Jeff Passan: Becoming an MLB insider helped me ‘do the kind of journalism that I put on a pedestal’
"When I was younger, before I was in the scoop game, I looked down on it."
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Dalton Risner’s wife ‘feeling like Adam Schefter’ after breaking Bengals re-signing news
"Per sources, Dalton Risner is signing back to the Cincinnati Bengals, and sources are me, baby."
Shams Charania clowned for checking phone during NBA Celebrity All-Star Game
"Don't quit your day job" is a phrase thrown around often these days, but in this instance, it is incredibly true.
2025 Awfulies: The best sports newsmakers
Adam Schefter reveals what goes down on the ESPN insiders text chain
"I've often discussed a lot of news with Woj. Shams has called me a couple of times and asked me some questions."
Bob Nightengale updates premature report that Cubs were signing Zac Gallen
"UPDATE: The Chicago Cubs are HOPEFUL of finalizing an agreement with free-agent starter Zac Gallen..."
Jordan Schultz: Pablo Torre ‘is a true journalist in every sense of the word’
"I love that content, but I wouldn't even know where to start when it comes to diving into those waters."
Adam Schefter stopped going out to dinner with his wife because of NFL breaking news
"We stay home, we order in, we hang out with our dogs, stream some shows. And when the phone call comes in, 'Excuse me.'"
The NBA offseason isn’t the same without Woj
Ian Rapoport on players announcing their own scoops: ‘I don’t own all the news’
"I would prefer I get to break all the news," Rapoport joked.
Mike Florio calls out ‘symbiotic relationship’ between insiders and agents
"'Insiders' aren’t journalists. They’re external P.R. reps..."
Jay Glazer breaks Jets ‘moving on’ from Aaron Rodgers on Fox Super Bowl LIX pregame show
"I do have some breaking news right now to report on the show. That's what we do!"
Jay Glazer on critics, inaccurate aggregators: ‘I want to swing away, f*cking take your head off’
NFL insiders were largely complicit in Patriots’ skirting of Rooney Rule
Adam Schefter blasts Mike Florio’s claim on his sources: ‘Everything you say here is 100 percent wrong.’
Mike Florio claimed Pete Carroll's agent "specifically told this to Schefter." Schefter said Florio's "100 percent wrong."
Adrian Wojnarowski saw the light and found that insiderdom was meaningless
Adrian Wojnarowski on post-retirement scoops: ‘Congratulations, but I don’t give a sh*t’
"You know how many times my kids were parked in a cemetery while I'm breaking news?"
Adrian Wojnarowski: ‘I was the beneficiary of timing’ in becoming top NBA newsbreaker
"There was a perfect storm of interest in the NBA, and then I think 2010 changed interest in free agency. That became its own thing, the trades, the deals, the buildup to the deals."
Shams will be bigger at ESPN than Woj ever was
Ken Rosenthal on ‘insider’ culture: Being first to report a transaction isn’t ‘really journalism’
"The immediacy gave many of us more exposure and advanced our careers. Woj was the extreme example of that."
Shams Charania to appear in ‘NBA 2K25’ amid media free agency
Charania recently left Stadium after six years and figures to get a boost in name-recognition from his appearance on the popular NBA 2K video game franchise.
NFLN’s Tom Pelissero bashes anonymous reports, including from @PrettyRickey213, as a ‘scam'”
Jon Heyman reported J.D. Davis trade that didn’t happen, cited ‘miscommunication’ in deleted apology tweet
Jon Heyman reported J.D. Davis was traded to the Rays, then recanted that, then deleted both tweets.
The Dan Hurley-Lakers saga shows complexity of coaching carousel and insider drama
Adam Schefter says Adrian Wojnarowski knows him better than his own wife
"I know what he's feeling, I know what he's going through."
