Ian Rapoport on players announcing their own scoops: ‘I don’t own all the news’
"I would prefer I get to break all the news," Rapoport joked.
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Mike Florio calls out ‘symbiotic relationship’ between insiders and agents
"'Insiders' aren’t journalists. They’re external P.R. reps..."
Jay Glazer breaks Jets ‘moving on’ from Aaron Rodgers on Fox Super Bowl LIX pregame show
"I do have some breaking news right now to report on the show. That's what we do!"
Jay Glazer on critics, inaccurate aggregators: ‘I want to swing away, f*cking take your head off’
NFL insiders were largely complicit in Patriots’ skirting of Rooney Rule
Adam Schefter blasts Mike Florio’s claim on his sources: ‘Everything you say here is 100 percent wrong.’
Mike Florio claimed Pete Carroll's agent "specifically told this to Schefter." Schefter said Florio's "100 percent wrong."
Adrian Wojnarowski saw the light and found that insiderdom was meaningless
Adrian Wojnarowski on post-retirement scoops: ‘Congratulations, but I don’t give a sh*t’
"You know how many times my kids were parked in a cemetery while I'm breaking news?"
Adrian Wojnarowski: ‘I was the beneficiary of timing’ in becoming top NBA newsbreaker
"There was a perfect storm of interest in the NBA, and then I think 2010 changed interest in free agency. That became its own thing, the trades, the deals, the buildup to the deals."
Shams will be bigger at ESPN than Woj ever was
Ken Rosenthal on ‘insider’ culture: Being first to report a transaction isn’t ‘really journalism’
"The immediacy gave many of us more exposure and advanced our careers. Woj was the extreme example of that."
Shams Charania to appear in ‘NBA 2K25’ amid media free agency
Charania recently left Stadium after six years and figures to get a boost in name-recognition from his appearance on the popular NBA 2K video game franchise.
NFLN’s Tom Pelissero bashes anonymous reports, including from @PrettyRickey213, as a ‘scam'”
Jon Heyman reported J.D. Davis trade that didn’t happen, cited ‘miscommunication’ in deleted apology tweet
Jon Heyman reported J.D. Davis was traded to the Rays, then recanted that, then deleted both tweets.
The Dan Hurley-Lakers saga shows complexity of coaching carousel and insider drama
Adam Schefter says Adrian Wojnarowski knows him better than his own wife
"I know what he's feeling, I know what he's going through."
Adam Schefter narrates ESPN video tribute to Chris Mortensen, his long-time news-breaking partner
"It is just one reason why so many turned to him for guidance on stories that mattered, because he did."
Peter King relays Peyton Manning’s salute to Chris Mortensen in final Football Morning In America column
"That was Mort. Dedicated to his craft, always."
Jeff Passan gave a funny shoutout to Cubs’ fan Lisa who heard of Cody Bellinger signing days early
"lisa was right" indeed.
Patrick Beverley’s podcast account scooped Shams and Woj on his trade
Patrick Beverley beat the usual NBA insiders to news of his trade.
CNN walked out on a risky limb alone with their Doc Rivers report
JJ Watt again breaks news, this time injury news on his brother TJ
Former star NFL defensive end JJ Watt has won plenty of praise for his analysis in his debut...
The 2023 Awfulies: Sports insider (and outsider) of the year
Is a major sports betting journalism scandal inevitable?
Bob Nightengale says baseball writers ‘have become an embarrassment to the journalism community’
"We have made fools of ourselves plenty of times before in the history of baseball media...but we have taken this to new heights."