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Brandon Robinson: Media Backlash to Kyrie Irving ‘In Poor Taste’

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Bally Sports NBA Insider Brandon Robinson, also known as “Scoop B“, believes the media coverage surrounding Kyrie Irving and his reaction to tweeting a link to a film widely regarded as anti-Semitic has been unfair.

During a televised interview, Robinson was asked by PIX11 sports anchor Marc Malusis if athletes should be responsible for what they post on social media. He said they should be responsible, but added covering Kyrie Irving is never cut and dry.

“I think that in this instance, there are a couple of things that stand out to me. Number one: Context. So that tweet that had the Amazon Prime link, did not have any captions attached to it. I understand the way Kyrie thinks in a lot of aspects, but I think in this one, it was open to so much interpretation. With conversations with folks in the know, they shared with me that he is not anti-Semitic, but in this instance it was part of his journey.”

“I think this backlash is really in poor taste,” Robinson continued. “He is in a contract year. I’ll even take it a step further. When you look at this instance here, if the Nets were 5-0, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I think when you look at a team that’s 1-4 and you’re focusing on an Amazon Prime link that has — at that point — 1,200 reviews and 4.5 stars, we’re getting away from the game.”

He concluded by saying the media “should be talking about the Nets, not a movie”. Robinson then called himself “a realist”, adding “I don’t think we should be having this conversation. There is such a thing as kitchen table talk, and I kind of file it under that”.

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Boomer Esiason: Manningcast Appearance Fun, But Distracting

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WFAN morning host Boomer Esiason joined the Manningcast during Monday Night Football yesterday, and mentioned how difficult the behind the scenes action is.

“It was a lot of fun last night,” Esiason said to open Tuesday’s edition of Boomer & Gio. “Now I know why it can tend to be a little choppy because there’s about a half a second delay between the conversation you’re having with both Eli and Peyton, and then on top of it, you’re trying to do a game while you’re trying to answer questions and you’ve got a monitor about the size of an iPad.”

The former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback said the size of the monitor was one of the biggest difficulties.

“On half that monitor, you see the three-box of the three people apart of the Manningcast, and on the other half of the monitor you see the football game. So you could barely see it,” he continued. “Meanwhile, Peyton and Eli are totally hooked up. Peyton out in Denver, Eli here in New Jersey. They have the big monitors and everything. They’re trying to do a game while talking to you. It was a lot of fun, I gotta say. It is distracting, I’ll stay with that. I didn’t barely see any of the game.”

Esiason, who hasn’t been shy about saying he doesn’t watch the broadcast, concluded by noting he got a message from the Manning patriarch after the game, who enjoyed the appearance.

“It was great. I had a good time with them, they’re funny, and right after I got done with them, I got a really nice text message from their dad, Archie, and Archie said ‘Me and Olivia sit here and watch these every week. We rate the guests and you get five stars.”

Joe Buck Was ‘Emotional Wreck’ After First Monday Night Football Broadcast

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During an appearance on The Michael Kay Show Monday, ESPN Monday Night Football announcer Joe Buck admitted his first assignment in his new role was a relief.

Asked whether a new role at this stage in his career had energized him or if it was a similar role with a new company, Buck was honest that it was a move that reignited a spark.

“It did,” Buck said. “I think it’s probably a good question for my therapist why it did. I think it was the music, I think it was the theme song, and trying to start something again and almost feeling like I had to prove something to myself again. I was thinking of my dad. My dad was around and alive when he I was hired at FOX and he was there when I finished my first World Series in the Bronx. That’s who I called when my first huge assignment was over. And now it was something new.

“I was emotional after that game and I didn’t know I would be,” he continued. “My wife does pregame on Monday Night Football, does the interviews on Monday Night Countdown. We went to dinner in Seattle after that game and I was an emotional wreck. I think I had put so much pressure on myself that once the game was over — and I could finally exhale — it felt like it was normal.

“The reaction was good. I felt like I could tell — there are very few wins in broadcasting — but that night felt like a win. And I’m smart enough to know it had nothing to do with me but as far as my career and my own mind, it was a really big relief in my world.”

Buck, who has previously said he felt the same pressure of taking on Monday Night Football that he did when he replaced Pat Summerall, was also asked when being a football announcer surpassed the prestige of being a baseball announcer. He couldn’t put a hard date on it, but was in agreement that the pendulum had definitely swung in the NFL’s favor.

“Whether you’re in St. Louis, or Pittsburgh, or Houston if they’re not in it — if your team’s not in it, I don’t know if you’re living and dying with the World Series like we all did when we were growing up. When did that happen? I don’t know. When you combine that with what goes on with fantasy football, I just think it’s a balance that went heavily in favor of the NFL and I think a lot of it has to do with TV and fantasy sports.”

NBA Planning Exclusive Streaming Package In Next Rights Deal

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NBA Planning Exclusive Streaming Package In Next Rights Deal

The NBA and its current rights deal with ESPN and TNT doesn’t end until 2025, but that hasn’t stopped the league from plotting out its media future.

Per a report from Front Office Sports, the league is already planning a streaming exclusive package, hoping to secure $1 billion from the likes of Amazon, Apple, and others.

“Amazon is locked and loaded for a shot at the NBA,” said a source quoted in the story.

The deal would be for roughly 20-40 games during the NBA regular season. Amazon Prime Video pays the NFL $1 billion for Thursday Night Football, which features 15 regular season games, growing to 16 games next season after a Black Friday game is added. Apple is paying $85 million per year for its Friday Night Baseball package with MLB.

“We value our media rights partnerships with Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery and we know our fans have come to expect us to deliver content through both traditional and emerging methods,” the NBA told Front Office Sports senior writer Michael McCarthy.

The NBA is reportedly seeking $50-$75 billion in its next media rights package, which would triple the $24 billion it currently brings in from ESPN and TNT.

Dan Bongino: Twitter Verification System Has Become “Vanity Tool” 

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Syndicated radio host Dan Bongino likes the idea of Twitter charging verified users for blue checkmarks. 

Bongino lauded the verified system Monday which he said has allowed him to get distribution on the platform that a lot of people can’t get. 

“It’s easier to find me with the blue checkmark because you would have a thousand fake Dan Bongino accounts up there. You should be able to get that too. I am a believer in real, genuine equality of opportunity,” he said. 

According to The Verge, Musk is planning to charge $19.99 for the new Twitter Blue subscription. 

“You should be able to verify yourself too,” added Bongino. “Twenty dollars a month, submit your driver’s license or however the verification process is going to work, why don’t you get the same distribution access?” 

Bongino said that he’s heard from both sides about Twitter’s plan to charge for its verification system. 

“It’s become just a vanity tool, the blue checkmark for people who pretend that they are more important than you” Bongino said. “I’m not. I know I have a microphone, but you have a job too. Truck drivers, carpenters if you want to get verified, I would love to hear your opinion on stuff too.” 

“We don’t need a bunch of fake news journalists getting all the distribution on the platform,” he added. 

Jason Whitlock: Stephen A. Smith Is ‘Feeling Himself’

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Blaze TV host Jason Whitlock reacted Monday to Stephen A. Smith’s comments that he’s underpaid compared to his male counterparts. 

“The Fearless” host said the ESPN star is “feeling himself” on a show that has shown a propensity to rival its competitors for similar ratings. 

“ESPN has invested in his First Take show. Bringing on Michael Irvin and bringing on Mad Dog Russo,” he said. “The ratings are improving for that show.” 

Smith reportedly makes $12 million a year at ESPN.  The “First Take” host was unapologetic about his salary rant Friday. 

 “I ain’t apologizing for that to a damn soul. I am underpaid,” Smith said. 

“That show is starting to occasionally rival (Pardon The Interruption’s) audience, some days on Monday’s I think Stephen A. may get 600,000 viewers and (Pardon The Interruption) may get 750 [thousand],” Whitlock stated.

Whitlock credited Smith’s performance compared to what “Undisputed” hosts Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe have been able to do at Fox Sports. 

“I don’t know if, in the history of television, there’s ever been anyone paid $8-10 million a year when their signature show draws 400-500 thousand viewers on most days,” he added.

The Blaze TV host said he thought Smith was talking about the Monday Night Football crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman as those who get paid more than Smith, but said there’s a reason for their high salaries compared to Smith’s.

“Part of their value is ABC and ESPN have always wanted a Super Bowl broadcast. They couldn’t get it with their second tier Monday Night Football broadcast. Now — with Buck and Aikman — they can get a Super Bowl broadcast. That’s the added value — the prestige — that Buck and Aikman add to ESPN.”

Todd Starnes: Something Doesn’t Add Up on Paul Pelosi Attack

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Memphis talk show host Todd Starnes said Monday the mainstream media is trying to force a narrative on the public to change the facts of the Paul Pelosi attack case.

“Something doesn’t add up, actually a lot of stuff doesn’t add up about this attack on Paul Pelosi,” said Starnes. “We now understand that the attacker, David DePape, is a hippie, he’s mentally insane, and he’s a lunatic.”

Starnes said according to the police reports and the 911 call this case does not appear to be a targeted attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“That’s what the media wants you to believe,” he said. “They (media) want you to believe that this guy showed up in the early morning hours of Friday and he was banging on the door and demanding to know where Nancy was.” 

Starnes said the media has reported this story more aggressively than they reported about the man who showed up outside of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home with zip ties and duct tape.

“The early reporting from local Fox affiliate KTVU was that when the police showed up they found two men wearing nothing but underpants and they were fighting over a hammer,” said Starnes.

Starnes said both the local Fox affiliate and the NBC affiliate have pulled their reporting and retracted those stories.

“There are also reports out there from local law enforcement who are saying the narrative that’s being presented to the media right now is not in fact accurate,” he added. 

Jason Barrett Podcast: Mina Kimes, ESPN

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Jason Barrett Podcast: Mina Kimes, ESPN

Mina Kimes has blazed an unorthodox path at ESPN. She talks about how she got to Bristol and how she found her place on NFL Live.

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NFL Limits The Pat McAfee Show’s Logo Usage

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The Pat McAfee Show has apparently been told to shy away from using NFL logos for the time being.

As he began the show Monday, McAfee commented that the show’s graphics would look slightly different than viewers had come to expect, because of a recent decision by the league.

“The Professional American Football League will finish its eighth week of its riveting primetime schedule as the Cincinnati football club travels to Cleveland to take on Cleveland’s football club,” McAfee said, as he avoided using any trademarks held by the National Football League. “And a lot of people may be asking ‘Pat, on this particular Halloween, why are you talking the way that you’re talking about the league that you’ve talked about the last three years?’. Well, the reason that I’m doing so is because even though we currently have a rights deal with NFL Films that costs us MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of dollars, we have been informed this morning that we are no longer allowed to use any of their logos on any of our graphics.”

“We can still run highlights and we can still run plays, because we paid — not one, not two, not three — over $4 million to be able to do as such, but we got word this morning…not allowed to use any logos on any graphics,” McAfee said of the show’s deal with NFL Films. “It’s been great doing business with you, I’m happy we have covered your league in the way that we have for the last few years. I am appreciative of the league and everything its done.”

He then sarcastically threatened to discuss things pertaining to the NFL that he has avoided in the past.

“I don’t think that we touched on many subjects we could have dabbled into,” McAfee said. “I think we’ll do that this offseason, for sure. We’ll talk a lot of things I know about — and my friends know a lot about — like insurance, and CTE, and concussions, and everything like that. I think we can find some people to chat about what the NFL should be held accountable for and what they shouldn’t be held accountable for. Because I thought the entire deal with the NFL — the Professional American Football League, I am so sorry — that I wanted to get involved with was making the game celebrated.”

To compensate for the lack of NFL logos, the show featured hand drawn cartoons of Joe Burrow, Trey Hendrickson, Nick Chubb, and Myles Garrett to promote tonight’s Monday Night Football broadcast.

Angelo Cataldi: Joe Davis Is Better Than Joe Buck

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Joe Davis is in his first season as the lead Major League Baseball announcer for FOX Sports, which includes his first World Series. Davis has a big fan in 94WIP morning host Angelo Cataldi.

“I happen to be a pretty big fan of John Smoltz,” Cataldi said. “I like the way he does the game. I’m gonna tell you something else. Joe Davis is a better baseball announcer than Joe Buck.”

The Morning Team cast all concurred that the 34-year-old Davis is better than Buck, before Cataldi continued.

“Why do we need his opinion on baseball when he got drummed out of the sport?,” the retiring Cataldi said.

The comments came after a caller to the program asked if they were aware that Joe Buck “poo-pooed” the Phillies during the Monday Night Football broadcast last week. The caller accused Buck and analyst Troy Aikman of speaking highly about the Houston Astros while giving the Philadelphia Phillies a passing mention as being participants in the World Series.

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