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Joon Lee: Shohei Ohtani striking out Mike Trout ‘almost single-handedly’ elevated World Baseball Classic

"If a guy who has won now two World Series titles is crying listening to the Japanese national anthem in the first round of the WBC, it means something to people."

Did Fox put Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma in bad spot with Donald Trump interview?

"I think it's fair to say this type of interview would never have happened on any other broadcast network other than Fox."

Here’s the reason pro wrestling ratings are plummeting

"I'd be very concerned if I'm any live entertainment programming that is currently going down in the ratings."

The Play-By-Play: The Ringer’s Anthony Dabbundo discusses gambling and soccer coverage

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The Play-By-Play: Kofie Yeboah on the state of sports media

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The Play-By-Play: Another FS1 shakeup and the most under-covered sports media stories of 2025

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The Play-By-Play: What have been the most over-covered sports media stories of 2025?

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The Play-By-Play: The LeBron industrial news complex, Simmons vs. Perkins and NBA gambling coverage

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The Play-By-Play: Evaluating ESPN’s NBA Finals coverage

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The Play-By-Play: Doris Burke’s future, small-market NBA Finals and WBD’s big split

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The Play-By-Play: End of an era for TNT, MLB’s negotiations and Bill Simmons vs. Pablo Torre

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The Play-By-Play: ESPN’s NBA struggles, the under-45 announcers draft, Le Batard re-ups with DraftKings

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The Play-By-Play: NFL goes all out on scheduling, WNBA’s hot start and the end of ‘Around the Horn’

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The Play-By-Play: Michael Jordan to NBC, Rich Eisen to ESPN, and state of sports streaming

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The Play-By-Play: massive Caitlin Clark ratings, Meadowlark Media news, Amazon’s NBA hires

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The Play-By-Play: Shedeur Sanders coverage, Shannon Sharpe takes ESPN hiatus, RG3 to Fox

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The Play-By-Play: WrestleMania main event, Lee Corso’s retirement, and Nico Iamaleava saga

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The Play-By-Play: CBS dominates the Masters, UFC’s media rights negotiations and the death of TV?

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The Play-By-Play: Ben Koo on LeBron vs. Stephen A., CBS’ broadcast booth shakeup and Peter Schrager to ESPN

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The Play-By-Play: Morning Consult’s Ellyn Briggs joins the show

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The Play-By-Play: Drafting the breakthrough media stars of the digital age

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The Play-By-Play: Stephen A. Smith’s new deal, the state of TGL

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The Play-By-Play: Face of the NBA debates, sports’ relationship with Donald Trump and John Cena’s heel turn

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The Play-By-Play: Jay Caspian Kang joins to discuss Stephen A. Smith’s presidential hopes

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