Steve Young talks playing in Green Bay blizzard ‘Snow Bowl’ game on NFL Icons: ‘Guys can have bad dreams. I lived them.’
"That was the low point. See, that's the funny thing about my career. Guys can have bad dreams. I lived them."
"That was the low point. See, that's the funny thing about my career. Guys can have bad dreams. I lived them."
"On the one hand, we say 'It doesn't matter who's calling the game, everybody's just watching for the action.' But if that is the case, you're not spending that kind of money."
Dianna Russini and Sal Paolantonio, in the middle of their own multi-year deals, will also continue as multi-platform NFL on ESPN reporters.
ESPN is keeping its NFL band together.
Season 34 of The Amazing Race will premiere on CBS on Sept. 21.
"You know, I'm 53 years old, I don't really want to go through the getting-to-know-you process with somebody else."
Salters will provide some continuity for MNF alongside a new broadcast booth.
The team of Levy, Orlovsky and Riddick will call some NFL games this fall, then an estimated five games a year under the new contract beginning in 2023.
This was interesting for both the revelation of how many packages they've cut and for the details on how they got some harder-to-find highlights.
"When negotiations couldn’t reach, what I felt was fair value, I was able to negotiate an opt-out after six months which allowed me to be a free agent. ...Then Fox never jumped into the game. They never made an offer. I didn’t have any conversations with Fox, until I got a call to congratulate me on my new deal."
"Does Fox want to keep Joe if Joe's going to be unhappy? No. But do they want to be able to monetize this in myriad ways in order to really get some flesh out of ESPN? Absolutely."
"Buck is atop ESPN’s list to pair with Aikman, according to sources."
In a photo of three officials shown on the Pro Bowl broadcast, ESPN labeled alternate Scott Edwards as replay official John McGrath.
Despite an initial ESPN report from Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington, it's far from clear that Tom Brady is actually retiring.
Analyzing a sport is different than playing it, and it's interesting that Garcia decided to go after Kimes rather than any of the male media members who had similar takes and also didn't play professionally.
Usually, NFL games come with smaller and more predictable rosters than college football, but ESPN's Chris Fowler told The Denver Post the amount of players put on or activated from reserve/COVID-19 lists this year makes the game he's calling Saturday similar to a college game on the board side.
"I could have done a better job reaching out to the other people, especially on a story as sensitive and as significant as this."
"My first thought when I saw that, or any replay, is does this add to the telecast?"
The timing on this rumor is certainly curious...
"It was a step too far and, looking back, I shouldn't have done it."
"If your guy goes down, make the call. Wouldn't it be a great story?"
Smith is expected to make appearances across ESPN's studio shows, including Monday Night Countdown.
Griffin will be calling a weekly college football game for ESPN/ABC and also will be contributing to other ESPN CFB and NFL coverage.
Wolfe covered the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans during his tenure at ESPN.
Griffin could still return to play an eighth NFL season.