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Max Caster apologizes after being fired by TNA for offensive rap
TNA Wrestling held its biggest event of the year this past weekend with Bound for Glory. The event featured at least one prominent new arrival: former AEW star “Platinum” Max Caster. But his arrival quickly turned to dust following a rap lyric gone bad. Caster’s character is built around a rap that disses his opponents…
Peacock expanding ‘On the Bench’ to every Monday night NBA game
Peacock is putting every Monday night NBA game “On the Bench.” NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood told Sports Media Watch’s Derek Futterman that “On the Bench,” the format that plants an analyst beside each team’s bench instead of at the broadcast table, will be deployed for every Monday night game on Peacock this season…
ABC tabs ‘High Potential’ for post-Super Bowl LXI slot
ABC is putting its best show behind its biggest game, even if that time slot doesn’t pack the punch it once did. The Alphabet Network will air High Potential immediately after Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027, according to Variety, and stream the Kaitlin Olson drama on Disney+ alongside its ABC broadcast. The network…
Fox IndyCar reporter Jack Harvey reveals cancer diagnosis
Veteran IndyCar series competitor and Fox Sports pit reporter Jack Harvey is battling cancer. The 33-year-old UK native has competed in 93 races on the IndyCar circuit, with his best finish being a third-place podium appearance in the 2019 Indy road course race. In 2025, Harvey joined Fox Sports as a pit reporter for the…
Peyton Manning calls out refs for icing Harrison Mevis before OT miss
Monday Night Football was not a good night for the Los Angeles Rams, and it was an even worse night for kicker Harrison Mevis. The Rams lost to the Bills in an overtime thriller, and Mevis saw his game-winning field-goal attempt blocked. It was his second miss of the night as the Missouri product fell to just…
Netflix acquires Spanish rights to 2030 men’s World Cup
Netflix’s long-rumored pursuit of the men’s World Cup produced a deal on Tuesday, though the streamer’s first foothold in FIFA’s biggest event comes in Spain rather than the United States. According to The Athletic’s Dan Sheldon and Philip Buckingham, Netflix has secured the Spanish rights to the 2030 World Cup and will stream all 104…
ESPN captures fight after Rams-Bills game
The Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills played one of the best, most exciting games of the NFL season so far on Monday Night Football. And the fireworks continued after the game thanks to a confrontation between two players at midfield. It may have taken a while for the game to get going, but once…
Peyton Manning couldn’t believe the Rams almost let the clock run out
It’s been an incredibly weird week in the NFL when it comes to clock management, and on Monday night, the Los Angeles Rams came very close to adding to that weirdness. The Buffalo Bills had scored to take a 34–27 lead with just under two minutes left to play. On the ensuing drive, the Rams…
Mike Florio calls out NFL’s ‘bonus coverage’ for failing fans with Sunday Ticket
Mike Florio is sick and tired of NFL “bonus coverage” leaving fans that have paid good money to be able to watch every football game unable to tune in to watch their favorite team. The Sunday Ticket blackouts became an issue on Sunday when the game between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants ran…
Troy Aikman can’t explain what happened to the Commanders
The NFL world has had a full day to process the end of Sunday’s game between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants, and everyone is still confused. The Commanders’ offense had the ball in Giants territory with a minute to play in overtime and seemed poised to drain the clock, spike the ball, and…
Tom Brady driving record numbers for Fox Sports social channels
Tom Brady is proving to be just as much a needle mover at Fox as he was during his playing days. According to Austin Karp at Sports Business Journal, Fox Sports is on pace for its best season ever in NFL content views across social media platforms, and the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback has driven…
Rex Ryan rips Dan Quinn, David Blough for Commanders clock management gaffe
The Washington Commanders faced plenty of criticism after their cataclysmic clock management at the end of overtime in Sunday’s game against the New York Giants turned what looked like a near-sure victory into a tie. For those that missed it as it happened, the Commanders had the ball with a minute to play and well…
Derrick Henry kept receipts, called out local media for predicting Ravens loss
The Baltimore Ravens hit the road to face the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Sunday night’s primetime clash on NBC. Entering the game, quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s return had turned the Falcons into the unlikeliest of primetime darlings over recent weeks, while the Ravens were without two-time MVP Lamar Jackson, who was out with…
Dan Le Batard calls on Patrick Mahomes to speak out against Protect College Sports Act: ‘Get your helmet out of your a**’
The U.S. Congress will vote on the Protect College Sports Act in the coming weeks, setting athletes back once again after a decade of significant strides toward being treated as revenue-generating workers in college football. As the bill has taken shape, ESPN has been unusually assertive in its support. Not only is College GameDay panelist…
Why NBC was able to use the ESPN ‘NFL Primetime’ music during Giants-Commanders highlights
NBC viewers heard a familiar sound on Sunday during Football Night in America, in a highlights package from the New York Giants-Washington Commanders game. As Maria Taylor recounted Sunday’s tie between the two NFC East rivals, the highlights package was soundtracked by a climactic build-up of low brass and strings that most NFL fans over 30…
Mark Sanchez reaches tentative agreement in civil lawsuit over Indianapolis incident
It appears that former Fox Sports NFL announcer Mark Sanchez is settling all of the ongoing legal issues surrounding a late-night stabbing incident with a 69-year-old truck driver in Indianapolis nearly a year ago. As Tom Murphy of The Indiana Lawyer reported, Sanchez and the driver, Perry Tole, have reached an agreement in principle that will…
Mike Elko clarifies ‘Billy’s cesspool’ comments about TexAgs: ‘I regret the way it came out’
After a 2-0 start to the campaign, the Texas A&M Aggies have dropped three straight games. Following the latest, a 27-6 loss to the Missouri Tigers on Saturday, Aggies head coach Mike Elko let his emotions get the best of him. “There’s a difference to me between the fan base and social media. So there’s one…
ESPN: ‘No one is expecting a financial windfall from a potential 24-team playoff’
Over the past year, the potential of a 24-team College Football Playoff has steadily moved closer to reality. Now, CFP leadership and ESPN are negotiating the specifics, and most insiders have already resigned themselves to the fact that doubling college football’s postseason seems inevitable. As with any change in college sports, money is the impetus.…
Adam Schefter defends unusual Marvin Harrison Jr. trade reporting
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter found himself at the center of another reporting controversy over the weekend, this time involving the trade of wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. On Saturday, Schefter reported that the Arizona Cardinals were finalizing a trade involving Harrison, the fourth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Curiously, the report didn’t include any…
Terrence Oglesby signs 2-year extension with ESPN, will split time between studio and games
Terrence Oglesby has signed a two-year extension with ESPN, Awful Announcing has learned. The former Clemson guard, who’s worked ACC Network studio shows in Bristol and called ACC men’s basketball games, is expected to make at least 35 appearances for the network—possibly more—with his assignments split roughly 50/50 between studio shows and game coverage. Oglesby…
NBC’s Mike Tomlin refuses to say Derrick Henry’s name
When it comes to Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry, Mike Tomlin acts like he’s in a video game that didn’t get the rights to use his likeness. The NBC Sports NFL analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers coach was tasked with discussing Henry and the Ravens during their Sunday Night Football showdown with the Atlanta…
Pat McAfee to voice character in upcoming Disney movie ‘Hexed’
It’s a great time to be a Pat McAfee fan. No matter where you look, the boisterous ESPN personality pops up. And now, that includes animated Disney movies, too. On Monday, Disney released a trailer for its upcoming animated film Hexed, which it describes as “an all-new magical coming-of-age saga” starring “an impulsive and unconventional teenage…
After key Packers injury, Fox’s Greg Olsen questions Ben Johnson prolonging blowout loss
After the Green Bay Packers notched a much-needed division win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, head coach Matt LaFleur seemed distracted in his postgame interview on local radio. “It’s bittersweet for me right now because I just heard the news on Javon Hargrave,” he said. “It’s not good.” Hargrave, the standout veteran defensive tackle,…
Johnny Manziel talked TexAgs’ Billy Liucci down after Mike Elko’s ‘Billy’s cesspool’ jab
Billy Liucci got the best advice of his weekend from the last person anyone in Aggieland would have pegged as the voice of restraint. Appearing on Wake Up Barstool Monday, the TexAgs executive editor and co-owner said it was Johnny Manziel who talked him off the ledge after Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko took…
Zach Lowe returns to NBA writing, becomes latest Ringer talent to launch Substack newsletter
It is no exaggeration to say that Zach Lowe changed sports writing. Lowe was at the vanguard as the internet shook up a medium once dominated by newspaper and magazine writers like Frank DeFord or Michael Wilbon. Using data analytics and game film clips and uninhibited by the inches of a newspaper column or magazine…
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