ESPN posts second-largest WNBA regular-season audience on record

The WNBA’s television ratings continue to skyrocket behind the force that is Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. Clark’s star power has helped the WNBA hold up its end of the bargain in its new 11-year, $2.2 billion media deal. Through the first half of the season, WNBA telecasts were up 12% compared to last year,…

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Sophie Cunningham rips WNBA media for not sticking to sports

Sophie Cunningham chose to enter the fray by speaking out against transgender athletes, and now she wants everyone else to stick to sports. Cunningham has garnered massive right-wing media fame, especially after comments she made in a recently published article by ESPN, where the Indiana Fever guard expressed a desire to “protect young girls in…

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Disney sells out Super Bowl ad inventory, teases free streamer in Q3 earnings call

Walt Disney disclosed on its earnings call this morning that its Super Bowl ad inventory is sold out, which is ahead of the pace of recent years when sales bled into the season. Fox two years ago put the sold out sign up in November, whereas CBS Sports for the Seahawks 2026 win over the…

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Preakness moves back 8 days in bid to revive Triple Crown

The Preakness Stakes is moving back one week in a major attempt to preserve the relevance of horse racing’s traditional Triple Crown. The Maryland Jockey Club announced that the Preakness will move back eight days, while the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes will also be pushed back eight days and will be run on Saturday. The move…

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Stephen A. Smith calls out Cheryl Reeve’s ‘irresponsible’ stance on transgender athletes

Stephen A. Smith took issue with Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve’s comments on transgender athletes, accusing her of being “irresponsible” after she called for a more inclusive approach to one of the most polarizing debates in sports. In a July 21 ESPN profile, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham commented on her desire to protect…

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Keith Hernandez wants to talk about ‘the screaming Indian’ logo: ‘It’s not awkward at all’

Teams can move on from names and logos that featured derogatory slurs or images, but don’t expect Keith Hernandez to be on board. With the New York Mets in Cleveland this week, play-by-play voice Gary Cohen asked Hernandez to predict how many times he expects to slip up and refer to the Guardians by their…

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Mike Golic Sr. replaces Ryan Harris as Notre Dame football’s radio color analyst

Notre Dame announced Tuesday that Mike Golic Sr. will assume color analyst duties for its football radio broadcasts, supplanting Ryan Harris, who had occupied the chair since 2018, alongside returning play-by-play voice Tony Simeone and studio host Johnny Soper. Golic anchored the defensive line for the Irish from 1981-984 before embarking on a decade-long NFL…

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What’s actually in the Senate bill that’s supposed to stop the madness in college sports? (Gift Article)

Hurdles remain in the House of Representatives after the Senate recess, but the possibility of passing something is closer than ever.

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Matthew Berry brings fantasy football podcast to Audacy

Longtime fantasy football expert Matthew Berry has partnered with Audacy for his Fantasy Football Happy Hour podcast. Audacy announced the partnership this week, revealing the company will exclusively handle audio sales and distribution for Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry. Co-produced by Berry’s company, Fantasy Life, the podcast was previously part of NBC Sports.…

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iPhone Ultra sounds truly deserving of the ‘Ultra’ name

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is coming very soon, and based on rumors about the product, it sounds very much deserving of the ‘iPhone Ultra’ name. Here’s why.

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More ESPN college football simulcasts are coming to Disney+ this fall

Disney is deepening ESPN’s footprint on Disney+, telling shareholders Wednesday during its Q3 earnings call that more college football simulcasts are headed to the service this fall. The company positioned the move as another piece of ESPN’s “marketplace of sports” strategy, casting the network as the “front door for sports fans” across every platform Disney…

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Michael Wilbon: Stephen A. Smith is not a journalist, he is ‘a show’

Many times when Stephen A. Smith gets into a feud with an athlete or fellow commentator, he falls back on an argument that he is a journalist. The conversation came up most recently when NBA star Jaylen Brown challenged Smith’s “journalistic integrity” and called the First Take host out for being overly personal in his criticism…

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Mike Florio won’t travel to every ‘Football Night in America’ road show

Mike Florio has a broadcast studio in his house in West Virginia, and it’s good enough that people back home sometimes can’t tell whether he’s using it or working out of NBC’s Connecticut facility. Football Night in America will be on the road every week of the 2026 NFL season for the first time, scrapping…

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Elise Woodward: Being Washington football’s new radio voice is ‘a perfect match’

Elise Woodward is deeply connected to the University of Washington. She played guard for the Huskies basketball team in the 1990s and spent 23 years as a sideline reporter for football broadcasts. Last week, she was named the football program’s new radio play-by-play announcer. Woodward takes over for Tony Castricone, who left to succeed the…

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Keith Hernandez apologizes for calling discarded Mets players ‘garbage’

The New York Mets completed their fire sale by trading away Freddy Peralta, Clay Holmes and others at the deadline. Or, as Keith Hernandez put it, they took out the trash. As Gary Cohen and Hernandez set the stage for the Mets and Cleveland Guardians Tuesday night on SNY, they discussed the team’s new-look roster…

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From meme to mainstay: How ESPN The Ocho became an annual tradition

ESPN: The Ocho started as a joke. The cult classic Dodgeball, starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, saw its sport showcased on a fictional network that was a play on ESPN’s ever-expanding empire as the worldwide leader in sports. ESPN8 was a home for sports that may have existed beyond the scope of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, or ESPNU.…

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Anthony Fauci’s lawyers fire back at Aaron Rodgers: ‘He should stick to football’

When The Pat McAfee Show broadcast live from Steelers training camp on Monday, it felt inevitable that Aaron Rodgers would appear as a guest. And when Aaron Rodgers appears as a guest on The Pat McAfee Show, it feels inevitable that he’d have some comments that made headlines. On Monday, inevitability went two for two.…

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Iconic NY PIX11 news anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement

The Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, who has been with PIX11 since 1992, will anchor her final show on Aug. 30, the station announced.

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Conservative media ate Caitlin Clark up. Now they’re spitting her out

The modern American right-wing movement is transactional by its nature. Look no further than the man it has propped up as its beacon of values and character: Donald Trump. The absolute king of seeing everything in life as a transaction. If you can’t do something for him, he has no time for you. His presumption…

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Phillies broadcaster John Kruk ponders cremation: ‘Set me on fire, baby’

Phillies fans were hit with an unexpected dose of existentialism in the early innings of Tuesday night’s 5–0 win over the Nationals. The scene in the broadcast booth started out rather ordinary, with Phillies play-by-play man Tom McCarthy and color commentator Jon Kruk wondering aloud about Washington’s decision to employ an opener in pitcher Carson…

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Mike McCarthy weighs in on Aaron Rodgers’s criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci

After Aaron Rodgers’s latest appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, it was only a matter of time before his new coach was asked to weigh in on his comments. Rodgers, whose views on the COVID-19 pandemic are well known, sat down with McAfee on Monday and immediately criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci, calling him an “absolute…

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