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Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton was unhappy with a ruling from the umpiring crew during Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds at Target Field, and he was even unhappier after getting ejected moments later. Shelton voiced his displeasure with home plate umpire Nic Lentz, and some of that expletive-laden audio was loud and clear on…
A few days into Noah Eagle’s broadcasting career, he went for it. Eagle was in Las Vegas for NBA Summer League, working as a production assistant, when he ran into the star of his childhood team. It was Vince Carter. “I went into the meal room, and he was at a table by himself,” Eagle…
If you love the NFL Draft, there are more ways than ever to experience it. This year’s draft will take place April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. That’s 257 picks, spread across seven rounds over three days. It’s the league’s signature offseason event, and broadcasting it live is a massive undertaking. This year’s event will be ESPN’s…
All Times Eastern Bundesliga Matchday 30 Sport-Club Freiburg vs. 1. FC Heidenheim — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m. Bayern München vs. VfB Stuttgart — ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/ESPN Unlimited, 11:30 a.m. Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05 — ESPN+, 1:20 p.m. ESPN FC: Bundesliga Postgame Show — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 1:30 p.m. Bundesliga Highlights Show — ESPN+, 5 p.m.…
ESPN has gone all out to promote WrestleMania 42 in its first year of streaming the event after signing a media rights deal to become the exclusive U.S. home of all WWE Premium Live Events last August. While the entirety of WrestleMania 42 can be found on ESPN’s new app, ESPN Unlimited (which was not…
The Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-105 in Game 1 of their first-round series on Saturday night at Ball Arena. In the victory, the Nuggets were granted 33 free throw attempts, while the Timberwolves had 19 opportunities from the charity stripe. After the game, Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch voiced frustration about the number…
The New York Mets’ 2026 payroll ranks behind only the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers among Major League Baseball teams, and entering the season, the FanGraphs projection model had the Mets winning the second-most games (90, behind only the Dodgers’ 98). However, the Mets are currently tied for the worst record in MLB at…
Paramount is in the beginning stages of their massive billion dollar deal with UFC. While it’s still too early to tell whether the deal will ultimately be a success or a failure, one prominent MMA personality believes that there is no path to profitability for the media company. Longtime MMA voice Luke Thomas was a…
As we bid farewell to the Bahamas, Detroit, and LA bowls, we welcome back the Poinsettia Bowl and say hello to the historic Puerto Rico Bowl. That’s per Brett McMurphy at On3, who says San Diego’s Poinsettia Bowl, last played in 2016, could feature the champions of the Mountain West and the newly formed Pac-12.…
The Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Guardians were locked in a 0-0 slugfest in the 4th inning on Friday when MASN announcer Kevin Brown made a music reference, which he is often prone to doing. With that, he set off a three-minute-long tangent with color commentator Ben McDonald about Coachella, the Italian lemon liqueur limoncello, and…
In less than a week, after photos emerged of former Athletic NFL reporter Dianna Russini and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel together at an adults-only resort in Arizona, Russini had resigned while under internal investigation at the New York Times-owned sports outlet. Vrabel, meanwhile, appears unlikely to face any kind of pushback or…
For a brief moment, there was LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil, admitting live on camera that the league would no longer receive funding support from the Saudi Public Investment Fund after the 2026 season. In doing so, O’Neil had broken ranks and confirmed the various reports that had said as much in the days prior.…
If you went by its daily programming this past week, you’d think ESPN and WWE were essentially the same company at this point. Thick as thieves, the Worldwide Leader essentially became the WorldwideWrestling Leader. Based on that intense, some might say over-the-top synergy, one might presume that they’d be in lockstep over providing access between…
The conventional wisdom is that moving sporting events to streaming sacrifices audience reach for giant tech dollars. Amazon Prime Video is trying to prove that is not the case. Prime Video is in the first year of their massive new rights deal with the NBA. And as far as the streaming competition goes, they have…
It was Agriculture Night as the Rome Emperors hosted the Jersey Shore in a South Atlantic League matchup on Friday. And I’m not going to pull the wool over your eyes, the clip ewe are about to be shorn is one of the most incredible in the almost 200 year history of organized baseball. As…
It’s been several years since he has been a fixture in the spotlight, but LaVar Ball couldn’t pass up this opportunity to get back into the headlines after the Charlotte Hornets were blown out in their play-in game for the Eastern Conference eighth seed against the Orlando Magic. In spite of the game being played…
The Golden State Warriors exited the 2026 NBA Playoffs before they began after losing to the Phoenix Suns in the play-in game for the eighth seed in the Western Conference. And it could be the last time we see Steve Kerr on the Warriors sidelines. Kerr was hired from the TNT Sports broadcast booth before…
Longtime Baltimore Ravens radio voice and WBAL-TV sports director Gerry Sandusky announced on April 1 that he’s retiring. Sandusky has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Ravens since 2006, and he’s been at WBAL-TV (Baltimore NBC affiliate) as an anchor since 1988 and as sports director since 1993. Sandusky, known for his catchphrase, “The…
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has always made globalizing the league a priority during his tenure (which began in 2014), but an idea he discussed on Friday would certainly be taking that to new levels. Silver explained last year how the NBA was exploring a partnership with FIBA for a new European basketball league. In recent…
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 6 North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Richmond Tigers — FS2/Fox One, 11 p.m. Melbourne Demons vs. Brisbane Lions — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:01 a.m. (Sunday) West Coast Eagles vs. Fremantle Dockers — FS2/Fox One, 3 a.m. (Sunday) Bundesliga Matchday 30 1. FC Union Berlin vs. VfL…
Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan were close friends as NBA superstars and teammates on the USA “Dream Team” in the 1990s. But the Barkley-Jordan friendship had a well-documented falling out after Barkley criticized Jordan’s work as part-owner and head of basketball operations with the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets) in 2012. “I think the biggest problem…
After an unsuccessful stint with the Milwaukee Bucks that ended last week, veteran head coach and longtime NBA main character Doc Rivers said this week that he is unlikely to coach again. “I’d be surprised if I coached another game,” the 64-year-old Rivers said on The Bill Simmons Podcast. The Milwaukee chapter began just as chaotically…
On Thursday, when LIV Golf’s broadcast from Mexico City was actually working, it offered stiff rebuttals to reports of its impending demise. However, it sounds as though CEO Scott O’Neil said the quiet part out loud at least one time. On Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that the Saudi Arabian government was preparing to pull…
By the time Page Six shared a series of photographs showing New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and The Athletic NFL reporter Dianna Russini at a luxury hotel in Arizona last Tuesday, she had already known about their existence for several days and spent the time in between attempting to craft a narrative that…
