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ESPN’s This Just In ran a segment Monday centered around a fake quote from Ja Morant about Michael Jordan. In the fake quote, which came from Ballsack Sports, Morant said Jordan would be considered “just another superstar” if he were playing today. ESPN seemed to conflate the Ballsack Sports quote with Taylor Rooks’ interview with Morant in which […]
The latest chapter in the ongoing beef between Kyrie Irving and Stephen A. Smith unfolded on Tuesday, as the host of ESPN’s First Take criticized the Brooklyn Nets point guard after Irving decided to exercise his player option to return to the team next season. The back-and-forth began on Tuesday morning, as Stephen A. Smith took to Twitter to throw shade […]
In a recent appearance on JJ Redick’s Old Man and the Three podcast, Stephen A. Smith spoke about his background in politics, revealing that he was approached to run for Senate in Pennsylvania last decade. “When ESPN let me go in 2009, I appeared on Fox News, MSNBC and CNN 150 times,” Smith said. “I honestly thought […]
The Los Angeles Lakers have found their new head coach. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Lakers have hired Milwaukee Bucks assistant Darvin Ham to replace Frank Vogel, who was fired on April 11. Ham, who has held assistant coaching jobs with the Lakers (2011-13), Atlanta Hawks (2013-18), and Bucks (2018-22), is being signed to a […]
Shortly after dropping 14 points, 15 rebounds, and eight assists in the Golden State Warriors’ closeout win against the Grizzlies Friday night, Draymond Green went off on Kendrick Perkins for criticizing his recent performances in the playoffs. “Something came to my phone earlier,” Green said to reporters. “Some guy saying I’m scared to shoot the basketball. Scared and me […]
During an appearance on ESPN’s First Take on Monday, Kendrick Perkins said that the Los Angeles Lakers tried to hire him as an assistant coach this season. “Who offered me a coaching job this season? The Lakers!” Perkins said when discussing the firing of Lakers head coach Frank Vogel. “The Lakers offered me an assistant coaching […]
ESPN reporter Adam Schefter posted a video where he apologized for an insensitive tweet in the wake of the death of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins over the weekend. In the since-deleted tweet, Schefter referred to Haskins as “a standout at Ohio State before struggling to catch on with Washington and Pittsburgh in the NFL.” […]
With the Los Angeles Lakers two games out of the final play-in spot and only four games remaining, it was only a matter of time before the finger-pointing started. Magic Johnson appeared on ESPN’s Get Up Monday and claimed the Lakers dropped the ball in their pursuit of DeMar DeRozan during the offseason because of LeBron James. “The blame that […]
According to a report from Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Joe Buck is gearing up to leave Fox and is expected to sign a five-year contract with ESPN. Buck will become the new voice of Monday Night Football alongside Troy Aikman, who will reportedly serve as an analyst for the broadcast. Per Marchand, Buck is “expected […]
Spike Lee has been tapped to direct an ESPN Films documentary that will focus on Colin Kaepernick’s life and career, Variety reports. “Kaepernick, who has never given a full, first-person account of his journey, is collaborating closely with Lee who plans to use extensive new interviews and a vast never-before-seen archive to help Kaepernick tell his story from his perspective,” a […]
