On Monday’s “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Stephen A. Smith reacted to Kentucky basketball player Andrew Harrison saying, “F-ck that n-gga” about Wisconsin player Frank Kaminsky after losing to them in their Final Four matchup on Saturday. Smith stated that
On Sunday’s airing of “Outside the Lines,” MLB reporter Pedro Gomez appeared as a guest to discuss the effect of the United States restoring full diplomatic ties with Cuba on Major League Baseball, which has seen a recent influx of
On Wednesday’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on ESPNU and ESPN Radio, host Colin Cowherd asked former NBA star and now TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley about the Indiana Religious Freedom Law, which Barkley has already stated as means for
On Tuesday, ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser and Jason Whitlock discussed the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), suggesting it is discriminatory and hoping more athletes will come out against it.
The faith-based film Do You Believe?, from the makers of 2014’s megahit God’s Not Dead debuted nationwide last week, earning $4 million across 1,320 theaters.
During Friday’s broadcast of “The Herd” on ESPNU, guest co-host Ryan Ruocco reacted to Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel saying that the NCAA’s response to Indiana’s “Religious Freedom” law is “perfect.” The new law allows businesses in Indiana to refuse service to
The Wall Street Journal recently published a strange piece called “Why Cable TV Beats the Internet, For Now.” Despite pay-TV losing 1.4 million customers last year, it seems the WSJ is device-challenged and unwilling to embrace the obvious future dominance of Internet streaming media. And the war to discount your cost for pay-TV is heating up.
On Wednesday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann discussed his “Worst Person in the Sports World,” naming the NFL’s marketing department the worst for promoting and selling fans gear that claims the next Super Bowl will be its 50th anniversary,
On Friday’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on ESPNU, host Colin Cowherd was seeding the states of the US the same way college basketball teams get seeded in NCAA March Madness, when he was asked what was in Oregon that
On ESPNU’s “You Herd Me with Colin Cowherd” on Wednesday, host Colin Cowherd reacted to the recent report of former Denver Broncos and New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow working out for the Philadelphia Eagles and then compared his future
President Obama loves to watch, and talk about, sports and television shows.
On Thursday’s “The Herd” on ESPNU and ESPN Radio, host Colin Cowherd discussed listening to local sports radio and compared Philadelphia fans to fans of other big cities, and then Alabama, where a professional sports team does not exist. Cowherd
ESPN’s Keith Olbermann appeared as a guest on CBS’s “The Late Show” on Tuesday and was asked by host David Letterman about his recent suspension from ESPN. Olbermann told Letterman that he was actually grateful for his suspension because he was
During Tuesday’s “His & Hers,” co-host and ESPN regular Michael Smith reacted to Oklahoma University’s football team losing a recruit because of the video of an Oklahoma fraternity participating in a racist chant. Smith said that unless he lived there
Keith Olbermann, host of ESPN2’s “Olbermann,” returned from his suspension on Monday, and went on to apologize and speak about what led to his suspension. According to Olbermann, he is sorry for his Penn State tweets and it is time
During Wednesday’s airing of “The Herd” on ESPNU and ESPN Radio, host Colin Cowherd discussed why men should quit telling women that they look good in things even when they do not. According to Cowherd, men lying to women has
Keith Olbermann, host of ESPN’s Olbermann, has been suspended by the Worldwide Leader in Sports for a week for his recent tweets about Penn State fans and students.
Keith Olbermann, host of ESPN2’s “Olbermann,” ripped Charles Barkley in his show on Wednesday for saying “basketball analytics don’t work.” According to Olbermann, Charles Barkley was a good basketball player, but “In terms of understanding the game, forget it.” “Chuck’s
On ESPN2’s “First Take” on Friday, in a debate with his co-host Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless called into question the integrity of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on the heels of his press conference on Thursday addressing the
It’s called “The B.S. Report.” But ESPN’s Bill Simmons never bothered to call B.S., or even ask a challenging question, during his hour-plus interview with “Girls” star and “Not That Kind of Girl” author Lena Dunham.
The inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship game did not disappoint Ohio State fans or ESPN executives on Monday night. The Buckeyes routed the favored Oregon Ducks 42-20 and ESPN garnered the highest ratings in its 35 years and the best ever in the history of cable television.
Serena Williams surprisingly lost her first set to Italian Flavia Pennetta at the Hopman Cup in Australia. Usually when she loses, Williams tends to let it get to her head, but this time she tried another route.
ESPN analysts Brian Griese and Dave Pasch argued that University of Texas alumni should “get behind” coach Charlie Strong and that some were doubting him for “the wrong reasons” during their coverage of the Texas Bowl on Monday. Griese said
Jon Gruden remains with Monday Night Football through 2021. Brother Jay stays with the Washington Redskins next year. Gruden the Older signed a contract extension with ESPN to call games for the next seven years. Broadcast partner Mike Tirico announced
The NFL Players Association, claiming that the arbitrator in the Adrian Peterson case acted unjustly and in opposition to the league’s collective bargaining agreement last Friday by upholding his suspension, has filed a lawsuit against the NFL. The association asserts
