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For the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals. The hysteria already spread to the streets of New York City on Monday night as Knicks fans lost their minds celebrating an official return to glory. And with arguably the NBA’s most iconic team competing for the Larry O’Brien…
The entire NBA world is ablaze once again with chatter around reigning two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his penchant for drawing fouls, but Reggie Miller wants it all to stop. Gilgeous-Alexander has almost single-handedly turned the Oklahoma City Thunder into an NBA villain with his supposed “foul-baiting,” a reputation which has followed him for awhile…
Boomer Esiason continues to equivocate about athletes who take political stands, and it has once again drawn the ire of longtime Dan Le Batard Show producer Mike Ryan. Early on Tuesday morning, Esiason sounded off during his WFAN show about the online dispute between young New York Giants stars Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter, which…
Mike Breen has called Knicks games since 1991. But now in 2026 he will be able to announce his beloved local team in the NBA Finals for the first time as the national voice of the association. Breen was at the mic for ESPN as the Knicks easily swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern…
The BBC won’t be having any of this Americanized nonsense at the World Cup final. The British public broadcaster will reportedly forego airing the first-ever World Cup final halftime show, which will feature global music icons Shakira, Madonna, and BTS, and instead opt to maintain its traditional halftime coverage with pundits analyzing the first 45…
What began as a feud between Stephen A. Smith and Jaylen Brown may be morphing into a media beef between Smith and FS1’s Nick Wright. Last week, Wright went in on Smith for constantly threatening to reveal private information about the athletes he is covering, likening the behavior to that of a “mob boss.” In…
Come playoff time, I am in the most important demographic for TV ratings for the NBA. I’m a casual NBA fan. The league is not one of the top three or four sports I follow. I never fully adopted a team over the years, despite rubbernecking Michael Jordan and the Bulls in the ’90s, and…
Through a litany of prior reporting and legal proceedings, it has long been assumed that FIFA awarded Fox broadcast rights to the 2026 World Cup because of its decision to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from its traditional summertime window to November and December, when playing conditions were more suitable in Qatar’s arid…
The SEC could write another chapter to the Lane Kiffin-Ole Miss saga as the conference prepares for its upcoming spring meetings this week. According to a report by Matt Hayes in USA Today, the SEC and Ole Miss have discussed “a potential reprimand for new LSU coach Lane Kiffin over comments he made in a recent Vanity…
Despite the NFL’s best efforts, it appears the league won’t be moving towards an 18-game regular season by 2027. According to a report by Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, citing a source familiar with the situation, an expansion to 18 regular-season games is “highly unlikely” for the 2027-28 season, though “still not impossible.” The NFL…
Victor Wembanyama made the 2026 All-NBA First Team with 99 out of 100 votes. Justin Termine, host of NBA Today on SiriusXM NBA Radio, placed Wembanyama on the second team instead of the first, casting the only ballot in the entire voter pool that did not give Wembanyama first-team honors. In a video posted to…
Gilbert Arenas doesn’t think NBC’s record viewership number for Spurs-Thunder means what NBC says it means. When NBC announced that Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder averaged 9.2 million viewers across NBC and Peacock — peaking at 12 million during double overtime — the network…
The network owned by the Boston Red Sox pulled a Senate candidate’s campaign ad that blamed private equity for destroying the team. Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee in Maine’s Senate race against Susan Collins, ran the commercial during a Red Sox game on NESN on Friday. The ad references a March 2021 Axios report…
HBO is getting soccer fans hyped for the World Cup with a documentary miniseries about the last four years of the U.S. Men’s National Team’s journey to hosting the 2026 World Cup. The documentary is titled U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men’s National Soccer Team. The five-part series is releasing new episodes…
Someone needs to call WWE star Danhausen to uncurse ESPN. The very nice, very evil character has been a pop culture hit since joining WWE because of his comedic “curses.” And when he uncursed the New York Knicks on First Take after a bit with Stephen A. Smith, the team has gone on to a…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is finding things difficult against the San Antonio Spurs. And he’s finding it difficult to answer questions about his teammates in postgame interviews. After OKC’s Game 2 victory in San Antonio to level the Western Conference Finals, SGA was asked about the defensive impact of Isaiah Hartenstein against Victor Wembanyama. However, instead of…
The New York Knicks have a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals and are one win away from their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999. It’s been a disheartening series for the Cavs and their fans, with a particularly disappointing showing in a 121-108 loss in Saturday night’s…
After the New York Knicks took a 3-0 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night in the Eastern Conference Finals, Charles Barkley went off about a topic from the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. Barkley called out the narrative that Oklahoma City is playing dirty and…
All Times Eastern Bundesliga Relegation Playoff Leg 2, Home Deluxe Arena, Paderborn, Germany SC Paderborn 07 vs. VfL Wolfsburg — ESPN+, 2:20 p.m. (1st leg aggregate 0-0) College Baseball Announcers: Matt Schick/Kyle Peterson/Mike Rooney NCAA Baseball Championship Selection Special — ESPN2, noon SEC Now: Road to Omaha — ESPN2, 1 p.m. Announcers: Kris Budden/Kyle Peterson/Mike…
The NASCAR world suffered a devastating, shocking loss on Thursday with the sudden death of 41-year-old legendary stock car racing driver Kyle Busch. While the cause of death was initially unknown, Busch’s family released a statement on Saturday announcing that he died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. Tributes have poured in for Busch…
The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 featured the closest finish in the event’s history. Felix Rosenqvist came away victorious by a margin of 0.0233 seconds, just ahead of David Malukas on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The previous closest Indy 500 finish came in 1992, with Al Unser Jr. winning by a margin…
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is retooling its format in Year 13, and has scored a new media rights deal with Fox to go with it. On Friday, TBT announced a two-year broadcast rights extension with Fox Sports that will see 20 games aired across Fox, FS1, and FS2. In total, three TBT games will air…
Carli Lloyd knows what it feels like to lead U.S. Soccer to the promised land. She won two World Cups with the U.S. Women’s National Team during her international career, and won two Olympic gold medals to boot. The success of the women’s national team has always run in stark contrast to the struggles of…
While the ACC might consider changing its name after expanding to the Pacific and Texas a couple of years ago, the decision to add California, Stanford, and SMU to the mix has clearly paid off from a revenue standpoint. According to a recent report by Brian Murphy of WRAL, the ACC notched a 16% increase…
