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The NFL is preparing to ratchet up negotiations with television and streaming partners ahead of its plan to opt out of its current broadcast deals and collect an additional several billion dollars in rights fees. But while CBS and Fox have been at the center of a swirling storm that now involves public pressure from…
SNF could change homes, and fans aren’t happy.
BASEBALL fans have been left divided on Zac Brown Band’s theme song for Sunday Night Baseball. The country band was tapped to perform the song for NBC as TV chiefs…
NBC went country for its Sunday Night Baseball opening theme song, tapping the Zac Brown Band to star in its new open, which debuted on Sunday night on NBC and Peacock ahead of the Guardians-Braves game and will be used for every Sunday night game through the end of the season. And here it is. Zac…
WNBA icon Sue Bird is stepping into a new role, this time behind the mic. According to Front Office Sports, the Hall of Famer will join NBC and Peacock as part of their WNBA coverage, adding instant credibility to the network’s return to the league. NBC reentered the basketball space after securing a major media […] The post Sue Bird to deliver bombshell boost to NBC, Peacock’s coverage appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Sue Bird didn’t stay off the TV grid for long. Roughly six weeks after ESPN opted to move on from The Bird & Taurasi Show, Bird is expected to join NBC and Peacock’s WNBA coverage this season, according to Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel. Her exact role — whether in the studio, on game broadcasts,…
BASKETBALL legend Sue Bird is joining NBC and Peacock’s WNBA coverage in a major coup for the broadcasters. Bird, 45, is one of the best women’s basketball players of all…
The audience figure formed part of a big opening week for the league. The post MLB’s Deals with Netflix and NBC Off to Strong Ratings Start appeared first on Front Office Sports.
As the sports world debates whether MLB or the NBA is the No. 2 league in America, early returns from NBC’s new MLB package provide a notable data point.
CRIS COLLINSWORTH has made a final decision over his future with Pro Football Focus after the $100 million takeover of his company. Collinsworth, 67, has owned PFF since 2014 but…
The MLB Opening Day doubleheader on NBC and Peacock delivered strong gains over 2025, averaging 2.7 million viewers across both games. The network’s broadcasts of Pittsburgh at the Mets and Arizona at the Dodgers marked the return of baseball to NBC platforms for the first time since 2000, as well as the debuts of flashy…
Any broadcast that doesn't have you muting the TV is a winner.
The 50-year-old professional golfer has made headlines for multiple car crashes, including a near-fatal one in 2021, over the years.
NBC missed the putt badly on this one.
Tiger Woods’ latest DUI arrest has raised concern from one of his teammates.
NBC showed footage from Tiger Woods' 2021 car crash when reporting on his recent Jupiter, Florida incident where he was arrested for DUI after failing roadside tests
During their coverage of the PGA Tour's Houston Open on Saturday afternoon, NBC briefly cut away from the action on the course to give viewers the latest news on Woods.
NBC Made Brutal Mistake While Covering Tiger Woods’ Arrest The Spun
NBC made an inexplicable mistake Saturday when delivering the latest on Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest in Florida. The network opened its coverage of the Texas Children’s Houston Open with an update on Woods, who was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, property damage, and refusing to submit to a lawful test stemming from … The post NBC made an inexplicable mistake covering Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover crash in Florida on Friday before being arrested and charged with driving under the influence, causing property damage, and refusing to submit to a lawful urinalysis test. This is the fourth time since 2009 that Woods has been involvecd in a car accident while (allegedly) driving impaired, and Read more... The post NBC shows wrong Tiger Woods crash at studio desk, addresses arrest to begin golf broadcast appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Clayton Kershaw made his broadcasting debut for NBC on Thursday — seated next to the Dodgers’ third base dugout during their Opening Day win over the Diamondbacks — and won’t have another broadcast assignment until August. That detail came from Kershaw himself on Friday, speaking ahead of the Dodgers’ ring ceremony, where the team also Read more... The post Clayton Kershaw’s next NBC appearance won’t come until August appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Jason Benetti was born 10 weeks premature at the University of Chicago Hospital, where he spent the first three months of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit, connected to tubes and pumps, recovering from a respiratory illness that deprived his blood of oxygen. The cerebral palsy diagnosis came two years later, after doctor Read more... The post Jason Benetti puts what it means to be voice of ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ into perspective appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Baseball is back on NBC, and it’s enough to make anyone nostalgic, including the great Bob Costas, who spent the better part of two decades as the sport’s voice on the network and became one of its great storytellers with his iconic pregame monologues. Awful Announcing has learned that NBC will open today’s Pirates-Mets game Read more... The post MLB’s return to NBC will open with a Bob Costas monologue appeared first on Awful Announcing.
