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‘Monday Night Football’ Earns Second-Highest Viewed Regular Season on ESPN
"The season, which featured 23 regular-season games including two Week 18 contests, averaged 16.5 million viewers per game—up 10% from 2024."
Do NFL Broadcaster Conflicts of Interest Matter Anymore?
"Do rules matter, or only after they’re broken? It’s a fine line for the NFL and a potentially costly one for broadcasters."
The College Football Playoff Got It Right On ESPN With No Change Needed Anytime Soon
"For all its flaws, the College Football Playoff got this part right. Until viewership tells a different story, there’s no reason to fix what isn’t broken."
Sean McDonough Named 2025 NSMA Sportscaster of the Year
"I’ve joked I’ve been the Susan Lucci of that award."
Former Dallas Cowboys’ Receiver Michael Irvin Announces Formation of Production Group
"We are looking so forward to bringing you those great, authentic stories. Stories that will raise you up, stories that will make you think. Some that may even drop a tear."
Dan Bernstein’s Departure From 670 The Score Leads Barrett Media’s Top 5 Sports Talk Radio Stories of 2025
"After thirty years of service on the Chicago sports talk leader, Bernstein was removed due to a social media exchange with a followers on Twitter."
ESPN Announces MegaCast Plans for College Football Playoff Quarterfinals
"The four quarterfinal games will be played Wednesday, December 31, and Thursday, January 1, with ESPN serving as the home of the primary telecast for each matchup."
David Samson on Charles Barkley’s NFL Critique Over Christmas Games: “You Don’t Do That”
"Charles Barkley did something I like to call pissing against the wind. There’s a very good lesson that little boys learn: you don’t do that."
ESPN Going Direct-To-Consumer Leads Barrett Media’s Top 5 TV Sports Stories of 2025
"Many stories captured headlines, but ESPN's decision to go direct-to-consumer easily topped the list as the most important sports television story of 2025."
Charles Barkley Critical of NFL Adding Games on Christmas Day Competing With NBA
"We used to have this day to ourselves, but Roger Goodell and them pigs at the NFL always want to hog every day of the week now. Christmas is an NBA day."