As part of the launch of its AI-powered Yahoo Scout product this week, Yahoo Sports will deploy an “Ask Kevin O’Connor” experience inside the popular analyst’s annual NBA Draft guide. The chatbot was trained on O’Connor’s written work, podcast transcripts, hand-selected statistics, and scouting notes, and allows users to interact with the content through prompts…
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On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews ESPN Senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill. They discuss a wide range of topics including the NBA Finals, New York Knicks, Victor Wembanyama, Stephen A. Smith, LeBron James, working on Get Up and First Take, and more. Here’s the full breakdown: -04:34:…
Game 1 of the NBA Finals was at a dramatic point in the fourth quarter when something truly bizarre happened – a fan ran onto the court in search of a selfie with Victor Wembanyama. The game was coming back from a timeout following a crucial run spurred by Jalen Bruson’s heroics had given the…
There is maybe no more iconic feud in sports media than Charles Barkley versus the city of San Antonio. And with the Spurs back in the NBA Finals for the first time in over a decade, Sir Charles had to come face-to-face with the ghosts of his past. Barkley’s insults about San Antonio, specifically the…
Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals represented a low point for the NBA on television. And in many ways, Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals felt like a renaissance. Years of discontent with increasingly moribund production culminated in widespread disappointment during last year’s opening game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers.…
The basketball world was shocked this week when veteran reporter Scott Agness shared that the Indiana Fever pulled his credentials after reporting on the mysterious injury status of Caitlin Clark earlier this season. The Fever were widely criticized for sitting Clark out of their May 20 game against the Portland Fire even though she was…
A broadcasting dispute is reportedly forcing a marquee Duke–Michigan college basketball game scheduled for the fall to be moved from Madison Square Garden to LoanDepot Park, the home of the Miami Marlins. In April, Amazon Prime Video announced an agreement with Duke to air three neutral-site games featuring the school: against UConn on Nov. 25,…
Coming off a strong Conference Finals viewership, the NBA has high expectations for the 2026 NBA Finals. However, viewership may not be as high as some think. The seven-game Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder averaged 10.83 million viewers across NBC (8.50M) and Peacock (2.33M). That’s good for the…
Michele Tafoya is picking up a notable endorsement in her Minnesota Senate race. NBC Sports analyst Jason Garrett released a video endorsement for Tafoya’s Minnesota Senate campaign, calling her one of the most trustworthy and credible people he’s encountered in more than 25 years of knowing her, dating back to her days at ESPN and…
Kasey Hudson won’t be returning to NESN. The host and reporter announced on social media Tuesday that the network will not be renewing her contract, ending a stint in Boston that lasted just over a year. “While this isn’t the outcome I had hoped for, I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity to learn, grow, and…
ESPN and the NBA have discussed major changes to this year’s presentation of the NBA Finals. And fans will notice a significant one right out of the gate — YouTube TV is no longer the presenting sponsor of the NBA Finals. When the 2025 NBA Finals began with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers, there…
The Oklahoma City Thunder averaged 1.8 million viewers this season, according to Nielsen, a figure that rivals or exceeds the ratings for many nationally televised NBA games and comes as many NBA teams look for new local TV homes. The entire 2025-26 NBA regular season averaged 1.78 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, NBC, and Prime…
ESPN’s Burke Magnus is in no rush to fold NFL Network into the mothership, at least when it comes to the NFL Draft. In a conversation with John Ourand, Magnus — who now oversees NFL Network as part of ESPN’s acquisition of the channel that closed on April 1 — laid out how the two…
ABC will air six non-College Football Playoff bowl games in 2026, one more than last season, as ESPN unveiled its bowl schedule for 2026-27. ABC will air bowl game tripleheaders on Saturday, Dec. 26, and Saturday, Jan. 2. The increase comes as ABC is also airing more College Football Playoff games, including one quarterfinal, a semifinal, and…
John Kincade is leaving 97.5 The Fanatic at the end of July. The morning drive host announced on Wednesday’s show that his last day on Kincade and Salciunas will be July 31, citing health reasons for the decision. Kincade said he’s in good health, but that his doctors raised concerns about the long-term sustainability of…
Marcello Hernández is heading to the ESPYS. ESPN announced Wednesday that the 28-year-old Saturday Night Live star will host the 2026 ESPYS on July 15, with the show airing live on ABC from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. It’s the first time the show has been held in New York City since…
For decades, David Aldridge has been synonymous with NBA coverage. He has worked over 30 NBA Finals, chronicling several iconic moments for various media outlets, including Turner, ESPN, the Washington Post, and now The Athletic. In 2016, he received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and has also…
You probably think it’s Jalen Brunson, Leon Rose or Mike Brown who deserves credit for getting the New York Knicks back to the NBA Finals. Well, you would be wrong. Stephen A. Smith is here to tell you, he’s the one who deserves credit for pushing the Knicks to where they are right now. That’s…
After his first breakout game during Linsanity, Jeremy Lin went home and did what he had done almost every day since childhood: he opened ESPN.com. Only this time, he was the story. For years, Lin had been the kid consuming sports through a screen, dreaming about the athletes who occupied the homepage. Suddenly, after one…
Bob Costas was once the face of NBC Sports, but Mike Tirico has thrived in the role since receiving the baton. Costas recently joined SiriusXM NBA Radio host David Shepard for an interview discussing the NBA Finals, the NBA on NBC, and his own media career among other topics. With the reboot season of the…
The first college football game to be played in Brazil is no longer in the cards. On Wednesday, North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia announced their Week 0 game, initially scheduled for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. NEWS: The Brazil game between NC State and Virginia in…
For the first time ever, Inside the NBA will be the studio programming surrounding the NBA Finals. The beloved show made the transition from TNT to ESPN this season as part of a licensing deal struck between the two networks following TNT’s failure to renew NBA rights during the league’s latest set of broadcast agreements. So…
Stephen A. Smith might not be the best basketball player at the NBA Finals, but he’ll be the best dressed person in attendance, according to him. While pregame tunnel walks are usually reserved for players as they arrive to NBA games, ESPN has similarly captured Smith strutting through the arena on occasion. Smith no longer…
Earlier this year, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reportedly approached the league’s current media rights partners, ESPN and TNT, about negotiating new agreements early. The league’s current deals run through the 2027-28 season, but the threat of the NFL taking its rights to market early, and extracting even more capital out of the market for sports…