Cris Collinsworth’s famous smooth “slide” in the NBC broadcast booth was actually born out of necessity. Collinsworth has since retired the move but it was a topic brought up by Eli Manning on ESPN’s “ManningCast” during Cowboys-Bengals on Monday night. Reacting to the former Giants quarterback’s deadpan introduction, Collinsworth revealed he started doing the slide … Read more
Cris Collinsworth’s words came back to haunt him Monday night. Before the Bengals clinched a 27-20 win over the Cowboys on “Monday Night Football,” Collinsworth appeared on ESPN’s “ManningCast” and was called out by Eli Manning over previous comments made about the former Giants quarterback’s athleticism — or, in the “Sunday Night Football” commentator’s opinion, … Read more
Travis Kelce is in his “JAG” era. Kelce’s three-week “Invisible Man” Tour continued Sunday night with a third straight awful performance in the Chiefs’ 22-17 road win over the Falcons that had NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” crew questioning both why the three-time champion has looked like “just a guy” to start the season, and seemingly … Read more
Prepare to spend more Sunday nights with Cris Collinsworth. NBC is preparing a mega extension for the “Sunday Night Football” analyst that would keep Collinsworth calling NFL games through the 2029-30 season, according to The Athletic. Collinsworth, 65, is expected to sign a four-year extension that will allow him to call two more Super Bowls … Read more
Tom Brady is leaving no stone unturned as he prepares for his NFL broadcasting debut this fall. During an appearance Tuesday on Kay Adams’ “Up and Adams” show, NBC announcer Cris Collinsworth shared that an “insane and intense” Brady phoned him for advice ahead of his first game as the lead NFL analyst for Fox Sports. … Read more
This certainly didn’t age well. Cris Collinsworth’s comments about Daniel Jones’ resiliency Sunday could not have come at a worse time as the Giants quarterback endured sack after sack in what was an abysmal 40-0 loss to the Cowboys in the season opener. In the final minutes of the fourth quarter, Collinsworth remarked on the … Read more