WFAN parent Audacy files for bankruptcy
Audacy CEO David Field cited a "perfect storm" of challenges leading to this filing.
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Stephen A. Smith on ‘coming’ ESPN cuts: ‘Hell, for all I know, I might be one of them.’
"Hell, for all I know, I might be one of them. Now I doubt that. But it’s possible. No one knows."
Stephen A. Smith calls Jerry Jones’ ‘Nobody knew’ comments on photo ‘a damn lie’
"That's a damn lie. Now I'm not saying Jerry Jones is lying, but don't tell me no one there knew what was going on. Somebody did. That's why they were there. ...You didn't want them to desegregate the school."
Stephen A. Smith responds to Kanye West, says ‘I am not in the same boat’ as Kyrie Irving and Herschel Walker
"He put me in the same sentence as Herschel Walker, who's running for the Senate seat in Georgia, and Kyrie Irving. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not gonna disrespect anybody. Let me just say to you, that couldn’t be further from the truth."
Charlamagne Tha God tells Stephen A. Smith Kanye West can’t use mental health ‘as an excuse for bigotry’
"If we let Kanye use that as an excuse for bigotry, then every white supremacist can use that as an excuse for bigotry. You know, everybody that wants to be anti-Black, antisemitic…homophobic, whatever, they can use that as the reason, ‘Oh, I got, you know, mental health issues.’"
Audacy reportedly exploring selling Cadence13 podcast studio
Audacy (then Entercom) picked up a minority stake in Cadence13 (then DGital Media) in 2017, then bought the rest of the studio in 2019. They're now reportedly exploring a sale.
Stephen A. Smith reflects on 2009 ESPN exit: ‘I was just a pain in the ass.’
"I had to sit at home and reflect on the decisions that I made and how I was just a pain in the ass. Because I had a firm belief in what I was doing. And the level of muscle that they placed down upon me made me feel strapped at times, and I was upset about that when I didn't realize why they were doing it."
‘Know Mercy with Stephen A. Smith’ Cadence13 podcast drops trailer: ‘This is about truth-telling!’
"This is not a sports podcast, this is one of the things I've been aching to do for many many years in my career."
Stephen A. Smith partners with Audacy’s Cadence13 for ‘Know Mercy’ podcast on “broad cultural topics and social issues”
"Although my love for sports will never fade, neither has my zest for expanding my interest beyond the court or field of play."
Joe Buck discusses his father Jack’s post-9/11 poem on new It Was Said: Sports podcast series
"I've never been more proud of my dad than I was that night."
Richard Jefferson to Kyrie Irving: “We in the media are not creating the clickbait. You and Kevin Durant are creating the clickbait.”
"You went on Kevin Durant's podcast, and you were saying these things. So we in the media are not creating the clickbait. You and Kevin Durant are creating the clickbait."
Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman team with Cadence13 for The Boardroom Podcast Network
Kevin Durant is launching a new podcast network, in conjunction with manager Rich Kleiman and Entercom's Cadence13.
Long-time SI writer and “Astroball” author Ben Reiter is doing a podcast on the Astros’ scandal, with a TV series based on it...
"The Astros of the 2010s were the most innovative organization in the history of sports. As it turned out, the ‘new way to win it all’ involved factors that no one could have imagined - myself included. Cadence13, Prologue Projects, and Left/Right are the ideal partners with whom to reveal the full story of the Astros’ exhilarating rise and shocking fall."
Dell and Sonya Curry talk “Raising Fame: Sports Edition,” which sees them interviewing those who raised other athletes
"They're all humble people who had no idea that their sibling, son, daughter, whoever it may be, would be the superstar that they are. They were just raising them to be normal kids in society, to be productive at whatever they do."
Mike Lupica and Mitch Albom relaunch “The Sports Reporters” as a podcast with rotating guests
The new podcast will be available Mondays and Fridays, and will be with Cadence13 rather than ESPN.