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Following his departure as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers following the franchise’s wild card round loss to the Houston Texans, Mike Tomlin has joined NBC as a studio analyst for the network’s Sunday Night Football pregame show, Football Night in America. On Sunday, Tomlin was officially introduced in his new role via an…
The Miami Marlins lost to the struggling San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Saturday, despite recording six hits on the day. However, the top of the third inning provided plenty of entertainment for Marlins fans. With the Marlins at the plate in what was still a 0-0 game, the Marlins.TV broadcast booth conducted an in-game interview…
All Times Eastern College Basketball Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. College Softball Alabama at Tennessee — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 7 p.m. English Premier League Matchweek 34 Manchester United vs. Brentford — USA Network/Universo, 2:55 p.m. Announcers: Paul Burmeister/Danny Higginbotham/Robbie Mustoe Premier League Live — USA Network, 2 p.m. Goal Zone —…
The New York Mets just finished a series that was as embarrassing as their 12-game losing streak, if not more so. New York followed its 12-game losing streak with two straight wins vs. the Minnesota Twins, but the wheels came off (again) in a big way this weekend vs. the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field.…
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama made his highly anticipated return in Game 4 of the Spurs’ first-round playoff series, after exiting Game 2 and missing all of Game 3 with a concussion from a nasty collision with the hardwood. The Frenchman shone in his return to the floor, scoring 27 points and adding 11…
The NASCAR community is firing back after Stephen A. Smith recently said that NASCAR drivers are not athletes. While discussing where LeBron James ranks among the greatest athletes ever on Smith’s Mad Dog Sports Radio show on SiriusXM, a caller suggested NASCAR legend Richard Petty as a nominee, and Smith proceeded to trash the idea of…
NBC and studio host Maria Taylor officially introduced former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin as an NFL analyst for the network ahead of the Sunday Night Basketball NBA playoff matchup between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers. That was a noteworthy moment in itself, but the interview also led to more news about the…
Stephen A. Smith doesn’t think NASCAR drivers are athletes, and Joey Logano thinks he knows exactly why. “People like that have to make comments to stay relevant,” Logano said. “I mean, that’s part of their game, right? They gotta make big moments so people watch. He got exactly what he wanted — he got you…
When Georgia announced Friday that Jeff Dantzler would replace Scott Howard as the play-by-play voice of the Bulldog Radio Network, the university thanked Howard for “nearly four decades of work” and noted he would remain as men’s basketball play-by-play announcer. It said nothing about why he was being replaced in football. Howard filled in that…
Mike Tomlin signed with Sandy Montag in March, hired one of the most powerful agents in sports media, and waited for the offers to come in. According to Andrew Marchand on The Varsity with John Ourand, they mostly didn’t. “There really wasn’t a lot of competition for Tomlin,” Marchand said. “That was the interesting thing.…
The MLB’s vagabond ballclub, the A’s, is currently awaiting the completion of its new Las Vegas ballpark. Fans, however, still don’t have much clarity on exactly what the finished product will look like. The team’s official X account for its new stadium posted a video on Wednesday advertising two luxury suite sections: the Athletic Club…
11 years ago, LeBron James was dominating the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Finals, registering a 37-point triple-double in an overtime victory to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the series. Eric Martin, a 42-year-old retired sales executive and Golden State Warriors fan, was watching the game from his couch and made a tweet…
Nelly Korda teed off in the final round of the Chevron Championship at 12:08 p.m. ET on Sunday. Streaming coverage begins on Peacock at 1:30 p.m. ET. NBC’s broadcast doesn’t start until 2 p.m. There is no Golf Channel window bridging the gap. For over an hour on the final Sunday of the LPGA’s first…
Nobody told Charles Davis the 2026 NFL Draft was almost over. Deep in the seventh round — well past the point where most casual viewers had checked out and moved on with their Saturday evening — Davis and Daniel Jeremiah turned the 221st overall pick into the most entertaining television of the entire weekend. All…
Dianna Russini’s time as a top-tier NFL insider is almost certainly over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t many opportunities out there for her “second act.” It’s barely been a week since Russini resigned from her role as senior NFL insider at The Athletic amid an internal investigation around her relationship with New England Patriots…
Sports commissioners are the public face of the leagues they oversee. It’s a highly paid job, in part because it’s not easy to be the person who absorbs criticism on behalf of team owners. For a while, Adam Silver enjoyed the fruits of a positive image. He was the tough-talking hombre who, in his first…
The Carolina Hurricanes finished off a four-game sweep over the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but not before being the recipients of a cheap shot from Ottawa’s Ridly Greig on Saturday. A chaotic scene broke out in the second period with fights all over the ice. A giant Tkachuk…
Sports are often praised for their healing power, but they can’t solve life’s major problems. Still, they can offer a unifying bond in difficult times. This idea of unity and rallying together is especially evident in Oklahoma City, a sports city unlike any other — not only in the NBA, but across all major sports…
ESPN formally acquired NFL Network on April 1 as part of an equity deal with the NFL, which was approved on January 31. The 2026 NFL Draft featured broadcasts on ESPN, ABC, and NFL Network, all under ESPN’s ownership and operation. And that coverage featured Kyle Brandt, a longtime NFL Network personality and Good Morning…
The St. Louis Cardinals held the 21st annual Purina Pooches in the Ballpark during Saturday’s game against the Seattle Mariners at Busch Stadium. And St. Louis announcers Chip Caray and Brad Thompson went above and beyond to celebrate the festivities. Caray and Thompson wore dog cones (Elizabethan collars) in the booth to begin Saturday’s broadcast…
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel announced on Wednesday that he wouldn’t be with the organization during day three of the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday so that he could attend counseling and be there for his family amid the release of damning photos relating to his apparent affair with NFL reporter Dianna Russini.…
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders doesn’t know if he’ll be the starting quarterback in his second season as a professional, but he’ll be hard-pressed to find a more ardent supporter than ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr, who touted him leading up to last year’s draft and was incredulous after his slide to the fifth…
The future of LIV Golf is very much up in the air. CEO Scott O’Neil alluded during the league’s broadcast from Mexico City that although the league is fully funded through 2026, there’s major uncertainty surrounding the outlook beyond that. That came after reports circulated that the Saudi Public Investment Fund, the league’s major financial…
Jason Benetti is a man of many talents. And he got to unveil one of those talents during a rain delay between the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. Benetti has quickly established himself as one of the top play-by-play callers in all of sports. He was recently named the lead voice for…
