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Joel Klatt has likely worked his final NFL Draft for NFL Network. With the ESPN-NFL Network merger now complete, Klatt recently told Kay Adams on Up & Adams that he’s under the impression Fox Sports won’t let him work for ESPN in any capacity, which would end the informal arrangement that had placed him alongside…
Michael Jordan is so unconcerned by the NBA GOAT debate that he’s encouraged media members to lessen their criticism of LeBron James. In a recently released series of interviews with ESPN, James weighed in on the GOAT debate by giving Jordan his due while noting their games are very different. But James did criticize the…
The Athletic’s top editor formally addressed his staff about the ongoing investigation into former NFL insider Dianna Russini on Wednesday. According to a report by Ryan Glasspiegel in Front Office Sports, The Athletic executive editor Steven Ginsberg read a 10-minute prepared statement acknowledging the ongoing saga involving Russini and New England Patriots head coach Mike…
YouTube personality Fred Beyer has been banned indefinitely by the NFL after storming the draft stage last Friday night in Pittsburgh. We know the NFL hates pick tipping on social media. Apparently, they don’t like anyone trying to prematurely announce picks at the actual draft either. Because during the third round of the NFL Draft,…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins in just 43 days, and Fox Sports has assembled a deep roster of broadcasters to call the 104 matches in the newly expanded 48-team tournament. In total, Fox announced nine World Cup broadcast pairings on Wednesday, all of which will travel among the 16 sites across North America to…
As the NCAA gets set to expand its basketball tournaments to 76 teams, Jay Williams believes it’s sending a bad message to the country’s youth. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported the news Tuesday night, noting the NCAA is expected to move the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams in time for the 2026-27 season.…
The Braves launched BravesVision, their own TV Network for local game production and distribution, ahead of the 2026 season, following the collapse of FanDuel Sports Networks. And according to Braves president and CEO Derek Schiller, the new TV Network, which was officially formed in February, is already showing impressive yields. “The economics right now support…
One of the key talent questions to arise from ESPN’s recent acquisition of NFL Network seems like it will be resolved. ESPN will reportedly sign veteran NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport to a four-year deal, ending speculation that there would only be room for either Rapoport or ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter at the Worldwide…
Dan Orlovsky has probably seen the clip of himself running out of the back of the end zone with the Detroit Lions thousands of times by now. Posting the clip is an easy way for his critics to tease him and call out his lack of success in the NFL. While Orlovsky spends his days…
LIV Golf faces an uncertain future amid funding struggles, as reports that the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund will likely withdraw its financial support for the league following this season as it shifts its priorities and manages the economic fallout from the conflict in Iran. LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil confirmed in a since-deleted video…
Some problems cost too much to address. Anyone that owns a home or a car has at some point needed a repair, done the math, and realized that it’s more fiscally responsible to live with the issue than it is to actually fix it. This past weekend, football fans everywhere were confronted with an undeniable…
Mike Vrabel is doing everything he can to move forward as head coach of the New England Patriots following the public circus surrounding his apparent long-term affair with NFL insider Dianna Russini. And headlining him as a “Most Influential Bostonian” is probably not going to help. At least not now. A month ago, Vrabel being…
After NBC got the chance to break the news of an incredibly tight NBA Rookie of the Year win by Dallas’ Cooper Flagg on Monday night, Carmelo Anthony took the opportunity to revisit one of the league’s most ridiculous stories of the past year. That would be the rise and fall of Mavericks general manager…
Mike Vrabel may have damaged his credibility and reputation because of his relationship with Dianna Russini, but Shannon Sharpe doesn’t believe it should alter his job status with the New England Patriots. When Page Six released the first round of photos that showed Vrabel and Russini embracing at an adults-only hotel in Arizona, Sharpe was…
Cleveland Guardians fans were left wondering why longtime broadcasters Matt Underwood and Rick Manning weren’t calling last weekend’s series against the Toronto Blue Jays. And as it would turn out, the league had something to do with it. According to a report by Paul Hoynes of Cleveland.com, MLB Local Media, which is producing Guardians telecasts…
On Monday, Texas Tech announced that quarterback Brendan Sorsby, one of the sport’s top returning players, is checking into a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction. Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the decision comes on the heels of the discovery that Sorsby made online bets on a variety of sports via a gambling app during…
Consider the bracket officially busted. The almighty NCAA is reportedly in the “final steps” of expanding the NCAA Tournament to 76 teams on both the men’s and women’s sides, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The move is expected to be formalized in the coming weeks and the expanded tournaments will begin for the 2026-27 season.…
YouTube TV subscribers are officially getting full freedom to create the exact multiview layouts they prefer. On Tuesday, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced on social media that YouTube TV would now include a fully customizable multiview feature, allowing viewers to pick and choose exactly what channels are displayed and where they are displayed on their…
While Kevin Durant might be one-and-done with the Houston Rockets, Kendrick Perkins thinks he should just be done. With Houston down 3-1 to LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the first-round of the NBA playoffs, Durant’s future with the Rockets is unsurprisingly in doubt. Durant has played in just one game during the…
Angel Reese, the seventh overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky, was dealt to the Atlanta Dream earlier this month in a blockbuster trade. Reese was no stranger to headlines during her two-year tenure with the Sky, with things coming to a head when she was critical of Chicago’s roster during…
The CW is continuing to embrace the wrestling business. On Tuesday, the network announced an expansion of its current deal with WWE that will see 20 NXT Premium Live Events (PLEs) to The CW over the next several years. NXT is WWE’s developmental circuit, which The CW began broadcasting in October 2024 under a five-year…
If Joey Logano thinks Stephen A. Smith is using NASCAR just to stay relevant, then Stephen A. Smith thinks Joey Logano needs to do some more research. Last week, Smith picked a fight with golfers and NASCAR drivers by proclaiming they’re not real athletes during an episode of his Mad Dog Sports Radio show on…
Anthony Joshua will have a big step up in class from Jake Paul for his next Netflix superfight as he will finally face off in the ring against Tyson Fury. Joshua and Fury are two British icons who have each held multiple world championships. However, due to promotional differences and career paths, the two have…
Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd are going to be one of the stories to watch this season in the WNBA as the former Connecticut Huskies teammates are paired together with the Dallas Wings. The unique layer to the story is that the pair are also in a relationship off the court as well as being…
