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Dan LeBatard Hammers MLB, Goes on Rant About Race and Colin Cowherd
ESPN Asks Keith Olbermann to Dial Down His "Commentary," Looks Like He's Gone [UPDATE]
ESPN Personalities are Publicly Speaking Out Against Stephen A. Smith's Sexist Comments [UPDATE: Smi
Sports Illustrated Trying to Pry Adrian Wojnarowski From Yahoo Sports?
Inside Blitz: Big Changes Coming at Fox Sports 1, and That's a Good Thing
An Imposter Posing as Larry Donnell Called Into MSNBC, Dropped NSFW On-Air Profanities
Rand Getlin on the Jim Rome Show: Mike Florio Putting Dez Bryant Rumor Out There Without Evidence is
Rand Getlin went on the Jim Rome Show to discuss the Dez Bryant video rumor story. He went guns a-blazing at Mike Florio for starting this whole mess when Flori
Adam Schefter Has Been Working on the Dez Bryant Video Rumor Since September
Dez Bryant and a supposed video that has yet to emerge – likely because it is stored in Al Capone’s vault – has been the biggest “not-yet-a-story” story of the
Warren Sapp of NFL Network Arrested for Soliciting a Prostitute at 7 am in Phoenix [UPDATE]
Warren Sapp, the Hall of Fame defensive lineman who is an analyst on the NFL Network, was arrested this morning at 7 am in Phoenix for allegedly soliciting a pr
Inside Blitz: Reggie Miller is the Early Favorite to Replace Greg Anthony in the NCAA Tournament
The idea for a sports/media/gambling column was hatched this summer and you can look for it every Wednesday. If you want to yell at me about something that appe
Rich Eisen, NFL Countdown Panel Delivered Emotional Remembrances of Stuart Scott
News broke Sunday morning that Stuart Scott died at the age of 49. On NFL Network Rich Eisen, Scott’s longtime partner on SportsCenterin the mid-1990s, delivere
EPL Games Garnering More Viewers Than NHL Games on NBCSN, Rights Fees for Next TV Deal
Earlier this week Richard Sandomir wrote in the New York Times about the EPL’s impending round of television negotiations.
Jay Glazer On ESPN Sourcing, "they have such a lying, cheating, stealing policy over there"
Inside Blitz: Two First Round Picks in 2015 and a Young Core: Here Come the Browns?
Jameis Winston, Incarcerated Bob, and the Hazards of Trusting TMZ's Accuracy
Mike Francesa's Simulcast Issues with Fox Sports 1 Takes Another Turn
Bill Simmons Also Says Roger Goodell Should Resign
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Numbers Never Lie Changing Name to "His & Hers" This Fall
Numbers Never Lie is going to go through its fourth reboot soon, though the network hopes that this change is the last one for some time: The show is changing i
CBS Sports to Make TV History with All-Female Sports Talk Show This Fall
CBS Sports will make television history in September when it debuts the first all-female sports talk show, the network confirmed exclusively to The Big Lead. Th
A Conversation With Erik Rydholm, Executive Producer of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption
Erik Rydholm is the executive producer for Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, and Highly Questionable. He spoke with The Big Lead by phone Wednesday abou
Katie Nolan Gets Unexpectedly (?) Kissed by Intoxicated German Fan on Live TV
Katie Nolan was doing a spot for Fox Sports at a German bar in New York City after the nation’s soccer team beat Algeria today when an overzealous fan
Keith Olbermann and Chris "Mad Dog" Russo Are Sniping Back and Forth
Yesterday, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo was railing on his SiriusXM show about the latest development in the Washington football team name story — the US Patent Office
Alex Flanagan Out as Sideline Reporter for Notre Dame Football Games on NBC [UPDATE]
Alex Flanagan, who had been a sideline reporter for NBC’s national broadcast of Notre Dame football games since 2007, is being replaced, sources tell The Big Le