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The sports media world was met with the devastating news that longtime NBC Sports commentator Dan Hicks had passed away at 64 on Wednesday. Hicks served as the lead play-by-play voice of NBC Sports’ PGA Tour coverage, the lead voice of Notre Dame football, and voiced several prominent Olympic sports during his career at NBC,…
Without offering much in the way of match-specific, Nielsen-measured data most of the industry relies on for apples-to-apples viewership comparisons, MLS is touting significant viewership growth throughout the 2026 regular season, the first under its Apple TV deal to be accessible without a subscription to MLS Season Pass. Before the 2026 season, MLS and Apple…
The sports media world was sent into a state of shock on Thursday morning as longtime NBC Sports commentator Dan Hicks passed away at 64. Prior to his sudden passing, Hicks served as the lead play-by-play voice of NBC Sports’ PGA Tour coverage, returned as the lead voice of Notre Dame football in 2024, and…
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has made it explicitly clear that he wants nothing to do with the media or public life once he retires at the conclusion of this NFL season. But so long as microphones are still shoved in his face, Rodgers has no issue with expressing his opinions. Rodgers and the Steelers…
Noah Eagle has had a whirlwind few days. The 29-year-old NBC Sports broadcaster called college football’s game of the week from South Bend on Saturday, then turned around to call Sunday Night Football between the Buccaneers and Bears less than 24 hours later, after Mike Tirico was ruled out with a health issue. Eagle capped it off by filling in…
The Baby-Faced Assassin strikes again. On Wednesday, Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Stephen Curry called out several podcasters, including Emmanuel Acho, Gilbert Arenas, and Nick Young, for their misogynistic commentary about his wife, Ayesha Curry. Ayesha Curry co-stars in Second Chance Holiday, a Roku Original romantic comedy, and as is a prerequisite to starring in a…
Greg Sankey stopped short of naming names when he went after college football’s broadcast booths on Monday, which only guaranteed that someone else would eventually do it for him. Brandon Marcello of CBS Sports reported that the SEC commissioner’s remarks were mostly directed at SEC Network analyst Aaron Murray, who weighed in on the officiating…
The Milwaukee Brewers finally got over the hump, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 to win their first World Series in franchise history. It was a dominant year from start to finish for the Brewers, who finished with the best record in baseball and swept the reigning back-to-back World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers,…
Damon Amendolara accepted Dianna Russini’s invitation to her BetUS debut without a second thought, though defending that choice took him the better part of 12 minutes. Amendolara said in a video posted to his YouTube channel on Wednesday that his appearance on The Russini Report boiled down to loyalty. Russini has been a close friend…
With Deshaun Watson fully healthy after going through concussion protocol last week, the Cleveland Browns are giving the starting job back to their veteran against his former team, the Houston Texans, on Sunday despite Shedeur Sanders’ impressive performance against the New Orleans Saints in his first start of the season. Unfortunately for Sanders, who finished…
NBA commissioner Adam Silver handed down a historically severe punishment to the Los Angeles Clippers and franchise owner Steve Ballmer weeks before the season for salary cap circumvention in their 2019 acquisition of Kawhi Leonard. Just months after making an example of the Clippers, Silver may be on the brink of levying another severe punishment…
Connor Hughes has apologized for telling SNY viewers that Brian Duker, the New York Jets’ first-year defensive coordinator, isn’t particularly popular at the office. Hughes made the remarks during an appearance on SNY’s Jets Final Drive with Zack Rosenblatt, who covers the Jets for The Athletic, relaying criticism of Duker that had reached him through…
SNY canceled Baseball Night in New York last Friday, and five days later the show has resurfaced on the other side of the Hudson, at least in name. Under the Underscore Media banner, Sal Licata and John Jastremski are launching Baseball Night in New Jersey, which will stream exclusively on Underscore’s YouTube channel. Wednesday’s premiere, which…
Mike Tomlin is sure to get one question every time he’s made available to speak with the media until there’s more clarity about his future plans: Will you return to coaching? And once again, the former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach and current NBC Sports studio analyst addressed the question. This time, it came during an…
While all the focus was on the pregame interaction between Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum when the Philadelphia 76ers met the Boston Celtics, Stephen A. Smith was more concerned with what happened afterwards. After their relationship and possible falling out in Boston has received so much scrutiny over the last several months, Brown and Tatum…
Through 10 weeks of college football, ABC and ESPN remain top dog in the viewership department, though other networks are getting a few more proverbial scraps in their bowl this season. After Saturday’s slate of games, ABC and ESPN have won 22 of 30 Saturday college football television windows so far this season (measured by…
WWE went ahead with their Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in spite of the city being a target amidst the wider conflict in the Middle East. Thankfully for the company, the event went off without incident. However, the city’s financial district was targeted by a missile attack just hours after the show went…
Over the years, we have seen dedicated sports radio callers that went above and beyond the call of duty. Sports radio callers are a different breed of humanity. We’ve seen calls from both sides of the law whether it’s cops giving traffic stops or prisoners. There are epic personalities like Miss Lisa from Arkansas and…
Prime Video’s three-pack of Duke men’s basketball games this season now have a broadcast team. Play-by-play voice Ian Eagle will be joined by analysts Stan Van Gundy and John Wall for the three-game slate of Blue Devils games this season, according to an announcement from Prime Video on Wednesday. The trio are all under contract…
MLB is staring down the barrel of another labor negotiation. Only this time, it’s not with the players, it’s with the editorial workers of MLB Advanced Media, the league’s media arm. In what is being described as “a first for a major U.S. sports league,” editorial workers at MLB’s central office have formed a union…
The sports world is abuzz with chatter about the seeming rift between Troy Aikman and his ESPN colleagues, including Joe Buck, but far less attention has gone to ESPN’s succession plan for Aikman. Just as soon as talks reportedly fell apart between Aikman and the Worldwide Leader, news emerged that the network was interested in…
Over 13 years ago, Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson told a Hall of Fame-caliber story about Rex Ryan while working as an NFL Network analyst. “We were playing the Patriots one time, and as I mentioned, Rex is a master motivator,” Tomlinson said, referencing his time with the New York Jets in 2010…
Tony Romo reappeared during an NFL game this week, and that’s got a lot of industry people wondering if he might be back on TV screens sooner rather than later. If so, there’s one opportunity in particular that seems ideal. However, one sports media insider has already put the kibosh on that possibility. The former…
Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers isn’t done responding to comments from Fox’s Joe Davis and Greg Olsen about his body language during New York’s 19-11 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. During the game, the Fox NFL broadcast zeroed in on Nabers’ body language several times, including after he was seen slamming his helmet…
