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Jane Slater starstruck by Lainey Wilson during ‘SportsCenter’ segment
All the stars were out in Dallas for the Cowboys’ Thursday Night Football game, including country music superstar Lainey Wilson. Wilson is no stranger to AT&T Stadium, having previously performed at halftime of the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game back in 2024. She is also a prominent college football star, singing the Big & Rich hit…
Dianna Russini reportedly hires crisis publicist as comeback awaits
Dianna Russini hasn’t staged her comeback after the Mike Vrabel scandal yet, but she still seems to be taking steps in that direction. The veteran NFL reporter was infamously caught in an affair with the head coach of the New England Patriots after being snapped together at a swanky Arizona resort. What followed was weeks…
Bill Simmons curses out ESPN for deleting Grantland recordings
It has been over a decade since Bill Simmons left ESPN, but some of the scars still cut very, very deep. It was back in 2015 when Simmons departed the Worldwide Leader after a series of creative differences and public disagreements. The Sports Guy had done it all at ESPN and became a household name…
Legendary NFL player, coach, analyst Mike Ditka passes away at 86
Mike Ditka passed away on Friday after an incomparable career in football. The Pennsylvania native and Pittsburgh alum was a first-round pick in the 1961 NFL and AFL drafts. He signed with the Chicago Bears and quickly became one of the greatest tight ends ever. He earned five consecutive Pro Bowl appearances in his first…
Cowboys-Bucs was not a great night for Al Michaels
Al Michaels is one of the broadcasting GOATs. That fact is unquestioned. But whether he should be calling NFL games on national television in 2026 is up for debate. Michaels signed with Amazon Prime Video to lead their Thursday Night Football franchise and is on a year-to-year basis with the streamer. When Amazon won the NFL rights,…
Joe Buck to guest star on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Disney knows no bounds when it comes to promoting ABC and ESPN’s Super Bowl coverage this year. And that includes one of their longest-running entertainment franchises, Dancing with the Stars, welcoming the man who will call the game, Joe Buck. But don’t think Buck will be putting on his dancing shoes; he won’t be joining…
Legal expert Michael McCann on the Protect College Sports Act, Kawhi Leonard, and ousted Blazers announcer Braiden Bell
A lot is happening at the intersection of sports and law. The biggest story may be the Protect College Sports Act, which passed the Senate easily but still needs House approval. Even if the bill becomes law, plenty of questions and potential legal challenges remain. We recently spoke with legal expert Michael McCann about the…
David Ellison expects CBS to be in business with NFL for ‘foreseeable future’
Skydance CEO David Ellison is full speed ahead on a press tour to promote his freshly combined media company, which formally brought together Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery after a lengthy process earlier this week. Since the company’s formal combination, Ellison has fielded questions during a press conference and given a handful of interviews. Most…
Female admirer crashes Dallas reporter’s Cowboys segment
The Dallas Cowboys suffered a shocking defeat on Thursday Night Football to the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but at least one fan still looked like she had a good time at the game. After the game was over, Jeff Kolb of Fox 4 in Dallas was giving a live report from the AT&T Stadium field,…
MLB reveals TV schedule for 2026 League Championship Series
Major League Baseball has announced the television schedule for the 2026 League Championship Series. The action begins on Oct. 11 in an NLCS showdown the baseball world has figured would happen for months, and it’s a rematch of last year’s NLCS. The two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers go on the road to face Jacob…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 9, 2026: How to watch WNBA Semifinals
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 9 St. Kilda Saints vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m. Port Adelaide Power vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight Geelong Cats vs. Greater Western Sydney Giants — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 a.m. (Saturday) Richmond Tigers vs. Adelaide Crows —…
CBS Sports, TNT Sports merger expected to be ‘a bloodbath,’ per report
With Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery officially coming together as one company, Skydance, it’s only a matter of time until CBS Sports and TNT Sports fold into a single entity. Unfortunately, that also means a lot of people are likely about to lose their jobs. Skydance has promised investors the company will find some $6…
Andrew Whitworth praises Lane Johnson’s courage for speaking out about mental health
After a Stephen A. Smith-fueled media cycle about Lane Johnson’s surprise decision to retire from football due to mental health reasons ran its course — from insensitive hot take to quasi-apology to full-throated apology all within 24 hours — others in NFL media are expressing their support for the former All-Pro right tackle. Chief among…
Nick Wright grapples with Tyreek Hill potentially rejoining his beloved Chiefs
On Monday, Drew Rosenhaus, agent to free-agent wide receiver Tyreek Hill, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, “I would anticipate Tyreek potentially signing with a team over the next few days.” It is Thursday, and as of this writing, Hill has not signed with an NFL team. But Hill, who formerly starred for the Kansas City Chiefs…
Chris Childers, Ryan McGee condemn hate aimed at women in sports media
Chris Childers, a veteran sports radio host, prompted a refreshing discussion with ESPN’s Ryan McGee on his latest Show Pony Live episode by earnestly asking for advice on how to navigate online abuse. “How do you deal with the online crap, when people say mean [comments]?” Childers asked, adding, “I will admit I succumbed to it…
CFP, ESPN negotiating window extends to next week; no deal is expected, per report
This Friday was the deadline for College Football Playoff leadership and ESPN to reach an agreement regarding a proposed 24-team format, but it appears as if any news about the contents of those negotiations will have to wait at least a week. According to a report by Ross Dellenger in On3, Friday is the day…
CFP director Rich Clark somehow endorses both a 12-team and 24-team playoff in same breath
The fate of College Football Playoff expansion could be decided in the coming days as ESPN and FBS conference officials wrap up a 30-day negotiating period that was initially set to end Oct. 9, but has since been extended at least a week, to next Friday. The 30-day window allows ESPN and CFP leadership to…
Katie Nolan genuinely baffled by ‘the rehabilitation of Deshaun Watson’
If you made it to this Thursday still blissfully unaware that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson played on Thursday Night Football last week, how? Amazon’s Prime Video really wanted everyone to know about Deshaun Watson playing on Thursday Night Football. Before kickoff, Taylor Rooks sat down with Watson. During the game, Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit glossed over…
MLB’s proposed 154-game season would carve out new Monday TV window
MLB wants to play fewer games in the summer so it can sell more of them in October. The league made a series of scheduling proposals to the MLB Players Association on Thursday as part of collective bargaining talks. Starting in 2029, MLB wants to cut the regular season from 162 games to 154, a…
Bomani Jones reveals ‘underrated’ aspect of Pat McAfee’s success: ‘It is an incredibly positive show’
Many of the viral moments that break through from The Pat McAfee Show do so because they are controversial or critical. McAfee might be calling an ESPN executive a “rat,” or going off-script on a tabloid story about college kids. Maybe Aaron Rodgers is ranting about big pharma for the millionth time. For most of the…
Alex Rodriguez completely misunderstands ‘Moneyball’ while praising Milwaukee Brewers
In 2003, “Moneyball” took MLB by storm. The book, which chronicles how the 2002 Oakland Athletics won 103 games using a data-driven approach, became the template for how baseball would be played for decades to come. Many of that Athletics team’s core “sabermetrics” tenets still drive strategy in MLB today: prioritizing on-base percentage over batting…
Insider believes ESPN has good shot to remain exclusive CFB broadcaster for 24-team format
ESPN has a strong chance of holding onto the College Football Playoff as its exclusive rights holder, even if the event doubles to 24 teams, according to longtime college football insider Ralph Russo, whose prediction runs counter to the widespread assumption that a much larger bracket would open the sport’s most valuable postseason property to…
Former Fever guard Sydney Colson calls GM’s defense of fanbase a ‘slap in the face’
Sydney Colson is uniquely suited to address the most recent spate of controversies around the Indiana Fever. The recently retired point guard not only played for the team last year, but also for Indiana’s playoff opponent, the Las Vegas Aces, for the three seasons before that. Now, Colson hosts a podcast covering the WNBA and…
Why ESPN wanted to make a Nick Saban docuseries now
A version of this originally appeared in the Thursday edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter, which features the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here to be the first to know what’s happening in the sports media world. Saban, a six-part ESPN Original docuseries, premieres at 6 p.m. ET…
DAZN to target national media rights deals in U.S. market, exec says
Just as sports streaming platform DAZN prepares to make its biggest splash in the U.S. market yet by partnering with 10 NBA teams for local in-market streaming deals this season, the company’s chief executive says its sights are set on national deals in the future. Speaking with Derek Futterman of Sports Media Watch earlier this…
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