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Mexico fans can’t stop picking up reporters during live World Cup segments
Reporting live from sporting events is always a risky proposition. Usually, you’re on the lookout for errant f-bombs and people disrupting your shot. When you’re reporting on the Mexican National Team during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, however, you have to have your head on a swivel for an entirely different reason. There’s a decent…
Brandel Chamblee laments modern golfers’ lack of composure: ‘It’s lazy to throw clubs and… drop f-bombs’
Golf has often been referred to as the gentleman’s game, but some modern men’s pro players have made headlines for their ungentlemanly moments. At this week’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills outside of New York, Joaquin Niemann was charged with a two-shot penalty for throwing a club while playing the 6th hole on Friday. That…
FIFA’s World Cup hydration breaks are probably here to stay
The hydration break. The scourge of the soccer fan at the 2026 FIFA World Cup (well, the other one, aside from Alexi Lalas). Aside from who you think is going to win it all, it’s been the most hotly debated aspect of this year’s tournament. Not because they’re entirely new, per se. There were three-minute…
Dan Hurley pitches UConn-Duke game at White House after UFC Freedom 250
Dan Hurley left the White House South Lawn on Sunday with one idea in mind: to put a basketball court where the Octagon was. The UConn head coach was among the guests at UFC Freedom 250, the first professional sporting event ever held on the South Lawn, a seven-fight card on Paramount+ that coincided with…
World Cup host broadcaster explains why it didn’t replay Ismaël Koné’s injury
When Ismaël Koné was stretchered off the field during Canada’s World Cup match against Qatar on Thursday, broadcasters around the world deliberately chose not to show it again. The company behind that decision explained why. Koné, Canada’s 24-year-old midfielder, went down in the 51st minute of what became a 6-0 Canadian victory after Qatar’s Assim…
Alexi Lalas refuses to call it football: ‘It makes you look like a weak poser’
Alexi Lalas has never met a hill he didn’t want to die on, and this week’s hill is, of all things, vocabulary. A fan pushed back on the Fox Sports studio analyst for repeatedly saying “soccer” instead of “football,” arguing that even American players make the switch in overseas interviews as a basic show of…
Stephen A. Smith booed during ‘The Roommates Show’ live podcast: ‘I was beyond wrong’
Last week, New Yorkers had the chance to do something they’d waited their whole lives to do: Celebrate a New York Knicks NBA championship. This week, they got the chance to do another thing they’ve been waiting their whole lives to do: Boo Stephen A. Smith to his face. The First Take host appeared as…
Colin Cowherd opens up on a potential The Volume sale: ‘I don’t know if I would sell all of it’
Colin Cowherd has owned The Volume outright since 2021 and has resisted every conversation about selling it. That resistance now comes with conditions attached. Cowherd founded The Volume in 2021 and has never taken a salary there, instead reinvesting revenue into the company’s management structure and using his income from Fox Sports and iHeartMedia to…
Linda Cohn recalls infamous Ken Griffey Jr. ‘SportsCenter’ interview: ‘He wanted to be anywhere else’
Rich Eisen’s This Was SportsCenter podcast series has been a great opportunity to relive some of the most iconic moments from ESPN’s flagship show’s past. The latest episode, featuring longtime ESPN and SportsCenter host Linda Cohn, provided plenty of those. But not all of those iconic moments felt positive in the moment. Before she became a staple…
Netflix’s video podcast engagement numbers ‘are low,’ per insider
Netflix made a big splash last year when it inked deals with various media companies to become the exclusive home for some of the biggest video podcasts around, including The Bill Simmons Podcast and Pardon My Take. So far, it doesn’t sound like the multi-million dollar bet is paying off. Netflix announced in October it…
CBS Sports will need a new NFL booth
CBS Sports is heading into the 2026 NFL season with presumably two open slots in its fourth broadcast booth. ESPN re-signed Jason McCourty to a new multi-year exclusive deal on Thursday, pulling him away from the CBS booth he shared last season with play-by-play man Andrew Catalon, analyst Charles Davis, and sideline reporter A.J. Ross.…
Gary Lineker appearing on ITV’s World Cup coverage following BBC exit
Gary Lineker left the BBC in May 2025, ending his 26-year run as a soccer commentator there. On Saturday, he’ll appear on BBC’s biggest rival. Per Matt Slater and Sam Joseph at The Athletic, Lineker is expected to make a guest appearance during ITV’s broadcast of Saturday’s Group E match between Germany and Ivory Coast. This would…
TV and streaming viewing picks for June 20, 2026: How to watch 3rd round of the U.S. Open
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL Men’s — Round 15 Richmond Tigers vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m. St. Kilda Saints vs. Western Bulldogs — FS2/Fox One, 1:01 a.m. (Sunday) Baseball Banana Ball World Tour Game 2, Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati, OH Savannah Bananas vs. Indianapolis Clowns — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited,…
Gregg Giannotti disgusted by NYC politician referencing 9/11 in Knicks championship speech
The vibes were impeccable at Thursday’s New York Knicks championship parade. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s speech was near-universally praised, James Dolan aside. And many other city politicians got the chance to speak about how the Knicks overcame adversity and the odds to defeat the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals and…
Jon Rahm drops f-bomb following missed birdie putt at U.S. Open
Jon Rahm was pretty sure he had a birdie all lined up on the ninth hole at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Friday. Until he didn’t. And by that point, he couldn’t help but let an f-bomb fly, one that was easily picked up by NBCSN and Peacock mics. For context, the 2021 U.S. Open…
Kendrick Perkins named Jackson State men’s basketball GM, will remain with ESPN
Kendrick Perkins is the latest ESPN NBA personality to dip their toe in the world of college basketball program management. Big Perk, a 14-year NBA veteran and ESPN NBA analyst, has agreed to become the men’s basketball general manager at Jackson State. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Sham Charania. ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins…
‘Dan Le Batard Show’ producer Mike Fuentes announces departure
Meadowlark Media’s Mike Fuentes announced his departure from the company on Friday. In a post on X, Fuentes wrote that he was “no longer working with the Dan Le Batard Show and Meadowlark Media in any capacity,” adding, “Will share more when I’m ready.” The video producer and occasional on-air talent joined Meadowlark in May…
WNBA draws 1 million viewers on USA despite World Cup competition
WNBA viewership on USA Network reached a season high on Tuesday as Caitlin Clark continued to prove herself a viewership draw, even against World Cup competition. Tuesday night’s Toronto Tempo-Indiana Fever matchup on USA averaged 1.00 million viewers, the most-watched WNBA game on cable this season. It is also up 134% from the WNBA’s 2025…
Zlatan Ibrahimović giddy over Alexi Lalas’ absence from studio: ‘You’re welcome, America’
Fox Sports has Alexi Lalas splitting time between the main World Cup studio and on-site coverage this tournament. On Friday, Lalas headed to Seattle to join Rob Stone, Carli Lloyd, and Clint Dempsey for the United States match against Australia, while Rebecca Lowe, Zlatan Ibrahimović, and Thierry Henry held things down back at the desk…
Fox’s outdoor World Cup sets are elevating its tournament coverage
It’s been very easy, and not unreasonable, to spend the first week of this World Cup being annoyed at Fox. The network botched its handling of FIFA’s new hydration breaks in the tournament opener, returning from commercial after play had already resumed, not once, but during both stoppages of the same match. Fans have been…
Rebecca Lowe insists there’s ‘lots of respect’ within ‘unusual’ Fox Sports World Cup studio
Take it from Rebecca Lowe, the anchor of Fox Sports’ top panel for this year’s World Cup: The trio of Alexi Lalas, Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović is not nearly as toxic as it seems on air. While Lowe acknowledged in an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show on Friday that Fox assembled an “unusual”…
World Cup group-stage ratings rival NBA and MLB playoff averages
More viewership data from the 2026 FIFA World Cup is in, and the tournament continues to be a strong draw in the United States. Fox Sports announced that the Argentina-Algeria match on Tuesday averaged 9.08 million viewers, peaking at 10.53 million from 9:30 to 9:45 p.m. ET. In Spanish on Telemundo and Peacock, the match…
Argentine presenter resigns after falsely reporting death of Lionel Messi’s father
An Argentine television presenter resigned after falsely reporting on-air that Lionel Messi’s father had died, forcing the Messi family to publicly deny the claim and condemn media speculation about his health. Florencia Peña made the comment during a Thursday broadcast of Argentina’s Luzu TV show “El Show del Verano.” “I don’t want to break bad…
Apple TV is making an entire F1 race weekend free for the first time
For the first time in its inaugural season as the exclusive U.S. home of Formula 1, Apple TV is making a complete race weekend available to anyone who wants to watch. The streamer announced its making the entire Austrian Grand Prix weekend free to U.S. viewers starting Friday, June 26, through Sunday’s race on June…
Kevin ‘KFC’ Clancy plotting ‘second act,’ new show at Barstool: ‘I want to be Barstool for life’
When KFC Radio, one of Barstool’s pioneering shows, called it quits late last year, it left Kevin Clancy without a clear next step at the company. Clancy was one of the original faces of Barstool across its blog, livestreams, and podcasts, but has taken his time since the end of KFC Radio to take stock of…
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