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Stephen A. Smith explains why he met with Donald Trump at the White House
Friday’s news cycle began with Kid Rock revealing to Fox News that he, Stephen A. Smith, and Bill Maher had an “epic” dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday night. Smith wasn’t going to let a news cycle pass without talking about the White House visit on his own properties, as…
ESPN will reportedly pay additional $345 million annually for expanded College Football Playoff
On Thursday, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that the College Football Playoff was “nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams,” beginning with the 2027 season. This may sound hyperbolic, but it’s not: Nearly everyone hated the news, though nobody hates it more than Josh Pate. Amidst the backlash, Nick Saban called a spade a spade.…
Eagles-Jaguars London game overrun appears to have hurt Fox, CBS pregame show viewership
Fox and CBS have long been frustrated by the NFL’s ever-encroaching international regular-season slate, with 9:30 a.m. ET kickoffs from Europe having the potential to deflate viewership for their pregame shows. Those fears seemed to materialize last Sunday, thanks to a London game that started late and ran long. Sunday’s Week 5 began with the…
Mike Florio questions NFL and Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clot announcement
The announcement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss time to deal with a blood clot left PFT’s Mike Florio with many unanswered questions. Last Friday, Hurts suddenly appeared on the Eagles’ injury report with a calf injury, but he fully participated in practice. He played in the team’s 19-17 loss to the Jacksonville…
Nick Saban opposes 24-team College Football Playoff expansion, offers ‘compromise’
By all accounts, the College Football Playoff will likely expand to 24 teams starting in 2027. While ESPN stands to benefit from the expansion with more high-value CFP game inventory, ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban isn’t among those in favor of the decision. “I would be for 16 (teams) – I think that would…
Troy Aikman’s Dolphins consultant role contractually in limbo
Troy Aikman has made it clear in recent days that his time with ESPN might be ending when his contract expires in March. His Miami Dolphins consultancy role also appears to be up in the air. According to Mark Maske of Front Office Sports, Aikman does not have a “formal and ongoing agreement” with the…
Kirk Herbstreit shreds Notre Dame as ’embarrassment’ for weak schedule
If Notre Dame wants a shot at a big spot in the expanded College Football Playoff, Kirk Herbstreit believes it needs to build a better schedule. Herbstreit joined Mike Greenberg on ESPN’s Get Up Friday morning to discuss recent reports that the CFP will expand to 24 teams for the 2027 season. Herbstreit explained that his biggest concern…
Vanessa Richardson leaves Rockets sideline job for expanded role at ESPN
Vanessa Richardson is leaving her job as the Houston Rockets’ sideline reporter after four seasons to take on an expanded role at ESPN, where she’ll join the network’s NBA sideline rotation for the 2026-27 season. Richardson revealed the move in a sprawling social media farewell post, writing that four years on Space City Home Network’s…
Doc Rivers to make NBC studio debut next month
Doc Rivers will make his studio debut for NBC on Nov. 2, slotting onto the network’s Monday night NBA Showtime desk for the first time since NBC hired him as a game analyst in September. Rivers will join host Ahmed Fareed and fellow analyst Brian Scalabrine on the studio show surrounding Peacock’s Thunder-Cavaliers game, according…
Boomer Esiason wonders if Troy Aikman could exit ESPN before Super Bowl
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are slated to call their first Super Bowl since 2020 later this NFL season for ESPN, unless someone decides to break up the broadcast booth early. With a 25-year track record, Buck and Aikman have been the surest broadcast booth in the NFL. ESPN brought them from Fox to revitalize…
Caleb Williams says media got ‘every single’ report on his hamstring injury wrong
Caleb Williams addressed his hamstring injury publicly for the first time on Thursday, nearly four weeks after he was carted off against the Vikings, and the Bears quarterback reserved most of his ire for the people who spent that stretch reporting on it. Williams insisted that nothing reported about the type or severity of his…
Doug Gottlieb hangs up on Rob Parker after demanding apology
Doug Gottlieb and Rob Parker used to be Fox Sports Radio colleagues, but now they can’t get through a two-minute phone call. In his third season as head men’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Gottlieb has supported the proposed Protect College Sports Act, and three weeks ago, while speaking to reporters, he addressed the…
Stephen A. Smith had ‘epic’ meal with Donald Trump
Fear not, for the United States of America is in the hands of Donald Trump, Stephen A. Smith, Kid Rock, and Bill Maher. Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, joined Fox News’ Fox & Friends Friday morning, where the Republican singer-rapper revealed he dined with Trump, Smith, and Maher at the White House Thursday night. 🚨…
San Francisco 49ers reporter accused of hugging players in locker room
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hasn’t always been the biggest fan of Grant Cohn’s questions, but that’s part of life on the beat. According to Cohn, David Lombardi didn’t get that memo. “I can’t stand David Lombardi,” said Cohn, a reporter for 49ers On SI, on his postgame livestream last Sunday. “It’s bad…
Rob Parker suggests Russell Wilson replace Troy Aikman on ‘Monday Night Football’
Troy Aikman still has a Super Bowl to call at SoFi Stadium in February, but with the Hall of Famer openly calling himself a free agent and ESPN yet to approach him about a new deal, just about everyone in sports media already has a favorite to replace him in the Monday Night Football booth.…
How Evan Washburn turned CBS’s postgame interview into a film session
Late last season, somewhere in the crowd at a Panthers-Seahawks game, sat a young man who could have passed for Sam Darnold’s twin. He had the Seattle quarterback’s complexion, his red hair, and his jersey, and after Darnold made a big play, CBS director Andy Freedman found him in the stands and put him on…
Sports media world supports Dan Orlovsky after ‘unimaginable tragedy’
On Thursday, Dan Orlovsky broke down game film and analyzed the Week 6 slate on ESPN’s NFL Live, as he always does. If ESPN viewers hadn’t checked Orlovsky’s Twitter account, they’d have no reason to think he was grief-stricken. “This weekend, our family experienced an unimaginable tragedy,” Orlovsky posted early Thursday morning. “My brother-in-law, Fed,…
Fran Fraschilla on why he wrote a book, and previewing the 2026-27 college basketball season
College basketball’s regular season starts next month, and few people are more excited than Fran Fraschilla. The ESPN analyst and former coach is adding a new title to his résumé: author. Don’t Mess With Happy will be released on Oct. 20 and is now available for pre-order. Co-written with David Smale, Fraschilla’s new book features stories and lessons…
Steve Young will be ‘College GameDay’ guest picker for BYU-Notre Dame
If you’re hosting College GameDay in Provo, Utah, before the season’s biggest BYU football game, you might as well bring out one of the school’s all-time best quarterbacks as the guest picker. In that regard, your choices are Ty Detmer, Jim McMahon, and Steve Young. And given that one of them was a longtime ESPN…
TV series about the 1985 Chicago Bears under development
Just a few days after legendary coach Mike Ditka’s passing, word has trickled out that a TV show about the 1985 Chicago Bears is in development. According to Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter, Sunset Lane Media has optioned Rich Cohen’s Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football and assembled a team…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 16, 2026: How to watch ALCS Game 4
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 10 Carlton Blues vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2/Fox One, midnight Brisbane Lions vs. Port Adelaide Power — FS2/Fox One, 2 a.m. (Saturday) West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats — FS2/Fox One, 4 a.m. (Saturday) Bundesliga Matchday 6 Announcers — Universo/Peacock: José Luis Salido/Jorge Calvó Eintracht…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 15, 2026: How to watch ALCS Game 4
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 10 Carlton Blues vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2/Fox One, midnight Brisbane Lions vs. Port Adelaide Power — FS2/Fox One, 2 a.m. (Saturday) West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats — FS2/Fox One, 4 a.m. (Saturday) Bundesliga Matchday 6 Announcers — Universo/Peacock: José Luis Salido/Jorge Calvó Eintracht…
Ryan Fitzpatrick goes off on Bo Nix after Broncos beat Seahawks on ‘Thursday Night Football’
Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix threw for 107 yards on four yards per attempt, while Denver punted on six straight drives in the second half. But Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold tossed a back-breaking interception in overtime, allowing the Broncos to escape with a 17-14 win on Thursday Night Football. Denver’s defense may have bailed…
Charley Steiner: Calling first full Dodgers game following cancer ‘the most meaningful event’ of career
Charley Steiner has accomplished a great deal in his storied career in sports media. One of the iconic SportsCenter anchors of the 1980s and 1990s. Perhaps the best thespian of them all in ESPN’s This is SportsCenter ad campaign. For a brief time, a radio voice of the New York Yankees. And since 2005, the…
Ourand: Sources predicting Greg Olsen replaces Troy Aikman on ‘Monday Night Football’ next season
The triumvirate of Greg Olsen, Troy Aikman, and Kirk Herbstreit entered this NFL season in the final year of their respective contracts at Fox, ESPN, and Prime Video. While Prime Video reportedly extended Herbstreit (sort of), speculation around Aikman and Olsen’s futures is hitting midseason form. “My best sources are predicting that Greg Olsen will…
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