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College football viewing picks for October 10, 2026: How to watch Week 6
All Times Eastern noon Texas A&M at Missouri — ABC/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+ Indiana at Nebraska — Fox/Fox One Wake Forest at North Carolina State — The CW/ESPN Unlimited Tulane at Army — CBS Sports Network North Carolina at Pittsburgh — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited Central Florida at Oklahoma State — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited Dartmouth at Yale — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 10, 2026: How to watch ALDS Game 5
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 9 North Melbourne Kangaroos vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 p.m. Hawthorn Hawks vs. Brisbane Lions — FS2/Fox One, 10 p.m. Sydney Swans vs. Carlton Blues — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight Bundesliga Matchday 5 FC Augsburg vs. Bayern München — Telemundo/Peacock//Fandango, 9:25 a.m.…
Sophie Cunningham: Candace Buckner is ‘just thirsty’ after column urging Fever to get rid of her
As the WNBA season comes to a close and Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham hits free agency, The Athletic’s Candace Buckner wrote a lengthy column arguing that the Fever should not bring Cunningham back because of the “circus” she created after her comments on trans athletes. Now, Cunningham is pushing back against that column –…
Gregg Giannotti ‘felt terrible’ getting booted from private jet en route to Boomer Esiason’s Hall of Fame induction
The Radio Hall of Fame inducted its 2026 class on Thursday evening in Chicago. The honorees included SiriusXM 60s Gold’s Shotgun Tom Kelly, WLTW’s Helen Little, legendary on-air personalities Charlie Van Dyke and Fred Winston, and WFAN’s Boomer Esiason. The former NFL quarterback has been a pillar at one of the country’s premier sports radio…
Chris Berman remembers ESPN colleague Mike Ditka: ‘A national treasure’
Mike Ditka was many different things to different people. To some, he was a legendary NFL player and the first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. To others, he was the iconic coach of the Chicago Bears, leading the franchise to its first and only Super Bowl championship. And to…
Miami Marlins reportedly moving on from TV voice Kyle Sielaff, analyst Jeff Nelson
Some Major League Baseball broadcast teams stay together for decades. And then there’s the Miami Marlins. As Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reported, the Marlins have told Kyle Sielaff that his time as the franchise’s TV voice was ending after two seasons. The Marlins are also moving on from television analyst Jeff Nelson, studio host…
Falcons-Saints is least-watched primetime game of season amid down week for NFL
Twenty years after the Domecoming shook the Superdome to its foundation, its anniversary barely registered a tremor on the Nielsen meters. Monday’s Falcons-Saints game averaged 11.9 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, including over-the-air simulcasts in the home markets, according to Sports Media Watch. It was the season’s first cable-exclusive Monday Night Football…
Mike Ditka became a media star and pop culture icon by unapologetically being himself
They certainly don’t make them like Mike Ditka anymore, and that’s a shame. These days, it’s hard to find one that isn’t a slog. Coaches approach the podium like they’re being led to the gallows, offer answers with the personality of a press release, and steer clear of anything that could become a headline, a…
Jim Nantz set for ManningCast debut during Bills-Rams
Jim Nantz, whose voice has accompanied several of the biggest nights of Peyton Manning’s career, will make his first ManningCast appearance Monday when Peyton and Eli Manning take on Bills-Rams for ESPN2. According to Sports Business Journal’s Austin Karp, Peyton arranged the booking himself, extending the invitation directly to the longtime CBS play-by-play voice while…
Pat McAfee’s ‘Field Pass’ coming to Super Bowl LXI and select ‘Monday Night Football’ games
Pat McAfee’s Field Pass is officially making the jump from the College Football Playoff to the Super Bowl. McAfee announced Friday on The Pat McAfee Show that ESPN will air a Field Pass altcast for Super Bowl LXI in February. Before then, the show will also broadcast select Monday Night Football games, beginning with Commanders-49ers…
Richard Sherman casts doubt on Joey Porter Jr. illness
The Dallas Cowboys were without star defensive acquisition Joey Porter Jr. for their Thursday Night Football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And Richard Sherman wasn’t quite buying what everyone was selling about his absence. The Cowboys traded for Porter from the Pittsburgh Steelers last week for second-round and sixth-round draft selections. The star cornerback was stuck…
Jane Slater starstruck by Lainey Wilson during ‘SportsCenter’ segment
All the stars were out in Dallas for the Cowboys’ Thursday Night Football game, including country music superstar Lainey Wilson. Wilson is no stranger to AT&T Stadium, having previously performed at halftime of the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game back in 2024. She is also a prominent college football star, singing the Big & Rich hit…
Dianna Russini reportedly hires crisis publicist as comeback awaits
Dianna Russini hasn’t staged her comeback after the Mike Vrabel scandal yet, but she still seems to be taking steps in that direction. The veteran NFL reporter was infamously caught in an affair with the head coach of the New England Patriots after being snapped together at a swanky Arizona resort. What followed was weeks…
Bill Simmons curses out ESPN for deleting Grantland recordings
It has been over a decade since Bill Simmons left ESPN, but some of the scars still cut very, very deep. It was back in 2015 when Simmons departed the Worldwide Leader after a series of creative differences and public disagreements. The Sports Guy had done it all at ESPN and became a household name…
Legendary NFL player, coach, analyst Mike Ditka passes away at 86
Mike Ditka passed away on Friday after an incomparable career in football. The Pennsylvania native and Pittsburgh alum was a first-round pick in the 1961 NFL and AFL drafts. He signed with the Chicago Bears and quickly became one of the greatest tight ends ever. He earned five consecutive Pro Bowl appearances in his first…
Cowboys-Bucs was not a great night for Al Michaels
Al Michaels is one of the broadcasting GOATs. That fact is unquestioned. But whether he should be calling NFL games on national television in 2026 is up for debate. Michaels signed with Amazon Prime Video to lead their Thursday Night Football franchise and is on a year-to-year basis with the streamer. When Amazon won the NFL rights,…
Joe Buck to guest star on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Disney knows no bounds when it comes to promoting ABC and ESPN’s Super Bowl coverage this year. And that includes one of their longest-running entertainment franchises, Dancing with the Stars, welcoming the man who will call the game, Joe Buck. But don’t think Buck will be putting on his dancing shoes; he won’t be joining…
Legal expert Michael McCann on the Protect College Sports Act, Kawhi Leonard, and ousted Blazers announcer Braiden Bell
A lot is happening at the intersection of sports and law. The biggest story may be the Protect College Sports Act, which passed the Senate easily but still needs House approval. Even if the bill becomes law, plenty of questions and potential legal challenges remain. We recently spoke with legal expert Michael McCann about the…
David Ellison expects CBS to be in business with NFL for ‘foreseeable future’
Skydance CEO David Ellison is full speed ahead on a press tour to promote his freshly combined media company, which formally brought together Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery after a lengthy process earlier this week. Since the company’s formal combination, Ellison has fielded questions during a press conference and given a handful of interviews. Most…
Female admirer crashes Dallas reporter’s Cowboys segment
The Dallas Cowboys suffered a shocking defeat on Thursday Night Football to the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but at least one fan still looked like she had a good time at the game. After the game was over, Jeff Kolb of Fox 4 in Dallas was giving a live report from the AT&T Stadium field,…
MLB reveals TV schedule for 2026 League Championship Series
Major League Baseball has announced the television schedule for the 2026 League Championship Series. The action begins on Oct. 11 in an NLCS showdown the baseball world has figured would happen for months, and it’s a rematch of last year’s NLCS. The two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers go on the road to face Jacob…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 9, 2026: How to watch WNBA Semifinals
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 9 St. Kilda Saints vs. Collingwood Magpies — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m. Port Adelaide Power vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, midnight Geelong Cats vs. Greater Western Sydney Giants — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 a.m. (Saturday) Richmond Tigers vs. Adelaide Crows —…
CBS Sports, TNT Sports merger expected to be ‘a bloodbath,’ per report
With Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery officially coming together as one company, Skydance, it’s only a matter of time until CBS Sports and TNT Sports fold into a single entity. Unfortunately, that also means a lot of people are likely about to lose their jobs. Skydance has promised investors the company will find some $6…
Andrew Whitworth praises Lane Johnson’s courage for speaking out about mental health
After a Stephen A. Smith-fueled media cycle about Lane Johnson’s surprise decision to retire from football due to mental health reasons ran its course — from insensitive hot take to quasi-apology to full-throated apology all within 24 hours — others in NFL media are expressing their support for the former All-Pro right tackle. Chief among…
Nick Wright grapples with Tyreek Hill potentially rejoining his beloved Chiefs
On Monday, Drew Rosenhaus, agent to free-agent wide receiver Tyreek Hill, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, “I would anticipate Tyreek potentially signing with a team over the next few days.” It is Thursday, and as of this writing, Hill has not signed with an NFL team. But Hill, who formerly starred for the Kansas City Chiefs…
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