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ESPN reporter defends gambling addiction article
This week, ESPN published a lengthy feature telling the story of a 20-year-old who developed a debilitating gambling addiction while at college. The article itself was a well-written cautionary tale about the pitfalls of sports gambling and how young adults can be particularly vulnerable. However, it also drew criticism for the inescapable irony that ESPN,…
Tom McCarthy opens up on working with new partner Robert Turbin in reworked CBS booth
Tony Romo’s arrest set off a chain reaction across CBS’s NFL booths this offseason, and Robert Turbin was one of several new faces who landed a seat as a result. Turbin, already a color commentator for CBS Sports Network on college football games, will make his NFL broadcasting debut in Week 1 when the Cleveland…
Adam Wainwright and A.J. Pierzynski confounded by Yankees chicken wing ice cream
Baseball announcers tend to enjoy their time in the booth, often sampling tasty treats from the home stadium or local businesses. Such was the case on Saturday with Adam Wainwright and A.J. Pierzynski on the call for Fox as the New York Yankees hosted the Boston Red Sox. Wainwright and Pierzynski tried out the Yankee…
Cubs announcer Boog Sciambi gives Pete Crow-Armstrong MVP honors on third home run call
Pete Crow-Armstrong made another strong case for himself being named NL MVP this year with a monster performance at the plate on Saturday. PCA hit three home runs out of the park at Wrigley Field to help the Chicago Cubs to a 17–5 win over the Cincinnati Reds. While Crow-Armstrong remains in what is essentially…
Sale prices for top sports documentaries cut nearly in half since early 2020s
Starting with The Last Dance, the 2020s have seen a boom in sports documentaries. After ESPN’s Michael Jordan project, hits like Drive To Survive, new Hard Knocks series and Welcome To Wrexham got streamers in on the action. With more distributors than ever and audiences consistently responding to sports stories, big new projects emerged regularly. That has begun to…
TV and streaming viewing picks for August 30, 2026: How to watch US Open, Day 1
All Times Eastern Baseball Women’s Pro Baseball League New York vs. San Francisco — Scripps Sports Network/ESPN+, 7:30 p.m. Bundesliga Matchday 1 Announcers — Universo/Peacock: José Luis López Salido/Jorge Calvo Sport-Club Freiburg vs. SV Werder Bremen — Universo/Peacock, 9:25 a.m.//Fandango, 9:30 a.m. Fútbol estelar — Universo, 9 a.m. Fútbol estelar — Universo, 11:30 a.m. Announcers…
Brian Kelly made his booth debut as a college football analyst, and everyone made the same joke
It was a night of debuts in Fargo, North Dakota, on Saturday. On the field, the North Dakota State Bison were playing in their first game at the FBS level, hosting the Jacksonville State Gamecocks at the FargoDome. Meanwhile, up in the CBS Sports Network broadcast booth, former Notre Dame and LSU coach Brian Kelly…
Bob Ryan calls for an end to all in-game interviews
Bob Ryan has seen a lot of sports in his more than five decades as a reporter, and there is apparently one particular aspect of broadcasts that he has seen enough — the in-game interview. On Friday night, Ryan posted on social media that he believed it was time for the in-game interview to end…
Blue Jays’ announcer Buck Martinez inducted into team’s new Hall of Excellence
Buck Martinez, the former player, manager, and longtime announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays, was one of the first members inducted into the team’s new Hall of Excellence on Saturday ahead of their game against the Seattle Mariners. The Hall of Excellence is a refreshed edition of the team’s previous Level of Excellence, which was…
Longtime Oregon State radio voice Darrell Aune dies at 83
Longtime Oregon State radio play-by-play announcer Darrell Aune has died. Aune, best known for his catchphrase “Holy jumping up and down, Martha!,” served as the Oregon State football and men’s basketball play-by-play radio announcer for 29 years, primarily for KEX-AM, beginning in 1970. With Oregon State, Aune was named Oregon Sportscaster of the Year 12…
ESPN’s college football scorebug now shows which announcer is talking
ESPN has made another change to its college football scorebug, highlighting which commentator is talking, a move that models a change to the network’s UFL scorebug from this spring. When active, the bug shows the names of the commentators at the bottom, including the sideline reporter and rules analyst. When a person speaks, their name…
Bill Belichick shows uncharacteristic emotion on ESPN broadcast after UNC beats TCU
Bill Belichick is approaching the one-year anniversary of his heinous college football head coaching debut. Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels lost 48-14 to the TCU Horned Frogs on Sept. 1, 2025, and reminders of his face-plant followed him throughout UNC’s failed 4-8 season. North Carolina and TCU ran it back for the 2026 season opener,…
TotalProSports draws backlash for blatantly false college football article
The Louisiana Christian Wildcats defeated the Northwestern State Demons, 42-37, at Harry Turpin Stadium on Friday. It was a historic victory for Louisiana Christian, an NAIA program. “NAIA football is good football,” Louisiana Christian head coach Ben McLaughlin told KALB News Channel 5. “There’s a lot of these kids right here that are frustrated because…
Nielsen cracks down on networks mixing its ratings with other data
Nielsen is cracking down on how networks report viewership to the public, and one network is likely to be the most affected. In a message to networks, according to Front Office Sports, Nielsen said “mixing internal or third-party data with Nielsen metrics to make comparative statements in the press is not permissible.” That policy could…
Linda Cohn says ESPN anchors were ‘up in arms’ when ‘SportsCenter’ introduced the BottomLine
For decades, ESPN’s BottomLine ticker has been a staple of the network, providing viewers with real-time updates on scores and news happening throughout the sports world. Now, as ESPN gets set to remove the ticker from its college football broadcasts, former ESPN anchor Linda Cohn has revealed that the original SportsCenter anchors never wanted it…
Lando Norris docuseries coming to Prime Video
A three-part docuseries about Formula 1 driver Lando Norris will arrive in 2027 on Amazon Prime Video. The docuseries has a working title of Lando and is being made by Box to Box Films, the same company that produces the popular Netflix docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive. The reigning F1 world champion confirmed the…
Natasha Cloud stands firm in protecting WNBA against ‘political or culture wars’
Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud has long been one of the WNBA’s fiercest advocates and activists — winning the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award in the same year she won the WNBA title in 2019. Cloud has never backed down, and she’s not about to abandon her voice when it is needed more than ever.…
Brandon Walker warns against counting out Indiana, says Hoosiers have ‘figured out this era of college football’
The Indiana Hoosiers surprised a lot of pundits and analysts last season when they ran the table to become the undefeated national champions despite a general lack of blue-chip talent. Now, heading into the 2026 season, the Hoosiers still aren’t getting a lot of love even as the defending national champs, and Brandon Walker of…
WFAN’s Evan Roberts predicts mercy rule coming to MLB ‘as soon as next year’
Commissioner Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball have made several notable adjustments and additions to the game over the last few years, such as the pitch timer in an effort to improve the pace of play, putting a runner on second base in extra innings, and most recently, implementing the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System.…
John Salley admits he didn’t watch sports during ‘Best Damn Sports Show Period’ run
Only fans of a certain age will remember The Best Damn Sports Show Period. The program was a one-of-a-kind idea when it launched on Fox Sports Net in 2001 and, in many ways, was a predecessor to where much of the sports media industry finds itself today. The ensemble cast, the mix of comedy and…
Say goodbye to college football Week 0
One of the strangest scheduling anomalies in all of sports is about to have its swan song this weekend in college football’s befuddling and charming Week 0. The fact that a Week 0 even exists is quintessential college football in that it couldn’t really exist anywhere else and make any sense at all. However, it…
Kirk Herbstreit details ‘scary’ incidents on ‘College GameDay’ that led to major change
When you think of College GameDay, you think of a festive, joyous atmosphere that celebrates college football and campuses around the country. But it wasn’t always that way, especially if Lee Corso dared to pick the visiting team. Before his retirement at the beginning of last season, Corso’s mascot headgear pick was the climax of the…
Oklahoma City Thunder strike unique local media deal
With the demise of the RSN ecosystem, NBA teams are having to invent new systems for delivering their games to fans. And the Oklahoma City Thunder are taking a brand new approach. Teams had a great setup with the revenue that came from regional sports networks. But as the system has collapsed, we have seen…
Reporter delivers brutally honest message to Cam Ward
Cam Ward is beginning his second season as the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans. But the former top overall NFL Draft pick might be starting to feel a little bit of pressure for his performances. At the very least, he’s getting very blunt assessments from the local media, who aren’t sugarcoating where he is…
Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden welcome you to ‘College Football Happy Hour’
College football is almost here, and no one is more excited than Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden. Many of us first heard of Smetana and Rohden on The Dan Le Batard Show, but now they’ve launched a podcast dedicated to the sport they love. College Football Happy Hour promises a fun look at the games,…
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