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Zlatan Ibrahimović has message for Australia’s Lucas Herrington after penalty miss
Australia suffered a heartbreaking exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s round of 32 in a penalty shootout loss to Egypt on Friday in Arlington, TX. In penalties, Lucas Herrington had a chance to even up the shootout 3-3, but his attempt hit the crossbar. 🇦🇺 ❌✅✅❌ 🇪🇬 ✅✅✅ Lucas Herrington goes OFF THE BAR!…
Darren Fletcher talks Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding, Kansas City heat on World Cup broadcast
While calling the Colombia-Ghana 2026 FIFA World Cup match in the round of 32 at Arrowhead Stadium, Fox play-by-play announcer Darren Fletcher brought up another event happening on Friday night involving Kansas City sports, with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce marrying Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden. As the Fox broadcast showed a suite at…
Will this World Cup finally make soccer mainstream in the U.S.?
With record-setting, NFL-like viewership for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there is good reason to believe that soccer may finally be entering the mainstream in the United States sports market. But there is also reason to exercise caution. Are people getting into soccer, or just the World Cup event? If people are really getting into…
TV and streaming viewing picks for July 4, 2025: How to watch World Cup Round of 16
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! All Times Eastern Athletics World Athletics Diamond League Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Announcers: Leigh Diffey/Ato Boldon/Kara Goucher/Trey Hardee/Sanya Richards-Ross//Lewis Johnson Day 2 — NBC/Peacock, 5 p.m. Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 17 Essendon Bombers vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:01 a.m.…
Listen: Fox, Telemundo calls of Argentina-Cape Verde World Cup instant classic
Lionel Messi and World Cup defending champion Argentina held off an absolutely remarkable effort from massive underdog Cape Verde in the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s round of 32 on Friday evening in Miami. It was one of the most stunning, entertaining matches in World Cup history, and Cape Verde came very close to delivering one…
Dave Portnoy: Barstool is no longer an underdog, but still isn’t mainstream media
Dave Portnoy has been making the rounds to promote his new book recently, dropping various insights and nuggets about Barstool Sports’ past, present, and future along the way. In an interview with PBS News, Portnoy discussed how he no longer sees the prominent sports and bro culture brand as an underdog, but bristles at the…
Roku, Omaha Productions announce ‘Gamechangers: America’s Top 25 Female Athletes’
Roku and Omaha Productions are partnering to pay tribute to great women athletes with Gamechangers: America’s Top 25 Female Athletes, the second part in its Gamechangers anthology series. The show is produced by TOGETHXR, Omaha Productions, and Motion Entertainment and executive produced by Sue Bird, Alex Morgan, and Peyton Manning. The hour-long special debuts on the…
Dan Le Batard, Jeff Pearlman push back on critics over NFL journalism demands: ‘They want to be comfortable watching their sports’
Last week, Chris Johnson, a former Pro Bowl running back, appeared on Good Morning America to reveal he has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. “There’s no history of ALS in my family,” Johnson told co-anchor Michael Strahan, using a speech-to-text device triggered by his eye movements. “My doctors believe my case…
Serena Williams’ return fuels record Wimbledon ratings for ESPN
The World Cup may be dominating the sports conversation, but Serena Williams still delivered record Wimbledon viewership for ESPN. Williams retired after the 2022 US Open but announced a return to the doubles circuit at the Queen’s Club Championships in June, having not played professionally for four years. She later received a singles wild card…
Fubo raises prices following NBCUniversal carriage deal
Fubo is the latest live TV streaming service to raise its prices. According to a support document on the Fubo website, most plans will increase by $15 per month as a result of the streaming service’s recently announced carriage deal with NBCUniversal. The Fubo Sports + News plan will increase by $9 a month. Customers…
Reporters prevented from asking questions about Cape Verde’s Ryan Mendes amid rape allegation
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been full of feel-good stories, with Cape Verde’s run into the knockout round in their first tournament appearance chief among them. A sobering and disturbing allegation against Cape Verde captain Ryan Mendes has soured that story. The New Zealand Herald was first to report the news and confirmed the…
Caitlin Clark: Excessive coverage of her ‘a real disservice to’ WNBA, other players
Ever since Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark scrambled for a ball on the floor during their July 24 game and Thomas pushed her closed fist against Clark’s neck as she attempted to stand, leading to a retroactive flagrant 2 foul and a one-game suspension, we’ve heard from a lot…
Jaylen Brown sounds off about Colin Cowherd, anonymous sources on Twitch stream after trade
The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers pulled off a stunning blockbuster NBA trade on Wednesday, with Boston sending Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia in exchange for Paul George, two first-round picks (2028, 2031), and two second-round picks (2028, 2030). And on Thursday night, Brown went to his Twitch livestream to go off about the trade and…
John Kruk asks hard-hitting questions to NASA astronaut Christina Koch
NASA astronaut and engineer Christina Koch threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park. Koch made history as a mission specialist on Artemis II in April, and she was also part of the all-female spacewalk on an International Space Station mission…
For Matt Jones, ‘Matt & Myron’ moving to weekdays on ESPN Radio is ‘a huge opportunity’
For a guy who quit practicing law to enter sports media, this week has been a continuation of a dream come true for Matt Jones. ESPN Radio has announced a new daily lineup starting on Aug.3. One of the most significant changes is that Jones and Myron Medcalf will move from their weekend home to…
TV and streaming viewing picks for July 3, 2026: How to watch Wimbledon 2nd Round
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 17 Hawthorn Hawks vs. Melbourne Demons — FS2/Fox One, 11 p.m. Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m. Gold Coast Suns vs. Collingwood Magpies — FS1/Fox One, 2 a.m. (Saturday) Richmond Tigers vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus,…
Sports media world reacts to disallowed Croatia goal vs. Portugal
Croatia was knocked out of the World Cup in a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Portugal in the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s round of 32 on Thursday night in Toronto. It appeared that Croatia’s Josko Gvardiol had delivered one of the most dramatic equalizers in World Cup history, 12 minutes into stoppage time. However, the goal…
ESPN joins other outlets fighting proposed media blackout in Bryan Pata murder retrial
ESPN, NBCUniversal, and the Miami Herald‘s parent company filed a joint motion Thursday opposing a Florida judge’s suggestion that she could restrict media access and impose a gag order in the retrial of Rashaun Jones, the former Miami Hurricanes player accused of killing teammate Bryan Pata in 2006. The motion, filed ahead of a Monday…
Allie Clifton credits ‘Road Trippin’ for meteoric rise in sports media: ‘It changed the trajectory of my career’
After over 10 years in television, Allie Clifton has emerged as one of the rising stars in sports media for 2026, for her work across Amazon Prime and Spectrum SportsNet, where she covers the Los Angeles Lakers, and she’s crediting her role on Road Trippin’, a podcast she started in 2017 alongside then-Cavaliers players Richard…
Stephen A. Smith responds to Emmanuel Acho calling his ‘White Dude Central’ Lakers comment ‘racist’
Stephen A. Smith is pushing back after Emmanuel Acho called his comments about the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster “racist.” Smith went viral on Wednesday for his reaction to the Lakers’ new core of Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and Walker Kessler, arguing the team couldn’t compete for a championship with an all-white group of star players…
USMNT-Bosnia becomes most-watched English-language soccer broadcast in U.S. history
Fox’s broadcast of the USMNT’s Round of 32 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday became the most-watched soccer telecast in English-language U.S. history, with a preliminary average of 24.429 million viewers and a peak audience of 31.883 million. FOX Sports soars into the record books! 🇺🇸 🏆 The MOST-WATCHED SOCCER TELECAST in English-language U.S. history 🏆…
Rich Eisen belives he’s done doing play-by-play
Rich Eisen built a second career on NFL Network almost by accident, stepping into the play-by-play chair years after he’d already made his name as a host. It appears that part of his career is now over, as he told Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina that he no longer expects to call games. “No, it is…
Don Garber: MLS ready to take the World Cup momentum ‘from here’
The United States, along with Canada and Mexico, is serving as a host nation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This summer’s rendition of the event has had no shortage of classic finishes and shocking finishes across the group stages and early part of the knockout rounds, leading many to question whether this has been…
Fox, Telemundo combine to average nearly 10 million viewers per World Cup Group Stage match
Fox and Telemundo, the English-language and Spanish-language broadcasters of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, respectively, are putting up eye-popping numbers for the tournament. Through the group stage, the two networks are combining to average 9.65 million viewers per match, according to data compiled by Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch. Fox Sports is averaging 5.05…
Fox Sports rules analyst Mark Clattenburg: Folarin Balogun red card ‘shouldn’t have been a VAR intervention’
A delightful win for the USMNT on Wednesday night was overshadowed by a questionable red card on striker Folarin Balogun, immediately casting concern over the national team’s next match on Monday as Balogun serves a suspension. The second-half booking came after Balogun became tangled up with a Bosnian defender. In real time, the play did…
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