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NBA Finals podcast listening surges on Spotify
The Knicks and Spurs have been must-listen as much as must-watch this NBA Finals, according to new data from Spotify. NBA Finals-related podcast listening on Spotify surged more than 350% over the past week, while streams of Finals-related episodes were up more than 450% over the same period. The morning after Game 3 — Tuesday,…
Carmelo Anthony has a claim to OG Anunoby’s game-winning tip-in
OG Anunoby might deserve a statue outside of Madison Square Garden for his game-winning tip-in, but Carmelo Anthony wants to make sure you know he played a role in the iconic shot as well. After trailing the San Antonio Spurs by 29 points in Game 4 Wednesday night, the New York Knicks pulled off the…
Dani Wexelman, Katie Nolan finding ways for women to join the tarps off trend
Women have been shut out from the tarps-off phenomenon exploding in Major League Baseball and other sports, but Dani Wexelman and Katie Nolan want to change that. The viral trend that sees men of varying ages strip off their shirts and wave them around like rally towels began last year in college football, but it…
Telemundo announcers tout no-ads hydration break policy
During Thursday’s broadcast of the Korea Republic vs. Czechia on Telemundo, the announce team used the hydration break to address viewers directly, telling them the World Cup belonged to them and that the broadcast would not be taking a break from the action. “This World Cup is ours — we’re not taking a break from…
Don Garber responds to Landon Donovan’s criticism that MLS ‘not mature enough’ to abandon linear TV
Earlier this month, American soccer superstar and Fox Sports broadcaster Landon Donovan claimed MLS was “not mature enough yet” to abandon linear television for a streaming-exclusive broadcast deal, like the one the league began with Apple in 2023. Turns out, MLS commissioner Don Garber would agree. Appearing in an interview with Alex Sherman of CNBC…
Fox earns a yellow card on World Cup opening day
This originally appeared in Friday’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. As the saying often goes, first impressions can mean everything. And yesterday, Fox imparted viewers…
French Open men’s final hits 20-year viewership low absent major stars
After a 2025 French Open final that featured major stars on both the men’s and women’s sides, TNT Sports saw an expected viewership decline this year absent any star power. Sunday’s men’s final between German Alexander Zverev and Italian Flavio Cobolli averaged just 1.3 million viewers across TNT and truTV, marking a 20-year viewership low…
Zlatan Ibrahimović vows to wake up American audiences in Fox World Cup studio role
Fox assembled one of the most credentialed soccer studio teams in American television history for this World Cup — Thierry Henry, Clarence Seedorf, Peter Schmeichel, Javier Hernández, Alexi Lalas, Carli Lloyd, Clint Dempsey — and the analyst it is most counting on to make the whole thing work has never done studio television before, has…
TV and streaming viewing picks for June 12, 2026: How to watch USMNT World Cup debut
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 14 Melbourne Demons vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m. North Melbourne Demons vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 a.m. (Saturday) Port Adelaide Power vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) Beach Volleyball AVP League Week 3,…
Congress to introduce legislation on NFL’s migration to streaming, per report
The NFL has found itself in the crosshairs of the federal government in recent months amid a not-so-subtle pressure campaign from Fox Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch. The league, which recently began an effort to renegotiate its media rights deals several years early with the hopes of securing billions of dollars in fee increases from its…
South African pundits stunned silent after team’s performance against Mexico
The World Cup did not get off to a hot start for South Africa on Thursday. The 2010 World Cup host faced off against one of this year’s host nations, Mexico, to kick off the 2026 World Cup, and it was never a contest. From the jump, the Mexican team looked dominant, scoring in the…
Fox honors Grant Wahl during first day of World Cup coverage
Among the festivities inherent to the opening day of a World Cup, Fox found a moment to strike a more somber tone during its coverage. During Fox Sports’ pregame show leading up to the opening World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa, host Rebecca Lowe paid tribute to beloved soccer reporter and former Fox…
ESPN reportedly looking to Dave Pasch, Bob Wischusen to replace Chris Fowler on NFL broadcasts
The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand has been all over ESPN’s plans for who will call their eight non-Monday Night Football games this upcoming season. In his latest report, it sounds like it’s not a question of who, but which announcers. Marchand reported Thursday that ESPN is “zeroing in” on splitting those games between play-by-play broadcasters Dave…
Alexi Lalas declares Donald Trump ‘the soccer president’
Alexi Lalas isn’t worried about the United States serving as the primary host of the FIFA men’s World Cup this summer. In fact, he thinks it will reinforce President Donald Trump’s commitment to the sport and his legacy as “the soccer president.” In an appearance on The Ryen Russillo Show released Thursday as Fox’s coverage of…
Mike Florio wonders if Rupert Murdoch’s political pressure leads NFL to dump Fox
Fox has been an NFL broadcasting partner since 1994, but Mike Florio could see that longstanding relationship coming to an end in the near future. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a lengthy hearing on the NFL’s broadcast antitrust exemption amid concerns that the league has been skirting the exemption’s limits, which arguably apply…
Fox botches hydration breaks in World Cup opener, returns late to game action
Fans learned earlier on Thursday, just hours before the World Cup began, that Fox had opted to utilize the FIFA-mandated mid-half hydration breaks to air full-screen advertising, a stark departure from usual soccer broadcasting standards that see each half air unencumbered by commercials. Suffice it to say, it didn’t take long for these commercials to…
Jordon Hudson can’t stop requesting public records from UNC about her
On May 9, 2025, Pablo Torre reported that Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, had been banned from the University of North Carolina’s football facility. On May 9, 2026, Hudson made a massive public records request to the school, presumably to identify Torre’s source or sources. A few days later, UNC denied Torre’s report, which alleged…
Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions reportedly ‘in the neighborhood’ of Pat McAfee’s looming $60M salary
ESPN never managed to lure Peyton Manning as its top NFL game analyst after years of aggressive pursuit, but the network’s production deal with Manning’s Omaha Productions has become far more expansive than a traditional announcer contract. As reports swirl that Pat McAfee is negotiating a new contract with the Worldwide Leader worth as much as $60…
Stephen A. Smith unloads on ‘stupid *ss’ Knicks fans for throwing things at Victor Wembanyama
The deplorable actions by a small portion of Knicks fans continue to besmirch the reputation of New Yorkers, and Stephen A. Smith has seen enough. After New York hosted their first NBA Finals game since 1999 Monday night, several fights broke out, with people wearing Spurs gear being targeted and attacked by groups of Knicks…
Charles Barkley takes victory lap on anti-3-pointer stance after Spurs’ NBA Finals collapse
As the NBA has evolved toward a more spread-out, perimeter-style of play over the past two decades, Inside the NBA star Charles Barkley has been notoriously against teams’ reliance on the three-ball. And as Barkley watched the San Antonio Spurs collapse at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, he…
Mike Greenberg calls out Knicks fans fighting or throwing eggs at players: ‘Just know that you are a disgrace’
The vibes have been off the charts in New York City as the Knicks have marched within one game of winning their first NBA championship since 1973. There have, however, been a few bad apples in the Big Apple who don’t reflect well on the fanbase. Following the Knicks’ Game 3 loss, five NYPD officers…
Monica McNutt’s Taylor Swift comments are reminder that policing fandom is silly
What Monica McNutt said isn’t necessarily surprising or new. We’ve all done it. The difference is that McNutt said it about Taylor Swift, and on a hot mic. The New York Knicks radio analyst and ESPN commentator went viral for doing something we’ve all done—questioning someone’s fandom. Unfortunately for McNutt, that someone was Swift, who…
Tiki Barber: ‘Cocky ass’ Victor Wembanyama ‘deserved to get punked’
As Mitch Johnson and De’Aaron Fox bear the brunt of the blame for the San Antonio Spurs’ collapse before the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Tiki Barber is holding Victor Wembanyama accountable. Wembanyama took a break from sketching a Hamlet sculpture, left the quietest room in the world, and covered his…
MLB’s strong early ratings continue with ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ season-high audience
NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball drew its largest audience of the season last week, as Major League Baseball continues to post strong early-season viewership numbers. The extra-innings San Francisco Giants-Chicago Cubs game averaged 2.34 million viewers on Sunday, June 7 (2.6 million when including Adobe Analytics), the largest Sunday Night Baseball audience of the season for NBC.…
Kirk Herbstreit captured best angle of OG Anunoby’s game-winner
No offense to ESPN’s camera people who capture nearly every angle of every big sports moment, but Kirk Herbstreit may have had the best video of OG Anunoby’s game-winner. Yes, that Kirk Herbstreit. As Monica McNutt questioned Taylor Swift’s fandom, ESPN’s lead college football analyst from Ohio was quietly sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden for…
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