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Emmanuel Acho knows a thing or two about having romantic work relationships exposed, which is why he might know a thing or two about what Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini are going through right now. Unless you’re like Chad Johnson, the last person to find out about Vrabel and Russini last night while recording Nightcap,…
Fresh off the most successful World Baseball Classic ever, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is interested in fixing something that isn’t broken. Manfred joined The Dan Patrick Show Wednesday morning to discuss the start of the 2026 regular season. And during the interview, Patrick asked about the success of the WBC, questioning whether it’s an event…
NBC Sports is making OT7 a television property. The network announced a programming, distribution, and sales partnership with Overtime on Thursday, becoming the media home of OT7’s postseason and championship weekend. Select playoff and championship games will air June 13-14 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. OT7 is Overtime’s high school football league,…
Everyone thinks college football is broken and needs saving. But what if it really isn’t? Donald Trump is issuing executive orders, roundtables are being convened involving everyone from Marco Rubio to Nick Saban, and panic is widespread that something, anything needs to be done to save the sport before it’s too late. And so far,…
Things have escalated very quickly for the NFL and the federal government with the Department of Justice reportedly opening an antitrust investigation against the country’s most popular sports league. The Wall Street Journal reports that the government has begun an investigation on whether or not the league has “engaged in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers.”…
The viral photos of Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel spending private time together at an Arizona resort has turned the football world upside down. All parties involved have denied anything scandalous happening. Both reporter and coach are married and insist that there is nothing to see here. However, that hasn’t stopped all of social media…
The Masters began Thursday morning with one of the great traditions in sports, the ceremonial first tee shots from living legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Tom Watson. Nobody honors the history of their sport quite like the Masters and the presence of Nicklaus, Palmer, and Watson hitting the opening drives of the tournament is…
We don’t need to know more about Dianna Russini’s relationship with Mike Vrabel to render a journalistic verdict: it raises questions about her reporting. Without analyzing their poolside hug and hand-holding, we can infer they’re close. Page Six says a “spy” spotted the pair two weeks ago at an intimate, adult-only resort near Sedona, Arizona.…
Jason Kelce showed up at the Masters Par 3 contest and golf fans lost their minds. Kelce is taking a unique role at ESPN where he is more everyman personality than football analyst. While that may take advantage of his humor and relatability, it also risks overexposure if he keeps showing up in places where…
The WNBA is full-steam ahead for the 2026 season after finally inking a new collective bargaining agreement last month. Fans will be in for an overhaul of the viewing experience this year, as NBC and Prime Video join the league’s assemblage of partners as an extension of the NBA’s new 11-year media rights package. The…
The Savannah Bananas and the rest of the teams in the Banana Ball Championship League (BBCL) are heading to the Roku Sports Channel for five exclusive games this season. Roku announced the deal Thursday morning, which includes games featuring the Savannah Bananas, Party Animals, Loco Beach Coconuts, Firefighters, Indianapolis Clowns, and Texas Tailgaters, all teams…
When the Saudi-funded LIV Golf league began its conquest to rule men’s professional golf nearly four years ago, it likely thought it’d be a lot closer to overtaking the PGA Tour, or at least partnering with the PGA Tour, than it currently is. Four years in, and LIV Golf still remains an afterthought to golf…
March Madness capped off 2026 with a multiyear viewership record. Monday’s National Championship game between the UConn Huskies and Michigan Wolverines averaged 18.3 million viewers across TNT, TBS, and truTV, marking the most-watched title game since Virginia’s win over Texas Tech in 2019 (19.63 million viewers on CBS). Viewership for the game ticked up 1%…
Few sports commentators broached the allegations around NFL insider Dianna Russini and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel on Wednesday, but in New York City, WFAN’s Boomer Esiason offered a considered reaction to the photos that surfaced earlier in the week. Russini and Vrabel were caught by the New York Post embracing one another and…
On Wednesday, ESPN and Omaha Productions announced that ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan will host Sources Tell Jeff Passan, a new weekly baseball podcast. The show, which launches on Tuesday, April 14, will have the MLB reporter “break down the biggest stories across Major League Baseball, delivering insider reporting, sharp analysis, and his signature perspective…
The idea of a streaming-only Super Bowl was unthinkable as recently as three years ago. Now, there are plenty of people who see it as a foregone conclusion, including a very high-ranking Amazon executive. Back in 2021, former ESPN and Meadowlark Media executive John Skipper predicted that a paywalled Super Bowl was in our future, but…
Tiger Woods is unlikely to ever win another major championship, but Brandel Chamblee believes he should have won another 10. It once seemed like a foregone conclusion that Woods would eventually surpass Jack Nicklaus to leave the game of golf with more major championships than anyone in history. But after winning just one major since…
Emmanuel Acho has been fired once by traditional television. He’d like to keep it that way. Eight months after launching Speakeasy, Acho told Barrett Media’s John Mamola that the show is running ahead of every benchmark he set before it debuted, so far ahead that he’s stopped setting numerical goals because the show keeps clearing…
Dick Vitale, who has spent several years battling various forms of cancer, provided a health update through ESPN PR on Wednesday afternoon. Last week, Vitale underwent routine testing, and, just as he has remained transparent throughout his health journey, the iconic college basketball personality shared those results publicly, stating that some “abnormalities” were found. A…
It’s not the ABS challenge system Suzyn Waldman has a problem with; it’s the way New York Yankees third infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. uses it. We’re barely two weeks into the first MLB regular season using the ABS challenge system. And while it’s been a bit of a learning curve for players and umpires, Suzyn…
Sue Bird didn’t stay off the TV grid for long. Roughly six weeks after ESPN opted to move on from The Bird & Taurasi Show, Bird is expected to join NBC and Peacock’s WNBA coverage this season, according to Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel. Her exact role — whether in the studio, on game broadcasts,…
Stephen A. Smith believes his enemies have spent the last year conspiring to get him fired from ESPN and SiriusXM. But be careful what you wish for. Because Smith claims getting him fired from ESPN won’t eliminate him, it will only eliminate the guardrails around him. Smith is feuding with Matt Barnes, which stemmed from…
BravesVision appears to be doing a great job of giving fans a unique look at the Atlanta Braves this season, which Ronald Acuña Jr. can attest to. Perhaps the only reason more people didn’t catch Acuña with his pants down Tuesday night was because of the viral brawl that took place between the Braves and…
Dick Fain returns for his 19th season calling Seattle Storm games. He’ll have more voices around him this season than ever before. The Storm announced their 2026 broadcast team on Tuesday, with Alyssa Charlston-Smith joining as the primary analyst. A Sammamish native who played Division I basketball at Idaho and professionally in Luxembourg, Charlston-Smith has…
