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

"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

“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

"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

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

Doug Gottlieb: If Stephen A. Smith Were a Journalist, He’d Ask Rob Manfred About Trevor Bauer

"It is your duty as a journalist to ask a fair but hard question. A fair but hard question, and they didn't ask any of them."

Marcellus Wiley: Stephen A. Smith Got Outshined By Max Kellerman on Issues He Hoped to Conquer

"This all started from a guy who was so intelligent, it brought back some of those insecurities from Stephen A."

Stephen A. Smith: Our Sensitivity is at ‘An Alarming Level’

"The slightest offense could cost you your career, not just your job."

Shannon Sharpe: Undisputed ‘Not Going to be Better Than Me & Stephen A.’

"Stephen A. is that dude. If Stephen A. ever decides to leave and turn the reins over to me, you all know I’m that dude. I’m him. Now the problem y’all got is you got two hims to go up against."

Dan Le Batard Show Reacts Live To Stephen A. Smith’s ‘A-List’ NFL Rankings

"If he puts the 49ers No. 2, I think you know who’s going No. 1"

ESPN Reportedly Leaving Seaport Studios in New York, Possible Move in LA too

"The South Street Seaport studios have been open since 2018. It is currently home to Get Up, First Take, Around the Horn, and NBA Countdown."

Marcus Spears is One of One

“His laugh is infectious. His facial expressions are memorable. He just makes for good TV.”

Shannon Sharpe: Skip Bayless and I ‘Barely Talked’

"It was really like a heavyweight fight."

Molly Qerim Welcomes Celebrities, Stephen A. Smith’s Sister to Roast First Pitch Attempt

"Hey Carmen, aren’t you happy you didn’t go now because that would have been embarrassing?"

Bill Parcells Shaped The Media By Giving Them Hell

"Parcells doesn't belong in a studio chatting with a quarterback. He belongs in a temper tantrum screaming at a sportswriter."

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

“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

"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

"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

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.”