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Bill Simmons rips ESPN some more: They did not support Grantland

Bill Simmons rolled out the first several episodes of his new podcast this week, and those who have wanted to hear his take on what went wrong with ESPN have not been disappointed. Simmons has already spent a significant amount of time bashing his …

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Bill Simmons rips Mike and Mike, ESPN for being ‘in the bag for the NFL’

Bill Simmons released the first installment of his new self-titled podcast “The Bill Simmons Podcast” on Thursday, and he wasted no time taking aim at his former employer. In the second part of a two-part episode launch, Simmons went …

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Jon Gruden salary is high – supposedly paid $6.5 million by ESPN

All those rumors about NFL teams being interested in Jon Gruden have certainly paid off — at least for the former coach. According to information shared by James Andrew Miller, the author of the ESPN book, Gruden makes around $6.5 million a …

Stephen A. Smith

Stephen A. Smith ripped on Twitter over ignorant baseball tweet

For the second time in three days, Stephen A. Smith’s poor use of Twitter is making headlines. On Sunday it was his tweet about Jay Cutler that got him in trouble. On Tuesday it was a tweet about the Yankees showing his embarrassingly little …

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ESPN to lay off 200-300 employees in coming months

One of the biggest media entities in sports is about to get a little smaller. ESPN will lay off 200-300 employees in the coming months, according to a report from The Big Lead. The report says ESPN has been instructed by parent company Disney to cut …

David Feherty

David Feherty announces new Golf Channel/NBC Sports deal with great tweet

David Feherty was recently let go by CBS Sports after 19 years with the network, but that does not mean golf fans won’t be able to find him on TV. The veteran analyst still has his show on Golf Channel “Feherty,” and he also …

Congress threatened Jay Glazer with jail time over Spygate tape

Jay Glazer of FOX Sports was able to obtain arguably the most important piece of evidence against the New England Patriots when the Spygate scandal first erupted in 2007. It was so important, in fact, that Glazer was threatened with jail time over it …

Dari Nowkhah responds to Colin Cowherd over ESPNU jab

ESPNU host Dari Nowkhah took offense to Colin Cowherd’s shot at the network and decided to respond over Twitter. Cowherd left ESPN for FOX Sports over the summer and his show on the new network debuted Tuesday. Although Cowherd was associated …

Mike Tirico

Kim Kardashian has no clue who Mike Tirico is

Mike Tirico told an absolute gem of a story while calling Novak Djokovic’s match at the US Open on Tuesday night. All the stars were out at the tennis center in Flushing to watch Serena Williams face sister Venus in their quarterfinals match …

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Jessica Mendoza replaces Curt Schilling on ‘Sunday Night Baseball’

Curt Schilling’s loss is Jessica Mendoza’s gain. ESPN announced Thursday that they have essentially suspended Schilling for the rest of the season after he stirred some controversies over social media. Mendoza, a retired fastpitch …

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ESPN pulls Curt Schilling off TV for rest of season

ESPN is really laying down the law with Curt Schilling. The network announced in a statement Thursday that it will be pulling the analyst from all TV coverage for the rest of the season. “At all times during the course of their engagement with …

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Apple reportedly sought exclusive rights to new Bill Simmons podcast

Coming to Apple this fall: the new iBill podcast featuring Bill Simmons? Seems like it actually came fairly close to happening. According to a report on Tuesday by Peter Kafka of Re/code, the tech giant explored the possibility this summer of inking …

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Red Sox confiscate Don Orsillo posters to hinder fan protest

The Boston Red Sox told employees to confiscate signs from fans supporting announcer Don Orsillo prior to Monday’s game against the New York Yankees. News emerged last week that NESN would not be bringing back Orsillo as the TV play-by-play …

Vin Scully: I believe next year will be my last

Vin Scully announced on Saturday that he expects to call one more season after this year before retiring as a play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers. "Realistically, next year will be my last year [with the Dodgers]." …

Shane Mosley goes off on writer for criticizing fight

Shane Mosley went off on Los Angeles Times boxing writer Lance Pugmire for being critical of the boxer’s fight Saturday against Ricardo Mayorga. Mosley, 43, is fighting for the first time in nearly two years. He has gone 1-4-1 in his last six …

Sarah Palin on Curt Schilling suspension: ESPN buys into propaganda of ISIS

One of America’s most beloved Republicans has taken a stance against the way one of America’s other favorite Republicans was punished by his employer for a recent tweet. In a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, Sarah Palin defended Curt …

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