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NBC, Fubo squash beef, end 7-month blackout ahead of World Cup
At long last, Fubo subscribers will have access to NBCUniversal’s full suite of channels after a carriage dispute stretching all the way back to November. On Wednesday, Fubo announced it has struck a new distribution agreement with NBCUniversal, bringing NBC, NBCSN, Telemundo, Universo, and the NBC Sports RSNs back to its subscribers after a blackout…
House Judiciary Committee raises difficult antitrust questions for NFL during hearing
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell opted not to testify in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday, perhaps for good reason. During the over two-hour hearing, members of the subcommittee laid out a compelling case that the NFL has potentially run afoul of the antitrust exemption it is afforded under the Sports Broadcasting Act of…
Big Ten, SEC release encouraging statements on the Protect College Sports Act
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell introduced the Protect College Sports Act in late May as an attempt to legislate some reform and guardrails into the current landscape of college athletics following the introduction of NIL compensation for athletes. The legislation proposes ideas such as limits on coaching moves, multi-transfer eligibility, and the protection of…
John Smoltz issues warning to MLB over potential lockout: ‘Baseball will suffer’
The MLB is experiencing a resurgence in the American zeitgeist, and former Cy Young winner turned broadcaster John Smoltz is issuing a major warning to the league as a potential work stoppage looms. The current CBA between the MLB and MLBPA is set to expire after the 2026 season, setting up a long-anticipated negotiating period…
Knicks-Spurs Game 3 is most-watched NBA game since 2017
The NBA Finals returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time since 1999 on Monday, and the result was the largest television audience the NBA has seen in nearly a decade. Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs averaged 23.8 million viewers across ABC and ESPN…
USMNT-Germany draws record audience in final tune-up before World Cup
The USMNT’s final pre-World Cup tune-up drew the largest English-language audience ever for an American men’s soccer friendly, according to Sports Business Journal. Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Germany at Soldier Field averaged 1.5 million viewers on TNT/truTV, peaking at 1.9 million. It topped the previous record — set just six days earlier — when the…
Deshaun Watson speaks to local media for first time in two years
The Cleveland Browns have a new regime, with Todd Monken entering his first season as the franchise’s head coach following a stint as the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator under John Harbaugh. For better or worse, the quarterback situation in Cleveland is still familiar. The Browns’ offseason will feature a battle for the starting job, with…
Altitude TV moving on from Chris Marlowe, Scott Hastings on Nuggets broadcasts
Kroenke Sports and Entertainment is overhauling the Denver Nuggets’ local broadcast team. According to the Denver Post, play-by-play announcer Chris Marlowe and color analyst Scott Hastings will not return to Altitude TV next season. Chris Dempsey, a longtime Nuggets reporter and studio analyst for Altitude, was also let go, per the report, while Katy Winge…
Kendrick Perkins attributes fan violence to gambling on ‘First Take presented by DraftKings’
DraftKings probably likes its ESPN partnership until someone on First Take attributes increased fan violence to sports wagering. In one of the most hyped sporting events in New York history, the Knicks lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night. But worse than losing the game was the reactions of…
Joel Klatt laments Brendan Sorsby ruling: ‘Devastating to the sport’
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s controversial reinstatement for the 2026 college football season following a favorable ruling from a district court in Lubbock County, Texas, has been widely panned. The Red Raiders quarterback was initially banned from play after self-reporting a gambling problem from earlier in his collegiate career, including bets placed on the Indiana…
CBS Sports’ Evan Washburn launching new video series ‘PROCESS’
CBS Sports NFL reporter Evan Washburn is branching out beyond the sidelines with a new three-part video series called PROCESS, and the first episode drops tonight, Wednesday, June 10, on the NFL on CBS YouTube channel. The concept came straight out of something Washburn has been hearing throughout his 12 years covering the league. Sit…
1980s White Sox broadcast earns rave reviews
The Chicago White Sox leaned into the nostalgia on Tuesday night as they hosted the Atlanta Braves, bringing legendary sportscaster Bob Costas into the broadcast booth alongside color commentator Steve Stone for a 1980s-themed throwback broadcast, the first of two such experiences CHSN has planned for this summer. The broadcast, featuring a graphics package that brought back the…
Phil Simms has some advice for Russell Wilson at CBS
Russell Wilson spent 14 seasons in the NFL mastering the art of saying almost nothing at all. Now he’ll have to make a living by saying exactly what he thinks. Wilson officially retired last week to join CBS’s The NFL Today, turning down a contract offer from the New York Jets to make his second…
The case for and against Pat McAfee’s $60M ESPN deal
Pat McAfee is set to become the highest-paid talent in sports media. Well, kind of. The former Indianapolis Colts punter, who has built his daily sports talk show into an empire that fills the noon-to-2 p.m. ET window on ESPN, is reportedly in negotiations with the network for a deal worth between $60 million and…
Charles Barkley hopes ESPN fires him over Cardi B comment
If anyone has an issue with Charles Barkley for getting a little overzealous about seeing Cardi B at Madison Square Garden, he is here for all the backlash and more. The curvaceous rapper performed at halftime of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs on Monday…
Mike Francesa claims Donald Trump teased presidential plans to him at Rangers game
Mike Francesa has known Donald Trump for years, and he may have been one of the first to know about his plans of running for president. Francesa recently joined Adam Schein on his Schein Time show for The Post to discuss the NBA Finals featuring the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. During the…
‘Big Ev’ breaks silence on Barstool absence, reveals gambling addiction
Evan “Big Ev” McDowell broke his silence Wednesday in a video posted to social media, confirming that he checked himself into a residential treatment center for a gambling addiction, in what amounted to his first public statement since disappearing from Barstool Sports content in early April amid allegations that he stiffed multiple illegal bookmakers out…
Donald Trump further escalates war of words with Stephen A. Smith
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Donald Trump continues to fixate on Stephen A. Smith’s IQ. The back-and-forth between the president and the First Take host started when Smith publicly urged Trump not to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, saying he was worried about the chaos the visit would…
Chris Berman hints at hosting one last ‘SportsCenter’
The story of how ESPN was built cannot be told without Chris Berman, but Boomer is coming to the end of his historic broadcasting career at the Worldwide Leader. Before he shuffles off that leather jacket, Berman thinks it might be in the cards to return to where it all began one more time. Berman…
How New York Soccer Journal rose from the ashes of Hudson River Blue
For as long as Hudson River Blue existed, the site did something that no outlet in the Tri-State Area with a larger staff and bigger budget ever quite managed to pull off: it showed up. Every week, for 13 years, through five executive editors, two platform structures, and a divorce from SB Nation, someone at…
MASN’s feed of Tuesday’s Orioles-Mariners game cut out twice
Orioles fans tuned in to MASN on Tuesday night to watch Baltimore take on the Seattle Mariners, but they ended up missing a substantial chunk of the action thanks to two abrupt blackouts during the broadcast. A “technical difficulties” image appeared on screen around 7:54 p.m. ET, then cut away to an old episode of…
Fox Sports taps former USMNT manager Bob Bradley, other American stars for World Cup digital coverage
In addition to tapping some of the biggest stars in global soccer for its television coverage of the World Cup, Fox has gathered a formidable lineup of analysts for its digital coverage as well. On Tuesday, Fox Sports announced its roster of digital broadcasters that will provide pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage for all 104…
TV and streaming viewing picks for June 10, 2026: How to watch Spurs-Knicks
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 14 Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide Crows — FS2/Fox One, 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) Baseball Exhibition The Congressional Baseball Game for Charity, Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. Democrats vs. Republicans — FS1/Fox One, 7 p.m. College Football With the First Pick — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m. Always…
Expert: Mike Vrabel’s Dianna Russini scandal strategy ‘is a disaster’
The winds have died down around the Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini controversy, but that doesn’t mean the New England Patriots coach is out of the woods yet. The Athletic’s investigation into former NFL insider Russini’s reporting around Vrabel and other topics, which will be released publicly, is still a few weeks out. Not to mention, there’s…
Michael Wilbon, Tony Kornheiser see Texas Tech-Brendan Sorsby boycotts as hypocrisy
Thanks to a state court injunction, Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is currently set to become the first U.S. athlete who admitted to betting on his own team and be allowed to continue playing. Texas Tech was thrilled by the news, but just about everyone else in college football is horrified or disgusted. That’s led…
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