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Petros Papadakis says that he was fired from his job as the PA announcer at USC basketball games via text message. Papadakis, who played football for the Trojans and has served as a local radio host in LA for over a decade, has been the PA announcer …
The CBS telecast of Sunday’s San Diego Chargers-Baltimore Ravens game experienced a moment of embarrassment after reporter Jamie Erdahl shared information she got from a fake Twitter account. Erdahl reported during the fourth quarter that Steve …
A new Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report alleges that a Packers employee tried to intimidate one of the paper’s writers, possibly over the paper’s attempts to hold the team accountable for their employment of a player with a record of …
There have been many reasons suggested for why ESPN decided to shut down Grantland. From a desire to distance itself from Bill Simmons to the site’s financial profitability, the actual reasons for the move are probably complicated and full of …
ESPN announced on Friday that the plug is being pulled on Grantland, and it didn’t take long for Bill Simmons to share his opinion on the decision. I loved everyone I worked with at G and loved what we built. Watching good/kind/talented people …
ESPN announced Friday that the publication of Grantland is being suspended effective immediately. “Effective immediately we are suspending the publication of Grantland,” the network said in a statement. “After careful consideration, …
There was a delay during Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday after FOX lost power to its TV truck, causing technical difficulties in its telecast. The issue happened during the bottom of the fourth inning. Without the TV feed, there would be no …
Alex Rodriguez is joining FOX as a guest analyst for their postseason coverage. He appeared on FOX NFL Sunday and played a little football with Jay Glazer, but things did not go as planned. Rodriguez appeared on FOX NFL Sunday as part of the …
Jessica Mendoza attracted a lot of discussion after moving into the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball booth this season, but her son had a different take on her work. Mendoza moved into the booth in September replacing Curt Schilling, and was immediately …
Bill Simmons believes the NFL had a role in his departure from ESPN because of all of his criticism of Roger Goodell. Simmons was a guest on Mike Francesa’s radio show on WFAN in New York Wednesday and talked about his departure from his …
“Mike and the Mad Dog” fans will finally get their ultimate fix of the legendary New York sports radio show when the program is covered as the subject of an upcoming “30 for 30” documentary. Former ESPN employee Bill Simmons …
Former Major Leaguer Eric Byrnes is now an analyst for MLB Network, and regular viewers know him for his energetic and enthusiastic analysis. On Saturday night, he was at it again. Byrnes was tackling the subject of the Dodgers’ Chase …
ESPN, and Grantland in particular, are still feeling the aftershocks of Bill Simmons’s departure. Now, several of Grantland’s staffers are leaving to join up with their old boss. The well-connected James Andrew Miller has the information, …
ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza on Thursday got a chance to address being the target of a sexist social media rant, and it is no surprise that she took the high road. In an interview with “Good Morning America,” Mendoza was asked about …
Bill Simmons has made it a mission to trash ESPN seemingly every chance he gets now that he has begun a new era with HBO, and one of his former coworkers is tired of having to sit back and take it. During an appearance at the Vanity Fair New …
Atlanta radio host Mike Bell has been suspended by his radio station for going on a nasty Twitter protest of Jessica Mendoza calling an MLB playoff game for ESPN. Bell was suspended from Wednesday-Friday this week and is not scheduled to return to …
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