Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden

By Michael Grant on 08/27/202608/27/2026

Jessica Smetana (left) and Lucy Rohden (Courtesy of Lucy Rohden)

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Born in Jamaica. Grew up in New York City. Lives in Louisville, Ky. Sports writer. Not related to Ulysses S. Grant.

Texas senator Ted Cruz controversially appeared on ESPN's 'College GameDay' on Saturday.

Viewership does not settle the debate about whether ABC's primetime time slot is better than Big Noon Saturday

That was also a four percent increase from last season's SNF opener (Bills-Ravens).

"There is a lot of art to what you're calling science."

"That’s just like 1970s way of polling."

"We just didn’t play well. That’s one week. That’s not Browns being Browns, that’s Browns being poorly on one week."

Texas senator Ted Cruz controversially appeared on ESPN's 'College GameDay' on Saturday.

Viewership does not settle the debate about whether ABC's primetime time slot is better than Big Noon Saturday

That was also a four percent increase from last season's SNF opener (Bills-Ravens).

"There is a lot of art to what you're calling science."

"That’s just like 1970s way of polling."

"We just didn’t play well. That’s one week. That’s not Browns being Browns, that’s Browns being poorly on one week."