Bomani Jones on ESPN: ‘They’re out of ideas’
"From where I sit, I don't see a vision for the content."
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Andrew Marchand not a fan of Jess Sims cursing on ‘GameDay’: ‘The McAfee-ization of the show’
"You can call me a prude. I swear all the time in my life. But when you're ESPN, you're Disney, is that necessary?"
Taylor Rooks on keeping privacy as career blossoms: ‘You don’t have to comment on everything’
"I understand that there is an interest. That just, to me, doesn't make me think I need to feed every aspect of said interest."
World Series rights could be split among multiple networks under next MLB media deal, per insiders
"I have no doubt that there are going to be multiple bidders that are trying to get MLB."
Colin Cowherd shoots down idea of selling The Volume
"If there was the right fit, if it was an ascending company or if they could provide something we don't have, (but) there's just a great freedom to call the shots."
Tim Legler opens up on replacing Doris Burke in top ESPN NBA booth
"She and I have always have had a great relationship, and that continues to this day."
Adrian Wojnarowski insists he played no role in ESPN firing NBA staff ahead of 2017 arrival
"I knew what the truth was, people at ESPN knew what the truth was."
Sports media insiders predict NFL Sunday afternoon packages will stay on broadcast TV ‘for a long time’
"I think (the NFL is) going to be on broadcast for a long time. Because it just, first off, it makes everyone happy. Secondly, there's good business."
Michael Kay credits ‘Mike and the Mad Dog’ for inspiring ‘First Take’
"I think they built what we see on ESPN with First Take and all those shows."
Andrew Marchand defends story on Pat McAfee that ESPN star deemed ‘bullsh*t’
"Another way not to get stories like this out there, is don't get mad at a low-level assistant when you're shown swinging and missing against a softball player."
Andrew Marchand responds to Rick Carlisle criticism over Doris Burke reporting
"ESPN didn't want this story out there at that point right before the Finals, I get that."
NFL owners pushing for ESPN-NFL Media deal?
"NFL owners, they want to do this they've been trying to unload NFL Media for a while"
CBS Sports expected to be ‘bigger players’ for live sports rights after Skydance merger
"When they make that deal, I think (David) Ellison and Co., they want to spend."
NFL expected to add NFL Draft digital partner after re-upping with ESPN
"I think you will see two places have the NFL Draft in the future."
Details emerge on ESPN-NFL Media deal as estimated $2 billion acquisition gains steam
"...This could be a very significant point for ESPN's growth when you're adding it all up and we're really in a full streaming world."
Ian Eagle tells comical story of training son Noah at dinner table: ‘Spaghetti coming in from the right!’
"More description! I need more from you! Let's go! More specific!"
Andrew Marchand: Social media ‘kills scarcity,’ spells trouble for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
"I just think younger people, they're just so used to their phones, they don't turn on TV, they don't turn on cable."
Peter King reveals wild story interviewing Michael Irvin at his ‘office’ (a strip club)
Being at Sports Illustrated — and the access that came with it — had its perks.
Richard Jefferson reportedly joining ESPN’s top NBA booth for rest of season; ESPN still noncommittal on NBA Finals
Is ESPN's approach to this NBA season coming back to bite it?
Joe Buck presses young broadcasters to ‘have enough confidence not to talk’
"With the kind of audio that we all have on these networks, there is no such thing as dead air anymore."
Andrew Marchand and John Ourand both predict Tom Brady will return for second season as Fox NFL analyst
"I can't imagine that he'll do the Super Bowl and make it a one and done."
John Ourand: Fox, CBS could go under without NFL, league won’t have same leverage over streamers
"They're going to find that the whole leverage aspect of what they've enjoyed for the past several decades is gonna be turned on its head..."
Richard Jefferson reportedly still ‘frontrunner’ for top ESPN NBA booth, but could be ‘stopgap’ for ‘huge name’
Jefferson could graduate to call the NBA Finals in 2025, but the NBA broadcasting musical chairs at ESPN and beyond is far from over.
Why Amazon could prioritize international NBA stars for its broadcast team
Prime Video wants European fans to see recognizable faces when they tune in to watch games on the streamer.
Former ESPN exec Mark Shapiro reveals Mike Lupica turned down ‘PTI’
"Mike was not interested in doing a daily show."