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Joe Buck is headed for free agency, but it doesn’t sound like he expects the forthcoming negotiations with ESPN to be difficult. Buck will be featured in an upcoming episode of Sports Media with Richard Deitsch. And during the episode, Deitsch asked Buck about his current ESPN contract, which is set to expire following the…
NBA franchises are taking an increasingly analytical approach to roster construction and strategy, and seasons have become championship-or-bust for many. But watching games through spreadsheets diminishes their pageantry, and a player’s legacy is about much more than how many rings he has accumulated by the time he retires. Sacramento Kings shooting guard DeMar DeRozan, a…
You can ask Bryson DeChambeau a question about his 3D printed golf club, but you just can’t ask him something he might consider a dumb question about his 3D printed golf club. DeChambeau is using a homemade 5-iron he created with a 3D printer this week at the Masters, which is somewhat on-brand for a…
The first formal investigation into the longstanding antitrust exemption granted to the NFL under the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 is officially upon us. On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice has begun examining potential anticompetitive practices by the NFL in how it sells its media rights. Under the exemption granted…
Amazon Prime Video became just the fourth television rights partner in the history of the Masters on Thursday with expanded early round coverage. But golf fans around the world were asking one question – where are Bert Kreischer and Jason Kelce? Given this was the first time that a streaming giant was taking on Masters…
Mark Jones is one of the longest-tenured announcers at ESPN, having worked with the network since 1990. However, his time with the Worldwide Leader in Sports is coming to an end. According to Andrew Marchand at The Athletic, Jones will work his last telecast with ESPN when he calls the Celtics-Magic game on the final…
It’s not been a fun time to be a fan of the Colorado Rockies so you could only imagine what it must be like to be a team announcer calling loss after loss after loss. The Rockies have not had a winning season since 2018 and have lost at least 100 games in each of…
Fox NFL sideline reporter Erin Andrews got to spend Christmas Eve with her family in Montana, but the gathering ended in a nearby hospital following a “horrible” experience. On Thursday’s episode of the Calm Down podcast that she co-hosts with Charissa Thompson, Andrews explained that her dad, Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Steven Andrews, is recovering from a heart…
It’s unusual for the Wednesday Par 3 contest at the Masters to draw so much attention. But the presence of various celebrities at Augusta National and the ESPN coverage has led to a deluge of criticism from golf fans, even former SportsCenter anchor Trey Wingo. Wingo left ESPN in 2020 after years as an anchor…
If you’re looking for August National to explain itself over its strongest policies and unflinching demands, you’re usually out of luck. However, as the club and the Masters tournament attempt to figure out the line between maintaining traditions and evolving, even they have to admit that they’re not always going to get it right. On…
On Thursday, it was announced that sports reporter Suzy Shuster, two-time WNBA Champion and Atlanta Dream co-owner Renee Montgomery, broadcaster Colleen Wolfe, and comedian Sarah Tiana are bringing Women’s Sports Now to ESPN. The show, which is moving from Roku, will premiere on April 16 across all ESPN digital platforms and continue to air on Thursdays.…
Since the New York Post’s Page Six published a series of photos showing The Athletic’s NFL insider Dianna Russini and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a resort in Arizona, there’s been much speculation about their origin and any potential intention. According to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, we now know the…
The Philadelphia 76ers ruled Joel Embiid out for Thursday’s game against the Houston Rockets with an illness, and radio hosts didn’t handle it well. Embiid was ruled out with an illness last week. He was ruled out again with an illness this week. And for some fans and media, that was too many illnesses in…
90-year-old golf legend Gary Player made things uncomfortable with a remark about Sky Sports’ Anna Jackson before an interview during Wednesday’s Par 3 event at The Masters. Sky Sports Golf presenter Anna Jackson was setting up for an on-camera interview with Player on Wednesday, starting to say “I’m here with the one…” before Player interrupted…
Spurred on by a change-of-ownership clause in its broadcast rights deal with CBS, the NFL is trying to redo several of its agreements with other networks ahead of the 2026 season. The league could see around a 50 percent uptick in revenue from Paramount-owned CBS, and those talks reportedly have strong momentum. But as seen…
A version of this story originally appeared in Thursday morning’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. Tuesday night, The New York Post’s Page Six dropped a bombshell…
Rich Eisen is going back to Bristol, and this time he means it literally. ESPN announced Thursday that Eisen will host SportsCenter at midnight ET Sunday into Monday, April 13, from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. It will mark his first time back at the network’s main campus in more than 20 years. “I’m fired…
The NFL has not set a date for Super Bowl LXII in Atlanta. That detail is doing a lot of work. Under the current 17-game format with one bye week, there is no mystery about when the game would be played — Feb. 13, 2028. Atlanta needs to book venues. Hotels need to block rooms.…
AllCity Network is expanding again. The digital-first local sports content company with properties in Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, and Phoenix on Thursday announced a partnership with the KC Sports Network in Kansas City. AllCity will be the exclusive sales representative for KCSN, while the two companies also collaborate on content and distribution. The deal marks…
Jon Gruden sued the NFL within days of resigning from the Las Vegas Raiders, alleging a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” by the NFL to get him out of his job. The lawsuit has lingered for more than four years, as the NFL has attempted to dismiss the case or send it to arbitration rather than…
Fox Sports is adding the most recognizable name in Mexican soccer history to its World Cup broadcast team. Javier “Chicharito” Hernández will serve as a studio analyst for Fox Sports’ FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage, the network announced Thursday. Hernández, Mexico’s all-time leading scorer with 52 goals in 109 international appearances between 2009-19, played in…
We don’t know how Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel are handling the fallout from Page Six publishing photos of them together poolside at a hotel, but for Dan Le Batard, it’s a struggle. Russini is a friend of Le Batard’s and a friend of the show as a longtime regular guest. Considering their connection, Le…
It didn’t take long after ESPN’s Holly Rowe covered one of the most high-profile incidents ever between women’s college basketball coaches to take aim at the legacy of another. The morning after the NCAA women’s national championship game in Phoenix, Rowe posted and then deleted a deeply critical message toward the Tennessee athletic department and…
Peter Schrager will be back at The Pat McAfee Show‘s NFL Draft Spectacular for the second consecutive year, with McAfee announcing on social media that Schrager is officially signed for Thursday night of the draft. Schrager had committed to the appearance earlier this week from the back of a car service on his way to…
