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Keyshawn Johnson opens up on Fox Sports’ decision to cancel 'Speak"
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (565+ words) Keyshawn Johnson's phone wouldn't stop ringing. He'd just landed in Mexico for a family vacation, and Mark Silverman, the president of Fox Sports, was calling before Johnson even had his bags. Johnson played along on the call, acting like Silverman…...
Fox Sports, NASCAR Studios announce 'We’ve Lost Dale Earnhardt: 25 Years Later' documentary
1+ week, 1+ day ago (359+ words) 25 years ago, legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt was on the final lap of the Daytona 500 when his car crashed into a wall, and the 49-year-old's life ended way too soon. Fox Sports and NASCAR Studios announced Tuesday that the documentary…...
Fox moving 'Wienie 500' off app, onto TV in second edition
1+ week, 2+ day ago (356+ words) Finally, a piece of news we can all celebrate. The race was an instant hit, especially on social media where the event was the top trending topic on X. Incredibly, per Gluck, Oscar Mayer sold half-a-million more hot dogs that weekend…...
Unrivaled off to grim start in Year 2 as viewership craters
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (324+ words) Unrivaled, the nascent 3-on-3 women's basketball league, is off to a shaky start in its second year. From there, the numbers haven't been much better. On Jan. 9, the league averaged 139,000 viewers across TNT and truTV, and a quartet of games…...
The strange state of sports on FAST TV
3+ week, 1+ day ago (615+ words) Sports are keeping legacy television afloat. Is free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) the next frontier for sports? Sports Business Journal recently published the top 200 most-watched telecasts during 2025. Sports accounted for 181 of the top 200, and this figure does not include events…...
NHL Winter Classic fails to reach one million viewers on TNT
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (241+ words) The NHL's Winter Classic continues to find itself in the viewership doldrums. For the second-consecutive year, the Winter Classic failed to crack the seven-figure audience threshold after having surpasses one million viewers every year since its debut in 2008. To be…...
AA Podcast: Bob Pockrass on NASCAR lawsuit, Michael Jordan, playoffs, and more
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (213+ words) On this week's episode of the'Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews Fox NASCAR insider Bob Pockrass. Brandon and Bob discuss a wide range of topics, including all the happenings in the 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports vs. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit…...
Long-simmering feud between Nick Wright and Pablo Torre goes off the rails over... Adrian Peterson?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (751+ words) When Nick Wright first revealed years ago that he measures himself directly against his rivals in sports media by keeping an actual list on his phone, it was seen as a cute, harmless anecdote. Wright cheekily listed ESPN's Mina Kimes…...
ESPN sets viewership record in final F1 season
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (246+ words) In its final season airing Formula One, ESPN set a viewership record in the United States. Beyond the season-long average, ESPN posted some impressive superlatives for the glitzy open-wheel racing series. Of the 24-event schedule, 16 set viewership records on ESPN…...
USA Sports president outlines Versant's business strategy
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (351+ words) It's going to be an uphill battle for spinoff companies like Versant, left only with the assets from their former parent company that are in secular decline. For Versant, those assets primarily consist of NBC's cable network portfolio. Of those…...