Don’t know if nearly 50 years on this job qualifies me as a sportscasting historian, but I do know this: There has never been a time in my life when televised sports have been worse, more excessively senseless and for no good reason other than negligent or dopey execs who think that we neither want … Read more
Aaron Rodgers put on a four-touchdown spectacle in the Jets’ season finale on Sunday, and Fox commentator Greg Olsen believes some teams will look at this tale of the tape as the league turns to 2025. The 41-year-old quarterback delivered perhaps the best performance of his rocky Jets tenure, going 23 of 36 for 274 … Read more
Aaron Judge’s brutal postseason is now a cross-sports punchline. Fox announcer Greg Olsen took a swipe at the Yankees superstar during the Saints’ 20-17 upset win over the Falcons on Sunday, referencing Judge’s brutal dropped ball in center field in Game 5 of the World Series that played a major role in the Yankees losing … Read more
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
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
Greg Olsen was a good sport when he was trolled mercilessly over his viral photo at Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo’s wedding. The former NFL tight end-turned Fox Sports analyst looked a bit disheveled in a snapshot taken with the bride and groom while at the reception, which took place at Ocean House in Rhode … Read more
Greg Olsen isn’t going down without a fight. The ex-NFL tight end has spent the last two years as an analyst on Fox’s No. 1 NFL broadcast team but is now being replaced by Tom Brady in the top booth. Brady signed a 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox in 2022 and is set to … Read more
Tom Brady now has Emmy-sized shoes to fill. Greg Olsen, who will be demoted from Fox’s lead NFL broadcasting team for Brady this fall, won the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst on Tuesday. Awkward, much? “I think there’s a lot of people wondering what I’m going to say right now,” Olsen said during … Read more
Travis Kelce didn’t sugarcoat his feelings about Fox Sports replacing Greg Olsen with Tom Brady as its lead NFL game analyst. The Chiefs tight end weighed in on the shakeup during the latest installment of his and brother Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast — and explained how they think Brady will perform when he calls … Read more
Greg Olsen will have a relatively familiar broadcast partner this football season. Fox Sports has cemented the obvious pairing of Olsen with Joe Davis on the network’s No. 2 NFL announcing team, sources told The Post. Olsen had been previously working on the top team alongside Kevin Burkhardt, but Tom Brady is joining that booth … Read more
Tom Brady is ready to share his “unique vision and perspective of the game” when he slides into the Fox booth this fall. During an appearance Tuesday on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the former quarterback, 46, spoke about his next chapter as a broadcaster and how he’s preparing to take over for Greg Olsen, who … Read more
Greg Olsen 1, Mike Greenberg 0. Olsen, the Fox announcer, let the world — and especially Greenberg, an ESPN host — know he was correct when he said Sunday the Cowboys would be “crazy” to move on from embattled head coach Mike McCarthy. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced Wednesday that McCarthy would return despite the … Read more
Greg Olsen isn’t backing away from the idea of becoming the next head coach of the Carolina Panthers. Asked on the Rich Eisen Show if he’d be “interested” in the job, the former Panther and current FOX broadcaster said: “Who wouldn’t [be]? Obviously, this is a city that I love, this is a team that I … Read more
Greg Olsen may not be adding fashion influencer to his resume any time soon. Olsen, the lead NFL analyst for Fox Sports, was likened to a car salesman Sunday by fans over his “horrendous” on-air look —a dark jacket with a criss-cross pattern that was paired with a light blue button-up and red tie — … Read more
Erin Andrews felt “like a little kid” upon learning Taylor Swift was in attendance for Sunday’s Chiefs game to support rumored beau Travis Kelce. When reflecting on the day during Monday’s installment of her “Calm Down” podcast, which she co-hosts with Charissa Thompson, Andrews detailed how she got the confirmation from Kelce while on the … Read more
All Disney networks, including ESPN, went dark on Charter’s Spectrum cable systems on Aug. 31, affecting close to 15 million subscribers. Pod hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss how ESPN and Charter got to this point and predict what should happen next. The outcome of this deal has tentacles well beyond just ESPN and Charter. … Read more
Greg Olsen has a rational fear of propagating phallic imagery. Olsen, the top color commentator on Fox Sports’ NFL coverage, revealed that he consciously tries to avoid drawing graphics that look like penises on the telestrator. “I’ve messed up a million things, drawing the wrong thing,” Olsen said on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast. … Read more
Kevin Burkhardt is living in the moment. Fox Sports’ top NFL play-by-play announcer hasn’t paid any mind to the potential shakeup in the booth when the newly retired Tom Brady takes on his new role as the network’s lead analyst. “The reality is other than being asked in every media interview that I have done, and … Read more
Greg Olsen is encouraging Tom Brady to sign a five-year deal with an NFL team so he can keep his job in Fox Sports’ No. 1 game booth. During an appearance on “The Waddle and Silvy” radio show on ESPN 1000 Tuesday, Olsen said it would “suck” if Brady — who signed a 10-year, $375 million deal … Read more