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Stephen A. Smith excoriates Cari Champion: ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’
Stephen A. Smith felt shocked and personally betrayed by former First Take colleague Cari Champion over comments made about his feud with Michelle Beadle.
Cari Champion launches new ‘Naked Sports’ podcast series on Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese
Champion's shift of her podcast to Naked Sports will start with a six-part series examining the Caitlin Clark/Angel Reese rivalry and how it's been covered.
Amazon reportedly axing Sports Talk lineup in October
After less than a year, Amazon is axing its Sports Talk lineup.
Amazon is launching a lineup of Prime Video sports talk shows, airing from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday
The lineup will run 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday, but some of that will be repeats and highlights of earlier shows.
Cari Champion says she “didn’t matter” to ESPN and First Take: “Don’t talk, be happy you’re here.”
"They let me know I didn’t matter. Intentionally, unintentionally, it was obvious."
Cari Champion and Jemele Hill will host a weekly CNN+ series
CNN+ continues to dip into the world of sports.
Dan Le Batard talks to Cari Champion on leaving ESPN: ‘The company changed and the country changed’
"I was hired to talk about some of the difficult stuff and the company changed and the country changed. What didn’t change is the reason I was hired."
Cari Champion and Kenny Mayne will host nightly Olympics recap on Peacock
The two never worked together at ESPN despite years of overlapping time in Bristol.
ESPN Black employees talk to New York Times about network’s lack of diversity behind the scenes
A recent incident involving broadcaster Dave Lamont highlighted tensions at the network.
Cari Champion is leaving ESPN, and there are more SportsCenter changes afoot
With Cari Champion announcing that she's leaving ESPN, there are plenty of SportsCenter changes ahead.
ESPN brings back noon SportsCenter, cancels SportsNation, moves High Noon to 4 p.m. and cuts it in half
Noon SportsCenter is back, and High Noon is now shorter and moved to 4 p.m. Eastern.
Cari Champion will join SportsNation as of March 12, in the wake of Michelle Beadle’s move to Get Up
This is just the latest step up the ESPN ladder for Champion.
Cari Champion is reportedly near a deal to replace Michelle Beadle on SportsNation
ESPN seems to have have its next "SportsNation" host.
Charissa Thompson claims she had ‘conversations’ about joining Mike Greenberg’s ESPN morning show
Thompson also dished some inside info on ESPN's new personnel changes.
Cari Champion’s interview with Big Boi got awkward when she brought up his dead dog
ESPN’s Cari Champion interviewed Big Boi on SportsCenter on Friday, and it turned out her research on the legendary...
Artie Lange again references Jefferson and slaves in tweet about Cari Champion
Comedian Artie Lange has had a wide and weird involvement in the sports world, from dooming Joe Buck’s...
Rising star Cari Champion signs multi-year extension with ESPN
After putting in several long years as a host/babysitter of First Take, Cari Champion is thriving at ESPN. According...
Paul Finebaum on remarks on black people not being oppressed: “I blew it”
ESPN and SEC Network personality Paul Finebaum kicked off quite a controversy with his comments this week on...
Cari Champion wishes she could have spoken out more as First Take moderator
Now that she’s done with “First Take,” former moderator Cari Champion is speaking freely about her time at...
Cari Champion to leave First Take today; will become a SportsCenter anchor
We’ve noted here at Awful Announcing that Cari Champion has had the Herculean task of moderating the quagmire...