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Kirk Herbstreit invokes ‘Browns-on-Browns crime’ during Prime Video broadcast
Kirk Herbstreit didn’t say anything wrong by calling out “Browns-on-Browns crime,” but it was still an interesting choice of words. Herbstreit and Al Michaels were on the call for Thursday night’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns on Prime. During the somewhat touchy broadcast, because of the cloud cast over the game by Deshaun Watson,…
Cam Newton rips Skip Bayless over end of ‘Undisputed’ after Bayless blames FS1 for breakup with Shannon Sharpe
The long-awaited reunion between former Undisputed hosts Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe finally came this week, and both former colleagues blamed FS1 for their breakup, despite many contrary comments from Sharpe in the three years since he left the network. It was a polite make-up between two of sports media’s most notorious recent enemies, but didn’t…
Tony Gonzalez, Prime Video go all in on rehabilitating Deshaun Watson’s reputation
Prime Video spent most of Thursday night treating Deshaun Watson’s season as a redemption story, and by the postgame show, Tony Gonzalez was ready to write the happy ending. Between Taylor Rooks pressing Watson on the skepticism Browns fans still feel toward him and Al Michaels waving off “the whole Deshaun Watson thing” as a…
Jack Hughes skates away from awkward interview with ESPN’s AJ Mleczko
New Jersey Devils star center Jack Hughes didn’t appreciate questions about his health and injuries last season, and he doesn’t appreciate jokes about it now. The Devils opened their 2026-27 NHL campaign against the Philadelphia Flyers at Prudential Center in Newark. In the first intermission, Hughes hung back for an interview with ESPN’s AJ Mleczko.…
The WNBA cashed in on new TV deals, now fans are paying the price
2026 has been a banner year for the WNBA. Not only is viewership at record highs, most recently outperforming NHL and MLB games on ESPN, but the value of the league has never been higher. The league’s new media-rights agreements are worth roughly $3.1 billion over 11 years—about six times the annual value of its…
Milwaukee Bucks join NBA’s in-house streamer, partly because of Giannis Antetokounmpo trade
The Milwaukee Bucks have become the second NBA franchise to join the league’s in-house streaming platform, joining the Oklahoma City Thunder. Rather than shifting its local broadcast streaming option to DAZN, like many other former FanDuel Sports Network teams have opted to do this offseason, the Bucks partnered with the league to launch Bucks+, where…
TV and streaming viewing picks for October 2, 2026: How to watch WNBA Playoffs
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Women’s — Round 8 Greater Western Sydney Giants vs. Essendon Bombers — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m. Western Bulldogs vs. St. Kilda Saints — FS2/Fox One, 1 a.m. (Saturday) Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast Suns — FS2/Fox One, 3 a.m. (Saturday) Port Adelaide Power vs. Adelaide Crows —…
Trail Blazers fire Braiden Bell in less than a day over resurfaced social media posts
On Thursday, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and Oregon Live reported that the Portland Trail Blazers planned to hire Braiden Bell as the team’s new television play-by-play announcer. By Thursday night, the Trail Blazers announced that Bell, formerly a broadcaster for the Phoenix Mercury, would not be moving forward in the role after concerning, years-old social…
Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit offer simplistic evaluation of Deshaun Watson’s comeback in Cleveland
Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns were back on Prime Video this week for Thursday Night Football, and the streamer’s broadcast team again offered a simplistic take on the beleaguered quarterback’s comeback. During the preseason, Prime’s Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit pressed for Watson’s “second chance.” The veteran Michaels described the nearly two dozen sexual misconduct…
Aaron Rodgers, Mike McCarthy get into screaming match during Steelers-Browns game
On Sept. 20, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots by 17 points, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers delivered a backhanded assessment of head coach Mike McCarthy’s game plan. “In a game like today where there wasn’t a lot of flow to it, we need to be better, and it starts with me,” Rodgers…
Taylor Rooks presses Deshaun Watson on Browns fans skepticism of him
Deshaun Watson isn’t exactly the apple of Cleveland’s eye. The Cleveland Browns acquired the then-star quarterback of the Houston Texans in March 2022. Watson signed an unprecedented $230 million, fully guaranteed contract. But before playing a game for the Browns, he served an 11-game suspension stemming from two dozen sexual assault misconduct allegations. By June…
Red Sox-Yankees attracts largest Game 1 Wild Card or Division Series TV audience in 20 years
NBC’s first crack at the MLB Wild Card round is turning out to be a viewership success. Tuesday’s Game 1 between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees averaged 7.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, marking this most-watched Game 1 of any MLB playoff series in the Wild Card or Division round since…
Victor Wembanyama calls out NBA players promoting gambling: ‘Very sad’
Many NBA players will promote anything for a price, but when it comes to promoting gambling, Victor Wembanyama won’t do that. While meeting with reporters after Day 3 of San Antonio Spurs training camp Thursday, Wembanyama was asked by Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News whether he would ever consider promoting a sports betting…
Domonique Foxworth ‘felt so gross’ over handling of Nick Saban interview on ‘Get Up’
Nick Saban made a surprise appearance on Get Up this week, nominally to promote his forthcoming ESPN documentary. During the segment, though, Saban conveniently had the opportunity to react to the U.S. Senate passing the Protect College Sports Act, which the former Alabama head coach helped craft and has heavily promoted. On Get Up and later on First…
Wayne Gretzky, TNT pay tribute to Barry Melrose to open NHL season
The 2026–27 NHL season got started this week with the larger hockey world still mourning the death of beloved former player, coach, and analyst Barry Melrose. Melrose was the face of hockey at ESPN for nearly three decades, and the Worldwide Leader paid fitting tribute to him on the opening night of the season, with…
Your 2026 Week 5 college football announcing schedule
Week 5 of the 2026 college football season will be headlined by three ranked matchups that figure to play a big part in the College Football Playoff picture. No. 7 Alabama and No. 16 Mississippi State will meet in Starkville, and Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy will have the call for ABC (12 p.m. ET).…
Trail Blazers set to announce new play-by-play voice Braiden Bell
The Portland Trail Blazers have found their new play-by-play man. According to a report from Joe Freeman at The Oregonian, Braiden Bell will be the voice of the team on local television broadcasts, working alongside analyst Lamar Hurd and courtside reporter Brooke Olzendam. Bell, 29, graduated from Arizona State in 2019, and quickly starting calling…
NCAA reduces NIT field to 24 teams
While one postseason college basketball tournament expands, another is contracting. The NCAA announced on Thursday it will reduce the NIT field to 24 teams for 2027, down from the 32-team format it has used for most of its modern history. The move coincides with the NCAA Tournament’s expansion to 76 teams, up from the 68-team…
Charles Barkley admits there’s a path to continuing ‘Inside the NBA’ another ‘year or more’
Charles Barkley was an amazing basketball player, he’s a great television analyst and personality, but he is awful at retiring. Barkley already announced this will be his last season on Inside the NBA, and he even double downed on that guarantee. But if there’s one thing you know from watching Barkley on Inside the NBA,…
Multiple sports reporters let go from USA Today
It appears that USA Today is downsizing its sports division. On Thursday, multiple sports reporters announced they had been let go from USA Today. Among those that announced the news on social media were Akeem Glaspie, who covered Butler basketball for the paper, Sherlon Christie, a senior trending editor, and Michael Chavez, who covered Mississippi high school…
Tony Romo makes first public appearance since arrest at PGA Tour Q-School event
Tony Romo has been out of the public eye since his OWI arrest over the summer. On Wednesday, Romo made what amounts to his first public appearance since his arrest, participating in a pre-qualifying event for the PGA Tour Q-School. Romo has participated in several semi-pro and professional golf events since retiring from his playing…
ESPN’s CFP negotiations have reportedly been ‘tough sledding’
As an Oct. 9 deadline looms large, it appears that negotiations between ESPN and the College Football Playoff have been difficult. In September, CFP leadership formally opened a 30-day exclusive negotiating window with current rightsholder ESPN. It was the first official signal that playoff expansion was imminent. Now, with just over a week until that…
Stephen A. Smith reveals Kenny Smith part of ownership group bidding for Las Vegas NBA team
As Charles Barkley announces looming retirements for himself and Ernie Johnson, it might be Kenny Smith who leaves Inside the NBA first. The NBA is currently reviewing three finalist groups bidding for ownership of the Las Vegas expansion team with an expected price tag between $12 and $13 billion for the franchise and new arena.…
John Calipari gets helpful lesson on how capitalism works
The Protect College Sports Act passed a vote in the U.S. Senate earlier this week, bringing the legislation one step closer to becoming law. Ahead of the vote and since its initial success, we saw another big push for the bill across sports media by some of the minds behind the bill, including several hits…
ESPN renews TGL in new multiyear deal
The golf simulator league TGL has been a pleasant surprise in its first two years of existence. And now its longer-term future has been settled in a new television deal. TGL is sticking with ESPN in a new multiyear rights deal, the league announced on Thursday morning. “TGL has given golf something genuinely new, with…
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