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The NBA season saw it’s first full night of action on Wednesday with most of the league’s teams playing their first game of the season. That meant we got our first look at LaMelo Ball teaming up with Anthony Edwards for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Our first look at NBA refereeing… Read more »

The WNBA Finals are off to a good start with the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries. WNBA ratings are always under the microscope, whether with or without Caitlin Clark. And although this year’s Finals are missing perennial contenders and big names like the Fever, Aces, and Liberty, they do… Read more »

As they tipped off their season on Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls are missing longtime franchise legend Stacey King. King passed away in June at 59 after two decades as a broadcaster and three championships as a player with the franchise. He was beloved for his colorful analysis and enthusiasm… Read more »

Once viewed as the ideal partnership in sports broadcasting, the long-running duo of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman looks to be coming to an unfortunately bitter and fractured end. When it was first reported that Buck and Aikman argued before the Rams-Bills Monday Night Football game earlier this month, it sent shockwaves… Read more »

The NFL is keeping the Philadelphia Eagles in primetime for Week 8. According to Rob Tornoe of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the league has decided against flexing the Eagles’ game against the Washington Commanders out of NBC’s Sunday Night Football window, even after giving serious consideration to a Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers… Read more »

Once you are the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, your business becomes Jerry Jones’ business, and that extends to your post-playing media career. Just ask Tony Romo and, now, Troy Aikman. To catch everyone up to speed, Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports reported last week that “tension” has been… Read more »

Ryan Fitzpatrick isn’t backing down from his Bo Nix criticism, but there’s one line he’d like to have back. Fitzpatrick teed off on Nix during Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football postgame show last week, calling the Broncos quarterback’s play “almost disrespectful to the quarterback position” after Denver squeaked past the… Read more »

The Tennessee Titans upset the Indianapolis Colts for their first win of the 2026 NFL season last Sunday, but due to real-life, off-field events, Titans head coach Robert Saleh took on a somber, serious tone at his Wednesday press conference. Saleh confirmed that the Titans released defensive lineman Jordan Elliott… Read more »

The NFL has no concerns about the state of ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth, according to league chief media officer Hans Schroeder, who addressed the reported tension between Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on Wednesday, one week after the longtime partners were said to have argued over their respective contract… Read more »

As more and more NBA players sit out games due to load management, the league has been actively exploring ways to combat the issue, such as eliminating back-to-backs attached to nationally televised games and fining teams for sitting players in those contests. One frequently proposed, and rather simple, solution from… Read more »