Local Networks News
WGN’s final Wrigley Field broadcast appropriately includes tributes, memories, and a Cubs loss
WGN had been broadcasting Chicago Cubs games since 1948. Saturday's game against the Cardinals marked their final home broadcast.
Sinclair, AT&T/DirecTV locked in carriage dispute over local broadcast stations
This dispute could affect 136 local broadcast stations in 86 markets.
Giants cancel head coach Pat Shurmur’s weekly radio appearance with Mike Francesa
Pat Shurmur won't be going on the air with Mike Francesa anymore, which is probably the best thing for everyone.
WWL’s Seth Dunlap taking leave of absence after station’s Twitter account targeted him with homophobic slur
The station reportedly continues to investigate the incident.
The Cubs are getting bumped in Chicago next week for the Bachelor in Paradise finale
The Cubs are in the middle of a playoff chase, yes, but this is the finale we're talking about here.
Here’s two minutes of Mets broadcaster Howie Rose going off on MLB for not allowing first responder hats on 9/11
"That's just brutal that Major League Baseball cannot see fit to honor people who to this day are still dying as a result of their heroism."
Vin Scully’s first contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers is up for auction
22-year-old Vin Scully wrote a letter to Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey in 1949 that would "constitute a contract" between them.
Chris Carlin announces that Wednesday is his last day at WFAN
Carlin departs Carlin, Maggie & Bart after two years.
New Orleans radio station tweets homophobic slur toward their own sports talk radio host
Seth Dunlap has been with WWL in New Orleans since 2011.
Cleveland Cavaliers, Fox Sports Ohio play-by-play man Fred McLeod dies suddenly at 67
Prior to his Cavs work, McLeod was the voice of the Pistons for 22 seasons.
Detroit Free Press provides fair summary of Lions-Cardinals game
The Lions blew a 24-6 fourth-quarter lead to a quarterback making his NFL debut, and settled for a tie.
Former Cardinal and St. Louis radio host Chris Duncan passes away at 38
Chris Duncan was a member of the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals' championship team, and went on to do sports radio in St. Louis after his playing career.
Craig Kilborn showed up on The Rich Eisen Show for a martini toast to ESPN, a discussion of leaving The Late Late Show,...
Kilborn also discussed losing a three-point contest to Steve Kerr. "The league did not want me to win. I was like the Sacramento Kings, they didn't want me to win."
Awful Announcing podcast: NBC Sports Chicago’s Jason Benetti talks the White Sox, Statcast, Bill Walton, and more
On this week’s edition of the Awful Announcing podcast, NBC Sports Chicago and ESPN broadcaster Jason Benetti joins...
Carriage battle results in DirecTV, DISH, Comcast dropping Altitude Sports, home of the Nuggets, Avalanche, and Rapids
The Kroenke-owned network is now without a lot of its distribution as we approach NBA and NHL season.
