NBC’s Rick Cordella wants baseball partnership to extend well beyond three-year deal
"At the end of it, my hope and expectation is that we're in business for baseball for a super long time."
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Dave Sims, Dan Shulman lament streaming-exclusive World Series possibility: ‘It would be tragic’
"If it’s still going to be one of the great pastimes in the country, you can’t hold a gun to someone’s head and make them pay."
Sean McDonough on navigating politics at 4 Nations Face-Off: ‘I felt like I had to say something’
"There needed to be some acknowledgment."
Why is Stephen A. Smith allowed to talk politics, while other ESPN talent can’t?
"It's different rules for Stephen A."
Is Tom Brady’s issue a conflict of interest or a lack of transparency?
"I think the reality of it is that a lot of the analysts are absolutely not neutral observers."
Al Michaels ‘leaning’ toward return for 2025 season: ‘Why walk away?’
“I still get excited walking into a stadium. I still love to do what I do. So, why walk away?”
Sports media insider predicts Tom Brady will leave broadcasting after season
The Athletic's Richard Deitsch predicts Tom Brady will bow out of broadcasting before the 2025 NFL season.
Sports media’s migration from X to Bluesky has accelerated post-election
ESPN exec Burke Magnus not worried about potentially replacing Stephen A. Smith on ‘First Take’
"There is a wealth of talented people out there who, if given the chance, I think could also become superstars very easily on our platform."
Richard Deitsch is convinced Tom Brady will not complete Fox contract
"I can't tell you how many years he will be there, but it seems inconceivable, to me, that he would be there for all 10."
Jason Benetti praises Bill Walton’s tenderness: ‘It’s like being friends with the woods’
"He is the most fascinating, truly empathetic, deeply caring person you will ever meet."
ESPN VP of Production: ‘I truly believe there is a place for live radio to exist’
"Yes you're promoting your live, but you're also promoting your podcasts because let's face it, habits change."
ESPN’s Burke Magnus opens up on major talent comings and goings
Magnus was promoted to president of content in March 2023.
Jeff Van Gundy says social media has ‘a truly negative impact on players’
"All of these young people take so much of their cues on how they're doing through social media. I just hope we're just a little bit kinder to him than we are to some people on social media."
Will ESPN allow insiders Ian Rapoport and Shams Charania to appear on The Pat McAfee Show?
"I think it would be a really tough sell to put [Rapoport and Charania] on that show regularly"
Joe Davis calls Ohtani-Trout WBC at-bat ‘one of the coolest things I’ve ever witnessed’
"I wish I had a rewind button to get me back there and a pause button to really soak it in."
Kevin Harlan ‘uncomfortable’ and ’embarrassed’ by CBS sharing video of his epic Furman-Virginia call
"You don’t want to see how hot dogs are made...This is kind of a personal space."
Richard Deitsch will edit ‘The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2023’
"As a close reader of sports journalism for many years, Richard is well equipped to continue the tradition of this premier sports writing collection."
Jim Trotter: ‘I’ve not heard from anyone in the league office’ following Roger Goodell question about NFL Media diversity
"It makes me question whether or not you're really that serious."
Kevin Burkhardt isn’t even thinking about Tom Brady: ‘Greg Olsen’s my dude’
"I’ve got enough to do right now. I can’t be thinking about Tom Brady when the next two games are the most important of my personal career"
Al Michaels likens calling this season’s Amazon TNF games to selling a ‘used car’
"Do you want me to sell you a 20-year-old Mazda? That’s what you’re asking me to do."
Is there anything Adam Schefter could do to get in trouble at ESPN?
"ESPN has told you, just to be blunt, they don't care."
Jemele Hill almost had Stephen A. Smith’s role as Skip Bayless’ debate partner on First Take
"I guess you can say, to some degree, I was the runner-up"
Jemele Hill says Chris Berman demanded an apology after she referenced his thinning hair
"I was just pointing out what I thought to be obvious facts, the fact that nobody cares that Chris Berman is balding on television"
ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro says they’re still in talks with Big Ten: “We are very much in it right now.”
"We enter these discussions understanding that we can’t get everything and that we’re going to proceed with both discipline and thoughtfulness. So I can’t tell you how this is going to play out. We are very much in it right now."