Local Networks News
Iowa broadcaster Gary Dolphin suspended again, this time for the rest of the season, after “King Kong” reference to Maryland player
Dolphin's suspension has raised some eyebrows, and Iowa AD Gary Barta isn't commenting on it.
Boston Globe baseball columnist Nick Cafardo passes away at 62, tributes pour in
Cafardo had been at the Globe since 1989, and also appeared on MLB Network and NESN as a correspondent.
Kevin Burkhardt will call select Tampa Bay Rays games this season for Fox Sports Sun
Kevin Burkhardt is heading back to the local MLB scene for a handful of games this season.
Michael Kay beat Mike Francesa in the January ratings book, his second-straight monthly ratings win and his third ever
Francesa's audience has declined since his April return to WFAN, and Kay's has risen to surpass him. If that trend continues, that's a big shakeup in New York sports radio.
NBA regional ratings have dropped by 10 percent on average, while TNT broadcasts are down 18 percent
While 15 of the 28 RSNs considered in a Sports Business Journal analysis are up from last year, there's still an average audience drop thanks to some big losses.
This Week In Hot Takes: Michael Kay blames Phil Jackson, who wasn’t with the Knicks in 2013, for missing on Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo was drafted in 2013, and Phil Jackson was hired in 2014. The only way to blame Jackson is if you think he has a time machine.
Chris Berman, Josh Lewin, Sean McDonough all joining Red Sox radio broadcast team
Chicago Cubs, Sinclair officially confirm partnership on Marquee Sports Network, set to launch in 2020
The Marquee Sports Network will launch in 2020.
Former Tigers broadcaster Mario Impemba expected to join WEEI as part of a rotating Red Sox booth
Mario Impemba appears to have landed a new job for 2019.
Jim Gray doesn’t like to be asked about his celebrity connections
Jim Gray provided us with one of the most bizarre, entertaining interviews of Super Bowl week.
Charter is set to raise its “broadcast TV fee” for the second time in four months, and many are upset
The latest Charter fee hike has many unhappy.
Liberty Media is now apparently bidding for the former Fox RSNs, and Sinclair and Apollo Global now apparently aren’t
As one bidder enters, two others apparently leave.
Gannett, publisher of USA Today and papers across the country, rejects takeover bid from Digital First Media
Gannett has turned down a $12-a-share offer from the hedge fund-backed Digital First Media.
Fox 8 New Orleans weather forecast is “30 percent chance of rain, 100 percent chance of not watching the Super Bowl”
Well, that's certainly one way to deliver a Super Bowl Sunday forecast.
This Week In Hot Takes: Dan Dakich claims his “if you draft Porzingis, you’ll regret it” take was “100% accurate”
"As I told the nation on @ryenarussillo before the draft “Bad eyes..if you draft him you will regret it and never get out of the lottery “.. most didn’t understand “bad eyes” so they ripped me BUT as ALWAYS when it comes to hoops and players I was 100% accurate."
