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For Field of 68, bringing back college basketball’s 24-hour tip-off marathon is a labor of love
There are far too many things in sports that, unfortunately, will never return. Times change. Thankfully, the Field of 68 is here to warm your nostalgic heart. College basketball fans rejoice. The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s 24-hour tip-off marathon. Remember watching games from morning to midnight? Experience that feeling again on Nov. 2,…
ESPN officially announces ‘Bussin’ & Pate on Campus’
ESPN has officially expanded its partnership with two prominent independent creators. The network announced that Bussin’ & Pate on Campus will air Fridays at 2 p.m. ET throughout the 2026-27 college football season, with the debut set for Sept. 4 in Baton Rouge ahead of Clemson-LSU on ESPN2, followed by a Sept. 11 stop in…
Who were the best (and worst) performers on ESPN Jeopardy? We ran the numbers
The stats for ESPN Jeopardy are in, giving us a good look at which ESPN personalities and a few celebrities are actually the most knowledgeable when it comes to sports. As it turns out, one ESPN investigative journalist knows a lot more about sports trivia than anyone else, while some others might need to brush up in…
Bob Iger told JJ Redick podcast he was a Clippers fan
At 75 years old, longtime Disney CEO Bob Iger is making quite the transition to co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. But there might be one thing he has to address with Lakers fans. He’s actually a Clippers fan. And to give this story an Inception-like twist, he talked about it on the former podcast…
Washington D.C. radio host Andy Pollin unceremoniously taken off the air after 34 years
Andy Pollin, who has been a fixture of Washington, D.C., sports radio for more than three decades, was suddenly taken off the air after his usual ESPN 630 morning show on Tuesday as part of layoffs at Cumulus Media. According to a report from Gabe Hiatt at Axios D.C., the news came with extremely little…
Orlando Magic strike new local market TV deal
With the NBA season just a couple of months away, we are starting to see movement on the local television front as teams move on in the first full campaign after the RSN implosion. NBA teams are beginning to navigate these uncharted waters. In June, the league hired Matt Volk to head a new local…
Bizarre ‘Move the Sticks’ podcast saga introduces the world to NFL Game Preview Guy
Subscribers to the Move the Sticks podcast feed were left confused on Tuesday night when two new episodes contending to preview the NFC East and NFC West divisions were posted. But these weren’t any ordinary podcasts. Listeners immediately suspected that the podcasts were AI-generated because of the awkward and unusual nature of the episodes. NFL…
Bill Plaschke on shocking Lakers sale: ‘Something stinks’
The sports world was stunned on Wednesday when out of nowhere the Los Angeles Lakers were sold for $12.5 billion. Mark Walter transferred controlling interest of the team to a new ownership group consisting of billionaire private equity heir Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger. It’s the largest sale price for an American…
NBA on NBC schedules first ever Presidents Day quadrupleheader
Christmas Day has been the traditional home for the NBA’s marquee regular season showcase event. But with the NFL now encroaching on their territory, the league is expanding its offering on other holidays. And in a brand new move, one of those holidays just happens to be the day after Super Bowl LXI. NBC has…
Mike Ryan calls Pat McAfee a ‘pawn’ of Trump administration after Patriot Games
Despite both he and ESPN repeatedly trying to distance themselves from politics, Pat McAfee was front and center at the finale of the inaugural Patriot Games on Tuesday night alongside President Donald Trump and executives from ESPN and Disney. McAfee greeted the president outside Air Force One in Cleveland before joining him for a grand…
SNY announces Howie Rose documentary, ‘Put It In The Books’
We’re going to go ahead and say it’s safe to claim that the New York Mets will not win a World Series in Howie Rose’s final season in the booth. That’s at least what Carlos Mendoza – who has since been relieved of his duties — promised to the departing radio voice of the Metropolitans.…
Nick Wright: ‘Can’t ignore’ Mark Walter’s White House visit, fraud investigation in story of Lakers sale
The Los Angeles Lakers were sold this week for the second time in 14 months, as billionaire sports enthusiast Mark Walter re-sold the team for a reported $12.5 billion after buying it for $10 billion in June of last year. Walter, who was the subject of a federal investigation reported last month, is selling the…
Alex Cooper doesn’t refute Dave Portnoy’s claim ‘Call Her Daddy’ hosts planned to accuse Barstool of sexual harassment
Perhaps the most serious claim in Dave Portnoy’s recently published memoir came in his retelling of the departure of the Call Her Daddy podcast from Barstool Sports. In the book, and in a Wall Street Journal profile ahead of its release, Portnoy alleged that the show’s hosts, Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn, threatened to claim that they…
WIP not replacing Devan Kaney for Eagles broadcasts
WIP’s Philadelphia Eagles broadcasts will go into the 2026 NFL season without anyone specifically assigned to work the sidelines. Merrill Reese and Mike Quick, entering their 29th season calling games together, will lean on other WIP personalities for in-game updates instead of a dedicated reporter, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Rob Tornoe. Per Tornoe, Eliot…
Charlotte Hornets move all local broadcasts to over-the-air TV
The Charlotte Hornets are moving every non-nationally televised game this season onto free, over-the-air television. The team and Cox Media Group announced Wednesday that WSOC Channel 9 and its sister station TV64 will serve as the exclusive local home for Hornets basketball beginning when the season tips off in October. Per the announcement, the deal…
Pat McAfee responds to criticism over Patriot Games appearance with Donald Trump
Pat McAfee was a surprise guest of honor alongside President Donald Trump at the final round of the inaugural Patriot Games on Tuesday evening. The appearance kicked off in Cleveland, where McAfee greeted Trump on the tarmac outside Air Force One and stood for a photo op. Later, McAfee joined the president for his walkout…
Boomer Esiason thinks ‘it’s over’ for Tony Romo at CBS
With Tony Romo on indefinite leave from CBS following his arrest for OWI, Boomer Esiason doesn’t expect the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback to reclaim his lead analyst chair. Romo was placed on leave “until further notice” by CBS after its longtime NFL analyst was arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated during a traffic stop…
Dan Patrick advises J.J. Watt to avoid social media this NFL season
As J.J. Watt prepares to replace Tony Romo in the lead NFL booth for CBS, Dan Patrick is warning about the added attention he’s about to receive. Watt’s first season in the booth for CBS was a success as the former NFL linebacker received rave reviews working with Ian Eagle. But the pressure will undoubtedly…
CBS citing ‘brand and image’ as reason to bench Tony Romo doesn’t bode well for his future at network
CBS finally provided some answers on Tuesday to what suddenly became the top NFL media storyline of the offseason. After the network placed lead NFL analyst Tony Romo on indefinite leave following an impaired driving arrest in Wisconsin last month, CBS needed to reshuffle several of its top NFL booths to fill the gaps. Jim…
Despite minimal promotion by ESPN, Jimmy Pitaro and Josh D’Amaro joined Trump and Pat McAfee at Patriot Games
Typically, two of the most powerful media executives in the country and the President of the United States wouldn’t be gathered together in Geneva, Ohio on a normal Tuesday in August. But they were this week, thanks to the inaugural Patriot Games. For the uninitiated, the Patriot Games are the brainchild of President Donald Trump…
Pac-12 announces free streaming for fall Olympic sports
While many conferences keep lesser-watched Olympic sports behind a paywall, the Pac-12 is taking a different approach. The conference announced that fall Olympic sports, including women’s soccer, men’s soccer, and volleyball, will stream for free on the Pac-12 YouTube channel. These broadcasts should be fairly high quality. The conference says that the broadcasts will be…
Dave McMenamin explains why NBA is opening regular season at 3 p.m. ET
With LeBron James joining the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency, the NBA’s schedule makers have been given the green light to get to work on the 2026-27 campaign. “Where LeBron plays will affect the schedule,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin in July. “So I would like him to make his announcement…
CHSN broadcast navigates White Sox ‘Pope Night’
The Chicago White Sox have been one of the best stories in baseball this year. Just two years after going 41-121 and breaking the MLB’s single-season loss record, Chicago has been in first place in the AL Central since early July. Pitcher Mike Vasil is out for the season due to Tommy John surgery, but…
Jimmy Traina announces departure from Sports Illustrated
One of the most recognizable voices on the sports media beat is leaving his post after over 20 years. Jimmy Traina, host of the popular SI Media with Jimmy Traina podcast and a longtime writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered the sports media beat for the better part of the last decade, announced on Wednesday…
Francisco Lindor’s ‘Café con Lindor’ returns for Season 2
Francisco Lindor’s Café con Lindor is back for a second season, premiering Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 12 p.m. ET with Puerto Rican Latin music star Eladio Carrión as the first guest. The New York Mets shortstop and Major League Baseball launched the monthly content series in July 2025 as the baseball-flavored answer to Comedians in…
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