Mick Cronin: Duke-Michigan on Amazon has ‘no chance of going through’ because of Fox
"Not when Fox has paid hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights."
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Tim Brando reportedly inks multiyear extension with Fox Sports
Brando will continue to call college football and college basketball for the network.
Fox CBB account accused of repeatedly taking content without attribution
"Pretty gross/blatant lifting of data and research here."
Tim Brando addresses end of run calling college basketball conference tournaments
"Hopefully, those opportunities will return but if they don’t? I’ve been blessed."
Villanova, Notre Dame planning ’26-27 college hoops opener in Rome leading into Fox NFL coverage
Plans for the game are reportedly in the "final stages." And yes, Pope Leo might show up.
Mountain West inks new media rights deals with CBS, Fox, The CW
The six-year agreements begin this upcoming football season.
Men’s college basketball sees ratings surge through early portion of season
The sport has seen a 39% increase in viewership this year across CBS, Fox, and ESPN.
Fox scores huge Thanksgiving college basketball audience with NFL lead-in
5.49 million viewers tuned in for Michigan State-North Carolina.
Dan Hurley criticizes ESPN, FS1, praises TNT for college hoops coverage
"You can’t take 10 minutes away from talking about the backup quarterback on the Lions?"
Players Era Festival ‘in discussions’ with ESPN, Fox, Netflix, TNT for media rights deal
The tournament is expanding to 32 teams next season.
Fox continues to use ‘Roundball Rock’ for college basketball
And John Tesh is laughing all the way to the bank.
John Fanta ditches Fox to become NBC’s lead Big East voice
He will also contribute studio coverage for the Big Ten, Big 12, and Notre Dame football.
Fox cuts College Basketball Crown field in half for Year 2
The field will shrink from 16 down to just eight teams next season.
College Basketball Crown secures ho-hum audience for debut
The competition averaged 260,000 viewers across Fox and FS1.
College Basketball Crown experimenting with rule change to fix end of games
Replay reviews will be limited in the final two minutes of games.
Fox’s College Basketball Crown reveals $500k NIL pool
First place will take home $300,000 courtesy of Vivid Seats.
Fox successfully gutted the NIT with College Basketball Crown
The NIT will feature just four power-conference schools this year.
Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson criticize officials over technical foul call
"That's not a gun, that's a three..."
Rick Pitino after Big East Championship win: ‘I’m gonna drink a quart of Jameson’s’
Saturday's victory for St. John's marks the program's first Big East Championship in 25 years.
John Fanta to call Women’s Big East Tournament across Fox networks
"Looking forward to an awesome weekend at Mohegan Sun as a Big East champ is crowned."
Gus Johnson and Fox compare Rick Pitino to Al Pacino
"I've always thought these guys looked alike."
Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson debated New York versus Detroit pizza on air
"If it was Detroit pizza, it would be like 12,000 squares."
Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson speculate on how college basketball player got mono
"What do you do to get that?"
Fox’s Big Ten standings graphic has funny error
The math isn't quite mathing.
Rick Pitino had quite the response to Bill Raftery’s question on free throws
"Inside, I want to kill myself. Outside, I just say 'That's okay, we'll make the next one.'"
Gus Johnson: ‘I wouldn’t change a thing about Dan Hurley’
"He is so passionate and is so engaged and invested in this job just like his dad Bob Hurley Sr."
John Fanta opens up on his unapologetic approach to college hoops: ‘You are who you are’
"I might not look like all the people that are on television, and I know that."
Fox reveals plans for MLK Day Coretta Scott King Classic
The women's college basketball broadcasts here will include spotlights on key moments in the Kings' lives.
USC women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb channels Gregg Popovich with short in-game interview
"I'm gonna do my best Coach Pop..."
Georgetown HC Ed Cooley quotes MLK to dispute fake reporters’ claims he’s leaving for Virginia
Big East announces deals with Fox and NBC in addition to TNT Sports
The Big East has fully unveiled its media deals.
Fox’s Friday night pivot to sports will be announced this week with college football and basketball leading off
An official announcement is expected this week.
Fox reportedly considered NIL deal to convince Caitlin Clark to stay in college
Caitlin Clark’s record was missed on Fox Buffalo affiliate WUTV, which froze for 4:47 and came back to her halftime interview
This was not ideal for those hoping to watch Clark set the record live on WUTV.
Awesome behind the scenes video shows Gus Johnson at his most excited
There is no more pure marriage in sports broadcasting than Gus Johnson and college basketball as we got to see once again.
Robbie Hummel is moving to Fox and NBC
Hummel will continue on Big Ten coverage, but at different networks.
Fox College Basketball used a great Purdue-Indiana graphic, but the wrong score
The actual halftime score was 50-35, not 44-30.
Big 12 signs deals with ESPN and Fox through 2030-31, with a 90 percent average annual value jump
The Big 12 is set to make much more money in media rights beginning in 2025-26.
Fox officially announces they’ve hired Jason Benetti
“Jason is a top-tier broadcaster that elevates every production he joins.”
Fox debuts a taller college basketball scorebug, takes criticism
This scorebug is significantly larger than the old one, and significantly larger than what Fox is currently using in other sports.
