The fallout over ESPN’s wave of mass layoffs continues to reverberate across sports media, with many trying to assess just why it happened. There are a lot of reasons, granted, but liberal politics is most assuredly one of them.
The Minnesota Vikings were eager enough to start drafting after sitting out the first round that they traded up seven spots for Florida State running back Dalvin Cook with the 41st pick.
Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon is headed to Cincinnati, which added to its reputation for taking chances on players with off-field problems.
“SportsCenter” anchor Linda Cohn stated on Thursday what Breitbart News has been asserting for years: that ESPN’s constant insertion of politics into their covering of sports news contributed to the Worldwide Leader in Sports Entertainment’s massive loss of subscribers over the last five years.
As the sports media industry stews over ESPN’s mass layoffs, some believe its the leading edge of the coming “sports bubble.”
The fallout over ESPN’s wave of mass layoffs continues to reverberate across sports media, with many trying to assess just why it happened. There are a lot of reasons, granted, but liberal politics is most assuredly one of them.
A wise man once said that laughing at someone’s draft pick is like laughing at someone’s lottery ticket. While you’re sitting there laughing, that person could have just drafted the best player in the NFL. You simply don’t know what’s going to happen.
Friday on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell weighed in on marijuana use for players in the league, saying the drug will not be cleared any time soon because it has an “addictive nature” and could be
[LANGUAGE WARNING] Thursday, the Atlanta Falcons drafted defensive end Takkarist McKinley out of UCLA with the 26th pick of the first round. Upon selection, an emotional McKinley recounted how he promised his grandmother on her deathbed that he would go
The Indianapolis Colts have taken Ohio State safety Malik Hooker with the 15th pick in the NFL Draft.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the first round of the NFL draft (all times local):
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — No surprises at the top of the NFL draft: Roger Goodell got booed, then Myles Garrett was picked first overall by the Cleveland Browns.
April 26 (UPI) — A league source says that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying to move down from its No. 19 pick in the first round of Thursday’s 2017 NFL Draft.
April 27 (UPI) — Texas A&M’s Myles Garrett is set to be the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s 2017 NFL Draft, but that doesn’t mean the Cleveland Browns wont draft a quarterback.
Unless you are one of a mere handful of NFL teams, you probably need some serious secondary help. So, many franchises have major holes when it comes to defensive backs. The good news is that there’s a Jersey guy ready to don a pro jersey and contribute immediately. The bad news is that many squads will let Anthony Cioffi slip through their fingertips.
Proving that it has not learned that its customers tire of left-wing politics forced into sports reporting, on the same day that sports cable network ESPN fired 100 on-air employees and reporters, ESPN Women devoted its webpages to extreme left-wing social justice, resistance, and feminism.
Wednesday during the NBA playoffs coverage on “NBA on TNT,” Charles Barkley took a moment to offer his sentiments on ESPN’s layoffs. Barkley wished everyone well, saying all sports media are “in this thing together.” “[A] lot of people at
ESPN late-night “SportsCenter” host Scott Van Pelt shared his thoughts on the massive ESPN layoffs Wednesday in his “1 Big thing” segment, calling Wednesday a “very difficult day.” Van Pelt expressed sympathy for his departed former colleagues and noted they
A new voice jumped into the debate over the proposed Texas “Tebow” bill which would allow homeschool students to participate in public school sports and other competitive extracurricular activities — the head of the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA). He opposed the legislation over social media.
Calling the layoffs at ESPN the end of journalism, Jeff Pearlman, an author and former writer for Sports Illustrated, is decrying the firing of a long list of sports reporters. On the other hand, he is particularly upset that the network is still paying millions to the “screaming” Stephen A. Smith.
Geneva (AFP) – The UN said Thursday it had enlisted Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympic swimmer who braved a Mediterranean crossing in a leaky dinghy fleeing war-torn Syria, to help raise awareness about the plight of refugees.
The era of big cable sports is over.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is preparing to bring an international program to Israel this summer in what will mark the league’s first official visit to the Jewish state.
As his fellows were being fired all around him, ESPN columnist Aaron Schatz launched into a Twitter tirade on Wednesday hinting that he thinks it is racist to complain that there is too much left-wing politics in sports reporting these days.
The gutting of on-air talent at ESPN sounds a death knell over the Bristol Connecticut campus as 100 people are now predicted to be laid off due to the World Wide Leader in Sports Entertainment losing about 200,000 subscribers per month.
Reports of the number of layoffs to befall employees at cable sports network ESPN have been steadily increasing, but no one expected that the full measure would amount to 100 employees. The shocking toll was realized today as employees began receiving their pink slips.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced that he will retire from NASCAR after the 2017 season in a statement released by Hendrick Motorsports on Tuesday.
One small step for man, one giant leap for…Roger Goodell?
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former New York Yankee Derek Jeter have won the right to purchase the Miami Marlins, with a $1.3 billion bid.
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Chris Coghlan took flight Tuesday night. In the top of the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar sent a pitch deep to the right field wall. Coghlan took off from
The much-reported impending round of layoffs coming to sports cable network ESPN could begin this week, with some saying it could be a bigger deal than previously reported.
