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You gotta hand it to UFC President Dana White. He’s worked himself into a shoot so hard trying to defend the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 at the White House that he’s found a way to say a speech at a political rally is not political. While his Vice President was on the other side of…
Tiger Woods is probably hoping things die down around his recent DUI arrest, but Saturday Night Live made sure to get in a couple of shots just in case anyone forgot. The cold open of this weekend’s show, hosted by Colman Domingo, began with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump discussing his Easter social media post…
If you were hoping to hear from New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel as he sets the record straight about the Dianna Russini controversy, well, you must have been born yesterday. The Patriots will hold their pre-draft press conference on Monday at 2:00 p.m. ET. While Vrabel was front and center at that presser last…
When Page Six posted photos on Tuesday of The Athletic NFL insider Dianna Russini and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel at a resort in Arizona, Steven Ginsberg, the executive editor of The Athletic, said in a statement that the photos were misleading and “lack essential context.” By the end of the week, however,…
Mel Kiper Jr. has been covering the NFL Draft for over 40 years. Long enough to watch almost everyone who said he was wasting his time either come around or go quiet. A 2014 Bleacher Report profile caught him saying something that clearly resonated: that he believed this country runs on wanting to take people…
Amazon Prime Video executives are increasingly confident they will gain exclusive rights to the Super Bowl soon, but FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr doesn’t seem to be a fan. In a social media post on X, Carr highlighted a recent column from Andrew Marchand of The Athletic in which an Amazon executive expressed confidence that the…
Saturday brought day three of the 2026 Masters Tournament, and day one of this year’s CBS coverage. And it featured a moment that many found funny, but reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy probably didn’t. As McIlroy, who entered Saturday with a six-shot lead, finished his tee shot on the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf…
All Times Eastern The Masters Final Round Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA Announcers: Shane Bacon/Michael Breed/Brian Crowell/Billy Kratzert/Johnson Wagner Featured Groups — ESPN+/Paramount+/Prime Video/Masters Live (Masters app/Masters.org), 10:15 a.m. Announcers: Dave Flemming/Scott Verplank Holes 4, 5 & 6 — ESPN/Masters Live (Masters app/Masters.org)+, 10:30 a.m. Announcers: Grant Boone/Mark Immelman Amen Corner — ESPN+/Paramount+/Prime Video/Masters…
All Times Eastern Bundesliga Matchday 29 1. FC Köln vs. SV Werder Bremen — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m. VfB Stuttgart vs. Hamburger SV — ESPN+, 11:20 a.m. 1. FSV Mainz 05 vs. Sport-Club Freiburg — ESPN+, 1:20 p.m. Bundesliga Highlights Show — ESPN+, 5 p.m. College Baseball Indiana at Maryland — Big Ten Network/Fox One, noon…
Longtime ESPN anchor and announcer John Buccigross will be sticking around with the Worldwide Leader in Sports for years to come. Buccigross has signed a multi-year extension with ESPN, as first reported by hockey insider Frank Seravalli on Saturday. Awful Announcing has confirmed the news, and an announcement is expected for early next week. Update:…
Two-time Masters Tournament champion Scottie Scheffler shot a 65 on Saturday, good for his career-low round in the Masters and tied for the best round of the day at Augusta National Golf Club. The seven-under performance moved Scheffler into a tie for seventh place entering Sunday’s final round, four shots behind co-leaders Rory McIlroy and…
While the 2026 Masters entered the third round on Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club, it was day one of the coverage this year for CBS. CBS is synonymous with Masters coverage and has televised the tournament since 1956. The network annually does an excellent job making the Masters feel like the prestigious, historic tournament…
For the second straight night, the San Diego Padres walked off the Colorado Rockies with a home run at Petco Park. On Thursday night, Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam to give the Padres a 7-3 victory in the 12th inning, and it left Rockies play-by-play announcer Drew Goodman quite sad. And on Friday…
Mark Jones is leaving ESPN after 36 years, but he isn’t done. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports that Jones left by choice, that he simply felt it was time, and that ESPN told him he could have stayed if he wanted. “Mark has made an enduring impact at ESPN since 1990, serving as…
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns on Friday to guarantee a top-four spot in the Western Conference playoffs. And head coach JJ Redick wanted to make sure that he was proving the doubters wrong in doing so. It’s been a dramatic year in Tinseltown. The future status of LeBron James looks uncertain. Reports…
Fox wants in on the NFL’s five-game standalone package for the 2026 season. According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, YouTube, Netflix, and Fox are all in play for the mini-slate, which the NFL has been shopping as it renegotiates its broader media rights landscape. The league has presented bidders with a menu of more…
Gary Cohen wasn’t in the booth Thursday as the Mets’ offense sputtered through a 7-1 loss to the Diamondbacks at Citi Field. But even if he had been, New York’s longtime television voice wouldn’t have pinned the night on Brett Baty. If you read any of the game stories from the Mets’ beat following Thursday’s…
We are now just a week away from WrestleMania 42 and Pat McAfee isn’t just part of the build to the main event of the first night of action in Las Vegas. He is now the unquestioned star of the show. The ESPN host was inexplicably inserted into the main event storyline between WWE champion…
Keith Hernandez has spent most of his broadcasting career sharing a booth with Gary Cohen and Ron Darling, but even he still has a dream broadcast partner. Hernandez (who will miss some upcoming broadcasts due to back surgery) recently joined SNY’s Niki Lattarulo for an edition of Mets Mailbag, where the former first baseman fields questions…
The situation involving Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel got a whole lot more serious on Friday night when it comes to the future sports media career of the NFL insider. After being snapped in pictures together with the Patriots head coach at a resort, The Athletic defended Russini as both parties denied any sense of…
One of the hallmarks of the United Football League is to serve as a training ground for rule changes that the NFL might consider. But the UFL game between the Orlando Storm and Louisville Kings produced an obscure, bizarre ruling that probably should have stayed on the drawing board. Orlando and Louisville were locked in…
The photos released this week by Page Six, showing Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel embracing at a resort in Arizona, have intensified scrutiny not just of Russini’s professional career but of the nature of “insider” reporting overall. And the latest insider to weigh in on these issues directly is Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, who…
Jim Chones has been calling Cleveland Cavaliers games on the radio for 18 years and even longer when you factor in his television work. It’s finally time for him to take off the headset. The former NBA player announced he would be stepping away from his role as lead analyst on the Cleveland Cavaliers Radio…
Hope you like 15-hour flights, NFL players, because you’re gonna be taking a lot of them from now on. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made it clear Friday that this season’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne, Australia, is just the beginning of a long relationship. Speaking at Melbourne…
