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Maria Taylor hit back at radio host Dan McNeil on Tuesday morning, not long after the Chicago commentator offered a crude comparison about the ESPN reporter’s “Monday Night Football” ensemble. During Monday’s broadcast of the Giants’ home opener against the Steelers, McNeil tweeted a screenshot of Taylor reporting from the sidelines at MetLife Stadium, writing: …
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The sports world finally wanted Skip Bayless to talk — and he said nothing. The Fox Sports bloviator spent the first hour of “Undisputed” arguing with co-host Shannon Sharpe about the Chiefs’ 34-20 NFL-opening victory over the Texans and the Lakers’ dismantling of the Rockets in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals. Then, before …
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Fox Sports couldn’t skip over this one. On Thursday’s “Undisputed,” the talking head Skip Bayless declared he felt “no sympathy” for Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott sharing his depression struggles. It was a take that spurred plenty of blowback, even from the network itself. “At FOX Sports, we are proud of Dak Prescott for publicly …
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Ray Lucas will not be on SNY’s Jets programming this season, The Post has learned. Lucas and SNY could not come to a new agreement on a contract, with the major sticking point being money, according to sources. Ray LucasDominick Totino Lucas’ agent, Mark Lepselter, said it was a “mutual parting.” SNY also confirmed the …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers & columnists to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. What’s David Cone’s contract with YES? @aI_bundy First off, nice work, Al, on “Married with …
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Thom Brennaman may very well have destroyed his career last month when he uttered a gay slur on air, and there are many who would be just fine with never hearing from the Cincinnati Reds broadcaster again. “Believe me, I know there are a lot of people who are still very angry and I understand …
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Michael Jordan’s Hornets have fired first-season radio play-by-player John Focke for mistakenly tweeting the N-word when he thought he’d typed Nuggets into his cell phone. Focke was typing on the fly, trying to keep Hornets fans on top of an NBA game. Unless Jordan and company believe the preposterous — that out of the blue, …
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Without a significant role to fill and with ESPN watching costs, Trey Wingo is being let go by the network, The Post has learned. Wingo, 56, has been with ESPN for more than two decades. His highest profile TV job was hosting the NFL Draft. He was recently taken off ESPN Radio’s morning program, “Golic …
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Stephen A. Smith, ESPN’s controversial talking head and hot take artist, of course had an opinion on the Nets’ hiring of Steve Nash, the Hall of Fame point guard. Smith didn’t like it, not because of Nash’s lack of experience, but because he felt it was an instance of “white privilege” since more experienced black …
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“Sunday Night Football” will not have the slide this year, but it will begin the switch. While the broadcast restrictions of COVID-19 will make it so game analyst Cris Collinsworth won’t slide onto the screen in the opening of broadcasts, NBC announced that some weeks Al Michaels will not on the broadcast at all. Mike …
Maria Taylor hit back at radio host Dan McNeil on Tuesday morning, not long after the Chicago commentator offered a crude comparison about the ESPN reporter’s “Monday Night Football” ensemble. During Monday’s broadcast of the Giants’ home opener against the Steelers, McNeil tweeted a screenshot of Taylor reporting from the sidelines at MetLife Stadium, writing: …
