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Brett Okamoto says identical prediction of potential Mayweather-McGregor fight was a joke with Oscar Willis
Two prominent combat sports reporters bizarrely made the exact same prediction about an unannounced boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor at the exact same time early Sunday morning, posting near-identical tweets that raised suspicion among followers. At 3:27 a.m. ET on Monday morning, both ESPN MMA reporter Brett Okamoto and Oscar Willis,…
Danny Green ‘really disappointed’ by Spurs’ decision to fire Jacob Tobey over affair allegation
Danny Green thinks the Spurs badly misjudged their handling of Jacob Tobey. Tobey, the television play-by-play voice of the San Antonio Spurs since 2024, was reportedly stripped of his post amid allegations of an affair with Loren Waters, sister of Spurs player Lindy Waters III. The scandal ignited after an Instagram story surfaced on Tobey’s…
Jeff Passan predicts new-look MLB Home Run Derby is ‘gonna stink’
If you’re going to watch the MLB Home Run Derby on Netflix Monday night, you’re probably not doing it because of a sales pitch from Jeff Passan. For the first time since 1994, the Home Run Derby won’t be on ESPN, and for the first time since 2014, the new-look Derby won’t feature a swing…
Mike Golic Jr. says ESPN return carries more weight for his father: ‘A little more complicated’
Mike Golic Sr. and Mike Golic Jr. are set to debut The Golics on ESPN Radio on Aug. 3, six years after the network parted ways with Golic Sr. and four years after Golic Jr. left to join him full-time. The new show airs weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET and was announced in…
Gary Cohen sick and tired of hearing about the Boston Red Sox travel woes: ‘Get a grip’
The Boston Red Sox endured highly publicized air travel issues ahead of their 6-2 win over the New York Mets last Friday night, and Gary Cohen was not impressed. Mechanical issues on their team plane grounded the Red Sox for nearly 24 hours as they attempted to get from Chicago to New York last week.…
Sports, not movies, are the summer blockbuster of 2026
Hollywood has made its decision. Movies aren’t over. Plenty are still being made, but it’s clear that entertainment companies are increasingly looking to sports to anchor their content strategies. It’s summer. That used to mean that every second of advertising time and every casual conversation at the office was dedicated to the biggest movies. This…
Tony Romo says nearly a decade away from NFL hasn’t required much adjustment: ‘The game is not rocket science’
It’s been a rough few years to be Tony Romo, and the last several months haven’t done much to reverse the tide. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback arrived at CBS in 2017 as a genuine revelation, predicting plays before they happened, injecting a jolt of life into a booth that had grown stale under Phil…
For Robert Flores, a decade at MLB Network has been ‘so rewarding’
Robert Flores has been at MLB Network almost as long as he was at ESPN. The former SportsCenter anchor who left ESPN in 2016 is now better known as one of MLB Network’s on-air personalities and as a voice for the MLB The Show video game series. Flores co-hosts MLB Central with Mark DeRosa and…
Tony Reali launching ‘Real Deal,’ a sports culture podcast with iHeartPodcasts
Tony Reali has his next act. More than a year after Around the Horn ended its run on ESPN, the longtime host is debuting Real Deal with Tony Reali on Tuesday, July 14, on iHeartPodcasts, distributed by his own Real Ones Media, with new episodes releasing every Tuesday. Each week, Reali and a rotating cast…
Andy Roddick’s Wimbledon analysis proves it’s time for the McEnroe era at ESPN to end
As ESPN wrapped up its Wimbledon coverage on Sunday, host Malika Andrews asked Andy Roddick some questions about the sport’s future. The questions and answers aren’t that important–whether Serena will play the U.S. Open, whether Carlos Alcaraz will return, and whether anyone can beat Jannik Sinner. What jumped out to me is that as she…
TV and streaming viewing picks for July 13, 2026: How to watch MLB Home Run Derby
All Times Eastern College Football College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m. Cycling Tour de France Announcers: Phil Liggett/Bob Roll//Steve Porino//Christian Vande Velde Stage 10: Aurillac to Le Lioran — NBCSN/Peacock, 6:30 a.m. (Tuesday) FIFA World Cup El Mundial: Rumbo a la gran final — Telemundo, 1 p.m. En casa con Telemundo: Edición Mundial —…
Knoxville Smokies reporter finishes hot dog review as home run leaves the park
The best baseball commentary can be both entertaining and informative, and Knoxville Smokies reporter Philip Stalzer found a moment to, perhaps unintentionally, inject some humor into a recent broadcast when a player hit a home run while he was doing a report about ballpark hot dogs. The Smokies, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs,…
Dana White offers bizarre defense of Conor McGregor’s health status by citing social media views
UFC CEO Dana White got a bit defensive after accusations surfaced on Saturday night that star fighter Conor McGregor, who was making his return to the octagon after a five-year absence, had been injured prior to his fight with Max Holloway to headline UFC 329 in Las Vegas. McGregor lost to Holloway via TKO 69…
Andy Roddick’s Wimbledon TV debut shows networks need to embrace the solo act
The one person no one can stop talking about as another Wimbledon was etched into the history books on Sunday wasn’t Jannik Sinner or Linda Nosková, who won the men’s and women’s singles championships, respectively. It seems that, at least for the media freaks who care about how sports are broadcast on television, no one…
‘Ted Lasso’ star Cristo Fernández makes professional soccer debut at age 35
Actor Cristo Fernández, best known for playing Dani Rojas in Ted Lasso on Apple TV, has made a bit of a career shift. Fernández just made his professional soccer debut with USL Championship club El Paso Locomotive. Fernández was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and grew up playing soccer. He played lower-level soccer in Mexico and…
FIFA to examine 64-team World Cup for 2030. What could that mean for TV rights?
After the success of the first-ever 48-team World Cup this summer, FIFA will examine yet another expansion to its quadrennial tournament. FIFA president Gianni Infantino told Swiss media outlet Bluewin that the potential for a 64-team tournament in 2030 “will be examined and discussed in the relevant committees after this World Cup,” according to a…
MLB’s new draft TV plan faced criticism despite historic NBC debut
MLB finally put its draft on broadcast television in 2026, but the historic move was overshadowed by criticism over the league’s television strategy. The draft was held on Saturday afternoon and went head-to-head with regular-season MLB games. The first 90 minutes of the draft, covering just the first 10 picks, aired on NBC. Picks 11-40,…
Dana White rips UFC broadcast team for misidentifying Shakur Stevenson as NBA player
Dana White doesn’t limit his media criticism to those outside the UFC’s purview. On Saturday night, during his press conference following UFC 329, White took aim at his own broadcast team for an embarrassing flub. At one point in Saturday’s telecast, the UFC broadcast team started up the time-honored tradition of showing a montage of…
Rob Manfred butchers name of top pick in MLB Draft
The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft on Saturday in Philadelphia. Cholowsky has been an enormously praised prospect for a few years and was viewed as the clear favorite to be the top pick of the 2026 MLB Draft before…
Jude Bellingham defends England’s performance after manager Thomas Tuchel rips team
England held off Norway 2-1 in extra time in the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. But after the match, England manager Thomas Tuchel was very critical of the team’s performance in a heated postgame interview with ITV Sport reporter Gabriel Clarke. To begin the interview, Clarke mentioned…
Ryen Russillo pushes back on ‘drive-by’ USMNT critics: ‘I would lose my f*cking mind’
Ryen Russillo doesn’t think the USMNT’s Round of 16 exit was a mirage. He just wishes fewer people who ignore soccer for four years at a stretch were the ones telling him so. Belgium tore through the Americans 4-1 on Monday night in Seattle, and by the next morning, the sports media discourse had filled…
Norway kick hits FIFA Skycam on play leading to England goal
England scored an equalizer vs. Norway on a Jude Bellingham goal during stoppage time in the first half of Saturday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. “JUDE BELLINGHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!” John Strong with the Fox call as England evens it up vs. Norway. ⚽️🏴🎙️ #WorldCuppic.twitter.com/tP5xe7KNMk — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 11,…
Josh Allen open to broadcasting after football: ‘It would be something I would entertain’
Josh Allen has thought about life after football — and broadcasting is somewhere in the picture, with conditions. In an interview with CNBC Sports, the Buffalo Bills quarterback said he’d be open to a career in broadcasting once his playing days are over, but stopped well short of committing to it. “I do think it…
Josh Allen open to broadcasting after football: ‘It would be something I would entertain’
Josh Allen has thought about life after football — and broadcasting is somewhere in the picture, with conditions. In an interview with CNBC Sports, the Buffalo Bills quarterback said he’d be open to a career in broadcasting once his playing days are over, but stopped well short of committing to it. “I do think it…
Linda Cohn: Pat McAfee, Stephen A. Smith are both the faces of ESPN
Linda Cohn spent 34 years watching the face of ESPN evolve. She has a more informed perspective on the question than most. Appearing on Yahoo Sports Daily following her retirement from the Worldwide Leader, Cohn was asked whether Pat McAfee had supplanted Stephen A. Smith as the face of the network. “It’s apples and oranges,”…
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