NBC’s Peacock streaming service will include live Premier League matches, Olympics content, Ryder Cup
NBC is the latest network to get into the over-the-top streaming game with the upcoming launch of Peacock....
Golf News
Golf Channel announcers ignore tournament winner Tommy Gainey’s arrest
Tommy Gainey was arrested one month ago in a massive prostitution sting in Florida.
Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee received a cease-and-desist from Patrick Reed’s lawyer over cheating comments
The letter was always going to make Reed look worse than anything Chamblee said on air.
Former CBS golf analyst Peter Kostis is using his freedom to criticize the PGA Tour
Having been let go from his longtime gig as a CBS golf analyst, Peter Kostis is taking some Twitter swipes at the PGA Tour.
Golf Channel’s Tim Rosaforte announces retirement
Rosaforte had been full-time with Golf Channel since 2007, but his career in golf journalism stretched back a lot farther.
Hank Haney sues PGA Tour, alleges Tour pressured SiriusXM to dump his radio show
Haney also alleges the PGA Tour is still out to get him over his tell-all book on Tiger Woods, The Big Miss.
PGA Tour agrees to rights extensions with CBS, NBC and Golf Channel, which will see it gain around a 60 percent annual increase
The PGA Tour appears set to sign rights extensions through 2030.
Patrick Reed’s caddie fight results in Barstool and ESPN golf writers sniping over accreditation
A real-life altercation led to a Twitter-life altercation.
Golf Channel producer Meghan Kuebler tries to defend commercial-heavy Presidents Cup broadcast, predictably gets ratioed
Over 200 replies were sent within the first hour.
Patrick Reed caught blatantly improving his lie, blames camera angle instead
Reed attempted to play the victim, suggesting a different camera angle would have totally exonerated him.
With PGA Tour rights still up for grabs, CBS bumps Frank Nobilo to full-time analyst, adds Michelle Wie
The moves come as CBS continues to revamp their broadcasts ahead of the PGA Tour picking the winning bids for 2022 and beyond.
Golf Channel’s Molly Solomon to head NBC Olympics production, says “let’s innovate and search for fresh ways to tell the athlete stories”
"I think I can bring a uniqueness to the job. My mantra as a producer is let’s innovate and search for fresh ways to tell the athlete stories. So whenever I go into a new project, a new show, I always ask the question to my team, how do we enrich the experience for the viewer?"
Gary McCord sounds off on CBS Sports axing: “You shouldn’t do it this way”
“You shouldn’t do it this way. No chance to say thanks to the viewers, to all my CBS friends? That’s what you get for 35 years?”
Gary McCord, Peter Kostis no longer part of CBS golf broadcasting team
It's certainly the end of an era.
PGA Tour to stream every shot of next year’s Players Championship – is this the future of golf coverage?
When watching televised golf, it’s almost impossible to appreciate just how many shots are being played at any...
