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NBC Sports Washington anchor and reporter Julie Donaldson is being hired by Washington’s NFL team to lead its radio broadcast team this season, according to ESPN. In addition, Donaldson will hold a senior-level role within the organization, which is still waiting on a rebrand after calls to change the team’s controversial name and logo. The …
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White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson called out ESPN while the network was broadcasting their exhibition game against the Cubs. “You guys are finally noticing,” the 2019 AL batting champion said on Sunday night. “You guys from ESPN, I thought y’all guys forgot about us.” The remark left the network’s MLB crew briefly speechless after asking …
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ESPN host Rachel Nichols was secretly recorded having a private conversation about the network’s personnel matters while in her Florida hotel room, according to a report. Nichols, the 46-year-old host of ESPN’s “The Jump,” was surreptitiously taped in four videos that appeared to be a cellphone recording of a video feed, Deadspin reports. Nichols, whose …
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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. After the latest ratings book, how long until WFAN moves Benigno out the door? Going …
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The frenzied NFL TV free-agency market continues to move as Fox Sports has signed All-Pro tight end Greg Olsen to be its future No. 2 NFL game analyst, The Post has learned. The contract will make Olsen the partner for Kevin Burkhardt after Olsen retires from the NFL. Olsen, 35, was going to leave the …
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Mike Golic’s new gig will keep him with ESPN. After his last day co-hosting “Golic and Wingo” on July 31, Golic will serve as a college football analyst for the network, according to colleague Adam Schefter. Golic’s contract with ESPN was set to expire this year, but the move will allow the former NFL lineman …
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With even LeBron James tweeting, “#FreeWoj,” there is a time table for ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski’s return. Wojnarowski’s unpaid suspension will be for two weeks, The Post has learned. ESPN took the action in response to Wojnarowski emailing Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) “F–k you” after Hawley sent a letter questioning NBA commissioner Adam Silver and …
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Keyshawn Johnson is headed to mornings on ESPN Radio as part of a shake-up that could leave Mike Golic without a chair, The Post has learned. ESPN and Johnson are in agreement on a contract, according to sources, that will directly impact the current morning team of Trey Wingo’s and Golic Sr.’s ESPN’s futures. Johnson’s …
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Now that Craig Carton is out of prison, he should be back on the radio, according to his former partner at WFAN, Boomer Esiason. The 51-year-old Carton was released early from prison on Tuesday after serving just over a year of a 3 ½-year sentence for his role in a ticket scam that also cost …
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It’s a trip down memory lane. A look back at the moment LeBron James became a sports villain. The circumstances that led him to pursue his own show to announce his free-agency choice and the impact it had on his life and career. The latest edition of ESPN’s docuseries “Backstory” is a look back at …
NBC Sports Washington anchor and reporter Julie Donaldson is being hired by Washington’s NFL team to lead its radio broadcast team this season, according to ESPN. In addition, Donaldson will hold a senior-level role within the organization, which is still waiting on a rebrand after calls to change the team’s controversial name and logo. The …
