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Don Van Natta Jr.: New ESPN contract shows network’s ‘commitment to journalism’
Few people in sports are as passionate about investigative journalism as Don Van Natta Jr. is. The Pulitzer Prize winner has written several in-depth, important stories since joining ESPN in 2011. Last month, Van Natta re-signed with the Worldwide Leader on a multi-year contract. The deal keeps one of ESPN’s most respected reporters on staff.…
Deion Sanders takes another shot at The Athletic after question about CFB 27 video game absence
Colorado University head coach Deion Sanders authored another chapter in his ongoing beef with The Athletic during a press conference at Big 12 Media Days on Tuesday. David Ubben, a senior writer who covers college football for The Athletic, asked Sanders why he is not featured in the new EA Sports College Football 27 video…
Yahoo Sports signs Josh Norris, Hayden Winks after shutdown of Underdog content network
Popular fantasy football commentators Josh Norris and Hayden Winks are joining Yahoo Sports. The duo, which hosted Underdog’s Fantasy Football podcast until this week, when Underdog shuttered its original content network, will bring their show to Yahoo’s digital platforms and FAST airwaves. Yahoo announced the move on Wednesday morning. The show will relaunch later in July. “When…
Cole Hamels joins MLB Network’s draft coverage
The 2026 Major League Baseball Draft will be held in Philadelphia ahead of the league’s All-Star Game, and MLB Network is adding a Phillies legend to its coverage of the event. Cole Hamels, a former Phillies ace who was the 2008 World Series MVP for Philadelphia, is joining MLB Network’s coverage of the 2026 draft…
CNBC’s Lillian Rizzo: Leagues like NFL ‘need to lean in’ to new distribution models like Fox-Roku
Fox Sports has seemingly gotten a big boost from its parent company’s acquisition of Roku, bolstering the pitch the company can make to leagues like the NFL and MLB. While questions remain about the still-smaller scale of the Fox Corp. business in comparison to Disney’s ESPN and especially streamers like Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video,…
Darren Fletcher on Fox World Cup broadcast: ‘VAR is the bane of my life’
Darren Fletcher spoke for millions of soccer fans around the globe with his commentary about VAR during Tuesday’s round-of-16 FIFA World Cup match between Switzerland and Colombia in Vancouver. Colombia players were livid with referee Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros for not calling a penalty just over two minutes into extra time after Jáminton Campaz drew…
Egypt coach rails against FIFA following Argentina loss: ‘There’s no justice in this competition’
The Egyptian men’s soccer team thinks a higher power interceded in their 3-2 loss to Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 16. Not God, perhaps, but FIFA. The African side was up 1-0 when Haissem Hassan passed the ball to Mo Salah, who slid it over to Mostafa Ziko for a goal…
FIFA opens investigation into Argentina fans’ racist taunts toward streamer iShowSpeed
While broadcasting in-stadium for each of Argentina’s past two games in the FIFA World Cup, streamer iShowSpeed has faced racist taunts from the South American country’s fans. Now, FIFA has reportedly opened an investigation into the fans’ behavior. The most recent incident came Tuesday when, after Lionel Messi helped lead a thrilling comeback victory over…
There is reportedly ‘tension’ between Fox, NBC as Telemundo courts English speakers for World Cup
Telemundo’s effort to bring English speakers to the network for its World Cup coverage is reportedly causing some “tension” between Fox, the English-language rightsholder, and NBCUniversal, which owns Telemundo. In a report outlining media companies interested in securing rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, CNBC reporter Alex Sherman noted that FIFA may choose…
Charles Barkley declined Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift wedding invite: ‘It was going to be a crap show’
Charles Barkley could have been like Jim Nantz, Joe Buck, Pat McAfee, Stephen A. Smith, Tony Romo, and the full cast of sports media members who attended the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but he said no thanks. Last month, Barkley said “ain’t no place I’d rather be” before Game 3 of the…
Landon Donovan stunned Christian Pulisic subbed out of Belgium loss: ‘You would have had to drag me off the f*cking field’
The USMNT’s loss to Belgium on Monday night was brutal for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the uncertain future of star winger Christian Pulisic. Once again in the 4-1 drubbing, Pulisic made little to no impact and left the game in the second half with an injury. The performance was…
TSN World Cup commentators trashed ‘overhyped’ USMNT following loss: ‘They completely failed’
There were some in the American media who hyped the USMNT to the moon as they moved through the 2026 FIFA World Cup, planting the seeds that they were capable of making a deep run, possibly even winning the whole thing. Following the U.S.’s 4-1 loss in the Round of 16 to Belgium, TSN broadcasters…
Netflix, Disney, YouTube ‘all interested’ in 2030, 2034 World Cup rights, per report
Several of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies will be knocking on FIFA’s door in pursuit of U.S. broadcast rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cups. According to a report by Alex Sherman of CNBC, Netflix, Disney, and YouTube “are all interested in challenging Fox for the U.S. broadcast rights to the 2030…
Big 12’s Brett Yormark has tense exchange with Texas Tech reporter over Brendan Sorsby questions
It’s fair to say the relationship between Texas Tech and the Big 12 Conference is a bit fraught at the moment. The Red Raiders circled the wagons in recent weeks around the Brendan Sorsby situation, one on which they and the conference (and just about everyone else) didn’t see eye to eye. The Big 12…
Ken Rosenthal dampens Mike Francesa’s Francisco Lindor report: ‘He’s not a beat reporter’
Mike Francesa has long taken credit for bringing Mike Piazza to the New York Mets; now it seems like he’s working on shipping Francisco Lindor out of town. Francesa sparked a bit of a firestorm this week by claiming the Mets are shopping Lindor as the Major League Baseball trade deadline approaches. The way Francesa…
Fox’s Thierry Henry, Alexi Lalas have tense exchange over FIFA’s Folarin Balogun ruling
The USMNT is gone from the men’s 2026 World Cup, but the tensions around FIFA’s decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s ban from Monday night’s game have not subsided. Early on Tuesday in the Fox Sports studio, analysts Thierry Henry and Alexi Lalas, who have butted heads a few times throughout the tournament, clashed once again…
Fox’s Rob Green on disallowed Egypt goal: ‘[VAR] reaching far beyond the powers that it should have’
In a scene all too familiar to Atlanta fans, a team wearing black and red blew a seemingly insurmountable lead to an opponent led by arguably the best player of all time. This time, it wasn’t the Atlanta Falcons blowing a 28-3 lead; it was Egypt blowing a 2-0 lead against defending World Cup champions…
Nick Wright rips Christian Pulisic after USMNT’s Belgium loss: ‘It’s unacceptable’
Christian Pulisic treated the ankle injury that ended his World Cup as an inconvenience, nothing more. The USMNT star was helped off the field in the second half of Monday’s 4-1 Round of 16 loss to Belgium, and in his postgame interview with Fox’s Jenny Taft, he treated it as a minor footnote to a…
Boomer Esiason ‘hates’ Donald Trump’s FIFA intervention
When it comes to Donald Trump and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Boomer Esiason wishes the president of the United States would just stick to politics. Esiason might agree with Trump on a lot, but he didn’t agree with the president’s intervention regarding Folarin Balogun’s red card. Balogun was controversially shown a red card last…
Michael Irvin will be on-site at Netflix’s Home Run Derby coverage
Michael Irvin has never called a baseball game in his life, but he’s found his way to take part in the Home Run Derby. Irvin told On3 he’ll be at Citizens Bank Park on July 13, and to be clear, he’s not there to break down swing mechanics or tell you why Junior Caminero has…
Marcellus Wiley accused of rape as wife files for divorce
In the wake of his recent arrest for domestic violence, Marcellus Wiley’s wife has filed for divorce, requested a restraining order, and accused the former NFL defensive end of rape. Wiley was arrested Saturday, July 4, on domestic battery charges in Orange County, Florida, after his wife, Annemarie, alleged he got physical and threatened to kill…
John Jastremski, Sal Licata launch ‘New York Sports Rush’ on BetRivers Network
Former WFAN hosts John Jastremski and Sal Licata have teamed up to launch a New York sports podcast on the BetRivers Network. New York Sports Rush featuring Jastremski and Licata premiered this Monday. New episodes are expected to be released on the New York Sports Rush YouTube channel every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday around 11…
Tony Romo, Jim Nantz confirmed as guests at Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift wedding
Tony Romo has been calling Taylor Swift “Travis Kelce’s wife” for some time now, but on July 3, he found out for himself whether it’s actually true. With the guest list running into the thousands for the celebrity wedding of the century, including the likes of Dean Blandino, much to the dismay of Will Compton,…
Alexi Lalas on USMNT’s World Cup exit: ‘The time for moral victories is over’
The USMNT picked the worst possible night to play its worst game of the tournament, and Alexi Lalas wasn’t interested in softening that verdict. Belgium eliminated the United States from the 2026 World Cup on Monday night, winning 4-1 in the Round of 16 at Lumen Field in what had been billed as the biggest…
FIFA can’t hide behind Donald Trump on this one
This originally appeared in Tuesday morning’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here to be the first to know everything happening in the sports media world. FIFA had a chance to just say no, and it didn’t take it. That’s the part…
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