From enemies to nearly lovers — things could’ve gotten spicy between Brooke Burke and Derek Hough when they were partnered together on “Dancing with the Stars.” Brooke, 52, revealed Monday on former “DWTS” pro Cheryl Burke’s “Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans” podcast that she and Hough, 38, originally weren’t “gelling” before they won the Mirrorball … Read more
Cheryl Burke and Maks Chmerkovskiy have moved forward from their rocky past, but one incident still stings a bit. Burke, 39, recently recalled being fat-shamed by the Ukraine native, 43, and fellow pro Louis van Amstel during the heyday of “Dancing With the Stars.” “He apologized years ago when this whole thing happened. He apologized … Read more
Cheryl Burke and Ian Ziering aren’t the best of friends, but they appear to be cordial after their public feud years ago. Burke, 39, and the “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum, 59, were paired during Season 4 of “Dancing With the Stars,” which aired in 2007. The two advanced to the final four in the competition … Read more
Perennial pot-stirrer Jason Whitlock unsurprisingly ripped ESPN’s decision to remove Mark Jackson from its No. 1 NBA broadcast in favor of Doris Burke. “I absolutely love Doris Burke,” Whitlock said on his show “Fearless.” “She does a really good job, but she is not qualified to be the No. 1 broadcaster on the NBA.” The ex-ESPN … Read more
In the wake of ESPN’s executive reorg, pod hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand look into the future of ESPN, including a discussion of when ESPN will make its main channel available to cord-cutters via streaming. The hosts also dissect MLB’s move to create a local media department and talk about what that means for … Read more