ESPN’s Game 1 broadcast was unbelievable — for precisely what it didn’t do

ESPN’s Game 1 broadcast was unbelievable — for precisely what it didn’t do

Who knew? We knew. Since Goose Gossage was a gosling, we knew. We always have. Wednesday’s Knicks-Spurs Game 1 was amazing for how the ABC/ESPN crew — the invisible, unheard crew, from cameramen to tape operators — treated it. It was treated like a basketball telecast, no reason to abandon it to press “look what … Read more

ESPN softball broadcast hit by unfortunate NSFW moment

ESPN softball broadcast hit by unfortunate NSFW moment

Where ESPN is putting its microphones is a complete mystery. While broadcasting a softball game between Arizona State and Texas on Sunday, someone whispered obscene comments into a hot mic during a 0-1 pitch from Teagan Kavan. “Lick my ballsack,” a male voice said during the seventh inning, with the Longhorns leading, and eventually winning … Read more

Female Spurs fans go viral for revealing outfits captured on NBA playoff broadcast

Female Spurs fans go viral for revealing outfits captured on NBA playoff broadcast

These ladies are apparently trying to prove Charles Barkley wrong about San Antonio women. A pair of Spurs fans went viral for wearing low-cut tops while sitting in the front row behind the San Antonio bench during Game 3, and the duo returned Sunday for Game 4 at Frost Bank Arena. The NBA broadcast captured … Read more

Why Steve Gelbs abruptly left SNY’s broadcast during Mets’ epic comeback win

Why Steve Gelbs abruptly left SNY’s broadcast during Mets’ epic comeback win

Steve Gelbs had to sprint as the Mets’ magic was in full effect Sunday. While the Mets battled back from a four-run deficit against the Yankees to pull off the improbable 7-6 victory in 10 innings, the team’s dugout reporter had a family emergency involving his son. Gelbs explained in an X post that he … Read more

Keith Hernandez makes unfortunate error about Jazz Chisholm Jr. during SNY broadcast

Keith Hernandez makes unfortunate error about Jazz Chisholm Jr. during SNY broadcast

Those letters weren’t meant to be swapped. SNY broadcasting legend Keith Hernandez had an unfortunate on-air moment in the first inning of Sunday’s Subway Series game while discussing Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. Swapping the first letter in Chisholm’s first and last names produced a viral — and some could argue NSFW — moment. … Read more

Exercising construction worker steals show during college baseball game broadcast

Exercising construction worker steals show during college baseball game broadcast

An exercising construction worker abs-olutely stole the show during a college baseball game on Monday. Toward the end of the Cal Baptist vs. UCSB tilt at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium in Santa Barbara, cameras captured a crane operator getting in a quick workout at the top of his heavy duty machine. The man – wearing a … Read more

Ex-NFLer, fans trash ESPN for being ‘so far behind’ in draft broadcast after pick rule change

Ex-NFLer, fans trash ESPN for being ‘so far behind’ in draft broadcast after pick rule change

ESPN needs a recurring eight-minute alarm — and stat. The NFL made a slight rule change for the 2026 draft that had a massive impact. For the first time, the amount of time between picks in the first round was reduced from 10 minutes to eight minutes. Thursday’s draft broadcast on the Worldwide Leader was … Read more

Pirates fans caught in awkward moment on broadcast

Pirates fans caught in awkward moment on broadcast

Jake Magnum’s final at-bat in the 10th inning of the Pirates’ afternoon game Thursday featured an awkward exchange in the background, as one male fan was caught on the broadcast appearing to grab his female companion’s chest while she laughed. The interaction lasted a few seconds and the pair continued talking throughout. Moments after the … Read more

‘Very young grandma’ causes funny moment on Yankees broadcast

‘Very young grandma’ causes funny moment on Yankees broadcast

Michael Kay and David Cone are back to their normal banter. During Sunday’s Yankees broadcast on the YES Network, a picture of a grandmother — listed as Rebecca on the on-screen graphic — and her granddaughter Hannah was shown on the screen to highlight fans at the games. Kay had another thing on his mind. … Read more

Dan Orlovsky cries on air as autistic son brightens ESPN broadcast in emotional moment

Dan Orlovsky cries on air as autistic son brightens ESPN broadcast in emotional moment

Dan Orlovsky was brought to tears Thursday on ESPN’s “NFL Live,” where he was joined on-air by his 14-year-old autistic son, Madden, as the program recognized World Autism Awareness Day. The studio show spotlighted Madden’s drawings and his passion for the Eagles, with the teen breaking out the Birds’ fight song, “Fly Eagles Fly,” in … Read more

ESPN shaking up NFL broadcast team with ‘dark horse’ candidate emerging

ESPN shaking up NFL broadcast team with ‘dark horse’ candidate emerging

ESPN and Disney’s merger with NFL Network has the Worldwide Leader shuffling its on-air talent. ESPN is expected to bring in a new booth for its No. 2 NFL broadcast team, which currently includes Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick Jr., The Athletic reported on Thursday. As part of the merger, ESPN will no … Read more

Charles Barkley rails against ‘disgraceful’ treatment of immigrants on March Madness broadcast

Charles Barkley rails against ‘disgraceful’ treatment of immigrants on March Madness broadcast

Charles Barkley used his college basketball platform to make a political statement. The loquacious hoops analyst and Hall of Famer criticized the treatment of immigrants in America during CBS’s Elite Eight pregame show Sunday. The network aired a segment on senior UConn forward Alex Karaban, whose mother, Olga, is from Ukraine, and whose father, Alexei, … Read more

John Kruk didn’t hesitate to make it weird on the Phillies’ Opening Day broadcast

John Kruk didn’t hesitate to make it weird on the Phillies’ Opening Day broadcast

Baseball is back and John Kruk is already in midseason form. The irreverent Phillies analyst didn’t hesitate to make it all kinds of weird in the midst of Philadelphia’s 5-3 Opening Day win over the Rangers. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Kruk mused to play-by-play man Tom McCarthy that he’d like to see … Read more

Kirsten Watson gives no-look fist bump during on-air broadcast

Kirsten Watson gives no-look fist bump during on-air broadcast

For once, Shohei Ohtani’s left-handed swing wasn’t the smoothest thing at Dodger Stadium. On Monday night, as Kirsten Watson was delivering a live shot from the Dodgers’ dugout just ahead of the team’s exhibition matchup with the Angels, she pulled off a slick move that had social media buzzing. The Spectrum SportsNet reporter was breaking down … Read more

Two lost ‘Doctor Who’ episodes broadcast only once in 1965 found stashed in cardboard box

Two lost ‘Doctor Who’ episodes broadcast only once in 1965 found stashed in cardboard box

Who would have thought it? Two missing “Doctor Who” episodes feared to be lost forever will be broadcast for the first time in 60 years after they were found stuffed in a cardboard box. The episodes of the iconic British science fiction television series were discovered wrapped in plastic in the private collection of a … Read more

Travis Kelce in line for $15 million NFL broadcast job as he mulls retirement

Travis Kelce in line for  million NFL broadcast job as he mulls retirement

Travis Kelce won’t be unemployed if he chooses to retire. The three-time Super Bowl champ may choose to play a 14th NFL season — or pivot to a career in broadcasting, where he could earn $15 million as a studio presence for a network, according to a Thursday report by The Athletic It was noted … Read more

Tony Romo’s response to Bills-Jaguars playoff broadcast criticism includes health defense

Tony Romo’s response to Bills-Jaguars playoff broadcast criticism includes health defense

Tony Romo faced plenty of criticism for his work during Sunday’s Bills-Jaguars wild-card round thriller. And he responded to all the heat… sort of. The “NFL on CBS” analyst joined Adam Schein on SiriusXM on Wednesday and revealed that he was battling an unspecified illness during the NFL playoff matchup. “We had a bunch of … Read more

Comedian Amy Sedaris blasted for making awkward ‘transphobic’ joke on CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast

Comedian Amy Sedaris blasted for making awkward ‘transphobic’ joke on CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast

Comedian Amy Sedaris sparked backlash online after cracking an outlandish “transphobic” joke during CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast that left co-hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper speechless. The 46-year-old “Strangers with Candy” star, who appeared as the first guest during Wednesday’s live telecast, left the hosts and viewers stunned with her shocking tongue-in-cheek remark after … Read more

BBC apologizes to Kate Middleton after broadcast backlash — here’s why

BBC apologizes to Kate Middleton after broadcast backlash — here’s why

The BBC has issued an apology to Kate Middleton following backlash over their Remembrance Day broadcasts. In a rare statement on Nov. 14, the network said they “received complaints from people unhappy that we didn’t use the Princess of Wales’ correct title during our coverage of Armistice Day.” “During our coverage of memorials to commemorate Armistice … Read more

Chris Fowler’s painful ‘MNF’ broadcast had fans calling for ESPN break

Chris Fowler’s painful ‘MNF’ broadcast had fans calling for ESPN break

Someone get this man some Vitamin C stat. While broadcasting the late “Monday Night Football” broadcast between the Chargers and Raiders in Las Vegas, ESPN broadcaster Chris Fowler appeared quite sick as he struggled through his broadcast duties with a raspy voice. “Can we give Chris Fowler a day off?” Dan “Big Cat” Katz of … Read more