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Caitlin Clark addresses expectation she speaks on complicated issues: ‘There’s pressure at times’
Surely, you’ve heard by now about Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s opinion that transgender athletes should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports. The ESPN profile published on July 21, sparking a firestorm around the Fever, including “Support Sophie Cunningham” rallies at games in Seattle, Portland, and Minnesota. Cunningham started it, but people wanted…
Randy Moss: NYRA and Fox ‘incredibly petty’ for apparent attempt to shift blame of Triple Crown demise onto Preakness
Who knew there would be so much drama in horse racing months after this year’s Triple Crown was etched in the history books? But quite like how we’re all talking about Boston College men’s basketball in August for some reason, we’ve also spent much of this week following along to a series of major developments…
Stephen A. Smith hoping for Tony Romo return to CBS: ‘People make mistakes’
CBS might not be rooting for a reunion with Tony Romo, but Stephen A. Smith hopes the former NFL quarterback gets back to the network. In the wake of being arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated last week in Milwaukee, CBS placed Romo on leave “until further notice.” With no timetable for his return, Romo…
Peter King calls NFL argument for 18-game season ‘most disingenuous pile of crap I’ve ever heard’
The NFL adding an 18th game to the schedule seems inevitable, but longtime NFL reporter Peter King isn’t buying the league’s argument for it whatsoever. In an appearance on The MMQB NFL Podcast this week, King laid out why he believes the plan runs in direct contrast to the NFL’s efforts to make the game safer…
Mike Florio explains why Mike Tomlin is built for television
Mike Tomlin officially steps in front of an NBC camera as a paid analyst on Thursday night, when Football Night in America kicks off its coverage of the Hall of Fame Game between the Cardinals and Panthers in Canton. It’s the moment the sports media industry has been circling for years — dating back to…
USA Network reveals broadcast teams for Pac-12 football coverage
USA Network will return to college football coverage next month with the Pac-12 Conference, and the network has revealed its broadcast teams for the upcoming season. USA Sports reached a five-year agreement with the Pac-12 in November 2025. USA Network will air 22 regular-season football games per season, in addition to 50 regular-season men’s basketball…
Chris Russo scolds Pete Crow-Armstrong for disparaging Babe Ruth: ‘You’re talking to me now!’
Chicago Cubs All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong shared a strange Babe Ruth conspiracy theory that set Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo off. Crow-Armstrong recently appeared on Kristin Cavallari’s Let’s Be Honest podcast, where he was asked to share an “unpopular opinion” that he has. And Crow-Armstrong delivered a doozy when he repeated a conspiracy that “Babe Ruth never…
TNT Sports latest network to add women’s college volleyball rights
TNT Sports is adding women’s college volleyball to its programming lineup for the first time with the acquisition of a new tournament. TNT Sports will hold the rights to Spikes Under the Lights, a volleyball tournament that will be played on Aug. 27, 2026, at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. The tournament will…
Blue Jackets defend controversial media departures after fan outcry
It really says something that the Columbus Blue Jackets are going through arguably their most troublesome stretch with their fanbase in franchise history. The same team that Bill Simmons called the most irrelevant in sports has enjoyed immense local support from dedicated fans for over a quarter-century, despite never putting a real contender on the…
Dan Le Batard reveals ESPN focus group axed ‘SportsCenter’ commentaries with Mitch Albom, Mike Lupica
Dan Le Batard has recounted this story before, but he told it again this week on The Dan Le Batard Show, connecting the dots on ESPN’s initial pivot toward debate programming to a piece of focus-group research that killed the format he was working on at the time. Le Batard was writing and reading short…
With Fox backing out of early NFL negotiations, will other networks follow?
Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch, as he’s wont to do, made some headlines during his company’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday morning. The CEO plainly announced that Fox would not look to engage in media rights negotiations with the NFL prior to the league’s contractual opt-out option following the 2029-30 season. Throughout the past year,…
Jon Gruden ‘fired up’ for NFL play-by-play opportunity
As Jon Gruden continues trying to find his path back to the NFL, his latest step is a one-game cameo as a play-by-play voice for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Earlier this summer, Gruden revealed he has play-by-play ambitions after already working as a lead NFL analyst for nine years on Monday Night Football. Gruden cited…
Phillies auction winner wows fans in radio broadcast
Lewis Kalb from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, got to live out a lifelong dream to do play-by-play during the third inning of the Nationals-Phillies game on Wednesday night. And it sounded like he had been calling Phillies games on the radio for years. You never know what’s going to happen when a fan steps into…
Chris Canty wants people to stop touching his baby: ‘I don’t know where your hands have been!’
Chris Canty having a cute baby doesn’t excuse random people in public from keeping their hands to themselves. Canty and his wife welcomed their son earlier this year. And by Canty’s own account, he’s a pretty cute seven-month-old. So cute that random people at the airport can’t help but tug at his hands and feet.…
Fox’s refusal to reopen NFL media deal shows companies are increasingly willing to tell the league ‘no’
Typically over the last three decades, as the National Football League emerged into the runaway juggernaut of U.S. sports, when it told partners to jump, they would ask how high? The NFL is far and away the number one entertainment property in America, and especially if you are a media company, if the NFL asks,…
Mike Krukow to step away from Giants broadcasts following 2026 season
Longtime San Francisco Giants color commentator Mike Krukow will retire following the 2026 season, ending a legendary era for Giants broadcasts. Krukow has been part of the Giants booth since 1990, serving as a full-time broadcaster since 1994. A seven-time Emmy Award winner, Krukow is perhaps best known for his partnership with Duane Kuiper, whom…
Troy Aikman on what makes a great NFL analyst
For a job that gets evaluated almost solely on what someone says, Troy Aikman thinks the actual skill that separates good NFL analysts from bad ones is knowing when to stop talking. “Rule number one for an analyst is you can’t talk over the snap,” Aikman said on a recent appearance of Your Dark Companion…
7 burning media questions for the 2026 NFL season
The NFL is officially back. Thursday night, the preseason gets underway with the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. And the nation will be glued to their televisions, tablets, and phones to follow all the games and all the drama from now until Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027. And along with the…
Mountain West, Pac-12 finalize lawsuit settlement
The dispute between the Mountain West and Pac-12 Conference has officially been resolved. It looked like the Pac-12 was going to be the biggest casualty of conference realignment after everyone but Oregon State and Washington State left for greener pastures. After the two remaining schools pieced together a schedule and looked for alternatives, they found…
Dan Dawson explains why darts is ready for the American spotlight
There is no sporting event in the world quite like a major darts tournament. What most people think of as a pub game has been transformed into a spectacle of incredible magnitude. Darts is now watched by millions around the globe and thousands in the venues. But darts fans aren’t your normal matchday attendees. Songs,…
Aliyah Boston, Candace Parker hype up Holly Rowe’s dance moves
WNBA All-Star Weekend is nearly two weeks in the rearview, but the virality of the StudBudz’s 72-hour Twitch stream knows no bounds. Last year, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was caught dancing to “Knuck If You Buck,” and Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve jokingly blamed AI for her viral dancing clip. This year, ESPN’s Holly…
Chris Broussard unleashes epic rant about Justin Herbert, Madison Beer PDA
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is famously a man of minimal words. Without saying anything, Herbert just made his strongest public statement since entering the NFL as the No. 6 overall pick in 2020. Herbert and pop star Madison Beer were caught caressing each other on camera at Chargers training camp in San Diego…
Coco Gauff addresses transgender athlete debate with powerful statement
Coco Gauff, the No. 4-ranked women’s singles player in the world, is also universally regarded as one of the most authentic, outspoken athletes in the world. She just showed why yet again. Fewer than three minutes into her post-match press conference at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Gauff was asked about the WTA’s newly…
Urban Meyer claims Big Ten has surpassed SEC… even its fans
If there’s somebody who knows both the SEC and Big Ten well, it’s Urban Meyer. The famed head coach won national championships in both power conferences, first in the SEC at Florida and then in the Big Ten at Ohio State. Of course, there was also his NFL tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars, but we…
Daniella Guzman reinstated to KPRC after World Cup ticket controversy
A suspended local news anchor in Houston will return to the airwaves after an investigation into receiving free World Cup tickets. Daniella Guzman of KPRC-TV in Houston received three free World Cup tickets to attend the match between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Portugal on June 17 at NRG Stadium. Guzman posted a reel…
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