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Is ESPN Overcomplicating Super Bowl LXI With Too Many Viewing Options?

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"The Super Bowl is more than a football game, it's America culture. ESPN doesn’t have to convince viewers why they should watch, as it has worked to do with the College Football Playoff National Championship."

Strategic Solutions Research’s Hal Rood Explains What The Podcast Study 2026 Reveals

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“There definitely is a flashing yellow light for ad load. Now, is it a red alert yet? No, but we’re seeing the canary in the coal mine.”

Rock Radio Should Steal From Ash Dykes’ Congo Basin Stunt

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"Stunts don’t need to be death-defying — they can take place in the studio or at a client location instead of on a river full of killers."

Darien Southerland Built 101.1 The Pulse on Faith, Country, and Real Radio

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"Country music, Marjorie Taylor Greene, deer hunting, King James Bibles, and four-by-four pickup trucks. That's my avatar."

Bomani Jones: Stephen A. Smith Is All ‘First Take’ Needs

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"I think they can find somebody that is a reasonable facsimile. First Take didn’t need Skip Bayless"

Does Shannon Sharpe Have Options Following ESPN Dismissal?

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"The answer today may be different in two days, two months, or even two years. Time heals all wounds, and oftentimes people forgive, though never forget"

Shannon Sharpe Regrets Timing of His ESPN Dismissal

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"They did what they felt they needed to do, and I'm at peace with that"

Shannon Sharpe No Longer With ESPN

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"Sharpe has not been on ESPN since April"

What Sports Networks Should Heed From the Cancellation of ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’

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"The reasoning CBS gave behind the cancellation should be heard loud and clear by everyone, including sports television networks."

Shannon Sharpe Reaches Resolution in Civil Lawsuit Which Led To Stepping Away From ESPN

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After “protracted and respectful negotiations,” the two sides reached a “mutually agreed upon resolution,” with all matters addressed “satisfactorily,” and the matter is now closed.

Marcellus Wiley: Stephen A. Smith Wanted Max Kellerman To Be “The White Guy” on ‘First Take’

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"Max is blacker than you, as T.O. [Terrell Owens] told the world. Whether you agree or not, Max knew more about black culture than you did. That bothered you"

Stephen A. Smith Issues A Warning To His “Critics”

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"I think I’ve been too PC. I don’t believe I’ve told enough people to kiss my a**."

Dan Le Batard Defends Pablo Torre: ‘People Don’t Want Real Journalism Anymore’

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"I think if it was somebody else reporting this, it wouldn’t be received the same way."

Dan Le Batard: Shannon Sharpe ‘is Not Likely to Ever Work at ESPN Again’

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"Shannon Sharpe would like it to look like he has a chance to return. I don’t know that you can be Disney and allow any of what happened there."
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Strategic Solutions Research’s Hal Rood Explains What The Podcast Study 2026 Reveals

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“There definitely is a flashing yellow light for ad load. Now, is it a red alert yet? No, but we’re seeing the canary in the coal mine.”

Rock Radio Should Steal From Ash Dykes’ Congo Basin Stunt

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"Stunts don’t need to be death-defying — they can take place in the studio or at a client location instead of on a river full of killers."

Darien Southerland Built 101.1 The Pulse on Faith, Country, and Real Radio

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"Country music, Marjorie Taylor Greene, deer hunting, King James Bibles, and four-by-four pickup trucks. That's my avatar."

How News/Talk Hosts Can Spot Bad Midterm Election Polls Before Election Day

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This shouldn’t take much time and, in fact, might add to the on-air conversation. The host can give real reasons why some of the polls about your market’s midterms are good or bogus, beyond “How can Candidate X be ahead?” or “You can’t believe any of the polls.”