Karl Ravech got a proper goodbye on Sunday as he worked his final broadcast for ESPN, calling a Little League World Series championship game between Nevada and Curacao. The broadcaster had been laid off as part of a round of layoffs in July across the Walt Disney Company, which owns ESPN. Ravech remained on the … Read more
Al Michaels showed that he is tapped into the United States’ current events. While calling the Patriots-Browns preseason “Thursday Night Football” NFL preseason game on Amazon’s Prime Video on Thursday, Michaels poked fun at President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Michaels, 81, made the comments as the broadcast panned to an aerial … Read more
It looks like Netflix listened to baseball fans’ demands after getting criticized for its Opening Day coverage. The streaming platform displayed a new scorebug for the 2026 MLB Field of Dreams Game between the Phillies and Twins on Thursday, one that was noticeably larger than the one used during coverage in March. Their original graphic … Read more
It’s one thing to not use shampoo every day. It’s another thing to never use it. For Orioles color commentator Ben McDonald, the latter is apparently the case. During the Orioles-Phillies game Sunday, McDonald told MASN play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown that he’s never used shampoo in his life and instead uses a bar of soap … Read more
Former Mets hero Ray Knight might have forgotten he was on television. Knight, who was at Citi Field for the Mets’ reunion of their 1986 World Series championship team, casually dropped an F-bomb while talking to SNY reporter Steve Gelbs about the camaraderie with his teammates. “It’s just we hugged,” Knight said. “I had about … Read more
John Kruk was quite the baseball player — but he’s not so great at putting on ties. The former Phillies star and NBC “Sunday Night Baseball” analyst took a bit of a fashion risk on Sunday, as he planned to wear a bevy of ties (four of which were clip-ons) sent to him by a … Read more
The Phillies may have the best record in baseball since Don Mattingly took over as manager, but they haven’t looked particularly prepared to play the last two nights. Philadelphia ran itself out of an inning again during this painful series against the Dodgers, with second baseman Bryson Stott running on contact with one out in … Read more
Keith Hernandez became upset out of nowhere on the Mets broadcast Tuesday night. In the sixth inning of the Mets’ 16-12 loss to the Royals, Hernandez and SNY play-by-play man Gary Cohen discussed names being passed down from generation to generation, where Hernandez lamented the fact that his family lineage is ending. Essentially, there won’t … Read more
Jay Williams didn’t want his “awkward” viral moment at the NBA draft to become about him. The longtime ESPN analyst told Front Office Sports he was “extremely uncomfortable” after a tense on-air exchange with colleague Richard Jefferson made the rounds on social media — not because of any lingering beef, but because it pulled attention … Read more
The Richard Jefferson Comedy Tour won’t be making its way across America anytime soon. The ESPN analyst turned a discussion about broadcast teammate Jay Williams’ 2002 draft night experience and the motorcycle accident that changed his life into a cringe-fest segment with two jokes that absolutely bombed. After Kevin Neghandi asked Williams about why he … Read more
Not a great start to the tenure of the 76ers new president of basketball operations, Mike Gansey. After replacing Darryl Morey as the new head of the Philadelphia 76ers, Gansey did a media spot on NBC Sports Philadelphia during the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 8-2 Phillies victory over the Marlins. When he jumped on alongside … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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