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NFL teams aren’t the only ones getting busy with transactions this offseason. The league itself has swung a huge media deal with ESPN, and details of the agreement are finally coming out. The NFL officially announced Tuesday that it was selling …
Longtime NFL reporter Albert Breer has his hands full with training camp in full swing, but he came across some NBA news on Tuesday that he simply could not ignore. The problem is that it was not real news. Breer was fooled by a post from a parody X …
Jason Whitlock is drawing the ire this week of an Indiana Fever player. The Fever played on Sunday against the Seattle Storm at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Wash. Indiana won by a final score of 78-74 to improve to 17-12 on the season. During the …
Shannon Sharpe’s recent legal troubles may be hitting him pretty hard in the wallet. In a recent episode of his “Nightcap” podcast with Chad Johnson, Sharpe used a discussion of Micah Parsons’ contract standoff with the Dallas …
FOX announcer Kevin Burkhardt got “got” over the weekend. Burkhardt, the lead studio host for FOX’s MLB programming, was providing a recap of the day in baseball while the Atlanta Braves-Cincinnati Reds game (the MLB Speedway …
Bill Belichick was the victim of a brutal roast by Cleveland Browns reporter Mary Kay Cabot during Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremonies on Friday. Cabot, the longtime reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com, was the recipient of the …
The NFL and ESPN have been in negotiations about a massive media deal for several years, and the two sides have reportedly come to an agreement. According to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, the NFL and ESPN have reached a deal for ESPN to acquire …
Shannon Sharpe was recently fired by ESPN after he reached a settlement with a woman who made troubling allegations against him, and the Hall of Fame tight end has now been named in another massive lawsuit. Sharpe and fellow former NFL star Chad …
Fans were all saying the same thing about Stephen A. Smith after multiple ESPN NBA analysts got into trouble recently. This week, both Gilbert Arenas and Marcus Morris were arrested. The two had appeared on ESPN to provide NBA analysis as recently as …
Shannon Sharpe’s tenure with ESPN ended before it really had a chance to get started, and a fellow former NFL star who is close to him has been mentioned as a potential replacement. Sharpe has been fired by ESPN less than two weeks after he …
ESPN has cut ties with Shannon Sharpe in the wake of the scandal he was embroiled in, and the Hall of Fame tight end says he has only one major issue with the decision — the timing. A report surfaced on Wednesday that Sharpe is out at ESPN less …
Looking back on a particular panel ESPN had for some of their NBA coverage in May reflects poorly on the network. Within the last several months, ESPN had Gilbert Arenas, Marcus Morris and Shannon Sharpe all providing commentary on the NBA. Take a …
Shannon Sharpe’s time at ESPN has ended before it really began. Media reporter Andrew Marchand reported for The Athletic on Wednesday that ESPN has cut ties with Sharpe. This news comes less than two weeks after Sharpe settled his lawsuit with …
Charles Barkley still has one major unanswered concern about “Inside the NBA” and its upcoming move to ESPN. In an appearance on the “Pardon My Take” podcast Monday, Barkley reiterated that he considers it an honor to be able …
Skip Bayless has received some backlash over the reaction he shared to the shooting that took place at a building in New York City on Monday. Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old from Las Vegas, shot and killed four people on Monday at 345 Park Ave. in …
A regular-season NFL game will be broadcast exclusively on YouTube for the first time during the 2025 season, and there will be at least one very familiar voice on the call. Kurt Warner has signed with YouTube to serve as the lead analyst for the …
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