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There was some uncertainty over whether WWE’s Crown Jewel premium live event would even take place this weekend in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia given the conflict in the Middle East. However, the event is moving ahead as scheduled, but with some major adjustments and most of the company’s workers staying home. According to Mike Johnson of…
On Friday, we learned that Dianna Russini is almost certainly the mystery host of a new weekly NFL show with BetUS, launching next week. The day before, WFAN host Gregg Giannotti wondered aloud why the embattled former NFL insider would want to return to the NFL media world after everything that’s happened in the past…
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All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Finals Week 1 2nd Elimination Final, Henson Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2/Fox One, 9 p.m. 1st Elimination Final, People First Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Gold Coast Suns vs. Hawthorn Hawks — FS2/Fox One, 11 p.m. Bundesliga Matchday…
Brandon Aiyuk returned to the San Francisco 49ers’ offices on Friday to meet with the franchise and presumably negotiate a resolution that will allow him to continue his NFL career. Just don’t expect Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan to care. The 49ers wide receiver and agent Drew Rosenhaus arrived at the 49ers’ business offices via…
Over his years as an analyst on Inside the NBA, basketball fans have learned quite a lot about Charles Barkley. Earlier this week, he shared his feelings about Trick-or-Treaters, saying he was happy to hand out candy but not interested in signing autographs all night. “I love being home to give the kids candy. I love that,”…
We waited a long time to learn what former The Athletic NFL insider Dianna Russini would do next after the fallout from the scandal surrounding her relationship with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. We finally found out this week, and now details are coming fast and furious. Pro Football Talk reported earlier this…
We knew this would be a busy NFL season in the broadcaster market heading into Week 1, but it has exceeded all expectations. Already, we have seen CBS replace Tony Romo with J.J. Watt, Prime Video re-sign Kirk Herbstreit, and ESPN lay the groundwork to split with Troy Aikman. These moves represent a seismic shift…
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman might not love each other, but they should feel the love from Bill Simmons, who can’t get enough of their “mutual hatred” on Monday Night Football. By now, everyone knows Buck and Aikman had a blowup before a Monday Night Football broadcast last month stemming from their differing contract situations…
This weekend’s college football slate is one of the most loaded we’ve ever seen. There are a whopping seven matchups between Top 25 teams, a record for the CFP era starting in 2014. Fans who are ready to settle in for the day should be able to watch Top 25 college football games from noon…
SportsNet New York, the TV home of the New York Mets often referred to as SNY, carried out layoffs that will gut its website and cancel a significant amount of original network programming. Andrew Marchand and Marc Carig of The Athletic were first to report the news Friday afternoon. According to The Athletic, SNY has…
After Doc Rivers claimed Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn’t having a high IQ, Cam’ron is now questioning his resume as a head coach. Rivers couldn’t win with Antetokounmpo as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. But he wanted to make sure that everyone knew it wasn’t his fault, so the former Bucks head coach went on The…
Earlier this year, the Dallas Wings made the fascinating decision to draft Azzi Fudd first overall in the WNBA Draft. The move bucked consensus, as Dallas was projected to pick eventual Rookie of the Year Olivia Miles. It also paired Fudd with her former UConn teammate, Paige Bueckers, who had previously revealed the two were…
The Philadelphia Eagles dropped to 2-6 on the season with Sunday’s loss to the Washington Commanders. The game marked Philadelphia’s sixth consecutive loss and its third since the franchise announced that star quarterback Jalen Hurts would miss the remainder of the season after testing revealed the former Super Bowl MVP had several blood clots in…
It was only fitting that LIV Golf, with its brash motto of “Golf, but louder,” came to a quiet, unglamorous end in a New Jersey courtroom hearing this week. There was no music blaring, no propagandists, and no opulent displays of foreign wealth, only a quiet death rattle on the path to bankruptcy. LIV Golf…
The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off one of the most surprising trades in NBA history when they acquired Luka Dončić, and Doc Rivers insists there has to be more to the story. Rivers appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast this week, which he will do somewhat regularly throughout the NBA season. And during the podcast,…
After police thought Tyler Kolek was a fake NBA player during the New York Knicks championship parade, he’s now calling Taylor Swift out for being a fake fan. Kolek might not be capable of doing much on the court for the Knicks, but he’s certainly capable of garnering attention off it. The third-year point guard…
More than six months after resigning from The Athletic, NFL insider Dianna Russini appears set for a return. After a report from Pro Football Talk earlier this week said Russini had signaled her return behind the scenes, a follow-up from Front Office Sports pegged her as likely to launch a new digital show in partnership with a sportsbook. After FOS…
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is in line to make his first start of the season on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, as Deshaun Watson has been placed in the concussion protocol after suffering a helmet-to-helmet hit in last weekend’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, which dropped the Browns to 5-3 on the season…
Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars dominated undrafted rookie quarterback Joe Fagnano and the Baltimore Ravens 33-10 on Thursday Night Football at M&T Bank Stadium. Jacksonville was in full control with a 23-3 lead early in the fourth quarter when legendary play-by-play announcer Al Michaels decided to tell a “bedtime story” about the Jaguars and…
The 2026-27 NBA season is underway, and while every NBA season brings plenty of change, it seems that some things are destined to always stay the same. The Golden State Warriors’ local NBC Sports broadcast team of Bob Fitzgerald and Kelenna Azubuike has finished in last place in Awful Announcing’s local NBA announcer rankings for…
The New York Jets fell to 2-6 on the season after a 38-33 home loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. It was the Jets’ third loss in a row and their sixth over the last seven games. Aaron Glenn is now 5-20 as New York’s head coach, and the Jets’ defense has been…
If you thought the Fox News obsession with the WNBA and Sophie Cunningham was out of control during the summer, it’s gone to another level after the 2026 midterm elections. Fox News transformed itself after Cunningham came out against transgender athletes, taking to the controversy like a shark seeing a drop of blood in the…
Fox had options for what it could show most of the country on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET. They could have highlighted the Los Angeles Rams vs. Washington Commanders. Even though the Rams have struggled, they remain a viable, star-studded Super Bowl contender. However, Fox is only giving that game to audiences in California and…
