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Pat McAfee pokes fun at New York Times column during ‘College GameDay’
As we’ve learned at Awful Announcing, Pat McAfee often sees what’s written about him. Specifically, he has an eye for negative things—or at least what he perceives as negative. Just this week, the former Indianapolis Colts punter put the kibosh on a Front Office Sports column that floated whether his Field Pass altcast, which ESPN…
Renee Montgomery says USA Network has not placed restrictions on her as Dream co-owner covering WNBA Finals
Renee Montgomery has a rooting interest in the WNBA Finals, and as far as she knows, nobody at USA Network minds. Montgomery, a studio analyst for USA Network’s WNBA coverage and a part-owner of the Atlanta Dream, told Front Office Sports that neither USA nor any of her other employers have given her guidelines for…
Mike Florio: Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen inquired with Amazon last year about Prime Video’s top analyst job
Amazon, it turns out, wasn’t the only party questioning Kirk Herbstreit’s future on Thursday nights. Pro Football Talk owner Mike Florio said on Pardon My Take that Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen both asked Amazon last year whether Prime Video’s lead Thursday Night Football role would become available while Herbstreit was still under contract. Florio…
Michael Robinson questions validity of Jalen Hurts’ blood clot
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is sidelined indefinitely due to a superficial blood clot in his calf, and Michael Robinson is suspicious. Robinson, a former fullback who won the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks, intimated that the Eagles want Hurts to take the fall for the team’s struggles this season. Philadelphia is below .500…
Chad Johnson wants Troy Aikman’s spot on ‘Monday Night Football’
Move aside, Greg Olsen, Peyton Manning, Tony Romo, and Travis Kelce. If Troy Aikman is out at ESPN as Joe Buck’s Monday Night Football partner, Chad Johnson wants the gig. For much of the last quarter-century, Buck and Aikman were the NFL’s steadiest broadcast booth. But with Aikman alleging ESPN hasn’t offered him a contract…
Phil Simms thinks ESPN already has Troy Aikman’s replacement in mind
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will call ESPN’s first Super Bowl in February. That might end up being the last game Aikman calls for the company, given comments this week about his expiring contract. Phil Simms, who knows a thing or two about being the top guy in an NFL booth and how quickly that…
Caitlin Clark moves the needle, but WNBA playoff viewership shows she’s not the only draw
Caitlin Clark might be a walking dollar sign, but the Indiana Fever’s first-round exit from the WNBA postseason isn’t nearly as costly as many make it out to be. Still, fans, pundits, and outlets are overwhelmingly framing the Fever’s first-round loss to the Las Vegas Aces as detrimental to the league. Whether it’s headlines lamenting…
Los Angeles Clippers revive ClipperVision for 2026-27 season
Well, there’s at least one good thing about the 2026-2027 NBA season involving the Los Angeles Clippers: ClipperVision is back. The Clippers have had a unique stretch over the last year. Between Chris Paul’s aborted retirement run, an epic collapse to end the season, a quick playoff exit, the cloud of Pablo Torre’s Pulitzer-winning report…
College football viewing picks for October 17, 2026: How to watch Week 7
All Times Eastern noon Florida at Texas — ABC/ESPN Unlimited Ohio State at Indiana — Fox/Fox One Virginia at SMU — The CW/ESPN Unlimited Charleston Southern at Clemson — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited Florida Atlantic at Army — CBS Sports Network Mississippi State at LSU — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+ Pittsburgh at Boston College — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited Georgia…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 17, 2026: How to watch WNBA Finals and ALCS
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 10 Collingwood Magpies vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 p.m. Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 11:30 p.m. Essendon Bombers vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — FS2/Fox One, midnight Fremantle Dockers vs. St. Kilda Saints — FS/Fox One, 2…
Stephen A. Smith explains why he met with Donald Trump at the White House
Friday’s news cycle began with Kid Rock revealing to Fox News that he, Stephen A. Smith, and Bill Maher had an “epic” dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday night. Smith wasn’t going to let a news cycle pass without talking about the White House visit on his own properties, as…
ESPN will reportedly pay additional $345 million annually for expanded College Football Playoff
On Thursday, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that the College Football Playoff was “nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams,” beginning with the 2027 season. This may sound hyperbolic, but it’s not: Nearly everyone hated the news, though nobody hates it more than Josh Pate. Amidst the backlash, Nick Saban called a spade a spade.…
Eagles-Jaguars London game overrun appears to have hurt Fox, CBS pregame show viewership
Fox and CBS have long been frustrated by the NFL’s ever-encroaching international regular-season slate, with 9:30 a.m. ET kickoffs from Europe having the potential to deflate viewership for their pregame shows. Those fears seemed to materialize last Sunday, thanks to a London game that started late and ran long. Sunday’s Week 5 began with the…
Mike Florio questions NFL and Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clot announcement
The announcement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss time to deal with a blood clot left PFT’s Mike Florio with many unanswered questions. Last Friday, Hurts suddenly appeared on the Eagles’ injury report with a calf injury, but he fully participated in practice. He played in the team’s 19-17 loss to the Jacksonville…
Nick Saban opposes 24-team College Football Playoff expansion, offers ‘compromise’
By all accounts, the College Football Playoff will likely expand to 24 teams starting in 2027. While ESPN stands to benefit from the expansion with more high-value CFP game inventory, ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban isn’t among those in favor of the decision. “I would be for 16 (teams) – I think that would…
Troy Aikman’s Dolphins consultant role contractually in limbo
Troy Aikman has made it clear in recent days that his time with ESPN might be ending when his contract expires in March. His Miami Dolphins consultancy role also appears to be up in the air. According to Mark Maske of Front Office Sports, Aikman does not have a “formal and ongoing agreement” with the…
Kirk Herbstreit shreds Notre Dame as ’embarrassment’ for weak schedule
If Notre Dame wants a shot at a big spot in the expanded College Football Playoff, Kirk Herbstreit believes it needs to build a better schedule. Herbstreit joined Mike Greenberg on ESPN’s Get Up Friday morning to discuss recent reports that the CFP will expand to 24 teams for the 2027 season. Herbstreit explained that his biggest concern…
Vanessa Richardson leaves Rockets sideline job for expanded role at ESPN
Vanessa Richardson is leaving her job as the Houston Rockets’ sideline reporter after four seasons to take on an expanded role at ESPN, where she’ll join the network’s NBA sideline rotation for the 2026-27 season. Richardson revealed the move in a sprawling social media farewell post, writing that four years on Space City Home Network’s…
Doc Rivers to make NBC studio debut next month
Doc Rivers will make his studio debut for NBC on Nov. 2, slotting onto the network’s Monday night NBA Showtime desk for the first time since NBC hired him as a game analyst in September. Rivers will join host Ahmed Fareed and fellow analyst Brian Scalabrine on the studio show surrounding Peacock’s Thunder-Cavaliers game, according…
Boomer Esiason wonders if Troy Aikman could exit ESPN before Super Bowl
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are slated to call their first Super Bowl since 2020 later this NFL season for ESPN, unless someone decides to break up the broadcast booth early. With a 25-year track record, Buck and Aikman have been the surest broadcast booth in the NFL. ESPN brought them from Fox to revitalize…
Caleb Williams says media got ‘every single’ report on his hamstring injury wrong
Caleb Williams addressed his hamstring injury publicly for the first time on Thursday, nearly four weeks after he was carted off against the Vikings, and the Bears quarterback reserved most of his ire for the people who spent that stretch reporting on it. Williams insisted that nothing reported about the type or severity of his…
Doug Gottlieb hangs up on Rob Parker after demanding apology
Doug Gottlieb and Rob Parker used to be Fox Sports Radio colleagues, but now they can’t get through a two-minute phone call. In his third season as head men’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Gottlieb has supported the proposed Protect College Sports Act, and three weeks ago, while speaking to reporters, he addressed the…
Stephen A. Smith had ‘epic’ meal with Donald Trump
Fear not, for the United States of America is in the hands of Donald Trump, Stephen A. Smith, Kid Rock, and Bill Maher. Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, joined Fox News’ Fox & Friends Friday morning, where the Republican singer-rapper revealed he dined with Trump, Smith, and Maher at the White House Thursday night. 🚨…
San Francisco 49ers reporter accused of hugging players in locker room
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hasn’t always been the biggest fan of Grant Cohn’s questions, but that’s part of life on the beat. According to Cohn, David Lombardi didn’t get that memo. “I can’t stand David Lombardi,” said Cohn, a reporter for 49ers On SI, on his postgame livestream last Sunday. “It’s bad…
Rob Parker suggests Russell Wilson replace Troy Aikman on ‘Monday Night Football’
Troy Aikman still has a Super Bowl to call at SoFi Stadium in February, but with the Hall of Famer openly calling himself a free agent and ESPN yet to approach him about a new deal, just about everyone in sports media already has a favorite to replace him in the Monday Night Football booth.…
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