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The vibes have been off the charts in New York City as the Knicks have marched within one game of winning their first NBA championship since 1973. There have, however, been a few bad apples in the Big Apple who don’t reflect well on the fanbase. Following the Knicks’ Game 3 loss, five NYPD officers…

ESPN never managed to lure Peyton Manning as its top NFL game analyst after years of aggressive pursuit, but the network’s production deal with Manning’s Omaha Productions has become far more expansive than a traditional announcer contract. As reports swirl that Pat McAfee is negotiating a new contract with the Worldwide Leader worth as much as $60…

What Monica McNutt said isn’t necessarily surprising or new. We’ve all done it. The difference is that McNutt said it about Taylor Swift, and on a hot mic. The New York Knicks radio analyst and ESPN commentator went viral for doing something we’ve all done—questioning someone’s fandom. Unfortunately for McNutt, that someone was Swift, who…

As the NBA has evolved toward a more spread-out, perimeter-style of play over the past two decades, Inside the NBA star Charles Barkley has been notoriously against teams’ reliance on the three-ball. And as Barkley watched the San Antonio Spurs collapse at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, he…

Fans learned earlier on Thursday, just hours before the World Cup began, that Fox had opted to utilize the FIFA-mandated mid-half hydration breaks to air full-screen advertising, a stark departure from usual soccer broadcasting standards that see each half air unencumbered by commercials. Suffice it to say, it didn’t take long for these commercials to…

Fox has been an NFL broadcasting partner since 1994, but Mike Florio could see that longstanding relationship coming to an end in the near future. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a lengthy hearing on the NFL’s broadcast antitrust exemption amid concerns that the league has been skirting the exemption’s limits, which arguably apply…

On May 9, 2025, Pablo Torre reported that Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, had been banned from the University of North Carolina’s football facility. On May 9, 2026, Hudson made a massive public records request to the school, presumably to identify Torre’s source or sources. A few days later, UNC denied Torre’s report, which alleged…

Alexi Lalas isn’t worried about the United States serving as the primary host of the FIFA men’s World Cup this summer. In fact, he thinks it will reinforce President Donald Trump’s commitment to the sport and his legacy as “the soccer president.” In an appearance on The Ryen Russillo Show released Thursday as Fox’s coverage of…

The deplorable actions by a small portion of Knicks fans continue to besmirch the reputation of New Yorkers, and Stephen A. Smith has seen enough. After New York hosted their first NBA Finals game since 1999 Monday night, several fights broke out, with people wearing Spurs gear being targeted and attacked by groups of Knicks…