Black NBA play-by-play broadcasters discuss how few people of color have that job
Only one NBA broadcast team has a Black TV play-by-play announcer. The same is true for radio.
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Mike Golic’s former and current colleagues pay tribute as his long run on ESPN Radio will soon end
Golic made his ESPN Radio debut in 1998.
The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly regrets tweeting photo of overweight Pablo Sandoval
"It truly wasn't my intention to choose the most unflattering picture that I could."
Oscar winner Mahershala Ali to play boxer Jack Johnson in HBO series; Kurt Warner movie casts Zachary Levi as QB
The HBO series is titled Unruly, and will be a six-episode limited series chronicling Johnson's rise and fall.
ESPN announces new NFL Live lineup with Laura Rutledge, Marcus Spears, Dan Orlovsky, Keyshawn Johnson, Mina Kimes
Pablo Torre will replace Kimes as host of the ESPN Daily podcast.
Detroit sports talk station WDFN goes off-air after 26 years in format change by iHeartMedia
WDFN was Detroit's first all-sports talk radio station, debuting in 1994.
Colin Kaepernick, filmmaker Ava DuVernay producing Netflix series about quarterback’s high school years
Amid reports of NFL teams showing interest in signing Colin Kaepernick (yet talking to associates, rather than to...
Cubs analyst Jim Deshaies expects remote broadcasts to be a “surreal and weird” experience
Deshaies doesn't expect his game work to change much, but will miss the people he sees at road ballparks.
NFL fines Patriots $1.1 million, takes away third-round pick for filming Bengals sideline last season
The Patriots claimed a camera crew was filming a team scout for their "Do Your Job" series.
Longtime baseball writer Mel Antonen shares harrowing experience with COVID-19
Longtime baseball writer Mel Antonen is surely anticipating the start of a 2020 Major League Baseball season after...
Wayne Rooney documentary being developed by producers of Diego Maradona film
With the surging popularity of sports documentaries, it seems only right that England’s all-time leading goal scorer gets...
ESPN’s ‘Backstory: The Decision’ offers intriguing retrospective of LeBron James’ announcement 10 years ago
“This ‘Decision’ was ill-conceived, barely produced, and poorly executed.” Has any television program received more withering criticism from...
Hugh Jackman set to star as Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann film based on 1957 Mille Miglia race
If you’re an HBO (or HBO Max) subscriber, you may have noticed that Ford v Ferrari is now...
ESPY Awards focus on Black Lives Matter movement, racial injustice in 2020 ceremony
If you didn’t know that the 2020 ESPY Awards were Sunday night on ESPN, you probably weren’t alone....
ESPN’s Marty Smith boils over on Bubba Wallace noose incident: “It pisses me the hell off”
Following the disturbing news of a noose being found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall during the GEICO 500...
