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Alex Rodriguez: The Dodgers are ‘great’ for baseball
While some fans and media believe the Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez appears to be a fan of their spending. After admitting he voted in Awful Announcing’s 2026 MLB local TV announcer rankings during an appearance on The Michael Kay Show on ESPN New York, the discussion turned to the…
Apple TV reportedly set to make bid on Open Championship broadcast rights
Apple TV is apparently poised to potentially make another big addition to its sports broadcasting portfolio. According to a report by Matt Hughes at The Guardian, Apple TV “has had preliminary discussions with the R&A about bidding for The Open” for broadcast rights in the United States. NBC currently serves as the stateside broadcaster for the…
TV and streaming viewing picks for August 12, 2026: How to watch the WNBA
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 1 Hawthorn Hawks vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 5 a.m. (Thursday) College Basketball College Basketball Talk — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. College Football With the First Pick — CBS Sports Network, noon College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. B1G Football Training…
Former NFL reporter Michele Tafoya wins Minnesota Senate primary: ‘It’s common sense versus crazy’
Michele Tafoya had NBC attached to her name for 11 years, and now the former NFL reporter is one step closer to attaching “(R-Minn.)” to her name. Tafoya has been declared the winner of Minnesota’s Republican Senate primary, per NBC News, with a sizable victory over Adam Schwarze and Royce White. (Yes, that Royce White.) Jason Garrett…
Caitlin Clark defends Stephanie White against booing Fever fans: ‘That made me a little sick’
Indiana Fever All-Star guard Caitlin Clark and head coach Stephanie White must be experiencing déjà vu. On May 30, Clark and White were caught on camera in the midst of an intense sideline spat. Two days later, Clark put to bed any delusions of a rocky relationship. “It’s just another example of what everybody, all…
Keith Hernandez unleashes half-century-old grudge against ‘idiot’ youth football coach
The gloves were off the moment Keith Hernandez found out his talkback button was broken Monday night, with an old youth football coach receiving the brunt of his candor. The full trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling traveled to Georgia this week for what was supposed to be a crucial series between…
Mike Vrabel deflects question about what he learned from offseason counseling session
We don’t know exactly what transpired between New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and former Athletic NFL reporter Dianna Russini, how long it lasted, or how it might have impacted his personal or professional life. But we do know that whatever was happening was apparently resolved during personal counseling that kept him away from…
David Berson: ‘Conversations continue’ with NFL despite reportedly stalled rights negotiations
Much of CBS’ NFL Media Day on Tuesday rightfully centered on the fallout from the network’s decision to bench Tony Romo while he addresses his impaired driving arrest from last month. But CBS Sports president David Berson also took a moment to discuss the status of his network’s media rights talks with the NFL, which…
Brian Windhorst: Latest Kawhi Leonard revelations ‘extraordinarily troubling’
After nearly a year-long investigation by the NBA into Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers, last week’s revelation of yet another deal between Leonard and a Clippers team sponsor could be the final straw before a ruling. Pablo Torre published yet another investigation on his Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast showing evidence of a “multimillion-dollar”…
Stephanie White delivers passionate message to critics: ‘Everybody else can go to hell’
Last Saturday, Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington elbowed Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham in the face while attempting a chase-down block. Carrington was assessed a Flagrant 2 and ejected from the game. After the Fever beat the Sky, Fever head coach Stephanie White commented on the controversial play. “I mean, look, it was a hard…
Ryan Clark calls out ‘absolute clowns’ Enes Kanter, Royce White over WNBA stunt
The conversation around trans athletes and the WNBA has broken containment as former NBA athletes turned conservative media characters Enes Kanter and Royce White step in with a publicity stunt to attempt to play in the women’s league. Gender politics suddenly took over WNBA news last month when Indiana Fever forward Sophie Cunningham shared her…
Pat McAfee greets Donald Trump at Cleveland airport as he arrives for Patriot Games
Just days after ESPN agreed to air the Patriot Games, an initiative of the Trump administration and the Freedom 250 project, one of its biggest stars joined the president for a photo op ahead of the competition’s final round. On Tuesday evening, a White House account on X posted a video of Pat McAfee welcoming…
Adam Schefter carried so much water for J.J. McCarthy following Kyler Murray news
The Minnesota Vikings entered this season with two options for their starting quarterback. They could ride with incumbent J.J. McCarthy, or they could hand the ball over to free-agent signing Kyler Murray. After a brief training camp battle, the Vikings made their decision, annointing the former Arizona Cardinals signal-caller as their new QB1. The news…
The Amazon AI slop industry is coming for your favorite college football preview
The financial boosters and backers of the artificial intelligence industry like to argue that, for better or worse, the ubiquity of AI-generated content is inevitable in the near future. For all of us living in the world of their making, we know 1) it’s basically been for the worse and 2) it doesn’t have to…
Bill Simmons: ‘I just don’t like seatbelts’
We all have our own bad habits, vices, and things that we aren’t proud of. But unlike Bill Simmons, most of us who are average folks don’t open up and admit them to an audience of thousands, only to have them posted on social media and aggregated to be seen by millions. Simmons has been…
Mike Tirico may not have accepted lead golf role if he knew about hypercritical fans
Mike Tirico has been a lead golf announcer for nearly 30 years, but he probably wouldn’t have taken the job if he’d known about the critics waiting. Tirico appeared on the Fore Play Podcast this week hosted by his NBC colleague Kevin Kisner, Frankie Borrelli, and founders Samuel “Riggs” Bozoian and Trent Ryan. During the…
Jim Ross lays out one big goal for the end of his legendary broadcasting career
Jim Ross has spent decades as one of the most authoritative voices in all of professional wrestling. Ross has provided commentary for the biggest wrestling matches all across the world and across every promotion imaginable. He was the defining voice of WWE’s Attitude Era, and remains a titan of the industry. At 74, Ross is…
Everyone had a hard time explaining bizarre Red Sox-Blue Jays ruling
Fans tuning in for Monday night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays got an unexpected deep dive into the MLB rulebook after a bizarre sequence that ended the seventh inning. The confusion began with the Red Sox having runners on first and second with no outs and second baseman Nick Sogard…
Misdemeanor charges filed against ESPN’s Matt Miller
ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller has been charged with a misdemeanor for the June car accident that left him in need of multiple surgeries. According to a court filing in Jasper County, Mo., on Monday, Miller is facing charges for failing to drive on the right half of a roadway, resulting in an accident.…
Craig Carton says ‘one of the lowest moments’ in prison was listening to WFAN morning show
From 2007 to 2017, Boomer and Carton was a smash hit in New York sports radio on WFAN. That run came to an end when Craig Carton was arrested by the FBI and later convicted of fraud over a ticket-buying Ponzi scheme. In 2019, Carton was sentenced to three and a half years in prison,…
SEC’s Netflix docuseries won’t return for a second season this year
The SEC’s experiment with reality-TV-style football coverage is on pause, even if the conference insists it isn’t over. According to Front Office Sports, the streamer won’t produce a second season of SEC Football: Any Given Saturday in time for this fall, though the conference isn’t ruling out a future return. A spokesperson told the outlet…
CBS announces Week 1 changes to 2026 NFL broadcast booths
The biggest question CBS Sports had to answer at its media days on Tuesday was asked and answered in under three minutes. After acknowledging the Tony Romo-sized elephant in the room, the network was forced to explain the down-ballot impact on the rest of its broadcast booths, with J.J. Watt being promoted to the lead…
CBS Sports President: ‘No timetable’ on Tony Romo decision, we’re ‘still assessing’
The big question coming into CBS’s NFL Media Day is what they’d have to say about high-priced analyst Tony Romo, who is currently on indefinite leave following his arrest for OWI. As expected, CBS Sports President David Berson kept things brief and to the point. “I know there’s one topic that’s been in the news…
CFP committee shuts down ESPN idea for 20-team playoff
The idea for a 20-team College Football Playoff from ESPN has come and gone faster than you can say Tim Biakabutuka. The debate over CFP expansion has been a pitched battle between the Power 2 conferences that cannot come to an agreement on the best pathway forward. The Big Ten is pushing a 24-team model…
Matt Vasgersian reveals worst on-air moment: ‘I was convinced the phone would never ring again’
With a broadcasting career spanning more than 35 years, Matt Vasgersian is bound to have some moments he’d like back. Vasgersian recently joined Pitcher List founder Nick Pollack on The Craft podcast to preview the return of the MLB Field of Dreams Game, which he will call this Thursday night for Netflix, featuring the Philadelphia…
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