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Charles Barkley says he had 3 opportunities to run NBA teams
Charles Barkley has already carved out a nice second career in the NBA for himself as a broadcaster, but he could have been running a team. Barkley joined The Bill Simmons Podcast this week, where he teased retirement from Inside the NBA for about the fifth time in the last 10 years. But Barkley says…
Insider: ’95 percent’ likely Tony Romo won’t be back at CBS
Despite the recent re-emergence of CBS Sports NFL analyst Tony Romo as he plots his next moves following a July OWI arrest in Wisconsin, the widely held assumption is that Romo will not return to the network. Romo remains on a leave of absence, and J.J. Watt will join CBS’ top booth for Week 1…
Local media blasts Giants after ‘slimy’ Kalshi ad: ‘There is something so wrong with our sports’ compass’
The San Francisco Giants, along with the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, and Boston Red Sox, announced a partnership with prediction market Kalshi last week. “Kalshi will receive a mix of marketing and brand integration assets, including in-ballpark signage, radio drops, experiential activations, and other promotional opportunities,” MLB said of the partnerships…
Jacob Tobey returning as Spurs TV announcer despite reports of firing following scandal
Somehow, Jacob Tobey returned. The San Antonio Spurs TV play-by-play announcer had reportedly been fired in July amid an alleged affair with the sister of a Spurs player. However, Tobey took to social media on Friday to announce that he would be returning to call Spurs games this season after all. I thank the Spurs…
Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth weigh in on NFL’s Wednesday experiment
The NFL didn’t choose to open its season on a Wednesday this year so much as it was cornered into it by the law. The Rams and 49ers are playing their Week 1 opener in Melbourne, where a Thursday night kickoff in the United States translates to Friday morning local time, and the Sports Broadcasting…
TCU restores Fort Worth Star-Telegram credentials: ‘We respect their role as an independent news source’
Our short, regional nightmare is over. TCU has restored the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s media credentials a little over a week after rescinding them. “Today, TCU Athletics fully restored media credentials to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,” read a short statement from TCU Athletics on Friday. “In a series of productive discussions, we made clear our position…
Rutgers fan goes on epic WFAN rant following UMass loss: ‘Deplorable, despicable, horrible’
In his initial stint with Rutgers, Greg Schiano lifted the football program out of the depths of despair and turned it into a somewhat respectable team. His second stint as head coach hasn’t gone quite as well, and Thursday night’s loss to UMass, a 29.5-point underdog, might have returned the program to the misery that…
Damien Woody on joining Trey Wingo’s ‘The OG Football Show,’ launching a new podcast, and leaving ESPN
Damien Woody has never been short on opinions about the NFL, and now he’ll have an opportunity to share those thoughts across different platforms. Woody, whose contract with ESPN recently expired, is taking his voice to two new outlets at once. The former offensive lineman will join Trey Wingo’s The OG Football Show, a program…
Cam Newton questions lack of minority NFL analysts in primetime: ‘What’s the metric here?’
Cam Newton is calling out the commonality between Troy Aikman, Tom Brady, Cris Collinsworth, Kirk Herbstreit, Tony Romo, and J.J. Watt. After Dan Le Batard highlighted the perpetual cycle of white guys getting most NFL broadcasting jobs, especially in primetime, Newton continued the conversation on his 4th & 1 show, wondering what metric networks use to hire analysts.…
Growing pains aside, ‘RedZone at the US Open’ is a match made in heaven for tennis junkies
At the dawn of the streaming revolution in the 2010s, certain sports stood to benefit right away. Tennis was and is one of them. Before streaming, broadcasters would have at times dozens of matches to choose from and only one screen. Fans were at the mercy of the producer in a truck. Now at the…
Charles Barkley declares this season will be the last for him and Ernie Johnson on ‘Inside the NBA’
We’re six weeks out from the start of another NBA season, which means it’s time for the annual tradition of Charles Barkley retirement watch. Barkley notably returned to Inside the NBA even after TNT Sports lost NBA broadcast rights and licensed the show to ESPN, and was part of the show’s coverage of its first-ever NBA…
Victory+ failed. Is this the end of sports streaming for free?
In September 2024, Victory+ was founded with a simple dream: to deliver major professional sports on streaming for free. Two years later, the Victory+ vision is dead. The streaming service shut down as of September 1. The move comes after the Texas Rangers, Anaheim Ducks and National Women’s Soccer League ended their agreements with the…
Chris Mannix rips ESPN for Clippers report: ‘They just swallowed a big bunch of bullsh*t’
After investigative sports journalist Pablo Torre dropped bombshell reports about how the Los Angeles Clippers had allegedly circumvented the salary cap to pay Kawhi Leonard through third-party endorsement deals, he was met not only with intense criticism from some of the leading voices in sports, including Bill Simmons and Mark Cuban, but also with outright denials by Clippers owner…
MLB thrilled with NBC’s first season of ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
NBC closed out its first season of Sunday Night Baseball on Sunday with Reds-Cubs, which drew 2.8 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. Across the full season, NBC and Peacock averaged 2.7 million viewers over 14 primetime broadcasts, the most-watched Sunday Night Baseball season since 2007, and that average holds even when factoring in NBC’s…
Pro Football Hall of Fame overhauls selection process in wake of Bill Belichick snub
Bill Belichick is not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame yet, but his glaring omission is already set to have a lasting impact on the selection process. Friday morning, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced drastic changes to its enshrinement process, which includes cutting its voter pool in half from 50 members to…
Your 2026 NFL Week 1 announcing schedule
The NFL season kicks off with a wild Week 1 slate that even features a Wednesday night game, as well as a Thursday night game in Australia (where it’s technically a Friday morning game). Wednesday will bring the NFL season opener in a Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. It…
Stephen A. Smith catfished by fake Cari Champion
Stephen A. Smith received an inquiry last year from someone he believed was Cari Champion, but it most definitely did not come from Cari Champion. After months of going back and forth on social media and via their own shows, Smith sat down with Champion and Jemele Hill for a nearly three-hour episode of their…
Inside ACC Network’s ambitious coast-to-coast Week 1 plan for ‘ACC Huddle’
ACC Network’s flagship football studio show is about to traverse the entire American continent in a single Labor Day weekend, planting its flag on three campuses spanning two coasts across four days. ACC Huddle, hosted by Taylor Tannebaum alongside analysts Jimbo Fisher, Eric Mac Lain, and Eddie Royal, will originate live from Stanford, Cal, and…
Nick Wright humiliates Danny Parkins for NFL predictions whiff on ‘First Things First’
FS1’s First Things First triumvirate Nick Wright, Kevin Wildes, and Chris Broussard returned from a two-week vacation just in time to present their annual NFL Predictions Week. On Monday, Tom Rinaldi introduced the week-long production, and for Danny Parkins, it all went downhill after that. Parkins hosts the show’s third hour, dubbed First Things First: OT. Broussard,…
Mike Tomlin sounds like he’s loving the post-coaching lifestyle
Mike Tomlin seems to be enjoying his life since his departure as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tomlin stepped down from the top job in Pittsburgh this past offseason after nearly two decades with the organization, leaving him a free agent for the first time since he ascended to the head coaching gig in…
Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff offer strong commentary on influencers crashing US Open
Naomi Osaka indulges the spectacle of tennis, treating each Grand Slam like the Met Gala. But once the match begins, Osaka locks in on tennis and respects the sport’s traditional protocols. The same cannot be said about the horde of influencers crashing the US Open this year. On Tuesday, Osaka’s first-round match against Anastasia Zakharova…
Gideon ESPN Lampron gets ESPN moment during Colorado-Georgia Tech broadcast
The Colorado Buffaloes opened their 2026 college football campaign against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta on Thursday night. The game featured a Georgia Tech 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, an improbable Colorado comeback, and a blocked field goal as time expired. Before walking away with the euphoric victory,…
ESPN announcers wonder if they jinxed Georgia Tech’s kicker
College football is back, and that also means questions about whether announcers impact the results of field goal attempts or not. Even the ESPN broadcasters of Thursday night’s game between Colorado and Georgia were left asking themselves if they jinxed a kicker. In the first quarter, Georgia Tech kicker Aidan Birr lined up for a…
Polymarket slammed for posting altered photo of Ball State QB
The sudden ubiquity of prediction markets has overtaken the sudden ubiquity of advertisements for legalized sports betting as the most jarring aspect of watching sports in 2026. While these prediction markets run plenty of ads on their own, they also have made aggressive moves to become a part of the conversation on “Sports Twitter” sharing…
TV and streaming viewing picks for September 4, 2026: How to watch Women’s Basketball World Cup
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Final Fixtures: Week 2 Qualifying Final Two, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Swans vs. Brisbane Lions — FS1/Fox One, 12:59 a.m. (Saturday) Elimination Final Two, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide Crows vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2/Fox One, 5:33 a.m. (Saturday) AFL…
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