Kevin Durant learned he was traded while on stage at Fanatics Fest
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Dallas Fox affiliate never returned to Mets-Phillies following Trump speech
Most Fox affiliates returned to the national MLB game after the president's speech, but KDFW went to locally-produced news coverage of the Iran conflict instead.
ESPN, NFL Network were both quick to cover Tyreek Hill news
Celeste Taylor’s Connecticut Sun deal was broken by team PR before her old team announced she left
Atlanta United site ‘Scarves and Spikes’ retracts report on MLS-backed women’s league
Broadcast networks pivoted away from sports around Joe Biden presidential news
The latest case of shifts from sports programming came around Joe Biden's announcement Sunday.
Shams Charania confirms Joe Biden’s withdrawal, in case you don’t believe Joe Biden
Charania's lack of a link or source here led many to think he was breaking the already-out-there news.
Golf Channel PR gets in X dustup with No Laying Up over delayed Scheffler coverage
"Are you saying you were not allowed to go live *at all* to cover the biggest breaking news story of the year?"
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."
NBA on TNT’s Adam Lefkoe talks ‘CNN Sports’ breaking news on Doc Rivers
"So we probably had about two minutes, and I was like 'Where is this coming from?' And they're like 'CNN.'"
ESPN takes criticism for delayed coverage of Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade mass shooting
ESPN first addressed the shooting at 3:57 p.m. ET, almost a full hour after CNN did.
Sacramento radio host says A’s ‘could temporarily shut down,’ which seems unlikely
"So basically, between 2025 and 2028, Major League Baseball would run with 29 teams."
Twitter user @droppingdimes20 seemed to break James Harden news before Woj and Shams
"James Harden will opt into his contract and request a trade."
Jeff Passan starts breaking news on Instagram, signaling potential sports insider shift away from Twitter
"I think it’s time to start breaking some news on Instagram, too."
Is journalistic integrity sacrificed when relationship between newsbreakers & sources becomes obvious? Does it even really matter?
Bucks’ Bobby Portis tweets about Woj not reporting his placement in COVID protocols, Woj responds
"Damn Woj ain’t even report me being in health and safety protocol that’s tough."
Mike Tice, the former Vikings’ HC and long-time NFL assistant, appears to have broken the Nick Rolovich firing hours early
Tice tweeted "WSU head football coach Rolovich is out today for his refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccination" at 12:57 p.m. Pacific, more than three hours before a regular media member committed to reporting that Rolovich had been fired.
After Shams Charania reported that Chris Paul “plans to commit” to Team USA, Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Paul declined
It's unusual to see the NBA's two top newsbreakers report different things on the same story. Charania eventually confirmed that Paul has indeed turned the invite down.
Jeff Goodman talks breaking the Coach K retirement news: “My finger is shaking as I’m hitting the send button.”
Goodman's contract with Stadium is up in a couple months, and he's in talks with both them and other outlets.
Mets’ owner Steve Cohen tweeted the news of their game postponement almost an hour ahead of the team announcement
Mets' owner Steve Cohen tweeted the news of the postponement in response to an inquiring fan at 4:36 p.m. Eastern. The team didn't announce that on their own account until 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
ABC punted Marlins-Cubs to ESPN in the middle of the ninth for coverage of President Trump being taken to hospital
The conclusion of Marlins-Cubs wasn't seen on ABC thanks to a special ABC News report.
The Chiefs teamed with Katie Camlin, the liquor store employee who broke the Patrick Mahomes news, for a Chris Jones extension video
"Come on, Katie. Leave some scoops (and champagne) for the rest of us."
FS1 addressed Antonio Brown’s release on air and in regular studio programming before ESPN did
Both networks got the news out around the same time, but that was only as a ticker update on ESPN as opposed to Fox addressing it on-screen during studio programming. And that's a limitation of ESPN's pre-taping of studio programming.
Adam Schefter says the Colts knew about Andrew Luck’s retirement before Saturday, contemplated Friday presser
Schefter told Richard Deitsch of The Athletic that the Colts were aware of Luck's intentions earlier in the week, and that they contemplated holding a Friday press conference.
ABC and CBS broke into NCAA games with reports on Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, and many viewers were ticked off
ABC and CBS both went away from college football coverage for reports on the Kavanaugh vote ranging from a minute and a half to two minutes. NBC also broke into their rugby coverage.