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ESPN

2025 Awfulies: The best sports newsmakers

Adam Schefter, Jeff Passan, Shams Charania

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."

By Sean Keeley OnDec 13, 2025 0
Zac Gallen and Bob Nightengale

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..."

By Sean Keeley OnDec 6, 2025 0
Pablo Torre's reporting on the NFLPA has resulted in real change within the organization.

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."

By Sean Keeley OnNov 12, 2025 0
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter

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.'"

By Brendon Kleen OnAug 14, 2025 0
Photo via ESPN. Edit by Liam McGuire, Comeback Media.

NBA

The NBA offseason isn’t the same without Woj

Feb 8, 2023; Phoenix, AZ, USA; NFL Network analyst Ian Rapoport on radio row at the media center at the Phoenix Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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.

By Drew Lerner OnMay 1, 2025 0
NBC Sports Mike Florio

Mike Florio calls out ‘symbiotic relationship’ between insiders and agents

"'Insiders' aren’t journalists. They’re external P.R. reps..."

By Drew Lerner OnMar 17, 2025 0
Jay Glazer breaking Aaron Rodgers news above Bourbon Street on the Fox Super Bowl LIX pregame show.

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!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 9, 2025 0
Fox NFL Sunday insider Jay Glazer at the network’s Super Bowl LIX Media Day on Feb. 6, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images.)

Fox Sports

Jay Glazer on critics, inaccurate aggregators: ‘I want to swing away, f*cking take your head off’

Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

NFL

NFL insiders were largely complicit in Patriots’ skirting of Rooney Rule

Mike Florio (L) and Adam Schefter.

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 25, 2024 0
Credit: Allen Kee/ESPN Images.

ESPN

Adrian Wojnarowski saw the light and found that insiderdom was meaningless

Adrian Wojnarowski in 2017.

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?"

By Sean Keeley OnOct 16, 2024 0
Adrian Wojnarowski on Eye on College Basketball

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."

By Brendon Kleen OnOct 10, 2024 2
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ESPN

Shams will be bigger at ESPN than Woj ever was

Ken RosenthalOct 28, 2022; Houston, Texas, USA; The Athletic writer Ken Rosenthal gestures from the dugout before game one of the 2022 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park.

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."

By Sean Keeley OnSep 21, 2024 6
Shams Charania NBA 2K25

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.

By Brendon Kleen OnAug 27, 2024 1
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero discussing Brandon Aiyuk trade reports. (Tom Pelissero on X/Twitter.)

League Networks

NFLN’s Tom Pelissero bashes anonymous reports, including from @PrettyRickey213, as a ‘scam'”

J.D. Davis with the New York Yankees on June 28, 2024.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 31, 2024 1
Adrian Wojnarowski, Dan Hurley, JJ Redick, and Shams Charania.

NBA

The Dan Hurley-Lakers saga shows complexity of coaching carousel and insider drama

Adam Schefter

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."

By Brendon Kleen OnMar 4, 2024 0
Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen on ESPN's 2019 NFL Draft coverage.

Adam Schefter narrates ESPN video tribute to Chris Mortensen, his long-time news-breaking partner

"It is just one reason why so many turned to him for guidance on stories that mattered, because he did."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 4, 2024 0
Chris Mortensen discussing Peyton Manning's move to the Broncos in 2012.

Peter King relays Peyton Manning’s salute to Chris Mortensen in final Football Morning In America column

"That was Mort. Dedicated to his craft, always."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 4, 2024 0
Jeff Passan

Jeff Passan gave a funny shoutout to Cubs’ fan Lisa who heard of Cody Bellinger signing days early

"lisa was right" indeed.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 25, 2024 1

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