With the 2017-18 NFL season fairly begun, many are wondering how the broadcast networks will cover the expected national anthem protests, and a recent story shows broadcasters pledging to cover the protests without making a big deal of them.
ESPN is still dragging down the stock prices of parent company Disney whose shares fell another 5 percent.
During Thursday’s “First Take” on ESPN, Stephen A. Smith discussed Seattle Seahawks star defensive end Michael Bennett’s claim he was racially profiled by the Las Vegas Police Department — which the department strongly denies. Smith asked why black people in America
ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith said Cleveland police and other first responders refusing to hold the American flag on the field in response to the Cleveland Browns protesting the national anthem is more disrespectful than NFL players protesting during
Former Arizona Cardinals center Ed Cunningham has resigned his post as a college football analyst for ESPN citing the safety hazards that players face in the sport.
With all the talk that ESPN is a liberal political cable network punctuated by occasional sports coverage, Monday Night Football announcer Sean McDonough insists that all the talk of the network being “too liberal” by design is “a bunch of nonsense.”
Consider Saturday night’s inclusion of a referee named Robert Byrd in the largest pay-per-view event in history as a wake-up call to the woke.
ESPN Radio host Dan Le Batard, offered a unique and somewhat surprising take on how someone should go about getting a job at ESPN. The late-morning radio host said that listeners and fans have frequently asked him how to get a job talking about sports at ESPN.
As protests against the country during the national anthem continue to grow across the NFL, NBC has announced that it will televise the anthem as the 2017 NFL regular-season opener between the Patriots and Chiefs begins this year.
In an appearance on NBC Sports Network’s “Dan Patrick Show,” ESPN anchor Sage Steele weighed in on Colin Kaepernick remaining a free agent as the start to the 2017 season looms. Steele said the owners, like Kaepernick with his protest,
During Wednesday’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Fox Sports 1’s Jason Whitlock blamed Silicon Valley and social media for ESPN removing Robert Lee from the University of Virginia football broadcast because his name is too similar to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
ESPN’s President Jon Skipper sought to straighten some things out on Wednesday, regarding the network’s decision to pull Asian-American broadcaster Robert Lee from a game he was scheduled to broadcast in Charlottesville. That move, made due to concerns that Lee’s name, similar to that of non-Asian confederate General Robert E. Lee, would offend some viewers.
An editorial piece by a former ESPN executive defends the sports network’s decision to remove Asian broadcaster Robert Lee from covering the University of Virginia season opener because of his name. The op-ed says the decision is “not unreasonable in today’s America.”
Tuesday on a late broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Howard Kurtz, the host of the network’s show “MediaBuzz” and its top media critic, ripped ESPN for a decision it made to remove one of its announcers from its
The recent news cycle has not been kind to ESPN. ESPN host Ryen Russillo has been arrested in Wyoming for criminal entry.
fter Clay Travis of Outkick the Coverage reported on Tuesday afternoon that ESPN had pulled an Asian-American announcer named Robert Lee off of a University of Virginia broadcast, due to concerns that his name might be “offensive to some viewers.” Given how similar Lee’s name is to that Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson reacted to the Fox Sports’ Clay Travis “Outkick the Coverage” report that ESPN pulled announcer Robert Lee, an Asian, from calling a University of Virginia football game. According to Travis, ESPN based its
ESPN pulled an Asian broadcaster named Robert Lee from a University of Virginia football game because of his name. Lee is being moved to cover a game in Pittsburgh instead.
With white NFL players now showing unity with their national anthem-protesting black teammates, ESPN’s Will Cain believes the protest has become so “watered down” that the protests are coming to a “conclusion.” Cain said Tuesday on “First Take” that since none
This is probably not what Browns Coach Hue Jackson had in mind, when he said that he hoped anthem protests would not happen on his sideline.
ESPN’s huge wave of layoffs back in April and May, caused many former employees of the Bristol-based sports giant to scramble for other jobs in the sports industry. However, one former ESPN employee took the layoff as a chance to get away from sports entirely.
Monday, ESPN “First Take” co-host Max Kellerman reacted to white players showing support for their national anthem-protesting black teammates. Kellerman doubled down on his belief that playing the national anthem at sporting events is “injecting politics,” adding that people in attendance
ESPN has announced a yearlong project on the history of college football, starting in January 2019, as part of the 150th anniversary of the sport.
Thursday, on ESPN’s “First Take,” Max Kellerman expressed agreement with Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett’s call for white players to help with the national anthem protests, saying white players should “show solidarity” with the protests. “I think Michael Bennett
In an appearance on ESPN’s “SC6,” Seattle Seahawks outspoken defensive end Michael Bennett called on his white colleagues to help with the national anthem protests started by Colin Kaepernick to “really get things changed.” “I honestly believe that it would
ESPN aired a segment on Tuesday in which they held a fantasy football auction, using staged images of real NFL players. Many of the staged images were of black players, and nearly all those bidding on the players were white. Leading some to say the scene resembled a slave auction. The network has since apologized for the segment, saying they understand how some could believe that the scene too closely resembled a slave auction.
Announcer pairings for the upcoming NFL season have come out, and CBS has put together several interesting broadcasting teams.
Interestingly, CBS has placed Beth Mowins alongside former kicker and new analyst Jay Feely for a September 24th broadcast of the Lions and Colts.
On Tuesday’s ESPN “First Take” broadcast, co-host Stephen A. Smith blasted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for saying there is a “time and place” for protesting. “Roger Goodell is not the man to make that statement,” Smith stated. He continued, “I’m
Monday while reacting to NFL players Michael Bennett and Marshawn Lynch sitting for the national anthem before preseason games last week, ESPN “Pardon the Interruption” co-host Tony Kornheiser questioned the purpose of even playing the “The Star Spangled Banner” at
Monday in reaction to the weekend’s Charlottesville, VA, white nationalist protests, ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith said NFL owners “better change” their opinions on free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick “quick, fast and in a hurry.” Moderator Molly Qerim
Monday’s “First Take” opened Monday discussing the weekend’s protests in Charlottesville, VA that turned violent. Co-host Max Kellerman said if any good comes out of the protests, it will be that it changes people’s opinions on Colin Kaepernick and his
21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox Sports and FS1, just announced an uptick in earnings for both the fourth quarter as well as the year. With a significant portion of that growth attributed to sports. Meanwhile, over at Disney, ESPN continues to drag the brand through the mud with massive subscriber and financial losses.
Is free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick being blacklisted? ESPN’s Steven A. Smith thinks so.
Last week we brought you word that ESPN’s subscriber loss had continued, while rival FS1 had seen significant gains. So, perhaps it should come as no shock to learn, that ESPN is hemorrhaging money as well as subscribers.
Tuesday on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” ESPN Radio host Dan Le Batard argued that the next quarterback to be signed out of free agency will prove what is really going on with the NFL and Colin Kaepernick. Le Batard admitted that there
In a Monday appearance on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith weighed in on the chance quarterback Colin Kaepernick has to play in the NFL this year, saying he believes there will be an “uproar” or an “uprising”
Friday, ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith said NFL owners reluctant to sign the controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick because of the backlash that would come along with him are “soulless businessmen.” “The NFL owners who are reluctant to bring
For the first time in a few months, Sports TV Ratings has released coverage estimates for the major sports networks. However, given what the release shows, ESPN may want Sports TV Ratings to go back to not releasing coverage estimates.
Thursday, Stephen A. Smith weighed in on quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s free agent status as the beginning of the 2017 NFL season looms. Smith said ESPN’s “First Take” it would be “tragic” if NFL owners kept the 29-year-old quarterback out of
Like many other left-wing sports commentators, ESPN’s Jemele Hill is incensed that anti-American protester Colin Kaepernick is still left unsigned by the NFL, but during a tweet about the former San Francisco 49er’s status, Hill went even farther by agreeing that America’s police are exactly the same as the “slave patrol” of the civil war era.
