Paul Bissonnette is used to having to fight guys on the ice, but over the weekend the former NHLer and Barstool Sports personality found himself having to throw down in a Scottsdale, Arizona restaurant. Bissonnette, who also serves as a studio analyst for TNT’s NHL coverage, was assaulted by six men on Sunday night at … Read more
At different points over the last six months, the future of “Inside the NBA” — the studio show featuring host Ernie Johnson and former players Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith — seemed bleak with TNT’s rights deal set to expire following the 2024-25 season and the league headed for Amazon and NBC, in … Read more
We won’t have Bob Costas to kick around any longer. Costas, 72, is retiring from calling MLB games, The Athetic’s Andrew Marchand reported. Costas has been calling baseball games since the 1980s and most recently was on the announce team for TBS. Bob Costas is retiring from MLB play-by-play. Getty Images During the 1990s, he … Read more
Broadcasting free agency was a “humbling” experience for Charles Barkley, who left “at minimum $100 million” on the table to return to Turner Sports amid uncertainty surrounding TNT’s NBA space. When appearing on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz” on Tuesday, Barkley was asked about his commitment to TNT following June’s shocking retirement bombshell … Read more
The NBA has fired its latest salvo in a brewing Cold War with its longtime partner in TNT. On Wednesday, the NBA said that TNT “did not match the terms” of Amazon’s rights bid and that Amazon will be a new streaming partner for the league. Earlier this week, TNT, a division of Warner Bros. … Read more
TNT and the NBA could be on the precipice of a legal battle royal. TNT, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Monday that it intends to match an NBA rights deal to keep broadcasting the league. ESPN is retaining the NBA Finals in the NBA’s next rights package, and NBC and Amazon had emerged … Read more
Legendary former MLB player and manager Dusty Baker is returning to broadcasting. Baker will be joining TBS’ MLB studio coverage primarily for the playoffs but also for occasional regular-season spots, The Post has learned. Baker, 75, previously had a similar role for TBS in 2015 and also worked as an analyst for ESPN during the … Read more
Charles Barkley has no concerns about getting an earful from his bosses for publicly airing grievances as he stews over TNT’s handling of its NBA rights negotiations. With TNT’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly on the brink of losing its NBA rights, the 61-year-old Hall of Famer has gone on the offensive in multiple … Read more
The NBA appears ready to move on from TNT for a reunion with NBC. The league is formalizing contracts this week with Disney (which owns ESPN), NBC and Amazon for new rights deals that would begin with the 2025-26 season, Sports Business Journal reported Wednesday. NBC is closing in on taking over TNT’s “B” package … Read more
Sports media’s No. 1 Knicks fan had it with the TNT broadcast Wednesday night. ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins, who backs the Knicks like he played for them, did not appreciate the focus on analyst Reggie Miller’s Knicks history versus talk of Jalen Brunson’s status during Game 2. “Are we going to make this entire game about … Read more
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid couldn’t hide his frustration Monday night despite his boast that his team is better than the Knicks after a heartbreaking Game 2 loss that puts the Knicks ahead 2-0 in the first-round NBA playoff series. And ex-76er and TNT analyst Charles Barkley was not thrilled with Embiid’s lack of leadership … Read more
Anyone watching the Knicks-Nets postgame show on TNT or seeing the latest Doc Rivers development on social media Tuesday night all likely had the same question. What is CNN Sports? Adam Lefkoe delivered the news on TNT, citing CNN Sports, that Rivers, who joined ESPN after being fired by the 76ers last year, has accepted … Read more
Knicks fans didn’t let Candace Parker get away with this mistake. Parker, the “NBA on TNT” analyst, said Tuesday night that Jalen Brunson did not play well in the Knicks’ Eastern Conference semifinals series loss to the Heat last year. “When the game slows down in the playoffs, and you get jammed up, we’ve seen … Read more
Bob Costas had a rough playoff outing. Costas joined Bill Maher on the comedian’s “Club Random” podcast and admitted that he didn’t have a great performance in the ALDS, where his play-by-play of the Yankees series was widely panned. “This past October I did the Yankees and the Guardians in the Division Series and I … Read more