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Will Boling: Peter King Criticism of Carson Wentz Wildest I’ve Ever Heard

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Will Boling: Peter King Criticism of Carson Wentz Wildest I’ve Ever Heard

Former second overall NFL draft pick Carson Wentz has now departed three NFL teams after being released by the Washington Commanders. That news didn’t come as a shock, but what did raise eyebrows was criticism from Peter King.

In his Football Morning in America column, King questioned if Wentz will “allow himself to be humbled” and pondered whether or not he will “be a selfless teammate” should he get a fourth opportunity with a team.

One of the more critical comments from King claimed “I’d argue that no player in NFL history has cost so much and delivered so little.”

On 104.5 The Zone’s Ramon, Kayla & Will, host Will Boling commented that he couldn’t remember a more scathing takedown of an NFL quarterback.

“I just saw one of wildest quotes from an NFL writer about an NFL player popping up from Peter King in The Monday Morning Quarterback.,” Boling said, before directly quoting King’s article. “Tell us how you really feel, Peter. That’s crazy.”

Co-host Kayla Anderson sheepishly added “I think I agree”.

“How has Carson Wentz continued to get all this love? That’s what’s so crazy about it,” co-host Ramon Foster said.

“Peter King is coming from the perspective that you do,” Bolling continued. “That when a quarterback gets put on pedestal…you’re the one that’s always asking ‘Huh. If this guy was a right tackle that had gone undrafted, would they be getting this much love?’ No.”

Colin Cowherd: Tom Brady Won’t Be A Broadcaster, He Wants To Play

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Is Tom Brady retired or not? The league has received his official paperwork, but this week, a new rumor has surfaced saying that the GOAT would be open to returning to the field in 2023 if the right situation were available. Add Colin Cowherd to the list of people that have heard the rumor.

“Somebody I trust outside of this building at FOX told me a couple of weeks ago, they said, ‘I don’t think Brady’s going to be a broadcaster any time soon. I think he wants to play,'” Cowherd revealed on his FOX Sports Radio show on Tuesday.

Before the start of the 2022 season, Tom Brady and FOX agreed to a ten-year deal worth $375 million. It would put Brady in the network’s top broadcast booth and make him a brand ambassador for FOX Sports.

After announcing his retirement from the NFL in February, Brady decided to take a year off before starting his deal with FOX. Cowherd wondered if the delay has to do with Brady knowing he still has something to offer a team.

“Brady set records last year, a couple of different records,” he said. “I think it was attempts and completions at 45 years old. So, a lot of people limped to the end. Elway didn’t. Roger Staubach didn’t, Derek Jeter didn’t. Kobe scored 61 in his last game as a Laker. Brady can still sling it.”

Cowherd added that because an ideal situation exists in San Francisco, the team Tom Brady grew up rooting for, the rumors cannot be dismissed.

Plenty of people in the broadcast industry have remarked that Tom Brady will become the most scrutinized person on sports television the second he steps into the FOX booth. He brings more star power than any other NFL analyst does or could.

Certainly, the network is willing to wait to take advantage of that, but it is likely that if Brady is not joining the network until 2024, there are plenty of FOX executives that would rather see him taking practice reps in the booth instead of on the field.

Dan Dakich: ESPN Had More Rules For My Twitter Than For Kendrick Perkins

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Dan Dakich: ESPN Had More Rules For My Twitter Than For Kendrick Perkins

Dan Dakich departed ESPN in 2021, at the time saying it was “as much my choice as their choice.”

However, Dakich noted Tuesday during his show on OutKick that he felt under a tight leash when he was at the network, but it appears Kendrick Perkins isn’t under the same scrutiny.

After discussing Shaquille O’Neal agreeing with Deion Sanders’ comments about his recruiting philosophy regarding single-parent or two-parent homes, Dakich lamented the rise of single-parent homes in the Black community, saying “that’s not right”, before adding “You can get mad at me, Tony Dungy me all you want, but I stand by that”.

Dakich then said he wouldn’t have been able to have that discussion while employed at ESPN.

“This is the reason I left ESPN. Right here. So I can talk about this stuff,” Dakich said. “It used to be when I send a tweet, I’d get called in. I remember having to call Norby Williamson, the head of ESPN, about a tweet that had no sexual innuendo, nothing, but they thought it did, and I had to answer for it before an Ohio State game.

“‘Norby, I don’t know what to tell you. This is a friend of mine…I insulted him through Dane Fife.’ Yesterday, you know what I saw? I saw our friend Kendrick Perkins dropping f-bombs on Twitter. I cannot help you, people.”

Perkins has been under fire after insinuating that NBA MVP voters select the award on race, noting that 80% of voters are white. On Tuesday, he had a heated disagreement with ESPN NBA analyst JJ Redick on the subject during an appearance on First Take.

Charles Barkley: ESPN Has ‘Same Silly Debate Every Year’ About MVP Award

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Charles Barkley is not impressed with Kendrick Perkins, JJ Redick, or anyone else discussing the NBA MVP race on ESPN.

He was on Altitude Sports Radio’s Moser, Lombardi and Kane on Tuesday morning and clearly was not eager to talk about the fight between Redick and Perkins.

“Hey man, I’m trying to work on my golf game and you bring me on the radio to talk about stupid stuff?” the Inside the NBA analyst said when asked how he felt about Perkins insinuating that race played a role in Nikola Jokic being the favorite to win the award for a third straight year.

Host Vic Lombardi asked Barkley if he saw the exchange. Barkley responded simply “I did not. I got a life.”

Lombardi then played audio of the exchange in which Perkins pointed out that 80% of voters for the MVP award are white. While Perkins never explicitly said that was the only reason Jokic had won awards in the past, it did seem to be the implication.

“Asinine, silly and stupid. Pick one of the words, whichever one you want,” Barkley said in response.

Barkley added that this is a pattern for ESPN. The network’s debates about the MVP award rarely matchup with the discussions voters are having or the evidence they are asked to consider.

“They do this silly debate every year about the MVP, going back to even when I played,” he said. “They did it a lot with LeBron, which makes me laugh, too. Derrick Rose won it. He deserved it. Kevin Durant won it. He deserved it. It’s a regular season award. It ain’t who the best player is. It’s who had the best regular season, but every year ESPN gets these fools on radio and TV to talk about who’s the best player.”

Boomer Esiason: ‘Revisionist History’ For Bob Costas To Say He ‘Was Off His Game’ During MLB Postseason

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Bob Costas recently appeared on Club Random with Bill Maher, and admitted his performance during the 2022 MLB Postseason was lackluster. WFAN morning host Boomer Esiason believes it might be Costas trying to paint himself in a better light.

On the podcast, Costas claimed he wasn’t his best, saying “This past October, I did the Yankees and the Guardians in the Division Series. I felt like I was off my game. Sort of like a pitcher who still has good stuff but somehow didn’t command.”

Esiason was critical of Costas during the series, and was critical of the announcer on Tuesday.

“He just kept talking, and talking, and talking,” Esiason said of Costas’ work during the 2020 ALDS. “It’s revisionist history.”

“He was also — at the time — like ‘The Twitter mob is after me. This is ridiculous’,” co-host Gregg Giannotti added. “But now I guess he just realized he sucked.”

Costas also said he didn’t concern himself with outside criticism, and wasn’t worred about what “two or three people” had to say about him on Twitter.

“I do agree with that sentiment, though. That statement right there, I agree with,” concurred Esiason. “Everybody’s always bitching and complaining about something.”

Many were critical of Costas during the five-game series, including former WFAN afternoon host Mike Francesa, who said “It’s almost like Bob’s been locked away somewhere just dying to talk, and now you can’t shut him up,” among other things on his podcast for BetRivers.

Costas has contended multiple times that he doesn’t listen to outside criticism, but is aware that he is trying to live up to his best version of himself. “I’m also very self critical and I understand there are occasions when I don’t quite meet my own standard. I don’t quite accomplish what I set out to do,” he told Ken Carman and Anthony Lima of 92.3 The Fan last fall.

JJ Redick: Kendrick Perkins Implying MVP Voters Are Racist is ‘Problem With First Take’

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Maybe it is all a work and Kendrick Perkins and JJ Redick really do like each other. It sure did not seem that way Tuesday morning on First Take though. Redick accused Perkins of implying that white voters favor white players when evaluating candidates for the NBA’s MVP award. He called it “the problem with this show.”

“Stephen A, I mean no offense to you and I mean no offense to First Take because I think this show is extremely valuable,” Redick said. “It is an honor to be on this desk every day. It really is, but what we just witnessed is the problem with this show where we create narratives that do not exist in reality.”

Perkins rolled his eyes and visibly mouthed the phrase “oh my God” as Redick accused him of implying that white voters for the MVP award are racist.

“I stated the facts,” Perkins shouted over Redick as the former guard continued to talk. “And you not about to sit up here and act like there’s something more than that.”

Last week was the first time Kendrick Perkins pointed out that only white players have been able to win the NBA MVP without being one of the league’s top ten scorers. While he has never explicitly said that the people that gave the awards to Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, and Nikola Jokic in those situations are racist, he has encouraged the audience to think about “what do those guys have in common.”

Members of the sports media outside of ESPN have called out Perkins. JJ Redick was the first one to bring the discussion to ESPN’s airwaves.

Perkins has been adamant that Nikola Jokic, who is the favorite for the MVP award this year, has not had as impressive of a season as the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid. The comments have been met with particular scorn in Denver, where Jokic and the Nuggets are having the best regular season in the center’s consecutive MVP run.

Michael Kay: NHL ‘Red Hot’ After Stephen A. Smith Said League ‘Doesn’t Count’

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During an appearance on First Take last week, 98.7 ESPN New York host Michael Kay was asked which New York franchise was the next champion. Chances are he had no idea his response would create backlash for the program or make the NHL angry.

After Kay said the NHL’s New York Rangers were the most likely team from the Big Apple to win a title, Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim each said that the league “doesn’t count” and they wanted an answer from the NFL, NBA, or MLB. Smith joked the only thing he knew about the NHL was “the puck is black”.

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Qerim later said she made the comment because she knew Smith would be unable to analyze whether Kay’s decree that the Rangers were the most likely champion.

During The Michael Kay Show, co-host Peter Rosenberg mentioned that hockey fans were upset by the discussion. Kay revealed he had been told the league was less than thrilled with the interaction.

“By the way,” Kay said, “One addendum to that: I heard today, the NHL, red hot.”

Rosenberg then added that the response from Stephen A. Smith — where he showed support for the New York Rangers and told hockey fans to relax — was “clearly trying to make amends”.

The NHL and ESPN are in the second year of a seven-year broadcast year that sees the network pay the league $400 million per year.

CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery Announce NCAA Tournament Broadcast Teams

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CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery Announce NCAA Tournament Broadcast Teams

March Madness begins next Tuesday, and CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced their broadcast crews for the NCAA Tournament.

Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, and Grant Hill will make up the top announcing team. Tracy Wolfson will work as the broadcast’s sideline reporter.

After announcing every Final Four for CBS since 1991, 2023 marks the NCAA Tournament swan song for Nantz.

“It is time with two young children and an older daughter that I spend more time at home,” Nantz told The New York Post in October as he announced the move. “‘Daddy needs to be home.”

Ian Eagle will replace Nantz as the voice of the Final Four.

“It’s his time,” Nantz said. “I will support him 1,000 percent. He doesn’t need my support. But I’m absolutely thrilled for him. He’s a great teammate. He’s been right in the middle of this NCAA Tournament for a long, long time.”

Eagle will be joined by Jim Spanarkel in the booth in 2023. Evan Washburn will serve as the sideline reporter.

The announcement of the broadcast crews also confirms that Stan Van Gundy will replace Reggie Miller as a game analyst for Warner Bros. Discovery. Van Gundy has previously worked as an NBA game analyst for TNT.

Other NCAA Tournament booths include:
Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, Allie LaForce
Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, Lauren Shehadi
Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Avery Johnson, Andy Katz
Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Jamie Erdahl
Spero Dedes, Deb Antonelli, AJ Ross
Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, Dana Jacobsen

Don Lemon: Tucker Carlson’s January 6th Segment Highlights ‘Danger of Unfairness’

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired the first of what is expected to be several segments showcasing security camera footage that he claims “demolishes” the idea that January 6th was an insurrection. CNN This Morning anchor Don Lemon believes the segment highlights the danger Americans face as the relationship between Fox News and the Republican Party grows.

Carlson was given more than 40,000 hours of Capitol security footage by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), which Lemon has repeatedly taken issue with. He continued to voice that displeasure Tuesday.

“This is the danger…this relationship with Fox News and you look the situation they’re in with Dominion (Voting Systems),” Lemon said, referencing the defamation lawsuit brought against the network by the election machine company.

“This is the danger of unfairness. You should give it to every news organization — at the same time — so that they’re able to analyze it in real-time and not one — particularly, especially someone who is not considered to be a journalist — to be able to disseminate it and give his take on it.”

In the segment, Carlson posited that “In retrospect, it is clear the 2020 election was a grave betrayal of American democracy. Given the facts that have emerged since that election, no honest person can deny it.”

That statement comes after it was uncovered that Fox News officials — from hosts to Chairman Rupert Murdoch — privately shared that they did not believe any of the election claims from then-President Donald Trump’s legal team. However, publicly, the network continued to welcome Trump lawyers to the network to espouse the theories the hosts, producers, and executives had disavowed privately.

CNN media analyst Sara Fischer argued that if McCarthy truly believed the footage pushes back against the narrative around January 6th, it would have led to a Congressional investigation, not a favor for Carlson. She also added the “hand-picking” of media members to disseminate stories has become a trend, pointing to Elon Musk gifting the Twitter Files to Matt Taibi and others.

NewsNation To Debut ‘The Hill’ Panel Show

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Corporate synergy is coming to NewsNation as the Nexstar-owned cable channel is set to launch a new afternoon show called The Hill — based on the same name of the company’s digital political outlet.

The Hill will air at 5:00 PM ET and anchor Leland Vittert will be joined by what is described as “a high-profile guest and four panelists”. Former NBC Meet the Press Executive Producer Rob Yarin will work in the same capacity for The Hill. Vittert — who will move to Washington D.C. — will continue to anchor his current program, On Balance for NewsNation.

Regular contributors to the new program will include NewsNation Political Editor Chris Stirewalt, political analyst George Will, and associate editor of TheHill.com Niall Stanage, among others.

“As the nation awaits another presidential election, we are incredibly proud to debut a new program that will spotlight the top news headlines coming out of Washington,” said NewsNation Vice President of News and Managing Editor Cherie Grzech.

“Engaging in powerful discussions with top politicians, thought leaders, and policy makers will enable us to inform and educate our viewers about the key issues that impact communities across America.”

Nexstar bought TheHill.com in August 2021 for $130 million. The addition of The Hill — which will debut in April — to the cable channel will replace an airing of Blue Bloods, the syndicated CBS police drama.

It is the latest in a series of moves to help bolster the fledgling network. Earlier this year, NewsNation announced Elizabeth Vargas will also join the network to host a daily program at 6:00 PM entitled Elizabeth Vargas Reports.

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