Longtime Penn State beat writer starts Substack after layoff
"Excited to announce I won't be leaving the Penn State athletics beat just yet."
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Arash Markazi’s The Sporting Tribune debuts new website, announces plans for app, podcast network
"I can’t wait to continue to build this company along with them."
Bill Belichick to host new football show for Underdog Fantasy
"They want sports that connect to the fans and that's what I want to do."
Jeff Passan makes astute point about MLB prospect rankings around trade deadline
Ariel Helwani addresses uncertain future at Vox and Spotify
"What we're efforting is a very unique thing and it's something that I can't wait to talk to everyone about."
Outsports’ Cyd Ziegler ‘couldn’t be happier’ Thom Brennaman is back in national broadcasting
"I couldn’t be happier about it."
Chris Pirrone buys The Big Lead from Minute Media
"I am excited to rebuild an essential sports media brand!"
Dave Portnoy rescued by U.S. Coast Guard off Nantucket: ‘The ocean doesn’t care how much money you got’
Portnoy was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after his boat lost power.
Andrew Perloff calls Bill Belichick ‘hypocrite’ for pursuing NFL media career
"Networks have to stop hiring Bill Belichick. … He never said anything useful as an NFL coach and now he's getting paid to talk?"
Jerry Rice threatening confrontation with Chiefs reporters appears to be huge misunderstanding
"We were not trying to elicit a negative reaction and there were no 'smirks' as Mr. Rice suggested."
An AI version of Cris Collinsworth is apparently coming to Pro Football Focus
"They did a thing of me doing PFF highlights in my voice, and you sit there, and you can't even believe it."
Dave Meltzer responds to allegation he has double standards for WWE and AEW
"Wonder why that's not in the quote."
10 years ago, LeBron James gave Sports Illustrated its ‘I’m Coming Home’ scoop
CHGO reporters, podcasters among those injured in American Family Field escalator accident
"Greg and I may be on IR for a bit."
Variety used a photo of Venus Williams for a story about Serena Williams
Variety fixed the photo on their website, but left their tweet with the wrong photo up for more than three hours.
Dream Job: Trevor Sikkema’s long, winding road to the NFL Draft
Stan Van Gundy optimistic about JJ Redick’s looming tenure as Lakers coach
"I don’t think there’s anything that we’re talking about that’s beyond him or even close to beyond him."
Clay Travis on Stephen A. Smith’s contract: ‘A rising tide lifts all boats’
"Unlike the WNBA, I believe a rising tide lifts all boats."
OutKick announces new show with Ricky Cobb of Super 70s Sports
Cobb launched the Super 70s Sports account in 2013.
Sold out: The rise and fall of America’s most ambitious sports media company
Bill Plaschke recounts improbable journey throughout journalism career
"Being an unconventional writer from a school not known for sports, I had little chance on the national job market."
Ariel Helwani reportedly nearing free agency
Helwani currently hosts shows for Vox and The Ringer.
Pro Football Focus reportedly ‘quietly fired’ exec George Chahrouri earlier this year: ‘It was long overdue.’
"When I got asked what was the last straw [for Chahrouri], I had to laugh. He’s been this way the whole [expletive] time."
RotoWire’s Peter Schoenke talks new Picks & Props app and why he’s ‘bullish’ on future of player prop betting
Yahoo Sports launches Paris Olympics coverage led by Allyson Felix, partnership with USA Swimming
Yahoo continues to invest in sports coverage, striking multiple deals to go all-in on the Paris Olympics this summer.
