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Paramount+ announces Sept. 4 premiere for ‘The Program: Texas Tech’ docuseries
If there was ever a year to do a docuseries about Texas Tech football, this is probably it. So, good timing on Paramount+’s part. The streaming service announced Thursday that The Program: Texas Tech, a four-part docuseries about the Red Raiders football program, will premiere on Friday, September 4. The series is expected to give…
Andrew Siciliano on returning to NFL Media and his new show ‘The NFL Report’
Andrew Siciliano feels as if he never left. Earlier this week, he returned to NFL Media as the host of The NFL Report. It’s a homecoming for Siciliano, who was an on-air host for NFL Network from 2011 to 2024. The NFL Report is available on NFL Channel on FAST platforms, NFL+, the NFL’s YouTube channel,…
TV and streaming viewing picks for August 28, 2026: How to watch NFL Preseason Week 3
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Wildcard Finals Wildcard Final One, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Demons vs. Carlton Blues — FS2/Fox One, 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) AFL Women’s — Round 3 North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Western Bulldogs — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:30 p.m. Adelaide Crows vs. West Coast Eagles —…
Al Michaels is clearly not a fan of NFL’s virtual measurement system
Al Michaels was back in the booth on Thursday night for Amazon Prime Video, and while it was preseason on the field between the Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots, Michaels’s attitude was in midseason form. One of the highlights of the night came from Michaels’s extremely clear frustration with the NFL’s virtual measurement system.…
Tony Romo facing three new citations in connection to OWI arrest
Tony Romo is facing three more citations related to his OWI arrest in Wisconsin in July. According to a report from TMZ Sports, Romo was cited for first-offense operating while intoxicated, unsafe passing on the right side, and possessing open intoxicants in his vehicle. Romo was pulled over on July 23 and arrested after failing…
Al Michaels makes not-so-subtle Trump joke on ‘Thursday Night Football’
Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and the Amazon Prime Video broadcast team had a warm-up on Thursday night ahead of the coming NFL season, carrying the preseason game between the New England Patriots and Cleveland Browns. With Cleveland hosting the game, exterior shots of the city that the broadcast used to come in and out of…
Colin Cowherd considered stand-up comedy
If you weren’t watching Colin Cowherd on TV and listening to him on the radio every day, maybe you would have been paying to see him perform as a comedian. Cowherd joined Shannon Spake on the Sons & Daughters podcast this week, where he discussed his upbringing and the path that led him to his career today. And…
Draymond Green rips media narratives surrounding Klay Thompson signing with Heat
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has never been shy about voicing his opinion on sports media, even as he transitions into becoming a full-fledged member of that same media. “Sports media f*cking sucks,” Green said in May about the state of NBA coverage. “It’s awful. No one talks basketball anymore.” On Wednesday’s episode of…
Insider: ‘Very good chance’ J.J. Watt is ‘long-term’ answer in CBS’ top NFL booth
All signs continue to point to Tony Romo’s exit from CBS Sports being permanent, and it looks as if J.J. Watt could make his move into Romo’s spot permanent as well. Romo was arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Wisconsin earlier this summer, and was later put on a leave of…
ESPN’s six-part Nick Saban docuseries gets premiere date, trailer
ESPN and Words + Pictures announced on Thursday that Saban, a “landmark multi-part ESPN Original docuseries chronicling the life, legacy and extraordinary career of Hall of Fame coach Nick Saban,” will premiere on Thursday, October 8, with all six episodes being made available on the ESPN app at launch. The first episode will debut on…
‘The Sports Gossip Show’ leaves The Athletic after 1 year
One of the more unique podcasts in the sports space is headed to a new home, as the hosts of The Sports Gossip Show announced this week that they are leaving The Athletic. The show is hosted by Charlotte Wilder, a former host and writer at SI, Fox Sports and Meadowlark Media, and entertainment industry…
Golf Channel cancels season of Big Break x Good Good amid controversy
Just when it seemed Good Good Golf’s bad bad week couldn’t get any more bad bad, it did. Days after announcing that it would postpone the start of Big Break x Good Good due to a sponsor’s desire to be removed from the reality series, Golf Channel announced Thursday that it will not complete this…
Mike Silver sees Dianna Russini back in media soon: ‘Probably not as an insider’
The sports media world is waiting with bated breath to find out what Dianna Russini will do when she resurfaces. A tell-all book or interview? A new gig with Meadowlark Media or Barstool Sports? A podcast all about football? A podcast about something else entirely? Or maybe she disappears into the ether? Mike Silver briefly…
Good Good Golf’s bad bad week continues as they step away as PGA Tour event sponsor
Earlier this week, PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp stated that the PGA was re-evaluating Good Good Golf’s sponsorship of its Austin, Texas, tour stop, which was set to begin in November. “It’s a bit of a fluid situation,” he told reporters while expressing his disappointment with the way the YouTube channel-turned-golf brand had handled the fallout…
Sean Payton roasts FS1’s Geoff Schwartz for Bo Nix take
If you’re going to be critical of Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix, just know Sean Payton will be there to fact-check you. Geoff Schwartz has been filling in on FS1’s First Things First this week, and Payton doesn’t seem to believe he was prepared for the task. At least not when it came to talking…
The CW officially inks TV deals with Holiday Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl
The CW will officially nab two more bowl games to add to its growing college football portfolio. Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of The CW, announced on Thursday that the network has secured broadcast rights for both the Holiday Bowl, which previously aired on Fox, and the Poinsettia Bowl, which has been on a…
Nicki Jhabvala defends asking Jayden Daniels question about LSU jersey saga
More than anything to do with his expected performance on the field headed into Year 3 of his NFL career, the story of Jayden Daniels’ offseason focused on a strange beef that became public with his college team. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for LSU, who is now the starting signal-caller for the Washington Commanders, sent…
Callaway severs multi-year partnership with Good Good, pledges $1M to preventing violence against women
A controversial ad from YouTube channel-turned-golf brand Good Good Golf, promoting a co-branded Callaway driver and featuring Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark tackling a woman, has left a dark cloud hanging over the brand’s future. Intense backlash led to the ad’s swift removal, but the damage was done: Callaway reportedly removed the co-branded line from its site,…
ESPN reportedly discussed Gianni Infantino plan for U-15 World Cup
The scheming of Gianni Infantino to bring private equity into world soccer has brought chaos to FIFA. But his plans go beyond selling a stake in the World Cup and reportedly involve a children’s competition inspired by the Little League World Series with a potential partner in ESPN. ESPN has televised the Little League World…
Chris Russo credits Troy Aikman and Joe Buck for bringing Super Bowl to ESPN
Troy Aikman won three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, but Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo also believes he and Joe Buck deserve credit for bringing one to ESPN. During his Mad Dog Unleashed radio show on SiriusXM earlier this week, Russo was discussing Tony Romo’s future with CBS, guessing the network would love to use…
Will the Pro Bowl cancellation open the floodgates to end All-Star Games?
The plight of the All-Star Games is one of the biggest conundrums in modern sports. What has historically served as a showcase sporting event throughout the 20th century has been plagued by controversy, apathy, and one painful gimmick after another in the 21st. And now, major American sports leagues are asking the question: Should they…
‘Pardon My Take’ book is a New York Times best seller
The success of the Pardon My Take empire has now taken over a completely new medium. The Barstool Sports podcast hosted by Dan “Big Cat” Katz and Eric “PFT Commenter” Sollenberger has been one of the top-rated shows in sports for many years now. Earlier this year, they struck a deal with Netflix to bring…
NBC re-ups media rights deal with Shaun White’s Snow League
The Snow League will return to NBC for a second season. NBC Sports announced on Thursday that The Snow League, a ski and snowboard series created by Olympic snowboarder Shaun White, will return to NBC and Peacock for Season 2 beginning next month. Beginning in 2027, every Snow League event will stream live on both…
X introduces ‘NFL Gametime’ feed for creators data, and news
The NFL broadcasts games on ABC, Amazon Prime Video, CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC, Netflix, and Peacock. Then, there’s NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL RedZone. Why not further test the limits of the human attention span this season? According to Brian Steinberg of Variety, X (formerly Twitter) is launching a “NFL Gametime” feed designed to integrate creators,…
‘Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young’ is a missed opportunity to tell a deeper story
By now, we all know the drill. Netflix’s Untold sports documentary series has far more misses than hits. It relies heavily on nostalgia to tell stories that let us reminisce fondly but rarely produce anything of substance. It’s like the ramen noodles you survived on in college: a cheap, decent meal that doesn’t quite satisfy.…
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