Mike Golic on Drew Brees: ‘You’re gonna get that opportunity & you’re gonna be judged immediately’
"He'll learn in time...but, unfortunately, you get judged early and then you get tagged with that."
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NFL analyst Ryan Clark believes he’s “one of the best doing my job at ESPN,” fought for higher-profile gigs
Ryan Clark is a rising star at ESPN, regularly appearing on NFL Live, Get Up, First Take, and...
Gus Johnson on working with new broadcast “nephew” Aqib Talib: “He’s perfect for me and for us at Fox”
Johnson and Talib spoke with Richard Deitsch about their upcoming work together.
Brett McMurphy: ‘We don’t really need these giant media corporations to break news’
"You can stay relevant on Facebook or Twitter if you’ve got good information...people are gonna find you."
Uncertainty surrounding upcoming sale seems to be costing Sports Illustrated
It's easy to wonder whether Peter King's departure from SI owed in part to the publication's impending sale.
It sounds like Verne Lundquist will contribute to CBS’ Masters and PGA Championship coverage for at least another year
"I love the fact that I'm still employed by CBS, and we reached a two-year deal for me to do two events a year. And I told Sean, with tongue firmly in cheek, 'I don't care what you pay me as long as it covers my minimum for my insurance.' He agreed."
Richard Deitsch reportedly leaving Sports Illustrated for The Athletic
It might soon be easier to list which writers haven't been hired by The Athletic.
Jemele Hill on tweet calling Trump a white supremacist: “I don’t regret what I said, or even the language that I used, just...
"I don't really have any regrets about the language that I used, because I do think that there is some evidence to at least where we can question some of the things that he's said and done."
ESPN ending evening ESPNews editions of SportsCenter as of Nov. 30, anchors’ contracts may not be renewed
NFL broadcast producers and execs say they’ll cover anthem protests, won’t dwell on them
Producers and executives from the NFL's broadcast partners say they'll cover and discuss anthem protests, but in a limited fashion.
Richard Deitsch calls Fox’s claims about featuring Katie Nolan “absolute bullshit”
FS1 executives were reportedly furious when Troy Aikman publicly bashed Skip Bayless
FS1 executives were as mad at Aikman as Aikman was at Bayless.
Doug Gottlieb misses the point of Richard Deitsch’s Skip Bayless ratings tweets
When Deitsch tweets about how more people watch Animal Cops Miami than Undisputed, it's not about saying Skip is wrong.
Jim Miller: ESPN will lay off 40-50 employees, all but a few on-air personalities should be nervous
Mike Tirico says moving to NBC without NFL assurances “worked out absolutely perfectly”
One of the big sports media stories last year was Mike Tirico moving from ESPN to NBC, but...
Would you trade jobs with Skip Bayless?
A brief Twitter spat between SI.com’s Richard Deitsch and Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Mac Engel has prompted an...
ESPN Communications staff read mean tweets from Richard Deitsch, Chad Finn, others
ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel started the whole “celebrities read mean tweets about them” craze, and it’s now...
Doris Burke: ‘I adore Pop, but do I agree with how he handles those interviews? No.’
Last week, ESPN announced longtime reporter/analyst/host Doris Burke would serve as a regular game analyst for a slate of NBA...
Will we see a woman calling NFL games anytime soon?
Over at SI.com, Richard Deitsch published a column Wednesday in which he spoke with women in sports broadcasting...
Former SI managing editor Terry McDonell: 1/3 of staff disliked Swimsuit Issue
A long-running subject of discussion around Sports Illustrated is the annual Swimsuit Issue, which is regularly one of...
Can audiences expect NBC to talk about Rio Olympics issues during broadcast?
The latest edition of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast with Richard Deitsch dropped on Thursday and his guest was Sports Business...
FS1 reportedly abandoning Fox Sports Live highlight show
When Fox Sports 1 launched in August 2013 as the first apparently serious challenger to ESPN in decades, Fox Sports...
NBC is not the best company for Mike Mayock anymore
As fans and critics of the show Mad Men know all too well, series creator Matthew Weiner would...