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Dan Orlovsky eats cold chicken as replacement birthday cake on ‘NFL Live’
At this point, ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky is just as well known for his peculiar habits, particularly his food preferences, and life-hack hot takes as he is for his football takes. All the way back in May 2022, Orlovsky exposed that he will only tolerate birthday cake if it’s “ice cream cake because normal…
Elle Duncan: ‘Right now, the WNBA is the most toxic space to cover’
Despite moving on to a flashy new role at Netflix this year, Elle Duncan has continued the role that put her on the map: WNBA studio anchor. Duncan is the host of USA Network’s pre- and postgame coverage, and will be part of the network’s WNBA Finals broadcasts this fall. Yet while Duncan has clearly…
Luke Kuechly reportedly replacing Bill Belichick on Peyton Manning’s ‘The Breakdown’
Two years ago, Bill Belichick was the hottest commodity in NFL media circles, lining up a series of gigs in the short period between coaching stints. One of them was The Breakdown, an ESPN film-room series where he and Peyton Manning broke down the X’s and O’s of upcoming Monday Night Football games. This year,…
Prime Video reportedly signs James Palmer as ‘Thursday Night Football’ NFL insider
The NFL insider musical chairs continues, as James Palmer is headed to Amazon Prime Video. According to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, Palmer will replace Ian Rapoport as the NFL insider for Thursday Night Football, providing reporting for the pregame and postgame shows. It is the latest domino to fall following the merger of ESPN and…
Tributes pour in for longtime SEC basketball broadcaster Joe Dean Jr., dead at 71
Joe Dean Jr., who followed in his father’s footsteps to become an SEC basketball broadcaster and who also had a successful career as a coach and athletic director, has died at the age of 71. Dean Jr. played basketball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs under coach Kermit Davis Sr. and parlayed that into a coaching career,…
ESPN moves ‘Marty & McGee’ to noon Saturdays, expanding ‘SEC Nation’ to three hours
ESPN is moving Marty & McGee out of the early morning hours this college football season, shifting the show from its longtime 7-10 a.m. ET window to a noon start on SEC Network, according to Barrett Media. SEC Nation will expand to a full three-hour broadcast beginning at 9 a.m. ET with Marty Smith and…
Stephen A. Smith accuses NABJ of ‘personal hit job’: ‘Folks are scared’
After the National Association of Black Journalists accused Stephen A. Smith of disparaging Black women, Stephen A. Smith is accusing the NABJ of conducting a personal hit job. Smith received the “Thumbs Down” award at the NABJ’s Saturday night gala in Atlanta, an dishonor given to individuals or institutions conducting “especially insensitive, racist or stereotypical…
CBS has no plans to hire NFL insider to replace Jonathan Jones
The offseason NFL insider reshuffling continued on Monday as it was announced that Tom Pelissero, formerly of NFL Network but laid off by ESPN last month, would join Netflix for its five-game NFL package this season in addition to taking a role at The Ringer, where he’ll make weekly appearances on The Bill Simmons Podcast…
Charley Steiner called full Dodgers game for 1st time in 3 years following cancer, back fractures
Charley Steiner’s cancer went into remission in October 2024, but it took a whole lot more time before he was able to call nine innings at Dodger Stadium. That wait ended this past Saturday when the longtime Los Angeles Dodgers radio voice called a full game for the first time in three years. “I get…
Chris Berman praises sports as uniting ‘melting pot’ during Disney Legend speech
Chris Berman has long been considered an ESPN legend, but now he will also forever be known as a Disney Legend. Disney announced Berman would be part of its newest class of “Legend” honorees in March. And Sunday afternoon, Berman officially received the honor meant to represent the “extraordinary breadth of talent and storytellers who…
Jeff Zucker predicts there’s no ‘floor’ to bundle subscribers as sports rights flee cable
Jeff Zucker’s career ascended over the same period the cable bundle took off. Now, he’s predicting its demise. Zucker, who served as the chief executive at both NBCUniversal and CNN during his career in television, knows better than most just how valuable that cable bundle used to be, and still is. Somewhere around 62 million…
NBA: ESPN report on Clippers investigation ‘contains numerous and significant inaccuracies’
ESPN filed a report on Monday with new details about the NBA’s ongoing investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ potential salary cap circumvention related to sponsorship deals awarded to star player Kawhi Leonard. No more than two hours after ESPN published its findings, the NBA issued a strongly worded statement refuting the article as containing…
ESPN reportedly close to setting new NFL Network broadcast booth partnerships
New details have emerged on ESPN’s rebuilt No. 2 NFL broadcast team. According to Front Office Sports, Dave Pasch is expected to pair with Kurt Warner, while Bob Wischusen will work alongside his college football partner, Louis Riddick, splitting the network’s expanded slate of non-Monday Night Football games this season. Jason Kelce’s involvement remains “fluid,”…
Dave Portnoy dubs Dan Orlovsky ‘biggest joke’ from Pat McAfee’s ‘horrible’ album
Dave Portnoy didn’t like Pat McAfee’s new album, but he really didn’t like Dan Orlovsky’s saying McAfee’s album is “good good.” McAfee was a really good NFL punter. He’s a very good podcaster and a great entertainer, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to being a decent singer/songwriter. McAfee the musician has been met with largely…
Tennis Channel to release two short documentaries executive produced by Coco Gauff
At just 22 years old, Coco Gauff already has two grand slam titles under her belt. And now, she’s going to add two more titles to her portfolio: a pair of documentary films. Tennis Channel recently announced two short documentaries that it will debut ahead of the upcoming US Open: Serve: Fashion & Tennis and The Zina…
Nielsen unveils ‘Local NFL Fandom Index’ ranking fan avidity in each NFL market
You know what they say about the AFC North. It just means more. At least, that’s what you might think after looking at Nielsen’s first-ever Local NFL Fandom Index, which aims to rank each NFL market by fan avidity. The rankings, released on Monday, show a particular affinity for smaller cities that out-kick their coverage in…
Tom Pelissero joins Netflix’s NFL coverage as sideline reporter and insider
Tom Pelissero has a new home for football season. The ex-NFL Network employee will be joining Netflix’s NFL coverage as sideline reporter and insider across the streamer’s entire NFL slate, which kicks with the International Series game from Australia between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. Pelissero is also set to co-host The…
Michael Wilbon says he’d consider continuing ‘PTI’ with Frank Isola if Tony Kornheiser retires
For nearly a quarter century, Pardon the Interruption has endured on the strength of Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, weathering even a pandemic that exiled Kornheiser from the Washington studio for more than three years, until his triumphant in-person return in December 2023. While the 77-year-old Kornheiser’s in-studio appearances have become few and far between,…
Tom Brady calls out NFL players skipping preseason games: ‘Your job is to play football’
As the NFL preseason continues to be a meaningless formality, Tom Brady wants players to make exhibition games matter again. Week 1 of the 2026 NFL preseason is over, which means we’re just two more weeks of exhibition games away from the games that actually matter. And while the next two weeks of exhibition games…
Jalen Brunson ‘definitely’ landing ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ role, Mariska Hargitay says
Shortly after leading the New York Knicks to their first NBA title in 53 years, after winning NBA Finals MVP and earning New York immortality, Jalen Brunson had one wish. “Try to get on SVU!” Brunson said. That might seem like a random choice for someone with the entire world newly at his fingertips, but Brunson…
Ian Eagle isn’t sure what’s next: ‘We’ll see where the road takes me’
Ian Eagle isn’t quite sure what the future holds for him. In the immediate term, ‘The Bird’ will occupy CBS’s No. 2 NFL booth opposite Ross Tucker as the latest domino to fall from Tony Romo’s arrest and subsequent leave. At 57, Eagle now finds himself on his third booth partner in as many years,…
Why is Pat McAfee fighting a war he has already won?
Pat McAfee has conquered it all. And yet, he can’t fully embrace his triumphs. The former NFL punter turned sports media titan, wrestler, actor, commentator, and now musician released his first album last Friday, The Diary of a Polarizing Figure. McAfee’s music speaks to an enormous disconnect that embodies his current predicament. Even though he is…
Ian Rapoport surfaces why Cardinals, Packers just became reporters’ nightmare for 2026 NFL season
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and Arizona Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur are about to test America’s media illiteracy epidemic. The Cardinals hired Mike LaFleur as a first-time NFL head coach in February, while Matt LaFleur is entering his eighth season in charge of the Packers. Now, the LaFleurs aren’t the first pair…
Ric Bucher asks why WNBA national broadcasts don’t feature more men: ‘All of it feels like a girls’ club’
Longtime NBA analyst Ric Bucher used his latest On The Ball with Ric Bucher podcast to go in on women’s basketball and the WNBA. Bucher called out the disingenuous hysteria around transgender athletes in women’s sports, claimed NBA owners’ lack of interest as the WNBA’s actual problem, weighed in on Caitlin Clark vs. Kelsey Mitchell, and took…
MLB’s over-the-air presence is growing, but no team has gone all the way
The Boston Red Sox are the latest MLB team to announce a limited regular-season return to over-the-air television. However, despite this over-the-air expansion by many teams, no MLB team airs all of its games over-the-air, unlike the NHL and NBA. As part of the annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, WSBK-TV Channel 38 will simulcast two…
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