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Rob Stone talks FIFA World Cup coverage, USMNT’s potential ‘crash out’, and Fox’s possible ‘last hurrah’
Few American broadcasters have covered more soccer than Fox’s Rob Stone. And for the first time next week, Stone will get to broadcast a FIFA men’s World Cup on home soil, as North America hosts the largest tournament in the competition’s history and the USMNT looks to make good on a once-in-a-lifetime home-field advantage. Stone…
NOTUS hires 3 former ‘WaPo’ sports journos, former ESPN feature writer Martenzie Johnson
The arms race for Capitol-area sports coverage continues in the aftermath of the Washington Post‘s decision to axe its sports desk, with NOTUS announcing the hire of four prominent sports journalists from the area this week. NOTUS, which launched in 2024 as an arm of the nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute and is set to expand and…
Draymond Green’s new media revolution needs help
Athletes have taken back the power to tell their stories. Listen to any podcast about sports media, and you’re bound to hear hand-wringing about players cutting out the middlemen so their story comes out exactly the way they want it told. It’s part of what Dan Le Batard was alluding to when he declared that…
TV and streaming viewing picks for June 3, 2026: How to watch NBA Finals Game 1
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 13 Adelaide Crows vs. Geelong Cats — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) College Football With the First Pick — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m. All-Access: Kentucky Spring Football — SEC Network, 8 p.m. College Golf Men’s NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship National Championship,…
Andy Roddick takes issue with Fabrice Santoro asking Aryna Sabalenka to dance during French Open interview: ‘Lose-lose situation’
This week, after world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka took care of business in a high-profile match against Naomi Osaka, former tennis player-turned-broadcaster Fabrice Santoro made a strange request. During his on-court interview with Sabalenka after the match, Santoro referenced the Belarusian star’s viral dances in the warmup zone. Santoro then queued music and suggested Sabalenka…
Guardians announcer Tom Hamilton shades Jazz Chisholm Jr. ‘Tonight Show’ appearance
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. made headlines thanks to an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The Yankees star boldly predicted that the Bronx Bombers would win the World Series this year in the conversation with Fallon. That wasn’t the only topic that was covered as Chisholm also talked about being…
Draymond Green returning to ‘Inside the NBA’ for NBA Finals Games 3 and 4 following spat with Charles Barkley
Draymond Green certainly knows how to make his presence felt. Last month, while once again filling in for Shaquille O’Neal on Inside the NBA, Green offered several memorable opinions, none more potent than his jab at the final chapter of Inside star Charles Barkley’s playing career. While parrying Barkley’s assertion that the Golden State Warriors’ run…
Stanley Cup Game 1 starts with no broadcast audio in Indianapolis
Technical difficulties during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes led to either the best or worst possible sports viewing experience, depending on how you feel about listening to the announcers. A bizarre situation played out as the ABC broadcast began at 8 p.m. ET where only…
Boston Globe columnist and 98.5 sports radio host Chris Gasper shares prostate cancer diagnosis
Chris Gasper, a columnist for the Boston Globe and radio host with 98.5 The Sports Hub, said Tuesday that he’ll be taking time away as he undergoes surgery for prostate cancer. Gasper shared his message on social media, saying he was initially diagnosed last year before the start of the New England Patriots season. “You…
Rams’ Myles Garrett trade works out very well for NFL’s 2026 primetime schedule
The NFL expected the Los Angeles Rams to be a team that America would be interested in watching this season. And that was before they traded for arguably the best defensive player in the game. Coming off a 12-5 season that ended one game short of a Super Bowl appearance, the Rams are among a…
Spurs-Thunder Game 7 draws 15.9 million viewers
As expected, the climactic Game 7 finale in the epic Western Conference Finals series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs was a massive ratings winner for NBC. The Spurs emerged triumphant over the Thunder by a 111-103 final score in a contest that wasn’t decided until the final minute. It marked the…
Tributes pour in for sports broadcaster and author David J. Halberstam, dead at 74
Sports broadcaster and author David J. Halberstam passed away on Tuesday following a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was 74. Halberstam’s over-50-year career in sports media spanned several roles, including play-by-play announcer for St. John’s basketball from 1982 to 1992, and the radio voice of the Miami Heat from 1992 to 1998. An unfortunate…
Cheryl Miller understands ‘overwhelming’ expectations Caitlin Clark faces: ‘I’m gonna give her some grace’
For the first time in her basketball career, cracks are starting to show in Caitlin Clark’s facade. Dealing with injuries, criticism about her defensive abilities, and a struggling Indiana Fever season so far, Clark has been letting her emotions show. Along with getting snippy with the media, she got into an intense exchange with head…
UEFA Champions League Final sets viewership record for club soccer in U.S.
A thrilling UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday earned CBS the largest audience for a club soccer match in U.S. English-language television history. Paris Saint-Germain’s win over Arsenal averaged 3.09 million viewers on CBS, according to the network’s announcement on Tuesday. Saturday’s match, a 5-0 walloping by PSG over Italian side Inter Milan, increased last…
Former Alabama basketball player’s defamation suit against New York Times heads for trial
A defamation and false-light lawsuit brought by former Alabama basketball player Kai Spears against The New York Times is headed to trial, according to a report by Michael McCann in Sportico. The suit, initially filed in 2023 following a Times report suggesting Spears was at the scene of a shooting involving some of his Alabama basketball…
Brian Windhorst wonders if a non-American can become the face of the NBA
If Victor Wembanyama becomes the face of the NBA, he’ll be the first non-American-born player to carry that baton. As Wembanyama leads the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals, ESPN’s Mike Greenberg is ready to declare him the face of the NBA regardless of what happens against the New York Knicks over the next…
SiriusXM NBA Radio’s Frank Isola on the Knicks, guest hosting ‘PTI,’ and his NBA Finals prediction
Frank Isola will be watching the NBA Finals with keen interest. He was the New York Knicks beat reporter for two decades at the New York Daily News. That includes covering the last Knicks team to reach the Finals, in 1999, when they lost to the San Antonio Spurs. Time is a flat circle because…
Indiana Fever reporter claims credential revoked over reporting on Caitlin Clark injury
Caitlin Clark was a surprise late scratch with a back injury for the Indiana Fever’s home matchup with the Portland Fire on May 20, and new ripple effects from the story continue to emerge. The latest comes from independent reporter Scott Agness, who covers the Fever and Indiana Pacers through his “Fieldhouse Files” Substack. In…
Former Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear still stands by message that cost him job
Six years ago, then-Sacramento Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear posted a tweet that cost him his job. Even now, he still stands by it. Just days prior, protests and demonstrations against police brutality had started in Minneapolis and spread across the United States in reaction to the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man…
Mike Breen on ESPN’s fourth NBA Finals booth in four years: ‘It is a challenge’
It’s the 21st consecutive season calling the NBA Finals for ESPN’s Mike Breen, and for the last four years, he’s been doing it with a different set of analysts each time. This season, ESPN has settled on Richard Jefferson, in his second year as a lead analyst, and Tim Legler, making his NBA Finals debut,…
Knicks center Mitchell Robinson avoids NBA Finals media day
The New York Knicks are doing little to eliminate the Streisand effect on Mitchell Robinson’s right-hand injury by keeping him from attending the NBA Finals media day. As Knicks fans waited for the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder to play through a grueling seven-game series in the Western Conference Finals, they did so…
PFL reportedly in talks with Netflix, Fox as ESPN deal comes to a close
PFL, an MMA promotion looking to claw away some of UFC’s market share in the growing combat sports space, is seemingly on the move. After signing multiple media rights deals with ESPN, the first of which dates back to 2019, PFL’s return to the Worldwide Leader appears very unlikely, according to a report by Adam…
Jeremy Lin joins ESPN’s NBA Finals coverage
Linsanity is coming to the NBA Finals. Jeremy Lin is joining ESPN’s coverage of the Knicks-Spurs series, per USA Today, appearing on NBA Today, SportsCenter, Hoops Streams, and potentially other network programming through the duration of the series. He makes his Finals debut on Wednesday on SportsCenter, live from Washington, D.C., alongside Scott Van Pelt.…
NFL RedZone can apparently trace its origins to Italy’s Serie A
When DirecTV’s NFL RedZone debuted in 2005, it wasn’t clear at the time, but it was a seminal moment in sports television in the United States. The whip-around style NFL show that cut between Sunday afternoon games, taking viewers to the best moments from each, was a groundbreaking format for the American viewer. But funnily…
USA Sports exec explains appeal of Sophie Cunningham: ‘She says what’s on her mind’
Sophie Cunningham will be on your TV screen a lot more this WNBA season, and USA Sports is counting on her to say exactly what’s on her mind. The Indiana Fever guard joined the network as a contributor in April, and in a piece published Tuesday by USA Today, USA Sports executive producer Jeff Behnke…
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