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The UFL has come up with innovative features and unique access on broadcasts that have left fans wondering if we could see such additions to future NFL broadcasts. But something that happened on Friday night’s Fox telecast of a UFL game between the Columbus Aviators and St. Louis BattleHawks that probably won’t carry over to…
In April, Investigative sports journalist Pablo Torre partnered with Wired’s Noah Schactman to publish a report that New York Knicks owner James Dolan was using Madison Square Garden’s security team to surveil the online activity of people who were critical of him across the country. “There’s this one teenager in Colorado, who said something on…
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is never afraid of a verbal altercation, whether that’s on the hardwood or in a broadcast studio. While filling in for Shaquille O’Neal on Wednesday night’s edition of Inside the NBA on ESPN, Green went viral for a moment he had with Charles Barkley after the Hall of Famer…
The St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres are in the middle of a four-game series at Petco Park this weekend. And, in a perfect sign of the times, all four games are on different television networks or streaming services. As the Padres’ X account showed ahead of the series, Thursday’s Game 1 was on…
After an upset win in Game 1 of its Western Conference semifinals series against the San Antonio Spurs, the Minnesota Timberwolves have found themselves in a 2-1 hole after dropping two straight games. Tensions normally rise among players over the course of a series, but Friday night’s Game 3 saw things get tense between Wolves…
Dana White is used to getting his way and ruling the UFC universe with an iron fist, controlling media coverage and creating and forwarding his own narratives. And he finally got an actual dose of reality in an appearance on The Breakfast Club in an interview with Charlamagne tha God. Dana White has gotten very comfortable over…
It’s not a fun time being a Cincinnati Reds fan. It’s even less fun being a Cincinnati Reds announcer. Just ask play-by-play man John Sadak. After a fantastic start to the season, the Redlegs are in the midst of an eight-game losing streak to pull them back to 20-19 on the season. Unfortunately in an…
James Harden is an 11-time NBA All-Star, a three-time scoring champion, and he was the league’s MVP in the 2017-18 season. However, the same level of success certainly hasn’t translated to his postseason career, and those issues showed up in a big way in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 107-97 loss to the Detroit Pistons in Game…
Max Kellerman has found the real villian in the never-ending drama involving Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel – the media. The Russini-Vrabel affair has dominated social media and tabloids, but mainstream sports media has largely kept their distance. But if you ask Max Kellerman, the way the media has treated both individuals has been “disgusting.”…
Laura Rutledge is at the top of her game. As the host of NFL Live and a sideline reporter for Monday Night Football, not to mention many other roles that come up at ABC and ESPN, she’s seemingly everywhere during football season (and beyond). The 37-year-old, who re-signed a multi-year deal with ESPN in 2025, has…
The 2026 WNBA season is almost upon us and even though the league is expanding rapidly, there are still familiar names among final roster cuts. One of those is former Iowa star Kate Martin. But a post about her fate with the Golden State Valkyries drew a surprising backlash from none other than South Carolina…
TNT Sports’ Jackie Redmond interviewed Rob Gronkowski during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs series between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres on Friday night, and Gronkowski didn’t hold back when talking about TNT analyst Paul Bissonnette. Gronkowski, a former NFL star tight end and current Fox Sports NFL analyst, told Redmond about Bissonnette,…
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 9 Melbourne Demons vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m. Richmond Tigers vs. Adelaide Crows — FS2/Fox One, 1:01 a.m. (Sunday) Boxing Queensberry Promotions WBO World Heavyweight Title, Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, England, United Kingdom Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois — DAZN,…
ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins went off about the league’s officiating during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Friday. The comments came after Thursday night’s Game 2 of the second-round playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder, which featured officiating that drew plenty of criticism from Lakers head coach…
The PGA Tour is reportedly set to update its social media policy after years of pushback from star golfer Bryson DeChambeau and a host of other competitors. According to Front Office Sports, the PGA will allow players to capture more content on-site going forward. The limit on video footage length will reportedly increase from two…
Draymond Green likes to take verbal shots at others, often those who don’t give as good as they get. That has not been the case with Charles Barkley. The tough-talking Green filled in for Shaquille O’Neal on Wednesday night on Inside the NBA. Before Game 2 between the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks, the show…
It’s been exactly one month since Mike Vrabel said the photos of him and Dianna Russini at an adults-only resort in Sedona showed “a completely innocent interaction” and that any suggestion otherwise was “laughable.” Jim Rome doesn’t think it’s laughable. Rome weighed in Thursday on his eponymous show, calling Vrabel’s April 7 statement one of…
Three NBA Drafts ago, Mike Schmitz was on-air for ESPN, breaking down picks and analyzing prospects. Now, he is the general manager of the Dallas Mavericks. Schmitz’s meteoric rise from media to the top ranks of an NBA front office leaves him as by far the most successful among a growing contingent of basketball analysts…
The 24-team College Football Playoff proposal is creating significant fissures between leadership and fans, and popular podcaster Josh Pate is the latest to shred college football decision-makers over it. As the expanded bracket, which would be twice the size of the current format, reportedly gains momentum among conference leaders and CFP executives, Pate called it…
Long before Joe Rogan became the polarizing personality he is today, the podcaster and UFC analyst was apparently banned from being discussed on one network. UFC president Dana White joined WFAN’s afternoon show with Craig Carton and Chris McMonigle in the studio earlier this week. And during the interview, Carton brought up the show he…
Bad Bunny’s performance at the Super Bowl LX halftime show was one of the most talked-about cultural moments of 2026 so far, but not always in a positive way. Despite his being a pop superstar with a massive audience, one that helped drive 128.2-million U.S. viewers (and 4.2 billion global views) to the halftime performance,…
Draymond Green can say whatever he wants about Charles Barkley’s career, but everyone knows they’re on different levels as players and broadcasters. Green filled in for Shaquille O’Neal on Wednesday night on Inside the NBA. And prior to ESPN’s broadcast of Game 2 between the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks, the show discussed Green’s NBA…
Fox’s Friday night college football window keeps expanding. On Friday, Fox and the Big Ten Conference announced the full 2026 Fox College Football Friday schedule, which features 11 games from the Big Ten, Big 12, and Mountain West. That’s up from ten games in 2025 and eight in the inaugural 2024 slate, when the series…
The NBA Draft lottery is this weekend, and it is one of the most highly anticipated in recent memory, given how strongly regarded this year’s crop of prospects is. From Cameron Boozer to Darren Peterson to AJ Dybantsa and beyond, some analysts believe the draft has several players who would be worthy of the No.…
