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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."

Stephen A. Smith Offers Lonzo Ball Open Podcast Invitation After Social Spat

Smith replied to Ball on X and extended an open invitation for the Chicago Bulls guard to join his podcast.

Stephen A. Smith: ‘ESPN Didn’t Have Different Rules for Sage Steele’

"I do not deny that she's very passionate about what she feels. She's not faking it."

Amber Wilson: ‘NBA Trying Not to Shorten Season to Retain Media Revenue’

"They’re just trying to find a way around it any way they can because less games means less money."

Stephen A. Smith: ‘Shannon Sharpe to First Take Not Done’

"Shannon Sharpe has yet to sign on the dotted line to be a member of 'First Take.'"

Shannon Sharpe Set to Join First Take Rotation

"Both Sharpe and Smith had been public with comments about a desire to work together since Shannon Sharpe left FOX."

JJ Redick: ‘NBA on ESPN Will Be Weird Without Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy’

"I felt like Mark and Jeff and Mike is just such an iconic team, and they’ve been on the call for so many historic moments."

Stephen A. Smith: ‘I Am A Show’

“It comes with it; that’s what I’m saying.”

Christopher Russo Called Out in Epic Joey Votto Rant on High Heat

"Not everyone can be the next Roger Peckinpaugh, Mad Dog. You should be ashamed of yourself – you’re a disgrace!"

Stugotz: Every Journalist Became a Sports Talk Radio Host And it Bothers Them

"Journalists always looked down at sports radio hosts like they were better than we were."

Stephen A. Smith: ‘I Want Shannon Sharpe on First Take Period’

“We are talking to him and I'm hopeful, very hopeful, very confident that ultimately we will be announcing sooner than later that he will be on First Take."

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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.”