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Week 11 of the 2026 college football season will feature several marquee matchups that could play a big part in shaping the College Football Playoff picture. Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns will face Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers on Saturday night in Baton Rouge. Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will call the action…
Tom Brady called his first New England Patriots game for Fox Sports last weekend, an occasion that the network promoted heavily all last week. The future Hall of Fame quarterback also joined his former teammates for the 10th anniversary of their infamous victory in Super Bowl LI, in which the Patriots came back from a…
The NASCAR Truck Series will have a new television play-by-play voice in 2027. On Tuesday, Jamie Little announced on social media that, starting next season, she will focus on NASCAR Cup Series pit reporting and select IndyCar races. “Starting next season, my focus will be on the NASCAR Cup Series pit road and select IndyCar…
If anyone wants to accuse Dan Le Batard of snitching on the 1990s Dallas Cowboys for their “White House,” he’s not going to argue it. Former NFL wide receiver and current football analyst Andrew Hawkins was on The Dan Le Batard Show Tuesday morning. Hawkins also regularly contributes to Michael Irvin’s sports podcast for Netflix,…
Cincinnati Bengals fans thought for a moment on Tuesday, NFL trade deadline day, that the team was getting some help on defense. NFL insiders reported that Philadelphia Eagles edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie was heading to Cincinnati in return for a 2027 sixth round pick. The only issue? By doing so, the Bengals would lose a…
Doc Rivers doesn’t want to be blamed for a failed tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, but he also doesn’t want to be blamed for blaming that failure on Giannis Antetokounmpo. Last week, Rivers went viral for his appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, where he claimed Antetokounmpo “doesn’t have a super-high IQ,” while also alleging the…
It was no secret, even to those in charge of the College Football Playoff, that fans were against expanding the field to 24 teams. Even Rich Clark, the director of the CFP, admitted during a press call yesterday that CFP leadership “considered” the negative fan sentiment towards a 24-team playoff, but went ahead with expansion…
The night before Michigan and Ohio State meet on Fox, the network will turn its airwaves over to a Michigan documentary produced by its own lead NFL analyst. Fox Sports and Shadow Lion announced The Team: Michigan Football on Monday, a two-part documentary executive produced by Brady and Jim Harbaugh that revisits the Wolverines’ 1997…
Longtime Ohio State reporter and insider Jeremy Birmingham caused quite a stir over the weekend when he called Ohio State star Jeremiah Smith a “petulant child” after the superstar wide receiver was visibly frustrated during the team’s blowout loss to Oregon. Now, the Columbus radio host is walking back his word choice, but doubling down…
J.J. Watt flew into Kansas City on Sunday prepared to extend the New York Jets more charity than their record warranted, and the Jets spent three hours persuading him to take it back. Watt told CBS viewers following the Chiefs’ 35-12 rout that a week of film study had convinced him the Jets were a…
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has been on the hot seat with the lunatic fringe of the Buckeyes fanbase for years. But now he’s starting to feel serious pressure from even sane Ohio State fans, and Michigan alum Dave Portnoy is reveling in his troubles. Day has reached his low point thanks to a…
After previously lambasting the idea of a 24-team College Football Playoff as “utterly ridiculous,” Paul Finebaum has put down his sword now that the seismic expansion is confirmed. ESPN and the College Football Playoff made it official Monday, announcing a five-year, $1.7 billion deal to expand the tournament to 24 teams beginning next season. And…
Troy Aikman probably wasn’t talking about his contract on Monday night, but given his circumstances at ESPN, it was hard not to hear it that way. With Buck quietly signing a long-term contract extension at ESPN in the spring, and Aikman left without what he considers to be a serious offer, their futures at the…
The reporting of Pablo Torre into the Los Angeles Clippers has been one of the biggest sports stories of the year. Although there were no direct interactions between the podcast host and Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, we now know how much the investigation bothered the Microsoft billionaire behind the scenes. Torre sat down for an…
The NFL rulebook may just be the most complicated in all of sports. It’s one of the reasons why rules analysts like ESPN’s Russell Yurk have become commonplace on telecasts. They are there to explain the seemingly unexplainable to football fans watching around the country. But if there’s one thing that any person watching football…
NFL on Fox lead analyst Tom Brady has a lot going on in his life, but he’s decided to take soccer ownership off his plate. We know the seven-time Super Bowl champion is very active in his part-time ownership role with the Las Vegas Raiders. His main source of income is also his massive $375…
Josh Pate was in South Bend on Friday to drum up anticipation for Miami-Notre Dame, but by the time the Hurricanes and Fighting Irish kicked off under the lights Saturday night, he was already back home in his native Nashville. Pate explained on his eponymous show that Notre Dame abruptly revised its field credential policy…
The cult classic Clue, the movie based on the board game, ends with three possible endings. Originally, each movie theatre that showed the film played one of the endings at random, so viewers didn’t know which one they’d get. One of those endings (the one proclaimed as the “real” ending for those of us who…
Now more than halfway through the college football season and with our first look at the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings out in the open, it is officially time for programs and conferences to get serious in their lobbying efforts. Headlining this war of working the refs of the selection committee are the Big…
NBA legend Paul Pierce has resurfaced with yet another new media project. The Hall of Fame forward is back with Truth Hurts, which he announced with a flashy new trailer on Monday. Truth Hurts will feature Pierce and host Treasure Wilson alongside Rashad McCants and Brandon Jennings, two former cast members of Gil’s Arena, the Gilbert Arenas-hosted daily…
Former NFL MVP and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, who’d become a regular feature on First Take, was one of the more surprising cuts in ESPN’s summer 2025 layoffs after signing a multi-year contract. Newton has taken the high road following his departure, insisting that nobody could make him hate t the network that gave him…
All Times Eastern College Basketball Men’s Champions Classic Doubleheader, United Center, Chicago, IL Michigan State vs. Duke — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 7 p.m. Kansas vs. Kentucky — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 9:30 p.m. Apprentice School at Hampton — FloSports, 10 a.m. Florida at Florida State — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 6 p.m. New Jersey Institute of Technology at Rutgers —…
Monday night’s matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings was supposed to be a good one. The Bills have one of the most fascinating offenses in the league, led by quarterback Josh Allen, while the Vikings defense may be the best unit in all of football at the halfway point of the season. Unfortunately…
