With NFL Network and ESPN joining forces, Ian Rapoport’s future is up in the air. In an interview with The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, Rapoport said he wasn’t sure what’s next for him professionally with his contract expiring in May and another NFL insider, Adam Schefter, already in place at ESPN. “Just so we are clear, … Read more
Kenny Mayne isn’t welcome at the Masters. The former ESPN anchor revealed during an appearance on a recent episode of “God Bless Football” with Jon “Stugotz” Weiner that he believes he’s been banned from Augusta National for good. Mayne didn’t say when his ban began, but he has a good idea what caused it. The … Read more
Abella Danger wasn’t asking for this. The porn star and Miami student addressed her appearances on the ESPN airwaves during the College Football Playoff — including a three-second shot during Monday’s National Championship game against Indiana at Hard Rock Stadium. On her Instagram Story on Tuesday, she posted a screen grab of a text exchange … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit gave a shoutout to a legendary Indiana Hoosier. After Indiana defeated Miami 27-21 in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday night, Herbstreit gave a shoutout to his former “College GameDay” co-host Lee Corso — a longtime Hoosiers coach — who retired from the ESPN airwaves before the season. “Chris [Fowler] … Read more
ESPN’s coverage of the national championship tilt between Miami and Indiana wasn’t without the Hurricanes’ famed supporter. With less than seven minutes to go in Monday’s College Football Playoff (CFP) title game, cameras panned to adult film star Abella Danger in the stands at Hard Rock Stadium, where her beloved Hurricanes fell to the Hoosiers … Read more
Cardi B kept the receipts. The superstar rapper fired back at the “NFL Live” crew for unanimously selecting Houston to top boyfriend Stefon Diggs and the Patriots in Sunday’s divisional round clash – picks that backfired after New England’s 28-16 triumph. “What are y’all talking about?! Nothing! Nothing!” Cardi yelled in a video shared Sunday … Read more
Bill Belichick will be in the building for the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday — but rather than coaching on the sidelines, he will be up in the broadcasting booth. Belichick is expected to join the ACC Network’s coverage of the championship game at Hard Rock Stadium as a guest analyst before … Read more
Throw away all of those good times and laughs – Michael Kay is done. The voice of the Yankees fired off a wild text message to his former ESPN Radio co-host Peter Rosenberg, which included telling him, “you’re dead to me,” Rosenberg revealed on “Don, Hahn & Rosenberg” this week. The apparent issue between the … Read more
Veteran baseball analyst and longtime pitcher David Cone is no longer with ESPN. Cone, according to multiple reports, did not have his contract renewed as the Worldwide Leader is undergoing a broader shakeup of its Major League Baseball coverage ahead of the 2026 season. The 1994 American League Cy Young winner’s run at ESPN ends … Read more
Michael Wilbon went scorched earth on his network’s own rules analyst on Friday. Wilbon dug into Bill LeMonnier’s read of the controversial final play of Miami’s 31-27 win over Mississippi in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Thursday, calling the ESPN rules analyst a “sniveling idiot.” “I can’t get over the end of the game. … Read more
The Worldwide Leader has tapped out with a significant chunk out of its MMA coverage. ESPN, which had been the UFC’s broadcasting home for the past seven years before being outbid by Paramount in a groundbreaking $7.7 billion deal, let nearly all of its on-air talent contracts expire this year without renewal, sources tell The … Read more
What really was behind the Ravens’ firing of John Harbaugh depends on which NFL insider you believe. Hours after the Super Bowl-winning coach’s canning after 18 seasons in Baltimore, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported the move was “simply [because] Harbaugh lost the locker room” in one of the first of many attempts to explain what … Read more
The show must go on. ESPN play-by-play man Joe Buck called Saturday night’s NFC West-deciding matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers while concealing a black eye, he revealed after the game. Posting before-and-after pictures on social media following the Week 18 clash, Buck credited his trusted makeup artist, Kathleen Vybihal, for helping … Read more
ESPN celebrated longtime broadcaster Pam Ward on Tuesday morning with a video saluting her almost three-decade career following her recent retirement. The nearly two-and-a-half-minute video package featured salutes from WNBA legends Tamika Catchings and Rebecca Lobo, Fever coach Stephanie White, colleague Holly Rowe and others. “You’re someone I’ve looked up to,” Rowe said in the … Read more
Social media had a field day Saturday when ESPN locked in on adult film star Abella Danger taking in her beloved Miami Hurricanes’ 10-3 victory over Texas A&M in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Abella, a full-time student at Miami, was captured wearing a white cropped top and an orange skirt in … Read more
“College Gameday” had a bit of a Johnny Football snafu Saturday. ESPN announced Texas A&M legend Johnny Manziel as the guest picker in a since-deleted tweet in the lead-up to the Aggies’ College Football Playoff game against the Miami Hurricanes in College Station. Only one problem: The Heisman-winning quarterback wasn’t on the set when the … Read more
Once again, we’re left to remind the double-dealers, race hustlers and the ignorantly wishful that the successful pursuit of equality is a fool’s mission if one chooses inequality as their path. And, outside of The Rev. Al Sharpton’s amen-reliant but diminishing numbers of protesters who remain confident in the come-hither presence of TV news cameras … Read more
Joe Buck will be back in the baseball broadcast booth this season for ESPN, at least for one game. The venerable sports broadcaster, and the voice of the World Series on Fox from 1996-2021, will be behind the mic when the Worldwide Leader kicks off its revamped MLB broadcast package with a Mets-Dodgers game on … Read more
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo detests the NBA Cup like only he can. “I do not understand it, Brian [Windhorst],” Russo said on ESPN’s “First Take” on Wednesday. “I apologize, somewhere, Walt Frazier and Willis Reed and Red Holzman are saying, ‘Really? We’re gonna celebrate this stupid thing? This inauthentic creation to jazz up the regular … Read more
Elle Duncan went out with a bang in her ESPN farewell on Tuesday. After a decade at the Worldwide Leader, Duncan hosted her final “SportsCenter” show before heading to Netflix and offered a few final words in defense of her company, which receives a wide range of ongoing criticisms. “Before I leave this desk, there … Read more