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Colin Cowherd Says He Was Invited to LIV Golf Event

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Colin Cowherd Says He Was Invited to LIV Golf Event

After Charles Barkley confirmed he would participate in a LIV Golf Pro-Am event, Colin Cowherd made an admission about overtures the upstart tour has made to him.

“Do you know, not to name drop, who contacted me four days ago?” Cowherd asked Jason McIntyre, who was filling in for Joy Taylor Thursday.

“I’m gonna go Charles Barkley,” McIntyre assumed.

“No. Greg Norman’s people,” Cowherd replied. “They want me to go to a LIV Golf event. My schedule doesn’t match up, but Greg has appreciated our support. And his people.”

“Look at you breaking news,” McIntyre exclaimed. “This is as big as the Kyler Murray news!” he joked.

Cowherd has been an ardent supporter of golfers leaving the PGA Tour. In June, he slammed the PGA Tour, and defended the defectors.

LIV Golf, the controversial tour put together by the Public Investment Fund from the Saudi Arabian government, has been the subject of much media intrigue this spring and summer. Pat McAfee has pointed out the hypocrisy surrounding the series. David Fehrety left NBC’s PGA Tour coverage to join LIV. And, the series has courted Charles Barkley as a commentator and currently employs former NBC soccer announcer Arlo White as their main play-by-play announcer.

Marcellus Wiley Departing FS1’s Speak For Yourself

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Marcellus Wiley is set to depart FS1’s Speak For Yourself, according to a report from The New York Post.

Wiley has co-hosted the show since replacing Colin Cowherd in 2018, originally with Jason Whitlock before Emmanuel Acho joined the show in 2020.

Per the Post’s report, discussions are underway to pair Acho with The Herd with Colin Cowherd co-host Joy Taylor and former NFL running back LeSean McCoy in a more football focused show.

Wiley previously worked at ESPN on both television and radio. The Post reports he has been offered a contract with a different role with FS1, but details remain sparse on what that role would be and if Wiley would accept.

Keith Olbermann Calls Clay Travis ‘F***ing Moron’ For Sharing Fake Trump Statement

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After it was announced President Biden had tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, many took to Twitter to send well-wishes to the 79-year-old.

Clay Travis, host of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, was not exactly in that camp, instead retweeting a screenshot of a statement that was allegedly from former President Trump.

“Donald Trump’s statement on Joe Biden testing positive for covid is a work of art” Travis tweeted.

Unfortunately for Travis, the statement was never issued by the former President. 

22 minutes after sending the original tweet, Travis sent a follow up message that read “This is a parody. But should be the official statement. Still a work of art.”

The snafu didn’t go unnoticed by political commentator Keith Olbermann. The former MSNBC anchor tweeted “Thanks for confirming you’re a f***ing moron, and a member of the Easily-Led Hall of Fame, @ClayTravis” accompanied by the hashtag #FellForFakes.

Olbermann later erroneously tweeted Travis had deleted the initial tweet with a screenshot of the original message from Travis, calling him a “Sooooper genius” while doing so.

The two have often bashed one another over various topics. In May, Travis shared an article written for Outkick calling Olbermann a deranged lunatic for attacking a mother of five who homeschools her children on Mother’s Day. Their feud goes back as far as 2020, when Olbermann suggested Travis leave “the science to the adults” while calling him a “clownboy” for his opinion on one of Joe Biden’s advisors suggesting a 4-6 week lockdown during the height of the COVID pandemic.

Brandon Walker Explains Absence From Barstool Yak

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Brandon Walker has been suspiciously absent on Barstool Yak recently, but he joined the show yesterday to reveal the reason.

“My lease ended June 30th and my new one started August 1st,” Walker said from Starkville, Mississippi. “I was paying $6250 for a nice house in Jersey, they called me yesterday…and said ‘the deal is off’. And I said ‘why?’ and they said ’cause the landlord passed away’. He was in Aruba…”

“How crazy is this?!” PFT Commenter interrupted.

“He was in Aruba and a wave got him and took him to sea. And so now I don’t have a house, so now I’m debating…I’m talking to people about houses in Jersey this morning. I don’t know what I’m gonna do now. I’ll be back by August 1st. I’ll probably be back by myself and living in a hotel for a while.”

“Are you screening new landlords? Maybe a swim test?” Big Cat asked.

“See if they’re alive?” Walker wondered. “He leaves behind a wife and I believe some kids.”

“That’s awful,” Big Cat admitted. “That’s tragic.”

Walker has appeared as a guest on other Barstool shows during his time away from the office.

Charles Barkley Wants to do LIV Golf and Inside the NBA In a “Perfect Scenario”

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Charles Barkley wants to double-dip with his broadcasting talents but sounds unsure if his current employer would allow for it.

“In a perfect scenario, I would love to do both,” Barkley told The New York Post. “I don’t know how Turner’s sponsors are going to feel about it. I know there is going to be some blowback.”

Barkley met with LIV CEO Greg Norman on Wednesday and afterwards, sounded like an offer was imminent. Barkley, in the interview with the Post, sounded very open to joining the LIV Tour. He detailed that he will play in the Pro-Am portion of the LIV Tour’s event in New Jersey.

The report also read that Barkley still has three more years left on his contract with Turner, paying him $30 million over the contract.

“I told [Norman,]” Barkley said, “’Listen, they are making up words, like ‘blood money’ and ‘sports washing.’ I said, ‘We have all taken ‘blood money’ and we all have ‘sports washed’ something so I don’t like those words, to be honest with you.’

Barkley also revealed that when the story got out about him taking the meeting with the LIV Tour, his sponsors did touch base.

“They checked in with me,” Barkley said. “What I told Subway, Capital One and Dick’s Sporting Goods, I said, ‘Wait a minute. I haven’t signed anything. I haven’t met with the guy. Let’s let this thing play out before you all call me all upset.’

“Between the number you just mentioned [$10 million per year] and all my commercials, for me to risk all of that, it would have to be some serious money thrown my way.”

NFL Network Announces Jason McCourty Joins Good Morning Football

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A roster that was once in flux, now has the stability it craved going into the 2022 NFL season. The NFL Network announced that Jason McCourty has been added to the show’s roster.

McCourty, who retired six days ago, will join Kyle Brandt, Peter Schrager, Will Selva and the newly named host of the program, Jamie Erdahl.

“I’m fired up to join the team at NFL Network because it enables me to step out of one locker room and into another,” said McCourty. “Being able to team up with Jamie, Peter, Kyle and Will gives me new teammates with the common goal of adding to the success of Good Morning Football. I look forward to the early mornings, great debates, laughter, and talking about the game I fell in love with… Good Morning Football now gives me the platform to share those experiences and lessons with fans all over the world.”

“We are thrilled to add Jason to the cast of Good Morning Football following his outstanding NFL career,” said Mark Quenzel, NFL Network Senior Vice President, Head of Content. “Jason’s depth of knowledge, championship pedigree and dynamic personality stand out every time he is on-camera, and we are eager to watch him grow and develop in this new career. With Jason joining Jamie, Peter, Kyle and Will, we cannot wait for this next chapter of Good Morning Football to start.”

McCourty’s first show will be with the newly grouped cast on Monday, July 25.

Amazon Adds Kaylee Hartung, Aqib Talib, Andrew Whitworth To Thursday Night Football

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The rumors are now officially news. Amazon has announced the hire of Kaylee Hartung to work the sidelines for its coverage of Thursday Night Football. The streaming giant also announced that Aqib Talib and Andrew Whitworth will be part of the studio coverage.

Reports of Amazon’s interest in Hartung first surfaced in the spring. While she has spent the last few years as a reporter for CNN and ABC News, Hartung is no stranger to football sidelines, having covered college football for the ESPN family of networks in the past.

“This is an unbelievable opportunity to return to the sidelines and create something new in the sports landscape,” she said in a press release. “Prime Video is bringing together legends in broadcasting and the NFL and it will be a tremendous privilege to work alongside them.”

Talib and Whitworth join a growing studio cast for Amazon. Richard Sherman, Tony Gonzalez, and Charissa Thompson have already been identified as being part of the studio coverage.

Does this mean Amazon is done with its Thursday Night Football plans? Probably not. A variety of reports have connected Pat McAfee and Drew Brees to the streamer for different alternate broadcast options. Marshawn Lynch has also been mentioned for months as a target of Amazon’s desires.

Jay Williams: ‘Basketball Legacy Pales In Comparison To What Dick Vitale Is Doing For Cancer Research’

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Dick Vitale gave an emotional speech on Wednesday night as he accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the ESPYs.

In it, he paid tribute to his friend Jim Valvano, the late national championship coach and ESPN analyst, who started the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research with the help of Vitale and other colleagues at ESPN.

On Thursday morning, it was someone else’s turn to pay tribute to Dick Vitale.

“I appreciate him continuing to push everything that needs to be pushed,” Jay Williams said on First Take.

Williams and Vitale have known each other for a long time, going back to when Williams played for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. He certainly knows the impact Vitale has had on the way people follow and understand college basketball.

“The legacy that he’s left as an imprint on the game of basketball pales in comparison to the legacy and imprint that he’s going to leave to advance the ball forward on cancer research and the Jimmy V Foundation.”

In his nearly 20-minute speech, Dick Vitale promised the audience that he was not going to give up on Valvano’s dream of putting an end to cancer. He said the only way to do that is to “raise dollars and give oncologists a fighting chance”.

Jay Williams hopes that will end up being a rallying cry and motivator for people to support The Jimmy V Foundation.

“I will advocate for everybody to donate. I donated yesterday,” he said. “I have two family members that passed away from cancer. It’s something that touches us all and it’s our collective job to fight to continue to save lives. It’s something that affects everybody, in every form or fashion.”

Charles Barkley Expects Offer After LIV Golf Meeting

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Charles Barkley Expects Offer After LIV Golf Meeting

Greg Norman had dinner with Charles Barkley this week in Atlanta. The two discussed the Hall of Fame forward joining LIV Golf in a broadcast capacity. Andrew Marchand of The New York Post reports that while no deal got done at the table, we may be headed down that road.

The commissioner and CEO of LIV is preparing an offer for Barkley.

While he isn’t ready to join the broadcast team yet, Sir Charles isn’t just forgetting about the tour. LIV Golf will be in New Jersey this weekend for an event at Trump Bedminster and Barkley says he will be there.

“I’m going to play in the Pro-Am,” Barkley told Marchand.

Dan Patrick previously reported that Barkley is aware that if he is going to accept an offer to call golf broadcasts, then he is aware he may have to give up his role on Inside the NBA. Barkley currently has three years left on his $30 million deal with TNT.

Angelo Cataldi Joins Phillies Radio Booth On Sunday

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After announcing the Philadelphia Phillies will honor the career of Angelo Cataldi on Sunday, July 24th by inviting the 71-year-old WIP morning man to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen of the Phillies Radio Network extended an even bigger offer on Thursday morning by asking the morning show host to join them for an inning on the radio broadcast as well.

“Let’s put our cards on the table,” Cataldi said bluntly. “When you invited me to come do an inning with you and Larry (Andersen, Phillies Radio Network color commentator), inning three of the 12:05 start Sunday Phillies versus Cubs, you really want me to fail. Is that not accurate? You want me to show how difficult your job is compared to this (hosting a sports talk radio show). Is that not true?”

“Not at all,” Franzke chuckled. “I’m trying to suggest that you –as a professional broadcaster for all these many years — could one-hundred percent handle the assignment.”

The broadcast team has already poked some fun at Angelo Cataldi and the day he has in store on Sunday. Larry Bowa appeared on his show last month to tell Cataldi that the crowd will boo him if his pitch isn’t good. 

Cataldi announced last October he’d be retiring from his morning show position with WIP in 2022 and joked he’s looking for his next opportunity.

“Just working with you here for a few minutes, I’m feeling chemistry with you,” Cataldi told Franzke. “So if I come in on this third inning on Sunday, and I just ‘wow, it’s there’, am I suddenly in play for next season? ‘Cause I’m gonna be free. I’m gonna have no job at that point.”

“That is above my pay grade,” Franzke laughingly replied.

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