There is a new free way to watch BIG3 basketball this season. BIG3 announced a new agreement with Fubo Sports Network that will result in 16 games airing on the network this season, with two games each week. “BIG3 has made waves across the basketball world since its debut and we can’t wait to bring…
For most former ESPN employees, continuing their careers after leaving The Worldwide Leader in Sports is challenging. A lucky few land jobs at other media companies, and even fewer succeed on their own. Joon Lee is in the latter category. In true entrepreneurial spirit, he is working for himself as an independent sports journalist. Three years…
Back in May, the New York Mets hosted the Cincinnati Reds and paid homage by offering a limited-edition Skyline Chili egg roll at Citi Field. Reds reporter Jim Day sampled the unique fusion food item and nearly lost his mind. “This is the lowest point of my career, and I have had some low ones,”…
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 15 Gold Coast Suns vs. Hawthorn Hawks — FS2/Fox One, 5:26 a.m. (Friday) College Basketball College Basketball Talk — CBS Sports Network, noon FIFA World Cup Group Stage — Matchday 2 Group A, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA Announcers — Fox/Fox One: Ian Crocker/Danny Higginbotham//Telemundo/Peacock: José…
On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews Kevin Clancy (KFC) of Barstool Sports. They discuss a wide range of topics including the New York Knicks breaking their 53-year championship drought, Jalen Brunson, Victor Wembanyama, James Dolan, Barstool Sports, youth sports, Dave Portnoy, and more. Here’s the full breakdown:…
The Knicks have tapped legendary ABC play-by-play voice Mike Breen, who is also the team’s local play-by-play voice on MSG, to be the emcee of the championship ceremony at New York’s City Hall. The news comes from Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. According to Bondy, Breen will also be part of the larger…
ESPN NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill has taken a lot of heat over his comments this week on Get Up in calling the Larry O’Brien Trophy a “participation trophy” given the recent parity the Association is seeing. And now that heat is even coming from his ESPN colleagues. Goodwill unleashed one of the most unusual takes we’ve ever…
With the World Cup coming to North America, there’s been a concerted effort to try to connect the world’s game to the most popular sport in America, the NFL. And no one did it quite like Fox analyst Kasper Schmeichel with the England national team and the Dallas Cowboys. It was only fitting that England…
Rather than the multiple incredible knockouts or even the red-white-and-blue pageantry of the UFC Freedom 250 card, a considerable amount of the reaction to the White House-hosted event has centered on heavyweight fighter Josh Hokit, who in a post-match interview tried to egg on the audience by stating that the former First Lady was a…
The opening games of the 2026 World Cup have been all about the biggest stars in the world showing up on the biggest stage in the world, except for one notable disappointment — Cristiano Ronaldo. On Tuesday, Kylian Mbappe scored twice in France’s victory over Senegal. Erling Haaland also scored twice in Norway’s win against…
With the United States and Australia set to face off in group play at the World Cup on Friday, comments from an American soccer commentator about the Australian national team have become a major storyline Down Under—even as the controversy has barely registered in the United States. It was CBS Sports Golazo commentator Mike Grella…
Fox Sports and Big Noon Kickoff will be live from London this fall when American college football once again descends on the United Kingdom. According to a report from On3’s Brett McMurphy, the Fox studio show will make its first-ever international appearance at this year’s inaugural Union Jack Classic, scheduled for Sept. 19 between Arizona…
FYI, if you ever find yourself interviewing French tennis player Corentin Moutet: Make sure you’re broadcasting on a delay. Moutet, currently the No. 36-ranked men’s tennis player, defeated Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(5) in the HSBC Championships at the Queen’s Club in London. He was interviewed immediately after the match and was asked by…
Rafael van der Vaart was midway through a tidy breakdown of a blown defensive assignment when he decided to editorialize on the ethnicity of the players involved. The former Tottenham and Real Madrid midfielder — now a pundit for Dutch broadcaster NOS — was dissecting the Netherlands’ stoppage-time collapse against Japan, a match that ended…
Fox Sports has denied any issues with ESPN over World Cup coverage this week, after a story suggested the network was frustrated by the Worldwide Leader’s lack of content around the tournament. Earlier this week, Front Office Sports reported that anonymous Fox executives had taken issue with ESPN’s minimal coverage of the 2026 FIFA World…
There is no official viewership data for the UFC Freedom 250 card at the White House, but download and active-user metrics suggest it was a hit for the streaming service while challenging dubious claims that it bested the Super Bowl. According to data from Sensor Tower shared with Sports Business Journal, on the day leading…
During the Giants’ annual Pride Night celebration, which honors San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community, four San Francisco players protested the team’s hats, which featured a rainbow version of the team’s logo. Three pitchers, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, wrote a Bible verse on their Pride Night hats. The verses all referenced similar passages in…
Fox wants ESPN to talk more about the World Cup, and Stephen A. Smith is just trying to give the people what they want. With the FIFA World Cup underway, Smith and First Take have leaned on Men In Blazers founder Roger Bennett for his soccer expertise in the last week, which is great. But…
TNT Sports is once again leaning on the NASCAR alumni pool to staff its biggest broadcast window of the year. Jimmie Johnson will join TNT Sports as a studio analyst for three races during the network’s second annual In-Season Challenge. He starts at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 28, then works…
Mike Breen has had quite the year, and he’s starting to feel it. Asked by Puck’s John Ourand whether he envisions scaling back his workload, Breen acknowledged that the pace, as many as 110 games in a single season between his ESPN national assignments and his role calling Knicks games for MSG, has become difficult…
In the era of alternative facts, no data point nor statistic should get in the way of good old-fashioned hyperbole. That’s apparently the motto of Joe Gruters, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, who is doing his best to uphold the rigorous fact-checking standards his party has become known for. During a recent appearance…
A home World Cup and the associated American-friendly time zones are paying off in a big way for Fox and Telemundo. Through Sunday’s matches, viewership for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is up a whopping 152% across Fox and FS1 versus the Group Stage average during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Fox Sports…
MLB Network is adding another decorated front-office voice to its Draft Combine coverage. Mike Rizzo will serve as an analyst for the network’s June 23 Draft Combine coverage at Chase Field, according to Sports Business Journal, joining Dan O’Dowd as the second former MLB general manager on the broadcast. Rizzo spent 17 seasons running the…
CNBC’s stock tickers are making room for basketball on Wednesday nights. According to Alex Sherman, the business news network will simulcast 11 WNBA games this season as part of Versant’s media rights deal with the league, starting with defending champion Las Vegas Aces hosting the Phoenix Mercury at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. That game…
If the New York Knicks were a team of destiny, perhaps Fred Katz’s first-ever book will be a work of destiny. How else could you explain the fact that a book that was supposed to be released this spring was delayed, and as a result, it will now include the Knicks’ championship run? Under the…