1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (461+ words) Bill Simmons sent a clear message to Peter Schrager this week: Don’t bother reaching out because you’re banned. Perhaps jokingly, perhaps not, The Sports Guy banned the rising ESPN star from his show after appearing on Tuesday’s episode of Pardon…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (462+ words) No one is saying the College Football Playoff is definitely expanding, but they’re certainly heading down that road. The latest sign came Tuesday, when College Football Playoff leaders decided to trigger a mandatory 30-day negotiating window with ESPN, according to…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (312+ words) Over the Labor Day weekend, LeBron James announced a new partnership with Polymarket that drew a collective reaction of disappointment and fatigue. But if the idea of James endorsing the controversial prediction market that sidesteps any kind of regulation in…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (575+ words) Stephen A. Smith sat down with Cari Champion and Jemele Hill for nearly three hours for a multi-part episode of their Flagrant and Funny podcast this week. After months of going back and forth on social media and via their own…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (357+ words) Torre faced even more fire after ESPN released a sourced report, authored by Don Van Natta Jr., Baxter Holmes, and Ramona Shelburne, in August claiming the NBA had found no evidence that Ballmer and the Clippers had funneled money to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (333+ words) Bill Simmons beat Pat McAfee to come out on top in the Sports Media Influence Olympics on Awful Announcing’s The Play-By-Play. The Ringer founder will never receive a ringing endorsement from Jeff Pearlman, however. On Wednesday, Pearlman posted a TikTok…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (818+ words) On Wednesday, the NBA brought down the hammer on the Los Angeles Clippers. After an investigation into allegations that the team had circumvented the salary cap to pay Kawhi Leonard extra money on top of his salary that was on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (578+ words) Pablo Torre isn’t the only one seeking vindication after the NBA dropped the hammer on the Los Angeles Clippers over their salary cap circumvention scheme with Kawhi Leonard. So is Stephen A. Smith. But while Torre is taking a well-deserved…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (279+ words) The final NBA teams still without a local broadcast deal are making plans for the 2026-27 season, with the Cleveland Cavaliers next in line. As for Cleveland, they are now the third team to officially link up exclusively with streaming platform…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (479+ words) Starting with The Last Dance, the 2020s have seen a boom in sports documentaries. After ESPN’s Michael Jordan project, hits like Drive To Survive, new Hard Knocks series and Welcome To Wrexham got streamers in on the action. With more distributors…...