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Cumulus Media on KNBR letting go of Greg Papa amid health battle: ‘We’re not able to comment on the specifics of his departure’
KNBR recently let go of Greg Papa, a longtime Bay Area broadcaster and the lead play-by-play voice of the San Francisco 49ers, along with Papa & Silver co-host Greg Silver as part of a midday shakeup that features the return of veteran host John Lund. This is while Papa has been battling a number of…
Purdue AD admits his Indiana insult was bad: ‘I knew it the second it left my mouth’
Purdue introduced Tommy McClelland as the university’s new athletic director on Thursday, and he immediately joined the Mount Rushmore of cringe-worthy introductory press conferences. “Every recruit, every student-athlete, will hear this message repeatedly: We are here to win championships,” McClelland said roughly nine minutes into his speech. “If you don’t want to win championships, go…
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp makes it clear there’s ‘no merger, no conversations’ with LIV Golf
In the twisty and turny saga that has been the PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf, it wasn’t that long ago that it seemed as though the formerly Saudi-backed breakaway league would end up in the driver’s seat. However, as LIV attempts to cobble together a patchwork of funding in the wake of the Public Investment…
Pablo Torre: ‘Very real chance’ Steve Ballmer comes out ‘relatively unscathed’ from Kawhi Leonard scandal
The latest chapter of Pablo Torre’s investigation into alleged salary cap circumvention efforts by Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers feels like a real inflection point in the scandal, with many in the media arguing it is the clearest evidence yet of foul play. On his Pablo Torre Finds Out show this week, Torre revealed…
The Athletic’s internal Dianna Russini investigation still ongoing beyond stated timeline
Two months ago, The Athletic executive editor Steven Ginsberg reportedly told staff that it was “going to take a few more weeks” before they released the results of their internal investigation regarding Dianna Russini’s reporting in the wake of the Mike Vrabel scandal that led to her resignation. Two months later, everyone’s still waiting. As…
Pat McAfee on why Mike Tomlin is primed for an amazing broadcast career
Mike Tomlin made his debut on NBC’s Football Night in America on Thursday night during the Hall of Fame Game. The longtime Steelers coach earned positive reviews across the board for his performance, providing insight into Pittsburgh’s new era under coach Mike McCarthy and producing an impressive walk-and-talk interview with Panthers quarterback Bryce Young. On…
Duane Kuiper won’t retire alongside Mike Krukow, plans to call Giants games in 2026
Mike Krukow’s final season in the Giants booth won’t double as Duane Kuiper’s. According to The Athletic, Kuiper, 76, said he has no intention to go out in tandem, even as Krukow steps away from broadcasting at season’s end. Kuiper has weathered his own health challenges in recent years, but he wants to keep calling…
Mike Tomlin addresses potential return to coaching during NBC studio debut
After 19 seasons as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin debuted to rave reviews as a studio analyst for NBC on Thursday for the network’s broadcast of the annual preseason-opening Hall of Fame Game. The former Super Bowl-winning head coach was welcomed to the Football Night in America pregame show by host…
Nick Wright: ‘Stick to sports’ crowd won, but ‘didn’t actually mean it’
The summer has seen many instances of sports and politics colliding, perhaps none more potent than the news cycles unleashed by Aaron Rodgers and Sophie Cunningham this month. Cunningham has brought the conversation around trans athlete participation to a fever pitch across sports and news media, while Rodgers again rehashed disagreements over vaccination and the…
Buster Posey trolls KNBR over producer’s hot-mic insult
Three weeks ago, KNBR deleted all digital traces of a hot-mic incident in which an unnamed producer was caught saying “Posey sucks, man,” following the San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations’ first interview on the station in over two months, an absence seemingly tied to the club’s Pride Night controversy. The incident occurred after Posey…
Michael Wilbon: ‘PTI’ wouldn’t have survived in Bristol
Twenty-five years into Pardon the Interruption, Michael Wilbon has a theory about why the show is still running: ESPN never let it move in. Appearing on the Awful Announcing Podcast with host Brandon Contes, Wilbon credited PTI’s Washington, D.C. home base — and the distance it created from ESPN’s Connecticut campus — as the reason…
ESPN app to stream Donald Trump’s ‘2026 Patriot Games’
In December of last year, United States President Donald Trump announced the first-ever “Patriot Games” as another arm in the year-long celebration of America’s 250th birthday. “In the fall, we will host the first-ever ‘Patriot Games,’ an unprecedented 4-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from…
CFP keeps pre-championship weekend rankings show on ESPN despite mounting criticism
The College Football Playoff selection committee isn’t done boxing itself into corners just yet. According to a CFP release confirming this year’s rankings schedule, the committee will unveil its penultimate top 25 on Tuesday, Dec. 1 — four days before conference championship weekend and a full six days before the final rankings and bracket reveal…
Megan Rapinoe offers scathing take on transgender athlete discourse: ‘Are you serious?’
Former U.S. women’s national team winger Megan Rapinoe was as heralded for winning World Cups as she was for unrelenting activism. She may have retired from soccer three years ago, but she’s more committed now to activism than ever. So, it’s only right that Rapinoe opened her premiere Why Are You Like This? podcast episode…
Clay Travis set to launch new sports media outlet in coming weeks
Clay Travis isn’t wasting any time in his return to sports media. The firebrand Travis rose to prominence blogging about college football and then by launching OutKick nearly two decades ago. Then, he sold OutKick to Fox in 2021, working under the OutKick umbrella at Fox for several years before exiting earlier in 2026 with…
Cal reportedly charged ESPN $4,500 to host ‘College GameDay’ on campus
ESPN’s College GameDay will be back on our televisions in just a few more weeks. The traveling circus of a pregame show is a staple of college football Saturdays, taking over a different campus every week to preview the biggest games of the day. As David Covucci noted at FOIAball this week, it takes a…
Nicolas Cage’s ‘Madden’ movie forgoes a wide theatrical release, heads straight to Prime Video
Madden is getting the modern-day equivalent of a direct-to-video release. The biopic, in which Nicolas Cage portrays the legendary Oakland Raiders coach-turned-broadcasting icon, is forgoing a nationwide theatrical run in favor of an exclusive Prime Video premiere this fall, according to Variety. Amazon MGM, the studio financing the project, has locked in Nov. 18 as…
Cheryl Reeve takes shots at ‘terrible’ Lynx players in press conference rant
Cheryl Reeve is one of the most thoughtful leaders in the WNBA. Her knack for delicate yet strong commentary on complex subjects was on full display just last week, when she stood up for trans kids and engaged in a conversation with Sophie Cunningham about her opposing stance. But when it comes to ball, the…
ESPN’s Lindsey Thiry attacked by ‘biggest bug’ while reporting from Rams camp
If I were to tell you that ESPN national NFL reporter Lindsey Thiry went viral while reporting live from Los Angeles Rams training camp, you’d probably assume it’s because she broke the news that Aaron Donald ended his NFL retirement to rejoin the Rams. Good, logical guess, but you’d be dead wrong. It’s somehow even…
Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth go wild calling frantic finish to Hall of Fame Game
Thursday night’s game between the Cardinals and Panthers was just the start of the NFL preseason, but the NBC booth of Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth showed they were already in midseason form. Both teams traded touchdowns in the final two minutes of action, and while the outcome of the game might not really matter,…
New Purdue AD takes baffling swipe at Indiana in introductory press conference
Purdue’s athletic department began a new era this week, with Tommy McClelland introduced as the school’s new athletic director. McClelland was previously the AD at Rice and has previous stops at McNeese State and Louisiana Tech, as well as a stint as deputy AD at Vanderbilt on his resume. While McClelland brings plenty of experience…
Pablo Torre drops bombshell episode pointing to another Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention deal
Pablo Torre is still peeling back the layers behind the Los Angeles Clippers’ alleged “salary cap circumvention” tactics involving superstar forward Kawhi Leonard. In his initial story, Torre built a case on Pablo Torre Finds Out that Leonard’s sponsorship deal with Aspiration was a cover to pay the two-time Finals MVP tens of millions of…
John Ourand: Industry expects Tony Romo won’t return to CBS
Tony Romo making his way back to CBS Sports is looking less likely by the day. According to Puck’s John Ourand, who spoke with several sports media executives, the consensus across the industry is that Romo — sidelined indefinitely by CBS since late July — won’t be reclaiming his booth. Whether or not you believe…
Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist Mike Sielski on why he wrote a book about ‘Rocky’
Rocky is the most famous sports-movie franchise of all time. Since the original debuted in 1976, it has spawned eight additional films in the Rocky Cinematic Universe. There’s even another Rocky movie titled I Play Rocky coming out in November. The story of an underdog boxer who gets a championship title shot endures as a pop-culture phenomenon.…
Matt LaFleur surprises Mike LaFleur on NBC ahead of coaching debut
The 2026 NFL preseason kicked off on Thursday night with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals in Canton, OH. It represented the first game for Mike LaFleur as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, and his first time being a head coach at all. During warm-ups, the…
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