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Your 2026 Week 7 college football announcing schedule
Week 7 of the 2026 college football season will feature several marquee matchups, including two battles of teams ranked in the top 10. No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Indiana will meet for a showdown in the “Big Noon” slot for Fox, with Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt on the call. ESPN’s College GameDay…
Christine Brennan lashes out at Defector after column says she’s ‘fully lost it over Caitlin Clark’
As USA Today columnist Christine Brennan continues her tirade over the WNBA’s handling of Caitlin Clark and the new generation of fans she brought to the league, she has increasingly made herself more central to the story. Last week, the independent sports outlet Defector published a column titled “Christine Brennan Has Fully Lost It Over…
Twitch streamer Lacy films his removal from SoFi Stadium during Bills-Rams game
The NFL is in bed with streaming giants such as Amazon, Netflix, and Twitch, but the league draws the line at Twitch stars independently streaming games. On Monday night, the popular streamer named Lacy, who boasts 3.5 million followers on Twitch, went to SoFi Stadium to livestream from the Buffalo Bills’ overtime win over the…
Scott Van Pelt thinks he talks too much as host of ‘Monday Night Countdown’
The reception to Scott Van Pelt as host of ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown has been largely positive. Van Pelt has connected with the revolving panel of former NFL athletes and the audience alike, and has used the opportunity to host his usual postgame SportsCenter on-site from ESPN’s game of the week. This season, ESPN added a new…
Dellenger: ESPN and CFP are ‘close’ to 24-team playoff deal, contrary to other reports
On Friday, College Football Playoff leadership, which comprises the 10 FBS conference commissioners plus Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua, sent a formal proposal on a 24-team playoff to ESPN for review. ESPN now has five business days to respond to the proposal, and if no deal is reached, the CFP can bring rights to the…
Marlins reportedly favoring broadcasters who can ‘sell a bunch of subscriptions’ amid turnover
The Miami Marlins have reshaped much of its broadcast team ahead of next season (assuming it’s actually played). Last week, the team reportedly let go of television play-by-play voice Kyle Sielaff and analysts Jeff Nelson and Rod Allen, along with longtime studio host Craig Minervini. Sielaff will be replaced by Jack McMullen, the team’s former…
Pat McAfee shoots down ‘Monday Night Football’ booth speculation: ‘This isn’t real’
Pat McAfee, the punter-turned-media magnate who already owns ESPN’s weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings, wants to make it clear that he’s heard nothing about being Troy Aikman’s replacement. McAfee took to X on Tuesday to shut down a Front Office Sports column from Michael McCarthy that cast his upcoming Super Bowl Field Pass alternate broadcast as…
Amazon announces field for 2026 edition of The Skins Game
Amazon Prime Video resurrected the holiday golf tradition of The Skins Game in 2025 to fill out a day of sports programming on Black Friday. And after a successful relaunch in 2025, it’s returning in 2026. The Skins Game was a Thanksgiving weekend staple on network television for years, with four top golfers competing for…
WNBA alters Finals schedule to move Atlanta games to bigger arena
Just four days before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals tips off, the league is altering its schedule so the Atlanta Dream can move their home games to a bigger arena. The WNBA announced Tuesday that it is moving Games 3 and 4 of the WNBA Finals so the Atlanta Dream can host at State…
Max Caster apologizes after being fired by TNA for offensive rap
TNA Wrestling held its biggest event of the year this past weekend with Bound for Glory. The event featured at least one prominent new arrival: former AEW star “Platinum” Max Caster. But his arrival quickly turned to dust following a rap lyric gone bad. Caster’s character is built around a rap that disses his opponents…
Peacock expanding ‘On the Bench’ to every Monday night NBA game
Peacock is putting every Monday night NBA game “On the Bench.” NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood told Sports Media Watch’s Derek Futterman that “On the Bench,” the format that plants an analyst beside each team’s bench instead of at the broadcast table, will be deployed for every Monday night game on Peacock this season…
ABC tabs ‘High Potential’ for post-Super Bowl LXI slot
ABC is putting its best show behind its biggest game, even if that time slot doesn’t pack the punch it once did. The Alphabet Network will air High Potential immediately after Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027, according to Variety, and stream the Kaitlin Olson drama on Disney+ alongside its ABC broadcast. The network…
Fox IndyCar reporter Jack Harvey reveals cancer diagnosis
Veteran IndyCar series competitor and Fox Sports pit reporter Jack Harvey is battling cancer. The 33-year-old UK native has competed in 93 races on the IndyCar circuit, with his best finish being a third-place podium appearance in the 2019 Indy road course race. In 2025, Harvey joined Fox Sports as a pit reporter for the…
Peyton Manning calls out refs for icing Harrison Mevis before OT miss
Monday Night Football was not a good night for the Los Angeles Rams, and it was an even worse night for kicker Harrison Mevis. The Rams lost to the Bills in an overtime thriller, and Mevis saw his game-winning field-goal attempt blocked. It was his second miss of the night as the Missouri product fell to just…
Netflix acquires Spanish rights to 2030 men’s World Cup
Netflix’s long-rumored pursuit of the men’s World Cup produced a deal on Tuesday, though the streamer’s first foothold in FIFA’s biggest event comes in Spain rather than the United States. According to The Athletic’s Dan Sheldon and Philip Buckingham, Netflix has secured the Spanish rights to the 2030 World Cup and will stream all 104…
ESPN captures fight after Rams-Bills game
The Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills played one of the best, most exciting games of the NFL season so far on Monday Night Football. And the fireworks continued after the game thanks to a confrontation between two players at midfield. It may have taken a while for the game to get going, but once…
Peyton Manning couldn’t believe the Rams almost let the clock run out
It’s been an incredibly weird week in the NFL when it comes to clock management, and on Monday night, the Los Angeles Rams came very close to adding to that weirdness. The Buffalo Bills had scored to take a 34–27 lead with just under two minutes left to play. On the ensuing drive, the Rams…
Mike Florio calls out NFL’s ‘bonus coverage’ for failing fans with Sunday Ticket
Mike Florio is sick and tired of NFL “bonus coverage” leaving fans that have paid good money to be able to watch every football game unable to tune in to watch their favorite team. The Sunday Ticket blackouts became an issue on Sunday when the game between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants ran…
Troy Aikman can’t explain what happened to the Commanders
The NFL world has had a full day to process the end of Sunday’s game between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants, and everyone is still confused. The Commanders’ offense had the ball in Giants territory with a minute to play in overtime and seemed poised to drain the clock, spike the ball, and…
Tom Brady driving record numbers for Fox Sports social channels
Tom Brady is proving to be just as much a needle mover at Fox as he was during his playing days. According to Austin Karp at Sports Business Journal, Fox Sports is on pace for its best season ever in NFL content views across social media platforms, and the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback has driven…
Rex Ryan rips Dan Quinn, David Blough for Commanders clock management gaffe
The Washington Commanders faced plenty of criticism after their cataclysmic clock management at the end of overtime in Sunday’s game against the New York Giants turned what looked like a near-sure victory into a tie. For those that missed it as it happened, the Commanders had the ball with a minute to play and well…
Derrick Henry kept receipts, called out local media for predicting Ravens loss
The Baltimore Ravens hit the road to face the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Sunday night’s primetime clash on NBC. Entering the game, quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s return had turned the Falcons into the unlikeliest of primetime darlings over recent weeks, while the Ravens were without two-time MVP Lamar Jackson, who was out with…
Dan Le Batard calls on Patrick Mahomes to speak out against Protect College Sports Act: ‘Get your helmet out of your a**’
The U.S. Congress will vote on the Protect College Sports Act in the coming weeks, setting athletes back once again after a decade of significant strides toward being treated as revenue-generating workers in college football. As the bill has taken shape, ESPN has been unusually assertive in its support. Not only is College GameDay panelist…
Why NBC was able to use the ESPN ‘NFL Primetime’ music during Giants-Commanders highlights
NBC viewers heard a familiar sound on Sunday during Football Night in America, in a highlights package from the New York Giants-Washington Commanders game. As Maria Taylor recounted Sunday’s tie between the two NFC East rivals, the highlights package was soundtracked by a climactic build-up of low brass and strings that most NFL fans over 30…
Mark Sanchez reaches tentative agreement in civil lawsuit over Indianapolis incident
It appears that former Fox Sports NFL announcer Mark Sanchez is settling all of the ongoing legal issues surrounding a late-night stabbing incident with a 69-year-old truck driver in Indianapolis nearly a year ago. As Tom Murphy of The Indiana Lawyer reported, Sanchez and the driver, Perry Tole, have reached an agreement in principle that will…
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