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WNBA fans will be seeing a lot more of Sophie Cunningham in 2026. On Tuesday evening, Cunningham announced on Instagram that she’s joining USA Sports as a contributor for the upcoming WNBA season, appearing in select studio shows, digital content, and special segments as her playing schedule allows, according to Indiana Fever beat writer Scott…
Colin Kaepernick was never able to achieve his goal of returning to the NFL following his national anthem protests, but the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is going to leave it all on the field in a new book that is “equal parts memoir and manifesto.” On Tuesday, Kaepernick announced plans to publish “The Perilous…
A former Alabama sports anchor has been arrested for allegedly diverting thousands of dollars from the International Motorsports Hall of Fame to himself to buy vintage cars. Mike Raita, a longtime lead sports anchor at ABC 33/40, was arrested on April 2 and charged with using his position or office for personal gain, per CBS…
Women’s college basketball continues to draw big audiences as the sport cements itself as a dependable ratings-getter, even without a household name involved. ESPN announced Tuesday that its coverage of the 2026 Women’s Final Four and National Championship was the second-most-watched since it acquired the rights to the tournament in 1996. Final ’26 #WFinalFour numbers…
Many books have been written about Larry Bird. The most recent one, by Keith O’Brien, provides new details and additional context about the basketball legend. Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird explores how Bird, who dropped out of Indiana University, ended up at Indiana State, where he led a remarkable…
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 5 Adelaide Crows vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:26 a.m. (Thursday) College Football With the First Pick — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. College Lacrosse Women’s Penn at Princeton — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited, 7 p.m. College Softball Iowa at Iowa — Big Ten Network/Fox…
You’re never gonna believe this, but it sounds like FIFA is doing something shady. Earlier this week, FIFA named Adi Predictstreet as the official prediction market partner for the 2026 World Cup. Prediction markets are a booming business, especially when it comes to markets around sporting events. It was a foregone conclusion that an entity like…
It hasn’t been the best start to the Major League Baseball season for the San Francisco Giants. After getting swept by the New York Yankees to start the year, setting franchise and MLB records in futility along the way, they were able to take two of three against the San Diego Padres. Then, after beating…
Sportsnet and TSN spent five years keeping Joe Bowen in a Toronto studio while the Maple Leafs played road games, and on Monday, Bowen said it was one of the reasons he’s walking away. “For the last 5 years we’ve had to (broadcast) road games off TV monitors,” Bowen said. “That’s not what I signed…
On Tuesday, Page Six shared a series of photographs showing New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and The Athletic NFL reporter Dianna Russini at a luxury hotel in Arizona. The photos reportedly show Vrabel and Russini at the Ambiente, an adult-only resort in Sedona, Arizona, two weeks ago. The series of photos shows the…
Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley added a new detail to the Troy Aikman consulting story on Tuesday, telling reporters that Aikman has been a good sounding board since he took over as head coach. “He’s a guy that I’ve talked to a few times,” Hafley said of ESPN’s Monday Night Football analyst. “We’ve had…
Scripps is adding another NHL team to its portfolio of local sports rights next season. On Tuesday, the Nashville Predators announced that its local game broadcasts would air on a Scripps-owned over-the-air affiliate called The Spot – Nashville 28, in the Middle Tennessee region. The team is looking to strike similar over-the-air deals across the…
Mike Breen engaging in a back-and-forth with Stephen A. Smith is the disagreement nobody saw coming, but the New York Knicks are back, baby. Toward the end of the Knicks’ blowout win over the Chicago Bulls last Friday night, Breen noted the overwhelming sense from fans and media is that this season will be a…
Before North Carolina went outside the box and hired Michael Malone as its next head men’s basketball coach, the school’s search was following a familiar pattern — one that ESPN’s Jay Bilas cannot believe the NCAA still allows. When the Tar Heels fired Hubert Davis, names immediately trickled out from the top echelon of the…
CC Sabathia made a strong impression on Netflix’s Opening Night broadcast last month, sharing the booth with Matt Vasgersian and Hunter Pence for a Giants-Yankees game that was, by most accounts, better in the booth than it had any right to be given that none of the three had ever worked together before. This Sunday,…
Tim Brando will continue calling games on Fox’s airwaves for at least the next couple of years. The veteran broadcaster has reportedly agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Fox Sports to continue calling college football and college basketball for the network, according to Michael McCarthy in Front Office Sports. Brando has worked for Fox…
Dusty May cut down the nets in Indianapolis on Monday night, and it was a rough evening for at least one Ohio State beat writer. Two years ago, when Michigan hired May away from Florida Atlantic, Dave Biddle of Bucknuts was certain Ohio State had gotten away with something. “OSU dodged a bullet with Dusty…
ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky, a proud UConn alum, had more on the line than just the national championship against Michigan Monday night. Prior to the NCAA men’s basketball title game, Michigan alum Taylor Lewan proposed a friendly wager with Orlovsky. And because Michigan won, Orlovsky now needs to wear a dangle earring with a block M…
President Donald Trump invited more than three dozen dignitaries and sports celebrities, including former longtime Alabama Crimson Tide coach turned ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban, to a college sports roundtable with the aim of finding solutions to the current state of collegiate sports. The roundtable led to Trump signing an executive order limiting NCAA…
If you thought you were shocked by the reaction of Geno Auriemma to UConn getting beat by South Carolina in the women’s Final Four, nothing can prepare you for the reaction of Dan Hurley to the UConn men getting beat by Michigan in the men’s national championship game. Auriemma threw a temper tantrum that would…
Major League Baseball has seen positive momentum in ratings and attendance in recent years. And now America’s pastime is hoping to extend that growth with a new platform designed to reach younger fans. MLB is launching a new kids YouTube channel, MLB Clubhouse, that will feature original programming. Baseball has seen encouraging numbers on television…
Steve Levy’s name is back in the ESPN NFL booth conversation. On his Marchand Sports Media podcast, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand floated Levy as a candidate for the second booth, which is expected to open up under the new NFL deal, saying he gives the network something worth considering even if he falls short of…
Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras is quite displeased with the Milwaukee Brewers. Contreras was hit by a pitch from Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff in the third inning of Monday night’s game at Fenway Park. It’s the sixth time in his career that Contreras has been hit by a pitch from Woodruff, and it’s…
The Michigan Wolverines are national champions in men’s college basketball for the first time since 1989 and the second time in program history. Michigan, led by head coach Dusty May, held off Connecticut in a 67-63 victory in the 2026 NCAA Tournament’s national championship game on Monday night in Indianapolis. It capped off an incredible…
