,000 Times workers across three units, dug in to prevent a planned partnership between The Athletic and the prediction market company Kalshi, according to Front Office Sports. A letter that was unanimously approved by the Times Guild Unit Council and The Athletic’s contract action…

CEO and President of Good Good no longer with company after weekslong ad scandal

It appears that the Good Good Golf saga is circling towards a conclusion. On Wednesday, a report from Lucia Moses at Business Insider revealed an internal memo that was shared to Good Good employees which noted that co-founder and CEO Matt Kendrick “decided to step down,” and relatively new Good Good president Joe Flannery “has…

Clay Travis partnering with iHeartMedia on Sport & State Podcast Network

A few weeks ago, Clay Travis officially launched Sport & State, his new sports, culture, and politics venture. We’ve since learned a little more about who will be contributing and writing for the outlet. Now we’re learning more about the podcast component. On Wednesday, iHeartMedia announced that it was expanding its relationship with Travis to…

Joel Klatt makes his case to be ‘the next Kirk Herbstreit,’ or perhaps something even bigger

Who is the definitive voice of college football? For years, it’s been Kirk Herbstreit. The ESPN college football analyst and College GameDay mainstay likes to play humble, but his Saturday monologues can remake programs and get coaches fired. But as he’s settled into elder statehood, Herbie has shifted gears somewhat, spreading his focus to the NFL and…

Nick Wright slams Dan Orlovsky’s ‘unacceptable’ take on Matthew Stafford

Aaron Donald has officially come out of retirement to rejoin the Los Angeles Rams and join the NFL’s single-season sack record holder, Myles Garrett, on the defensive line, making Los Angeles one of the strongest Super Bowl favorites in recent years. In light of the news, ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky had quite the take earlier this…

Daejon Love targeted Julian Edelman, Cameo in 49ers scheme

The San Francisco 49ers were tied to yet another bizarre offseason controversy with the August 24 arrest of 25-year-old Daejon Labrayae Love, who has been accused of posing as a Niners wide receiver while running a multi-state romance and investment scheme that saw him defraud 26 women of over $1.3 million. Love’s fake identity quickly…

Alex Rodriguez: MLB ‘cannot afford to have any games missed’

Alex Rodriguez believes Major League Baseball needs to help itself by the owners and players reaching a new collective bargaining agreement without missing games. Rodriguez was the first guest on Jimmy Traina’s newly launched The Traina Thoughts Podcast this week for Underscore Media. During the interview, Traina asked Rodriguez about MLB’s labor dispute and whether…

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Revoking access is a poor way for teams to handle disagreements with independent media members

As far as tense athlete-vs.-media interactions go, we’ve seen far more incendiary ones than Cam Ward vs. Jared Stillman. Stillman, a radio host and podcaster, asked a question about Ward’s preseason performance that the Tennessee Titans quarterback apparently didn’t appreciate. Such exchanges are common, but we pay close attention only when there’s video. You’d think…

Victory+ reportedly dissolving after disastrous run of sports rights losses

There won’t be a next team, next league, or next departure to track anymore, because Victory+ itself is gone. Victory+ has been dissolved by its parent company and will no longer stream Dallas Stars games or Texas high school football, as the Dallas Morning News‘ Ishmael Johnson first reported, citing an email sent to multiple…

Tony Romo faces six-month license suspension after pleading no contest to OWI

Tony Romo broke his silence Tuesday after pleading no contest to the July OWI arrest that landed him on indefinite leave from CBS, but losing his lead NFL analyst chair will not be the only fallout. After pleading no contest to operating while intoxicated, which is considered a civil offense in Wisconsin for a first-time…

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TGL’s women’s league secures media rights deal with ESPN, ION

TMRW Sports’ WTGL, the women’s version of TGL set to launch this winter, has secured its first media rights deal, with matches set to air across ABC/ESPN networks and Scripps Sports’ ION. According to a report by Josh Carpenter in Sports Business Journal, the deal is a multiyear agreement, though exact financial terms weren’t disclosed.…

ESPN reports big viewership for college football’s Week 0

College football got off to a partial start last weekend, with what has become known as Week 0 kicking off the season. The marquee matchup of the weekend was Bill Belichick and North Carolina facing off against TCU in Ireland, with the Tar Heels pulling out the upset in front of a televised audience of…

Who is on the ESPN Mount Rushmore?

Who is on ESPN’s Mount Rushmore? As Karl Ravech called his final assignment for ESPN, his longtime Baseball Tonight colleague Tim Kurkjian gave him the ultimate praise — that he belonged on the Mount Rushmore of the worldwide leader in sports. Ravech served ESPN as an anchor, studio host, and play-by-play man for well over 30 years.…

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