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Pat McAfee reportedly talking long-term extension with ESPN
As Pat McAfee passes the halfway point of his initial five-year contract with ESPN, negotiations are reportedly underway between the two sides on an extension. According to Ryan Glasspiegel at Front Office Sports, McAfee is in talks to re-up with the Worldwide Leader on a “long-term” contract extension. His current deal, which sees ESPN license…
Shannon Sharpe sounds off on Caitlin Clark-Stephanie White spat: ‘Don’t show your coach up’
While much of the initial coverage around Caitlin Clark joining the WNBA centered on clashes with opponents, the call is coming from inside the house in recent weeks, leading even some of Clark’s defenders in national media to reconsider their stance. That includes Shannon Sharpe, who on his Nightcap live show over the weekend took Clark…
Caitlin Clark explains Stephanie White sideline exchange, chides ‘blatantly wrong’ media coverage
The Indiana Fever find themselves a middling 4-4 as they tumble into the middle of the WNBA Eastern Conference pack. Much of the attention during those struggles has been put on Caitlin Clark, especially her defensive liabilities. Questions over when she’s going to turn her star power into championships are beginning to nip at her…
Charles Barkley doesn’t seem to understand Knicks fans
Charles Barkley hated “annoying” Knicks fans last month. This month, he loves them as he prepares for the NBA Finals. But the truth is, he doesn’t understand them. Barkley joined Adam Schein’s Mad Dog Sports Radio show Monday morning on SiriusXM to preview ESPN’s NBA Finals matchup between the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. And…
Holly Rowe reveals Texas softball player’s wild ladybug-eating superstition
Few people swear by superstitions more than athletes. We’ve heard countless stories about players who wear the same socks after wins or won’t leave the practice court until they’ve hit a certain shot. Every so often, however, you learn about a superstition that genuinely surprises and, for some, might gross you out. On Monday, ESPN’s…
Ryan Clark eplains what Abdul Carter taught him: ‘Without his tweet, the conversations don’t happen’
For now, the drama started by New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart appearing at a Donald Trump rally and accelerated by linebacker Abdul Carter’s public reaction to it seems to have subsided. While the media takes were hot and aplenty, we’ve finally entered the space where we can fully reflect on what was said and,…
Marv Albert reveals why he couldn’t call a game for NBA on NBC
Marv Albert has been a part of NBC’s nostalgia push during its first NBA season back in over two decades. But as he revealed in a new interview with Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina, he wanted to be an even bigger part of it than he was. NBC asked Albert to do more than just narrate…
ESPN catches West Virginia head coach on hot mic
West Virginia University Mountaineers baseball head coach Steve Sabins appears to feel some kind of way about the SEC Network. The Mountaineers rallied by scoring five runs in the ninth inning to beat Kentucky 11-9 Sunday afternoon as they battled for a bid to the NCAA Tournament’s Super Regional. But just as who and where…
Bob Harig among those laid off as Sports Illustrated dismantles its golf vertical
Veteran golf journalist Bob Harig was among the writers laid off in Sports Illustrated’s latest round of cuts last week. Editors Jeff Ritter and John Schwarb, who were central to SI’s golf coverage, were also let go as part of the sweeping changes to the outlet’s sports coverage, according to Front Office Sports. Golf.com columnist…
Russell Wilson reportedly joining CBS’s ‘The NFL Today’
Russell Wilson is officially headed to sports media. According to Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel and ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the 37-year-old Wilson is set to replace Matt Ryan on CBS’s The NFL Today. The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported last month that Wilson was in negotiations with television networks over a potential broadcast role that would begin…
NBA hires Matt Volk to newly created local media position
The NBA is adding a dedicated local media executive to its league office for the first time. Per Sports Business Journal, the league has created a new GM/Local Media position and hired Matt Volk to fill it. Volk, who most recently served as COO of NESN, starts June 22 and will oversee the NBA’s local…
NFL exec defends shrinking Sunday afternoon window
Since the 2026 NFL schedule dropped two weeks ago, there’s been a fair amount of hand-wringing about what’s happened to Sunday afternoon football. The league will air 197 Sunday afternoon games in 2026, down from 198 in 2025 and 211 in 2021, the first year of the expanded 18-week schedule. It’s been a slow but…
ESPN’s Tom Luginbill sort of chugs beer on live TV
The UFL officially can boast about having something the NFL does not; sideline reporters who will chug a full beer on live television. We’ve seen plenty of fans, and even former athletes, chug a beer to fire up the crowd at a game. We’ve also seen plenty of sideline and field reporters report on beer…
Scripps affiliates go dark on DirecTV as NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final approach
Local station group Scripps is entering its second major ongoing distribution battle, this time with satellite provider DirecTV. Two months since Scripps affiliates went dark for Comcast customers, the local station group’s broadcast networks have now gone dark for DirecTV customers across the country. Scripps is among the largest operators of ABC affiliates across the…
Fox cameraman takes massive hit in UFL game
A Fox Sports cameraman got trucked on the sideline during a UFL game between the Louisville Kings and Columbus Aviators on Sunday night at Historic Crew Stadium. Dave Hoffman took a huge hit from a Louisville player, essentially being tackled into the team’s bench. A medic wrapped a bandage around his head while Fox gave…
Skip Bayless falls for fake report claiming Stephanie White is out as Fever head coach
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White and Fever star Caitlin Clark had a heated exchange on the sideline during Saturday’s 100-84 loss to the Portland Fire. A frustrated Clark scored just six points in the game while shooting 1-of-7 from the field, and it was the second consecutive poor performance from Clark and loss for…
Cheryl Miller, Sue Bird weigh in on Caitlin Clark-Stephanie White ‘disruptive’ heated incident
It’s been a rough few days for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. On Friday night, Clark declined to speak to the media after the Fever lost 90-88 to the Golden State Valkyries. Clark scored 16 points but went just 3-of-12 from the field and committed five turnovers. And on Saturday, the Fever lost 100-84…
TV and streaming viewing picks for June 1, 2026: How to watch WNBA Commissioner’s Cup
All Times Eastern College Baseball NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Regionals — Double Elimination Tallahassee Region, Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Announcers: Daron Vaught/Devon Travis St. John’s vs. Florida State — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited, noon Florida State vs. St. John’s — ESPN+, TBD (if St. John’s loses) Atlanta Region,…
ESPN on ABC delivers video footage of Texas Tech-Tennessee WCWS postgame controversy
During Sunday’s Texas-Nebraska Women’s College World Series game, the ESPN on ABC broadcast did its best to solve the mystery regarding a controversy that went viral after Saturday’s Tennessee-Texas Tech WCWS game. After Saturday’s game (which also featured a controversial ABC broadcast outage), the media asked Texas Tech’s Taylor Pannell to explain what Tennessee softball…
Paul Finebaum calls out ‘stupid people’ covering college football for propping up teams over CFP appearances
College football has spent two years convincing itself that the 12-team playoff was the right call, and the sport’s loudest skeptic thinks the coverage that followed has only made the next bad idea easier to sell. Paul Finebaum has been waging a one-man war against expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams since the…
Joe Theismann says NFL has ‘drifted away from tradition’ amid streaming boom
The NFL has never been more available, and Joe Theismann isn’t entirely sure that’s the same thing as being better. The former Washington quarterback won a Super Bowl in January 1983, at a time when the NFL was appointment television by default rather than by design. The former Washington quarterback won a Super Bowl in…
Gary Cohen on why local broadcasts offer something national broadcasts can’t replicate
There’s a reason fans get so angry when a national broadcast takes over their team’s games, and Gary Cohen can tell you exactly why. The Mets’ play-by-play voice on SNY since 2006 sat down with Stephen Strom, pregame host of Marlins On Deck on 104.3 WQAM, to explain why the local broadcaster offers something no…
Jason Benetti explains why NBC’s ‘Inside the Pitch’ is unlike anything MLB broadcasting has done before
Two months into NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball experiment, Jason Benetti knows exactly what separates it from every baseball broadcast that came before it. The “Inside the Pitch” concept — NBC executive producer Sam Flood’s live at-bat breakdown feature that debuted Opening Day alongside former pitchers Adam Ottavino and Clayton Kershaw — has drawn acclaim since…
Will Buxton’s move to IndyCar was the best decision he has ever made
Will Buxton has been the voice of IndyCar since Fox Sports gained the rights to the series in 2025. The veteran motorsports announcer covered Formula One for many years, first with Speed Channel and NBC in the States before joining the series itself as one of their lead presenters. He is also known worldwide for…
SiriusXM and iHeartMedia merger talks have stalled, per report
Last month, it was reported that iHeartMedia and SiriusXM were exploring a merger that would create an audio giant. Now, it sounds like those talks are off, at least for the time being. According to New York Times reporter Lauren Hirsch, talks between the two audio behemoths “have stalled after the two sides were unable…
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