ESPN Cleveland’s Tony Grossi implies Browns didn’t re-sign Joe Flacco to spite fans
"It's the fans' fault for finally have joy of watching a quarterback make great throws and lead the team."
"It's the fans' fault for finally have joy of watching a quarterback make great throws and lead the team."
Pitino argues for evaluating Daniel Jones before resorting to risky trades.
"That is heartbreaking for this city and this team."
While Matt Ryan works for CBS, he isn't officially retired as an NFL player.
"There were so many women. But at the same time, I understand that there was money to be made."
"Come talk anytime you want in person. Open invitation."
After not playing against the Ravens, Watson's status vs. the 49ers remains up in the air.
Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns put up a dud again in Week Two, and it’s clear the...
"Almost automatically, you have to acknowledge what happened to him off the field before you're allowed to even begin a conversation about on the field."
"I don’t know how many times the Browns are going to be on national TV, but if I’m a network executive–CBS, NBC, ESPN–how many times do you want them?"
"Especially last year, it’s been the media directing and narrating something else. [My story] has been kind of overshadowed."
The 76-year-old play-by-play voice gave football fans arguably the worst touchdown call in NFL history.
"ESPN has told you, just to be blunt, they don't care."
"We’re all flawed and we shouldn’t require more out of a ballplayer than we do ourselves. But this is about whether or not Deshaun Watson is a serial sexual abuser."
This is going to keep happening because no one involved cares that it's happening.
"What you don’t do is prolong people to continue to look for answers that you could immediately provide."
"If $230 million guarenteed doesn't motivate you to do the things you need to do, I give up."
"An issue arose during the preparation of the release that was to be published on and distributed via nflcommunications.com. We have taken steps to ensure this does not happen again."
"It really disappoints me that right now on Cleveland radio you have people celebrating this."
"[The NFL] made a huge mistake by trying to resemble law enforcement and it’s going to come back to haunt them in a very big way."
"Christopher mentioned past examples with NFL players and included defensive end Randy Gregory. That’s not the name he meant to say."
Real Sports' Deshaun Watson piece has already been the subject of lots of talk. Excerpts viewed by AA include detailed discussions of Watson's alleged actions during massages from two of his accusers, and responses from one of Watson's attorneys.
"I believe they’ll air the accusations of the women without attempting to look behind it to see what kind of merit do they have."
Bad faith whataboutism is a scourge to the current sports media discourse, and Sarah Spain wasn't having it.
"If you’re ignoring facts, then how seriously are you taking the matter?"