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TNT Sports announced Tuesday that it has signed Hubert Davis to a multi-year deal to serve as a studio and game analyst for its men’s college basketball coverage during the 2026-27 season. He will debut Thursday, Nov. 5, when TNT’s studio show anchors a three-game slate of Big East and Big 12 matchups on truTV…
The annual Florida-Georgia college football game arrives Saturday in Atlanta (rather than Jacksonville due to EverBank Stadium renovations). Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the action between the No. 17-ranked Gators and the No. 3-ranked Bulldogs on ABC (3:30 p.m. ET). In Week 9’s other ranked matchup, No. 22 Arizona and No. 13 Texas…
If ESPN won’t offer Troy Aikman a new contract to keep working with Joe Buck on Monday Night Football, Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys might. Buck and Aikman were supposed to be entering the final year of their contracts with ESPN together as the 2026 NFL season began. But to Aikman’s surprise, Buck quietly signed a long-term contract extension…
The rejuvenation of Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns has been perhaps the biggest surprise in the NFL season. When Watson was surprisingly named Cleveland’s starter this fall, he became testy with fans and became a subject of intense criticism in the media. ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky called for fans to boycott the Browns in response,…
During a bizarre rant on his show Monday about his bad experience co-hosting College GameDay from the University of Utah, ESPN star Pat McAfee made reference to the killing of Charlie Kirk last year. The rant stemmed from a video posted by an official university account that students used to tease McAfee. The host intimated…
We all know NFL teams relish trolling their critics after a big win, but the Carolina Panthers may want to reconsider their timing after Chris Simms exacted his revenge this week. Ahead of Week 6, Simms tabbed the Eagles as one of his upsets of the week on Chris Simms Unbuttoned, the NBC podcast he…
Paul Pierce earned about $200 million in a glittering NBA career, but now he’s struggling to pay his bills. The Boston Celtics legend and Basketball Hall of Famer has claimed he is “tapped out” financially, according to legal documents TMZ obtained. The claim comes amidst an ongoing case involving his ex-girlfriend and mother of one of…
Pat McAfee will gladly peel off his shirt in front of a campus full of screaming college football fans every Saturday, but he apparently draws the line at opening up to 60 Minutes. McAfee revealed on Monday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show that the CBS newsmagazine show approached him about a feature, and he…
ESPN loves nothing more than hyping up the Dallas Cowboys, especially after a Monday Night Football victory on their airwaves. So leave it to franchise legend Troy Aikman to pump the brakes after they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cowboys got the victory over their depleted division rivals, who were without starting quarterback Jalen Hurts and have…
The Stephen A. Smith-for-president rumors have died down, and Charles Barkley seems to believe whatever political appeal the ESPN host once had has faded too. This week on Pablo Torre Finds Out, the investigative journalist looked at how athletes and sports personalities are polling among liberal and conservative fans. The results showed Barkley was polling…
Adam Amin and Mark Sanchez were just hitting their stride as Fox’s No. 4 NFL team when a predawn confrontation in downtown Indianapolis brought Sanchez’s tenure at the network to a sudden, ugly end. Sanchez was in town to call Raiders-Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium, and around 12:30 that Saturday morning, roughly 36 hours before…
Texas billionaire and oil magnate Cody Campbell has become a face of modern-day college football, thanks to the money he’s poured into the Texas Tech Red Raiders program and his political advocacy for his preferred vision for the sport’s future. And like a lot of billionaires and people who are very rich, very influential, and…
Troy Aikman rarely has to search for words in a broadcast booth, but on Monday night he couldn’t find them for the man who had fed him so many since 2018. Joe Buck led ESPN’s Monday Night Football tribute to David Moulton, days after the longtime spotter died at 59 in hospice care. Moulton’s wife,…
Dan Orlovsky is one of the smartest football minds working in television. But as far as common sense goes, there may still be some learning to do. While Orlovsky’s most famous football moment is running out of the back of the endzone for a safety, he’s become ESPN’s go-to Xs and Os analyst, especially for…
Pat McAfee has been extremely clear about his feelings regarding the University of Utah since ESPN hosted College GameDay there on Saturday. As the show came to a close, with McAfee making the final pick of the broadcast, he voiced several complaints about his weekend with the Utes before picking No. 14 Houston to hand…
When Max Kellerman resurfaced from his ESPN exile with a podcast at The Ringer last year, he did so with quite an unusual cohost. Flanking Kellerman on Game Over was Rich Paul, the founder of super agency Klutch Sports and the longtime representative of LeBron James. Paul won the job despite having no previous media…
Speakeasy has a new full-time co-host, with Super Bowl champion T.J. Ward officially joining Emmanuel Acho and LeSean McCoy on the digital show. Acho and McCoy recently celebrated Speakeasy’s anniversary after pivoting to launch the show last September ahead of the 2025-26 NFL season, following sweeping changes at FS1 that cost them their timeslot. One year later, they’re…
This week of College GameDay could have easily come and gone just like any other week. The crowd was pumped, picks and kicks were made, Pat McAfee took off his shirt, and a good time was had by all! Except, it seems, for McAfee himself. It was peculiar when McAfee referenced not enjoying his trip…
Once again, an NFL weekend has left fans and media alike wondering how to solve the league’s officiating woes. While complaining about the refs is a tried and true tradition of football fandom, right up there with tailgating and loving the backup quarterback, it does feel like we might be reaching something of a tipping…
Brian Kelly isn’t coaching college football this year for the first time since 1983. In his first season since he was fired as LSU’s head coach, he’s serving as an analyst for CBS Sports and College Sports Radio on SiriusXM. Kelly was one of many media members to weigh in on the Texas Longhorns and quarterback Arch…
Luke Kuechly says he’s managed to keep his Panthers loyalty confined to the radio and off his national broadcasts, though a favorable schedule has made that much easier. Kuechly discussed walking that line in a recent interview with Front Office Sports’ David Rumsey. Kuechly has served as an analyst on the Panthers’ radio broadcasts since…
Pat McAfee did not enjoy his time at the University of Utah this weekend as the school hosted ESPN’s College GameDay ahead of the No. 10 Utes’ showdown with No. 14 Houston. On Monday, both ESPN and the university responded to what turned into a larger-than-expected drama with statements regarding the matter. During the final…
On Sunday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Indianapolis Colts were not expected to consider franchise legend Peyton Manning to fill the vacancy left by the franchise’s firing of general manager Chris Ballard, and that Manning, whose Omaha Productions inked a nine-year extension with ESPN through 2034, was unlikely to have any interest in the…
Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor’s wife, Ayanna Taylor, posted two TikTok videos over the weekend addressing trade speculation about her husband amid the team’s rough start to the season. “We’re in a situation that we’ve never been in before,” she said via TikTok. “This may be the first time we may not be on…
