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Keith Olbermann announces return of podcast after surgery to address atrial fibrillation
Olbermann has been away from his show since May, and had revealed he underwent surgery in June.
AA Podcast: Linda Cohn on leaving ESPN, her next venture, Keith Olbermann, John Skipper, and more
On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, Brandon interviews now former ESPN personality Linda Cohn. They discuss...
Stuart Scott was ‘pissed’ at Rich Eisen for wanting to work with Dan Patrick
"Stuart was really angry with me"
Dan Patrick suggested Linda Cohn as potential Keith Olbermann replacement
"And then I thought, well, Linda Cohn could sit in and then there won't be any comparison."
Linda Cohn fires back at Keith Olbermann: ‘I hope you get the help you need’
Linda Cohn responded to Keith Olbermann on Friday after the former ESPN anchor attacked her for defending Auston Matthews' White House visit.
Keith Olbermann calls out Linda Cohn over Auston Matthews take
"We've indulged you all these years. That now ends."
Stephen A. Smith is better off talking hockey than politics
Stephen A. Smith engages in war of words with Keith Olbermann over ICE shooting
"And I want to say this about Keith Olbermann. I’m sick of your pathetic ass."
Keith Olbermann accuses Stephen A. Smith of ‘prostituting himself’ to conservatives
"Just adding to what has been true for years: @stephenasmith is a f*cking idiot."
Keith Olbermann calls Stephen A. Smith’s bluff on presidential talk: ‘Give up the job and the salary’
"You'll never hear him mention it again."
Kenny Mayne names all-time top 5 ‘SportsCenter’ anchors
"I'm just going old school. And I'm gonna leave a lot of people out."
Keith Olbermann calls for ESPN to fire Pat McAfee over Canada comments
"That day is today. Fire him."
Dan Patrick wanted nothing to do with picking Keith Olbermann’s successor
"They put so much pressure on me because Olbermann left and everybody in the building thought I was picking who my co-host was."
Keith Olbermann opens up about Olivia Nuzzi relationship after her Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bombshell
"Whatever else this is, Olivia is responsible for me being born again in dogs. She will always have my support if she needs it... though not the journalistic choices part."
ESPN colleagues pay tribute to Chris Mortensen
"Mort was the definition of class, professionalism, and friendship."
Dan Patrick thinks he and Keith Olbermann would be a great fit on current day ESPN
With ESPN's shift to embracing entertainment, Dan Patrick thinks his SportsCenter with Keith Olbermann would be a perfect fit.
Rich Eisen explains what made Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann’s ‘SportsCenter’ special
"I thought to myself, 'Holy smokes, I have a long way to go to even get in the realm of that.'"
Keith Olbermann sort of apologizes for Angel Reese comments
It was an apology, just not one that people will be pleased with.
Sports media world all worked up over Angel Reese’s “you can’t see me” gesture to Caitlin Clark
The reactions to Reese's gesture says a lot about the sports media world.
Keith Olbermann says WBC ‘split up teammates based on where their grandmothers got laid,’ gets ratioed
"The WBC is a meaningless exhibition series designed to: get YOU to buy another uniform, to hell with the real season, and split up teammates based on where their grandmothers got laid."
Keith Olbermann: I’m living in Aaron Rodgers’ head rent-free
"Joe Rogan and the wonderful Aaron Rodgers, who will step in front of microphones and lie through their teeth"
Aaron Rodgers jabs Keith Olbermann during Joe Rogan podcast appearance
"I lost the majority of allies I thought I had in the media."
Keith Olbermann teams with iHeartMedia for new daily news and sports commentary “Countdown” podcast
"Whenever I do my last broadcast or take my last breath, I will be content that I was honest with the audience, often at the expense of security and money."
Keith Olbermann has left ESPN early to do a “The Worst Person In The World” political commentary series on YouTube
Olbermann is again leaving ESPN, but on good terms.
This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith’s Knicks meltdown included “This is like being kidnapped, stored in a basement”
"IF YOU ARE A KNICK FAN, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING KIDNAPPED, STORED IN A BASEMENT, BEING TORTURED AND THEY LET YOU OUT WHEN YOU ARE NO USE TO ANYBODY! IF YOU ARE NOT A KNICKS FAN, YOU MAKE ME SICK! I DON'T LIKE ANY OF YOUS, ANY OF YOUS!"
Keith Olbermann apologizes for “we should do our best to make sure the rest of his life is a living hell” tweet about...
Olbermann's initial tweet was "This pea-brained scumbag identifies himself as Hunter Waltman and we should do our best to make sure the rest of his life is a living hell. And the nitwit clown who wrote this fawning piece should be fired."
Baseball fans didn’t seem to enjoy Keith Olbermann calling Mets-Yankees on ESPN
It was an exclusive ESPN broadcast due to being a makeup game from a Sunday Night Baseball rainout, so Mets and Yankees fans were forced to watch this broadcast.
This Week In Hot Takes: Rob Parker and Chris Palmer argue for Kyrie Irving and Lonzo Ball over LeBron James
Welcome to another edition of This Week In Hot Takes! This time around, we’re examining the hottest sports...
Keith Olbermann criticizes Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s NHL on NBC appearances, Earnhardt and his fans fire back
"There is some kind of retired stock car or cab driver or something in the middle of NBC’s Stanley Cup Final pregame show."
Keith Olbermann to host select editions of 11 p.m. SportsCenter, call baseball play-by-play, appear on ESPN studio shows
Olbermann will be back in the anchor's chair hosting the show that made him famous 25 years ago.
Keith Olbermann calls culture war surrounding ESPN “baloney,” says “the politics is called the business of cable”
"The subscribers of the Golf Channel, they've lost more in the last month than ESPN. So what's the politics of this? The politics is called 'the business of cable.'"
Dan Patrick says he won’t guest on PTI, but might do Around The Horn, Tony Reali responds with old-school ESPN “40 for 40”...
"Around The Horn, I could be available, I'm just saying, I could be. Cowlishaw, I'm coming after you. Hey Reali, come on, let's go."
Keith Olbermann will host PTI next week, continuing apparent return to ESPN
It seems Olbermann's third stint at ESPN is officially upon us.
ESPN has never been afraid to welcome back departed employees
From Keith Olbermann to Stephen A. Smith to Rachel Nichols, numerous high-profile ESPNers have left the network only to return years later.
This Week In Hot Takes: Kurtis Larson says women’s soccer is about “athleticism and emotion,” not “tactics and technical ability”
Welcome to another edition of This Week In Hot Takes, this time breaking down all the hottest sports...
ESPNers, both past and present, react to John Skipper’s resignation
The news caught many by surprise.
