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Danny Parkins: Sophie Cunningham’s ‘North Star isn’t protecting women in all cases’
Sophie Cunningham has spent the past few weeks positioning herself as a guardian of women’s sports, and just like Katie Nolan, Danny Parkins is having a hard time squaring that with who she’s chosen to align herself with. Speaking on The Colin Cowherd Podcast, Parkins argued that the Indiana Fever guard’s association with the UFC,…
The CFP rankings show on ESPN should continue, so long as people watch
On December 1, there will be a College Football Playoff rankings reveal show on ESPN. Calls to abolish single editions of it or the entire series have been coming from inside ESPN’s own house for a few years now. Sometimes the complaints are about who is ranked where. Sometimes it’s about how the committee arrives…
Before ESPN’s The Ocho, ‘Cheap Seats’ carried the flag for oddball sports
Another year of ESPN’s Ocho counter-programming wrapped up over the weekend, closing the books on a multi-day event where the network turns things over to Ultimate Frisbee, Corgi races, and the seemingly omnipresent Savannah Bananas. It’s a celebration of off-the-wall sports, but for anyone who happened to tune into ESPN Classic 20 years ago, it’s…
It’s time to grade the 2026 MLB local TV announcers
We are well into the second half of the 2026 Major League Baseball season, but before we find out which teams will be sacrificed to the Los Angeles Dodgers en route to the World Series championship, you have the chance to determine the champions of MLB’s local TV announcing world. We want your perspectives on…
Colin Cowherd sounds off on Megyn Kelly calling Caitlin Clark a ‘coward’
Political commentator Megyn Kelly was one of numerous conservative media members to blast Caitlin Clark after her answer to a question about how she and her Indiana Fever teammates have responded to the outside noise and WNBA pregame rallies following Sophie Cunningham’s comments about transgender athletes. “I think, for us, it’s not really a discussion…
The Ringer’s David Shoemaker on man vs. myth in new book ‘Why Hulk Hogan Matters’
Hulk Hogan has been dead for over a year and is passing left a generation of fans grappling with how to feel about a man who brought them both joy and disappointment. It was hard to separate the charismatic persona from the real-life problematic person. The Ringer’s David Shoemaker attempts to make sense of it all…
TV and streaming viewing picks for August 10, 2026: How to watch WNBA
All Times Eastern Carabao Cup !st Round Plymouth Argyle vs. Exeter City — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 3 p.m. College Football CFB Insiders — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. College Football Live — ESPN2, 5 p.m. ACC Huddle Special: California Road Trip — ACC Network, 7 p.m. Marty & McGee: Talkin’ Season-Part I: Lane Kiffin…
Mike Florio: Timing of ESPN’s NFL reporting will be telling regarding editorial influence of equity stake
Ever since ESPN completed its deal to acquire NFL Media in exchange for a 10 percent equity stake in the network earlier this year, questions about how the league’s ownership of the network would influence ESPN’s editorial output have been a regular topic of conversation. ESPN and the NFL have regularly insisted that the equity…
Danielle Collins ambushed by ladybug live on Tennis Channel
Last week, ESPN national NFL reporter Lindsey Thiry was blindsided by what can only be described as a mutant wasp while reporting from Los Angeles Rams training camp on NFL Live. Apparently, it’s an epidemic. A ladybug ambushed Danielle Collins during Tennis Channel’s TC Live broadcast from the National Bank Open in Montreal on Saturday. Collins…
PGA Tour lures another NFL exec to lead media strategy
Brian Rolapp is continuing to bring some of his old NFL colleagues on board at the PGA Tour. Rolapp, the former head of the NFL’s media businesses who took the job of PGA Tour CEO last summer, has made another key hire from the NFL’s executive ranks. According to a report by Josh Carpenter and…
Sports media world reacts to death of NBA legend Don Nelson
Last year, Joseph Bien-Kahn penned the definitive Don Nelson profile for The Believer. In it, Nelson contemplated his mortality, as excerpted below. “Then he tells me a story,” Bien-Kahn wrote. “A couple days earlier, he’d woken up early, around 4 a.m., and went out onto his patio. He was watching the stars, but then looked down…
LSU explores setting up company to house broadcast revenues, sell stakes to private investors
LSU is considering the creation of a new entity to house broadcast revenue it earns via the SEC’s media rights deal with ESPN, with the hope being that the private company could use the revenue for investments, creating a “perpetual revenue-generating model” to help “alleviate strain in an NIL era, where big-money contracts for both…
Becky Hammon defends resting star players for nationally televised game
On Saturday, Indiana Fever All-Star guard Caitlin Clark received her eighth technical foul of the 2026 WNBA season, triggering an automatic one-game suspension. On the call for ESPN, Ryan Ruocco playfully reminded the audience to still tune in to ESPN when the Fever host the New York Liberty on Tuesday, even if Clark wouldn’t be…
CBS Sports adds Lindsay Czarniak as CBS Sports HQ host
CBS Sports announced Sunday that Lindsay Czarniak is joining CBS Sports HQ as a host, with her debut set for tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. She’d already done some work for the network before, contributing to CBS’s Pittsburgh Riverhounds-Louisville City FC USL Championship broadcast on July 18. Lindsay Czarniak had to educate @MikeWattsOnAir and @DevonKerr9…
Tributes pour in for Bay Area sports reporter Michael Wagaman: ‘One of a kind’
Longtime Bay Area sports reporter Michael Wagaman has passed away. Wagaman had covered professional sports teams in the Bay Area since 1996, including for the Associated Press, and was freelancing for NBC Sports Bay Area and California at the time of his death. As of this writing, Wagaman’s cause of death has not been publicly…
Dave O’Brien re-signs with Red Sox through 2028, but will call fewer games
Dave O’Brien isn’t going anywhere, but he’ll be doing a little less of it. According to MassLive’s Sean McAdam, O’Brien has quietly signed a two-year extension to remain NESN’s play-by-play voice for Red Sox broadcasts through at least the 2028 season, with his previous deal set to expire at the end of this year. O’Brien,…
Michael Wilbon: Fans should ‘view skeptically’ ESPN’s NFL coverage, but shouldn’t stop trusting individual reporters
Michael Wilbon isn’t ready to say ESPN’s NFL reporting can’t be trusted now that the league owns a piece of the network. But he’s also not pretending the question is out of bounds, either. Appearing on the Awful Announcing Podcast with host Brandon Contes, Wilbon was asked whether ESPN’s NFL coverage still merits trust now…
Kevin Costner will join Netflix’s Field of Dreams Game broadcast
If you build it, Kevin Costner will come. According to Sports Media Watch, Netflix’s VP of sports, Gabe Spitzer, confirmed on a conference call Thursday that Costner will be part of the company’s broadcast of next week’s MLB game at the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville, Iowa. Spitzer wouldn’t specify what role Costner will play…
Documentary celebrating Miami University’s ‘Cradle of Coaches’ coming to Peacock
Some college football programs are known as Linebacker U or Wide Receiver U for consistently producing great players at those positions. When it comes to Miami University RedHawks football, the program is best known for the people who roam the sidelines. Hence, the “Cradle of Coaches” nickname. That nickname and the school’s decorated history of…
Jason Bateman attached to New York Yankees scripted drama series at Netflix
So ingrained is Jason Bateman in the fabric of Los Angeles Dodgers fandom that he narrated the 2026 Opening Day video montage for the reigning back-to-back champions. Bateman had a literal front-row seat to the Dodgers denying the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series. But now, Bateman is fraternizing with the enemy. Bateman’s…
Commanders lineman Sam Cosmi calls back Stefon Diggs joke in welcoming new teammate
Stefon Diggs signed on for a one-year deal with the Commanders on Wednesday, giving quarterback Jayden Daniels another solid weapon as Washington looks to return to the heights they reached in 2024. Offensive lineman Sam Cosmi decided to welcome his new teammate to the squad by bringing back an old joke that has followed Diggs…
TV and streaming picks for August 9, 2026: How to watch US Gymnastics Championships
All Times Eastern Baseball Banana Ball World Tour Game 3, Target Field, Minneapolis, MN Savannah Bananas vs. Loco Beach Coconuts — The Roku Sports Channel/YouTube, 4 p.m. Women’s Pro Baseball League New York Heights vs. Boston Hunters — Scripps Sports Network/ESPN+, 7:30 p.m. Basketball Big3 Week 8, TD Garden, Boston, NY Dallas Power vs. Chicago…
Kyle Shanahan says autopilot was factor in car accident that left him hospitalized
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was in a car accident this summer that left him hospitalized. The incident became a major news story not just because it happened, but because of how it was covered. While the initial accident took place on July 14, it wasn’t reported on until more than a week later. Given the…
Two foul calls in Fever-Sky ensure WNBA conversation won’t be changing anytime soon
Despite many public hopes that the WNBA would be able to return to basketball, two fouls during Saturday’s game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky essentially ensured that the media cycle the league has been stuck in for the past two weeks would continue. The first foul will get most of the attention. In the…
Caitlin Clark, Stephanie White push back on technical fouls vs. Sky: ‘That’s a bad call’
The Indiana Fever defeated the Chicago Sky 90-86 on Saturday, but the outcome was secondary to a series of questionable calls that led to technical fouls and a potential suspension. Things got chippy early when Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected following a hard foul across the face area of the…
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