Turducken wasn’t on Tom Brady’s ultra-healthy meal plan for Thanksgiving this year and fans caught him. While calling the Giants’ 27-20 loss to the Cowboys on Thanksgiving, Brady looked less than thrilled to be forced to eat FOX’s traditional meal started by the late John Maddenm which involves a turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck … Read more
Soccer broadcaster Taylor Twellman is being investigated by Major League Soccer after an alleged physical altercation in October with a production assistant ahead of a playoff broadcast on Apple TV. The incident — which came to light in a report by The Athletic this week — involved the broadcaster and an audio engineer from Program … Read more
The “College GameDay” broadcast lacked a familiar face again, with Lee Corso — a mainstay on the show for more than three decades — missing his second consecutive week due to health reasons, according to host Rece Davis. “He’s not going to be here this week,” Davis told reporters leading up to the show, according … Read more
Juan Soto slide into home to beat the throw — not that fans watching the TBS broadcast had much of a chance to catch it. The national broadcast oddly followed Giancarlo Stanton during his fourth-inning double, a drive to left-center field that saw Soto score all the way from first to open the scoring of … Read more
Jason Kelce is well aware his Philadelphia homecoming took center stage on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” coverage between his former Eagles team and the Falcons. It also isn’t lost on the retired center-turned-sportscaster that some outside of Philadelphia might not have appreciated that. “Atlanta had to deal with me for four hours before things got … Read more
Drew Brees wants another shot at calling NFL games. The future Hall of Fame quarterback and former NBC analyst spoke on his wishes to return to the booth during an appearance on the Front Office Sports Today podcast this week. “I think I could be the absolute best at it, if given the opportunity,” Brees … Read more
It’s not going to be easy to be a fan for Friday’s Eagles-Packers game. The teams’ season-opening matchup from Sao Paolo’s NeoQuimica Arena comes with several factors that could hinder fans who want to follow the NFL’s first foray into South America. One stems from the fact that NBC’s coverage of the game outside of … Read more
Tom Brady has still got it. The retired NFL quarterback showed off his arm strength Thursday in a new video for NOBULL, the training company his nutrition and apparel brands merged with in January. Captioning the Instagram video, “Arm still works,” the 47-year-old Brady can be seen tossing a football downfield while hyping an extended … Read more
Tom Brady’s mind is in a pretzel about his looming Fox Sports NFL announcing job because it will be hard to self-evaluate whether he’s successful at it. Brady, 46, joined “The Herd” on FS1 and was asked by host Colin Cowherd if he’s watching film of the practice games he’s been doing with play-by-play broadcaster … Read more
Tom Brady promises he will be spicy in the broadcast booth. As Brady embarks on his 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox Sports to be the network’s top NFL color commentator, he joined NFL Network’s “The Insiders” program Thursday. Co-host Tom Pelissero wondered if Brady might struggle holding players to his own lofty standards, as … Read more
Charles Barkley was cracking jokes over his employment status Monday during an appearance on ABC as his future at TNT remains unclear. The “Inside the NBA” star joined P.K. Subban, Steve Levy and Mark Messier on the first intermission report of the Panthers’ 3-1 win over the Oilers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup … Read more
She’s really buggin’. A California mom who went viral for her rant about grocery store shopping carts was invited to make her point for viewers on KTLA 5 Weekend Morning News on Saturday, reaffirming her controversial stance that returning buggies isn’t worth her time. “I’m not returning my shopping cart, and you can judge me … Read more
Tom Brady may be the biggest unknown this upcoming NFL season. Not because he’ll be on the field, but because it will mark his first year in the broadcast booth with Fox. Brady will make his first foray into broadcasting when he starts his new gig as part of Fox’s top NFL broadcast crew alongside … Read more
Oftentimes in recent years, the eccentric Bill Walton, a lover of nature and the Grateful Dead, could be seen on a Pac-12 broadcast in a tie-dye shirt, finding new ways to make broadcast partner Dave Pasch laugh. The UCLA legend, two-time NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer, who died Monday at 71 after a … Read more
Sports media’s No. 1 Knicks fan had it with the TNT broadcast Wednesday night. ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins, who backs the Knicks like he played for them, did not appreciate the focus on analyst Reggie Miller’s Knicks history versus talk of Jalen Brunson’s status during Game 2. “Are we going to make this entire game about … Read more
Mike Breen knows the feeling, believe that. He knows what it’s like to follow a giant, and he’s done it with the kind of grace and excellence that’s allowed him to somehow turn Marv Albert’s old job into his own. You never know how that’s going to turn out. For Breen, it’s been something plucked … Read more
They had been waiting for the longest time. During a televised Billy Joel concert on Sunday night, enraged fans slammed CBS for cutting it off in the middle of one of the hitmaker’s most popular songs. CBS was broadcasting the 100th concert of Joel’s residency at Madison Square Garden. It was slightly delayed due to … Read more
Anyone got a scoop? A recent live news broadcast in Bolivia was interrupted by a small black dog relieving itself on the anchor desk, What’s the Jam reports. The unidentified canine was brought on set to help promote pet adoption. Not missing its moment to shine, the pup shocked the Channel RTP crew by arching … Read more
Advance to the rear! Back before television was overly medicated with the excesses of technological achievement, it was never a worry. TV would make good on its goal to provide “the best seat in the house.” Now that’s more of an oddity than an expectation. My strongest hope for genuine football fans Sunday is that … Read more
You probably think you’ve already seen all you need to see about Super Bowl I. That’s mostly because of NFL Films and how ubiquitous its highlight shows are this time of year. You’ve surely seen the one about the first Big Game, narrated by the Voice of God himself, John Facenda, featuring brief snippets of … Read more