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Oklahoma coach Porter Moser fervently denies reports he’s going to DePaul
"These accounts make stuff up."
Sacramento radio host says A’s ‘could temporarily shut down,’ which seems unlikely
"So basically, between 2025 and 2028, Major League Baseball would run with 29 teams."
Flyers’ John Tortorella refused to take questions from Anthony SanFilippo over past Cutter Gauthier/Kevin Hayes report
CNN walked out on a risky limb alone with their Doc Rivers report
Louisville’s Koron Davis blasts ‘false information’ from team statement claiming he told them he wanted to transfer
"I didn't express to anyone at U of Louisville that I wanted to transfer."
Bob Nightengale says baseball writers ‘have become an embarrassment to the journalism community’
"We have made fools of ourselves plenty of times before in the history of baseball media...but we have taken this to new heights."
Ron Harper blasts Woj over ‘BS’ Dylan Harper scoop: ‘I will catch up with you.’
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey blasts TV partner ESPN for partial leak of schedule ahead of special
"We were trying to protect it. Someone at ESPN apparently leaked it."
Urban Meyer says ‘No way’ to Big Noon Kickoff colleague Bruce Feldman’s Ryan Day report
"I love you, Bruce, but no way."
On MLBN, Alanna Rizzo blasts ‘jackoffs…bloggers or podcasters, not even reporters’ in clubhouses
The wildest #Pac12AfterDark yet saw ‘done’ conference look like it might survive before landing on more uncertainty
Over the last 12-plus hours, the Pac-12 has lurched from "done" to "optimism" to...no one knows.
Bombshell Chris Haynes report on Chris Paul refuted by Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski
Looks like we've got ourselves a good old-fashioned source-off.
Real Sports gets a look at Drew Rosenhaus’ Jalen Carter call to Adam Schefter: ‘We’ll stay in touch on this one.’
"This is a good guy. Jalen is a good kid. We’ll stay in touch on this one. I know he is going to be one of the more compelling stories of the draft."
Pat McAfee asks Ian Rapoport’s sources to tip him pre-show: ‘Let’s send the info a little bit earlier.’
"And to the sources, what the hell? Let's send the info a little bit earlier. You know he comes on every Monday. We do appreciate you watching."
Taylor Twellman disputes Jason McIntyre’s claim on USMNT Gio Reyna vote
"All 3 did say 'the leadership council may have had a say/vote but the storyline of all 25 players voting is categorically false. The staff voted.'"
theScore’s Aubrey Levy talks why they hired NFL insider Jordan Schultz: ‘It kind of fit like a glove.’
"It's a bit of a unique beast to find someone who has got that ability, who's got the credibility to do the work and get the story, but at the same time, can jump into a Twitter Spaces or an IG Live or jump into an on-camera interview for broadcast and be able to crush it across all of those."
Independent reporter Joseph Pasteris beat NFL “insiders” to Deshaun Watson news thanks to NFL communications portal error
"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."
Lakers’ GM Rob Pelinka calls Woj’s “sources tell ESPN” report on Frank Vogel firing “unsourced,” says Vogel heard “in an in-person meeting”
"We don't respond to unsourced media reports." But this was not unsourced.
Tom Brady Sr. denies report of his son’s retirement, other outlets add Brady hasn’t confirmed it yet
Despite an initial ESPN report from Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington, it's far from clear that Tom Brady is actually retiring.
Beijing Olympics reporting concerns include burner phones, health apps’ security flaws, and limits on who reporters can talk to
"MY2022, an app mandated for use by all attendees of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, has a simple but devastating flaw where encryption protecting users’ voice audio and file transfers can be trivially sidestepped."
Adam Schefter offers “apology” for not reaching out to Dalvin Cook’s accuser, with his second attempt a bit better
"I could have done a better job reaching out to the other people, especially on a story as sensitive and as significant as this."
Jay Onrait says the only news Chris Broussard made in NBA free agency “was getting called out on your bullshit by a foreign...
'That clapback took you two weeks? Who are you, George Costanza? You know what else you could have been doing the past two weeks? NBA reporting!"
Jay Onrait calls Chris Broussard “the biggest f***ing fraud in the history of sports media,” and he has a point
"Chris Broussard, who worked at Fox and is the biggest fucking fraud in the history of sports media, ever...saying that the Clippers were out of it for sure and it was down to the Lakers and Raptors, he knew nothing! They knew nothing! It's all bullshit!"
Stephen A. Smith’s latest attempt to be “A REPORTER” involved reading a text from an anonymous Wizards’ player on air
"We love Scott Brooks. Love playing for him. He just can’t coach John. John just walks all over him and it frustrates everybody. The way he plays is impossible to play with. We have so many guns, not enough bullets."