0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 9/29/2016
Speaking with an athlete who will be a topic of discussion on a sports debate show might not result in the hottest take, and may even undercut an argument that one of the hosts planned to make. We don’t know if that was the case when Fox Sports’ Skip Bayless teased that he was going to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Thursday, September 29 7:30 PM- Hampton at North Carolina A&T (ESPNU, WatchESPN) Eric Clemons, Jay Walker 8 PM- Connecticut at Houston (ESPN, WatchESPN) Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge 8:30 PM- Kansas at Texas Tech (FS1, FSGo) Justin Kutcher, Petros Papadakis Friday, September 30 7 PM- Penn at Dartmouth (NBCSN, NBC Sports Stream) Paul Burmeister, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The New York Yankees are on the verge of being officially eliminated from playoff contention. But Alex Rodriguez will be working during the postseason. It was generally expected that Rodriguez would once again be a part of a network’s postseason baseball coverage. Most signs pointed to Fox Sports, since that’s where A-Rod hung his shingle […]
0 comments by David Lauterbach
The Sloppy Body first appeared on ESPN’s College Gameday back in 2013. The crazy Clemson fan was going nuts in the background during the college football show and nicknamed “Sloppy Body.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcx_56nVZ88 Two years after the original Sloppy Body appearance in 2015, the Clemson fan was back on College Gameday. Fast forward to this week, […]
0 comments by David Lauterbach
Bill Belichick is known for being short and to the point in his press conferences. However, during NFL games, it seems like the New England Patriots head coach is the complete opposite. Showtime’s Inside the NFL recently aired this clip of Belichick mic’d up for the Patriots’ 27-0 win over the Houston Texans last Thursday night: If […]
0 comments by Sean Keeley
FS1 has made it clear for a while now that their gameplan is to out-ESPN ESPN when it comes to colorful personalities and hot takes. They’ve made gains recently but the day when they’re neck-and-neck with ESPN in the ratings is still years away. But maybe that’s not how they beat ESPN ultimately. Maybe the […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
Doug Glanville has quickly turned into one of ESPN’s best and brightest analysts in his young television career. Glanville has made quite the name for himself in his second career, not only being a television analyst, but being an accomplished writer as well. And now he can add one more item to the resume: play […]
0 comments by Jay Rigdon
When you think of media mergers and partnerships, which examples spring to mind? AOL-Time Warner? That one didn’t work out so well. In fact, oftentimes they don’t work out well. Culture differences, talent drain, and many, many other things can go wrong when you combine two entirely different companies. This is obviously not revelatory, especially […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
All Times Eastern College Football Hampton at North Carolina A&T — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. UConn at Houston — ESPN, 8 p.m. Kansas at Texas Tech — FS1, 8:30 p.m. B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon College Football Live — ESPNU, 3 p.m. CFB Daily — ESPNU, 4 p.m. ESPN Recruiting Nation — […]
0 comments by Jay Rigdon on 9/28/2016
Kevin Costner gave a lengthy but heartfelt speech as part of the Dodgers pre-game celebration of Vin Scully. It wasn’t his first invite to a similar event. Fans of a certain age* might remember the stirring pre-game ceremony at the 1999 All-Star game, when MLB invited living members of the newly-crowned All-Century team to take […]
0 comments by Jay Rigdon
As a broadcasting entity, baseball doesn’t have the national pull of the NFL. The league has instead thrived on local television deals, as its regional popularity, combined with the value of live sports rights, is still enough to facilitate massive team-specific deals. In fact, it’s reasonable to say that the lifeblood of baseball is the […]
0 comments by Matt Lichtenstadter
The New England Patriots are a notoriously secretive organization and like to keep their cards close to their chest. Therefore, they aren’t going to tip their hand with regards to who will start at QB on Sunday against the Bills, making game-planning for Rex Ryan and company difficult. So Rex literally decided to take matters […]
0 comments by Alex Putterman
The United States has not won the biannual Ryder Cup since 2008 and has won only once since the turn of the century, which is a cause of consternation for most American golf observers. And as U.S. golf supporters seek out someone to blame for the Ryder Cup failings, it’s hard to forget that the team’s lone victory […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Les Miles was fired as LSU’s football coach last Sunday, and the natural impulse is to wonder what might be next for him. At 62 years old, taking another head coaching job in college appears relatively unlikely, though his success in Baton Rouge will surely draw interest from schools around the country. And after 15 years […]
0 comments by Alex Putterman
Per SI.com’s Richard Deitsch, major changes could be coming to ESPN’s morning lineup. The upper brass in Bristol is apparently exploring the idea of breaking up Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic and giving Greenberg his own television show on ESPN. Deitsch emphasized that these talks are in the early stages, with nothing close to finalized, but the potential […]
