This World Series was the absolute worst — and it’s finally over

This World Series was the absolute worst — and it’s finally over

It’s not too early for MLB and its partner TV networks to start working on next season.  First step: Change the in-game disclaimer from “Any rebroadcast, retransmission or account of this game, without the express written consent of Major League Baseball, is prohibited” to be more realistic, as if anyone would steal what MLB, ESPN, … Read more

A-Rod had suspiciously similar Yankees take as Mike Francesa after World Series Game 4

A-Rod had suspiciously similar Yankees take as Mike Francesa after World Series Game 4

Alex Rodriguez didn’t sound very original after the Yankees’ Game 4 win on Tuesday night. On the Fox postgame show alongside Kevin Burkhardt, Derek Jeter and David Ortiz, Rodriguez had a curiously familiar take on the Bronx Bombers forcing a Game 5 by taking down the Dodgers, 11-4.   “Tonight, Kevin, is an annoyance for the … Read more

Classic World Series Game 1 burdened by ceaseless yapping

Classic World Series Game 1 burdened by ceaseless yapping

The Game 1 verdict was unanimous. It was harsh and came quickly — bottom of the second inning.  It was rendered by three adult women not inclined to watch baseball unless the Mets or Yankees are in the World Series.  Juror 1: “These guys talk so much I don’t hear a thing they say.”  Juror … Read more

Fox’s fingerprints will be all over this World Series

Fox’s fingerprints will be all over this World Series

The best way to start an argument is to try to avoid one. Thus, “Don’t take this the wrong way … ” is all it should take.  So let’s get our Fox World Series preview out of the way then move on, as if it’s not likely that Fox will has put sudden repairs to … Read more

‘Ridiculous’ Tom Brady pregame hologram rattles viewers: ‘Weird as f—k’

‘Ridiculous’ Tom Brady pregame hologram rattles viewers: ‘Weird as f—k’

This Tom Brady “magic” left several Fox viewers scratching their heads on Sunday. Before the 1 p.m. slate of games got underway, the “Fox NFL Sunday” crew of Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy Johnson welcomed Brady into their Los Angeles studio via green screen from Santa Clara, Calif., where the … Read more

Derek Jeter wants no part of Mr. and Mrs. Met after awkward David Ortiz ‘love triangle’ moment

Derek Jeter wants no part of Mr. and Mrs. Met after awkward David Ortiz ‘love triangle’ moment

Yankees legend Derek Jeter could only take so much of the lovable mascots of his former crosstown rivals – leading to an awkward moment during the Fox Sports postgame show. Mr. and Mrs. Mets joined the Fox crew with Kevin Burkhardt, Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz and Jeter down the third baseline at Citi Field following … Read more

Skip Bayless loved this Tom Brady jab — but ex-QB is driving him ‘crazy’

Skip Bayless loved this Tom Brady jab — but ex-QB is driving him ‘crazy’

Hearing Tom Brady jab Peyton Manning during Sunday’s Lions-Cowboys broadcast gave Skip Bayless some hope for Brady’s broadcasting future. The former “First Take” and “Undisputed” host has been wanting more from the future Hall of Famer, believing Brady purposefully tones it down instead of showing the competitive fire that made him a legend. “Maybe a … Read more

Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter reveal their very different New York Post fears from Yankees days

Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter reveal their very different New York Post fears from Yankees days

Derek Jeter claims he was mostly able to resist the temptation of reading The Post. Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, part of Fox Sports’ studio coverage during the MLB playoffs, had a lively discussion about their awareness of the New York papers during their time with the Yankees. Jeter said the Yankees used to put The … Read more

One big thing kept Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith from reuniting at ESPN

One big thing kept Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith from reuniting at ESPN

Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith were this close to a television reunion.  The legendary sports commentators, who worked together on ESPN’s “First Take” from the mid-200s until 2016 when Bayless departed for Fox Sports, nearly rejoined forces at the World Wide Leader.  “We tried in 2020, to his credit,” Bayless revealed on Barstool Sports’ … Read more

Exclusive | Kenny Albert reflects on whirlwind career as he’s set to call 500th Fox NFL game

Exclusive | Kenny Albert reflects on whirlwind career as he’s set to call 500th Fox NFL game

Kenny Albert was in his mid-20s and unbeknownst to him, a Fox Sports executive was listening to tapes of him calling college lacrosse. Albert, now 56, joined Fox Sports for their first year of NFL coverage in 1994 and is set to call his 500th game for the network when the Eagles host the Browns … Read more

Tom Brady’s game outfit mocked over ‘clashing’ shirt and tie combo: ‘Looks like 90s pajamas’

Tom Brady’s game outfit mocked over ‘clashing’ shirt and tie combo: ‘Looks like 90s pajamas’

There has been plenty of chatter surrounding Tom Brady’s performance as an NFL analyst, but for Week 4 of the NFL season, the discussion shifted from his commentary to his wardrobe. When calling Sunday’s NFC clash between the Buccaneers and Eagles in Tampa, the future Hall of Fame quarterback opted for a striped shirt and … Read more

Terry Bradshaw’s bizarre accent befuddles Fox NFL cohosts

Terry Bradshaw’s bizarre accent befuddles Fox NFL cohosts

Terry Bradshaw’s colleagues weren’t buying it. During “Fox NFL Sunday” before Week 4, Bradshaw was talking about Andy Dalton drawing his second consecutive start for the Carolina Panthers and facing his former team, the Cincinnati Bengals. Bradshaw, 76, did so in what he’d go on to describe as a “Carolina” accent, causing the Fox crew … Read more

Rob Gronkowski pranked by Fox NFL crew with fake ‘head-spinning’ segment about fictional tight end

Rob Gronkowski pranked by Fox NFL crew with fake ‘head-spinning’ segment about fictional tight end

Rob Gronkowski is ready for just about anything the “Fox NFL Sunday” crew throws his way, even fake segments about fictional football players. That’s what happened to the four-time Super Bowl champ during a previous day on the job, with the pregame team recapping Sunday how they pranked Gronkowski into discussing a non-existent Cowboys tight … Read more

Exclusive | Fox rejects Netflix request for Tom Brady on Christmas NFL game

Exclusive | Fox rejects Netflix request for Tom Brady on Christmas NFL game

Netflix is jumping into the NFL pool with a Christmas doubleheader and looking to make a big splash. The streaming service is reportedly paying a total of about $150 million to air Chiefs vs. Steelers and Ravens vs. Texans on Christmas Day. The Post has learned that one of the first moves Netflix tried to … Read more

Shirtless Tom Brady shares workout routine in new photos: ‘Analysts have to stay in shape too!’

Shirtless Tom Brady shares workout routine in new photos: ‘Analysts have to stay in shape too!’

Just because Tom Brady’s days on the football field are over doesn’t mean he’s out of NFL shape. Taking to Instagram on Monday, Fox’s new NFL analyst posted a pair of shirtless photos to his page, where he shared a workout regimen with his 15.1 million followers. “Color analysts have to stay in shape too!” … Read more

Tom Brady finally had enough of watching Cowboys’ early dysfunction: ‘Oh my god’

Tom Brady finally had enough of watching Cowboys’ early dysfunction: ‘Oh my god’

Tom Brady has had enough of the Cowboys, and it’s only Week 3.  The former Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback was in his third week of broadcasting for Fox and seemed to reach a breaking point with the Cowboys during the third quarter — with Dallas down 28-6 to the Ravens at home Sunday. Brady was … Read more

The secrets behind the rise of Fox’s top college football booth

The secrets behind the rise of Fox’s top college football booth

MADISON, Wis. — It’s an idyllic Friday evening in Madison, and Gus Johnson is introducing Joel Klatt like he’s the reigning, defending undisputed champion. Fox’s top college football broadcast booth — comprised of Johnson, Klatt and sideline reporter Jenny Taft — is at its production meeting ahead of Wisconsin’s showdown with Alabama. The weekly meeting is akin … Read more

How Erin Andrews is handling uncertain future with Fox Sports contract set to expire

How Erin Andrews is handling uncertain future with Fox Sports contract set to expire

Erin Andrews has one goal for the 2024 NFL season. The veteran NFL reporter said she is enjoying her time on the sidelines as her contract with Fox Sports is up after this season. “I think my goal is always kind of the same as last year. Enjoy it, because it’s not going to last forever, … Read more

Greg Olsen rooting for Tom Brady to ‘succeed’ in broadcasting after ex-QB’s uneven debut

Greg Olsen rooting for Tom Brady to ‘succeed’ in broadcasting after ex-QB’s uneven debut

Tom Brady has a champion in Greg Olsen. Speaking to The Athletic in a new interview, Olsen — now in his first season with Fox Sports’ No. 2 team after Brady slid into the ex-tight end’s slot with the network’s top squad — expressed how his “success is not contingent” upon the seven-time Super Bowl … Read more

Joe Buck: ‘Grossly unfair’ to criticize Tom Brady after one game

Joe Buck: ‘Grossly unfair’ to criticize Tom Brady after one game

Joe Buck wants football fans to have some patience with Tom Brady.  The legendary quarterback made his debut in the booth for Fox during Sunday’s Cowboys-Browns game, and it was up-and-down, to say the least.  Buck, who has been calling NFL games since 1994, said on “The Michael Kay Show” on Monday that Brady needs … Read more