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With the 2026 NFL Draft wrapped up, ESPN’s Adam Schefter had draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Field Yates on his podcast on Monday. And in that appearance, Kiper revealed that he extended a mind-blowing streak at this year’s draft in Pittsburgh. “Field can attest that I had no bathroom break for the 43rd straight…
A home run from the Cleveland Guardians’ Daniel Schneemann resulted in a bad look for a grown man in the left field bleachers at Progressive Field on Monday night. Schneemann hit a two-run, opposite-field shot to give Cleveland a 2-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the bottom of the fifth inning. A grown…
Rising NBA media personality Kenny Beecham is getting an hour-long show on SiriusXM NBA Radio starting this week, and his new colleague Frank Isola gave him quite the welcome. Isola, a longtime host on the station who also has contributed to the New York Daily News, ESPN, YES Network, and The Athletic across a long…
93.7 The Fan afternoon co-host Andrew Fillipponi insists he paid his bet by quitting, it’s not his fault the station recruited and hired him back less than an hour later. “If the Steelers draft Drew Allar in 250 days, I think I’ll quit my job,” Fillipponi posted on social media last summer regarding the Penn…
As the NFL and Paramount Skydance actively hammer out a new media rights agreement, it seems the league is happy to deepen its partnership with one part of the company. The NFL and Skydance Sports, the film studio which is now part of the greater Paramount ecosystem after David Ellison’s Skydance purchased Paramount last summer,…
Greg Vanney thinks Taylor Twellman has forgotten what it feels like to be a player. The LA Galaxy head coach wasn’t thrilled with Twellman’s on-air suggestion during an Apple TV broadcast that the Galaxy didn’t look like they wanted to be aggressive for a full 90 minutes, and he made that clear during his post-match…
The reign of Nikola Jokic as the NBA’s best player has corresponded with some of the league’s worst years in the public eye. Jokic has won three MVP awards and a championship this decade, Sambor-shuffling around his doubters to become the go-to answer for most of NBA media as the league’s best player for six…
Just two weeks after reports surfaced that the Saudi-funded LIV Golf circuit could be on its last legs after Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund decided to pull funding for the entity following this season, it seems that LIV’s collapse could begin quicker than anticipated. On Monday, WDSU first reported that the LIV Golf New Orleans…
Perhaps more than any other television rating, the NFL Draft is the hardest to parse out given the myriad of broadcasts, both linear and digital, available to viewers. For that reason, it’s difficult to compare NFL Draft viewership to most other television programs. That won’t stop the league from touting strong viewership, however. And across…
The new Dallas Wings season got off to rocky start in the news when, earlier this month at the introductory press conference for No. 1 draft pick Azzi Fudd, team PR shut down a question about her romantic relationship with reigning Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers, her former teammate at UConn. The two had…
A new partnership between Gray Media, the Portland Fire, and Portland Thorns will create the first women’s sports-focused regional sports network. Gray Media announced a broadcast agreement with the Fire and the Thorns in February. The Fire are entering their inaugural season in the WNBA, while the Thorns are in their 14th season in the…
Charles Barkley just joined nearly every college basketball fan by admitting his Capital One commercial was the worst part of the NCAA tournament. March Madness is great, but every year there are commercials that teeter on the edge of becoming psychological torture by repeating enough to drive fans insane. This year, it was Capital One’s…
Natasha Cloud is one of the more well-known players in the WNBA. Since coming into the league, the defense-first guard has developed a loyal following by melding an admirable, hard-nosed style on the court with open, personal messaging online and in the media. Often, Cloud has connected with fans of the WNBA, a league that…
Cole Allen’s shooting attempt and subsequent arrest at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinners is one of the biggest stories of 2026 so far. News outlets, pundits, aggregators, and creators are all feverishly covering the story with whatever unique angle or commentary presents itself. But they are not alone in that pursuit. The overseas Facebook…
ESPN ditched its iconic NBA theme music in 2022, but fans clearly aren’t over it. During a playoff promo over the weekend, ESPN accidentally played the theme. The mistake quickly went viral, with replies full of fans nostalgic for the old theme. The old NBA on ESPN theme made an appearance during an ad read…
As ESPN received criticism for its coverage of the NFL Draft, no one was more bothered than its former NFL analyst, Michael Irvin. ESPN struggled to keep pace with the shorter first-round clock, and Mike Greenberg had a rough night, making several notable mistakes. But what really bothered Irvin was ESPN’s coverage of the Tampa…
The NHL announced last week that the Utah Mammoth will host the Colorado Avalanche in the 2027 Winter Classic on Dec. 31 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. For the second time in three years, the league’s marquee outdoor event will be played on New Year’s Eve. The first time produced the smallest audience…
Let me share a story from my rock radio days. I used to be part of a wacky morning zoo-style show on 96 Rock (RIP) in Raleigh, NC. Part of my duties, when the show first launched, were to do the top-of-the-hour sports updates. They weren’t serious, structured things. They were banter, designed to fit…
Jason Benetti was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a group of permanent motor disorders that affect movement and posture, at just two years old, leaving him with an awkward gait, a lazy eye, and an upbringing where he had to navigate being so visibly different in a world that wasn’t designed to be accommodating for those…
Chris Simms will not return to Football Night in America next season, he revealed Monday on PFT Live. Simms joined NBC Sports in 2016 and has spent the next decade building one of the more expansive portfolios in NBC’s football operation, eventually becoming one of the four main analysts on FNIA‘s primary panel alongside Maria…
On the onset of the 2026 MLB season, Carlos Mendoza texted Howie Rose. The Mets manager wanted the soon-to-be-retiring broadcaster to know that New York was going to win it all for him. That this was going to be his year. That several decades of loving a franchise that has made loving it an extreme…
Baxter Holmes had already done his job. The ESPN senior writer wrote a long-form piece, “How the Thunder helped heal Oklahoma City 30 years after unimaginable terror,” last fall. But now, he was going to do something that was simultaneously the same and completely different. For the first time ever, Holmes worked on turning his…
Entering the season, the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies were expected to be two of the best teams in Major League Baseball. The FanGraphs projections had the Mets winning the second-most games and the Phillies winning the sixth-most games. It certainly hasn’t looked that way a month into the season. New York’s embarrassing play…
The 2025-2026 NBA regular season is complete, and the NBA Playoffs are underway. Pretty soon, we’ll crown this season’s championship team. Before that, you have the chance to crown the championship announcing team. We want your perspectives on how the various local TV broadcast booths did this season. It’s a particularly interesting year, as we’ve…
