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Wrestling outlet retracts ESPN-WWE report, parts ways with writer
Wrestling news outlet SEScoops has retracted its story reporting that ESPN would not be renewing its contract with WWE when the current agreement between the two companies expires in 2030. “Before a story like this runs, the subject deserves a direct chance to respond, and that step wasn’t taken to the appropriate standard,” SEScoops said…
NHL reveals 2026-27 national TV schedule across TNT Sports, ESPN
With the NHL season quickly approaching, the league has revealed its national TV schedule across TNT Sports and ESPN networks. TNT Sports will air 72 regular-season games this season, including the Heritage Classic, Winter Classic, and “Thanksgiving Showdown” doubleheader on Black Friday. TNT will also air the 2027 Stanley Cup Final. On ESPN, there will…
NESN continues to lock down Red Sox broadcast with Tom Caron extension
Longtime NESN commentator Tom Caron has extended his contract with the network, as NESN continues to lock in its broadcast team. Caron, who is from Maine, first joined NESN as the host of the sports magazine Front Row in 1995. Caron has since greatly expanded his role at the network. He currently serves as the…
‘Get Up’ celebrates Mike Greenberg’s 30th anniversary at ESPN
The face of ESPN has changed plenty of times over the years. Chris Berman and Stuart Scott were once seen as most synonymous with the network, but in recent years that title has mostly belonged to Pat McAfee and Stephen A. Smith. But there’s one man that has been through all of the ups and downs…
Kirk Herbstreit ‘begged’ Pat McAfee to join ‘College GameDay’: ‘I just recognized his talent’
If you love watching Pat McAfee on College GameDay every Saturday morning, you can thank Kirk Herbstreit for helping to bring him there. McAfee has been a full-time analyst on ESPN’s College GameDay since 2022, and Herbstreit has been there since 1996. And while the old guard of any sports show might typically be reluctant…
Stephen A. Smith calls out ‘classless’ Enes Kanter for agitating WNBA players: ‘You got no business doing that’
Stephen A. Smith recently posed the ridiculous scenario of NBA players transitioning to the WNBA, but even he probably didn’t think Enes Kanter would be desperate enough for attention to accept the challenge. After recently declaring his eligibility for the 2027 WNBA Draft, Kanter sat courtside during Sunday’s Chicago Sky game against the Indiana Fever…
ESPN’s decision to remove BottomLine during college football gets mixed reactions
On Wednesday, it was reported that ESPN was preparing a significant change to how it would present its college football broadcasts for the coming season. The BottomLine ticker, which scrolls across the bottom of screens informing the audience of the scores of other games across college football, is no more. “We’re always looking for ways to better…
Blake Griffin to launch late night-style sports show ‘The Stepback’ with Amazon’s Wondery
One year after joining the NBA on Prime studio team, Blake Griffin will expand his partnership with the company by launching a new, late-night-style sports show. Griffin will produce and host The Stepback, a sports-focused talk show taped in front of a live studio audience. New episodes of the show, which Griffin likened to The Daily Show…
ACC Network adds Nathan Peterman as studio analyst
Nathan Peterman spent the better part of a decade as an NFL journeyman quarterback, and for a few months, he lived as a sports agent. On Wednesday, ACC Network announced the former Pitt Panthers signal-caller is joining the network as a college football studio analyst for the 2026 season. Peterman split his college career between…
NFL to eliminate Pro Bowl after years of falling ratings
After years of debate, format changes, and falling ratings, the NFL Pro Bowl is no more. According to a report from Jonathan Jones at The Athletic, league executives outlined the plans for a post-Pro Bowl NFL to team owners on Wednesday. Rather than a football game, or a flag football game, or a series of…
Offseason ‘Hard Knocks’ is coming back
Hard Knocks is returning to the offseason for the first time in three years. The NFL announced on Wednesday that the offseason version of Hard Knocks is returning for 2027, its first offseason edition since following the New York Giants in 2024. Rather than centering on a single team, NFL Films and HBO will use…
Adam Schefter will reportedly join NFL Network’s ‘The Insiders’ this season
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter will add yet another role to his job description this football season. The longtime top NFL newsbreaker for the Worldwide Leader will join The Insiders on NFL Network each Wednesday, according to OutKick’s Bobby Burack. The show sees top NFL Network reporters share insights on the big stories each evening. Previously,…
Is Pat McAfee’s kicking contest coming back to ‘College GameDay’?
Last December, Pat McAfee subtly hinted on College GameDay that there was a chance his popular kicking contest wouldn’t return this season. McAfee stated, “It’ll be our final kick of the season, maybe of the entire series,” reiterating the sentiment by saying, “One more kick. Final kick of the season. Final kick, maybe, of the field…
ESPN’s Little League Classic outdraws Netflix’s Field of Dreams
ESPN scored a season-high audience for its presentation of the MLB Little League Classic while also averaging more viewers than MLB at Field of Dreams game on Netflix. However, the viewership still fell below NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball average. Sunday’s Atlanta Braves-Milwaukee Brewers game in the Little League Classic averaged 2 million viewers across ESPN…
Lead ‘College GameDay’ producer Jim Gaiero taken off show
One of the lead producers of ESPN’s flagship college football program, College GameDay, has been taken off the show. Jim Gaiero, a veteran ESPN producer who has served as a lead producer on College GameDay for 10 years, will no longer produce the show, multiple sources confirm to Awful Announcing. Many involved with GameDay were…
Orioles manager gets testy with reporter over Pete Alonso: ‘Don’t put words in my mouth’
Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz may have said Pete Alonso was dealing with his calf, but that doesn’t mean he’s okay with reporters asking about it. The Orioles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 13-1 Tuesday night, led by one of the hottest hitters in all of baseball right now, Pete Alonso, who went 4-4 with…
TCU rescinds Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials over reporting on a locker room altercation
TCU has rescinded media credentials for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after a dispute over the paper’s reporting on a locker room incident that led to the dismissal of senior safety Jacob Fields from the football team. The Star-Telegram revealed the university’s decision in its own report on Wednesday. “In a phone conversation Sunday, a TCU athletics…
Mike Francesa: WNBA ‘is a disaster right now’
The WNBA might be the most toxic space in sports, and Mike Francesa is blaming leadership and the players for allowing it to happen. As the WNBA experiences historic growth in popularity, it’s also learning about growing pains to success. Unfortunately, those growing pains have been piled on by people attempting to hijack the discourse…
Michael Jordan ‘not expected’ to return to NBA on NBC, per report
Michael Jordan’s NBC tenure will resemble his baseball career in length. According to a report by Michael McCarthy in Front Office Sports, Michael Jordan is “not expected” to return to NBC’s NBA coverage this upcoming season. The network announced Jordan as a “special contributor” prior to its return to NBA broadcasting last season, but the…
Fever-Sky delivers WNBA’s biggest regular-season audience since 1997
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever have set all sorts of WNBA viewership records, and now her team is shattering milestones that are nearly three decades old. The Fever’s game against the Chicago Sky on NBC Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. The broadcast is the third-most-watched WNBA regular-season game ever, behind two…
ESPN to remove BottomLine ticker for college football broadcasts
ESPN is set to remove its BottomLine ticker during college football games this season in a move to free up more on-screen real estate, per a report by Ryan Glasspiegel in Front Office Sports. The move will bring all of ESPN’s college football broadcasts in line with its major events, like the College Football Playoff…
How local Las Vegas media is handling Sin City’s big-city sports boom
Dreaming on her hometown’s behalf, Madyson Marie endured an antithesis of what children typically hear in their age of innocence. You can be anything you want to be, elders normally state without a second thought. As an unofficial youth delegate for Las Vegas, Marie yearned to see her city become a major-league sports market. No!…
Split Zone Duo launches volleyball podcast ‘Six Zone Duo’
Split Zone Duo, the popular college football outlet headed by Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson, is expanding into volleyball. On Wednesday, Split Zone Duo announced the debut of Six Zone Duo, a new volleyball podcast featuring Erin Sorensen of the popular Nebraska athletics Substack Counter Read, and Amie Just, a Nebraska sports columnist for the Lincoln Journal Star.…
DAZN acquires EverPass, including commercial distribution of NFL Sunday Ticket
DAZN continues to make inroads in the American sports market. But this time, the London-based streaming company is targeting commercial establishments. DAZN announced on Wednesday that it will acquire EverPass, the joint venture between the NFL and RedBird Capital that distributes live sports to commercial establishments like bars, restaurants, and casinos, through its proprietary streaming…
NWSL strikes deal with Roku for Sunday night matches after Victory+ departure
The NWSL has found a new media partner to host its Sunday night package. After being part of the cohort of franchises and leagues to drop streaming platform Victory+ amid the company’s financial uncertainty last month, the NWSL has come to terms with Roku to take over the package of Sunday night games. Beginning this…
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