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Alex Rodriguez caused a stir last weekend after calling for MLB players to accept the owners’ offer of a 50-50 split in revenues for games played in empty ballparks. And ESPN Radio host Dan Le Batard says players have every right to be angry at A-Rod, the retired ex-Yankee who raked in roughly $450 million …
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They are three of the most significant sports voices of the last half-century. One is arguably the greatest NFL play-by-player ever. Another holds the same distinction for the NBA. And the third has called the Yankees for more than three decades. All three — Al Michaels, Marv Albert and John Sterling — are eager to …
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Phyllis George, a former Miss America winner and trailblazer in the field of women’s sports journalism and football broadcasting, has died at the age of 70. George — who was the co-host of “The NFL Today” from 1975-84 and also served as the co-host of “CBS Morning News” for eight months in 1985 — died …
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Booger McFarland never asked to be on “Monday Night Football.” It happened fast. Having never called an NFL game, McFarland went from a relative sportscasting unknown on the SEC Network to the most scrutinized booth in the business, with the added bonus of being tapped as “football’s Charles Barkley” by his producer and stationed on …
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As sports slowly return to action during the coronavirus pandemic, some aspects of networks’ presentation will look the same, while others could see a fundamental shift. A historic show like ESPN’s “College GameDay” in the fall already is being forced to consider whether it will have the atmosphere of students and fans, who have fueled …
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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 to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. Why does WFAN broadcast Yankees games and spend so little (talk show) time on the Bombers? Most …
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Mike Francesa is unamused by CC Sabathia’s stunning weight loss that has been the talk of Yankees fans. “Everyone getting crazy about Sabathia losing weight, alright Sabathia lost weight — it doesn’t mean he could pitch better,” the WFAN blowhard said on his daily show, lamenting that it doesn’t take much to make sports headlines …
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Some nights, Scott Van Pelt doesn’t know if he’ll have enough content to get through his show. Even as sports remain shuttered, “SportsCenter” carries on. “Well, the analogy that I’ve landed on is that it’s much like being a waiter in a restaurant where there are no chefs and there is no food,” Van Pelt …
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Fox Sports’ first year covering the US Open turned in the worst day of Holly Sonders’ life. The former TV reporter retold the story on Paige Spiranac’s “Playing A Round” podcast this week of four scrutinized days at Chambers Bay golf course in 2015, when the network’s coverage after taking over for NBC was as …
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The expected is now official. ESPN has informed Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland they are out of the “Monday Night Football” booth, a source confirmed. Steve Levy on play-by-play and analysts Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick and/or Brian Griese remain the favorites as the replacements, which The Post first reported early last month. ESPN has also …
Alex Rodriguez caused a stir last weekend after calling for MLB players to accept the owners’ offer of a 50-50 split in revenues for games played in empty ballparks. And ESPN Radio host Dan Le Batard says players have every right to be angry at A-Rod, the retired ex-Yankee who raked in roughly $450 million …
