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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."

Stephen A. Smith: I Want To Be Considered ‘Greatest TV Talent in History’

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“That’s what I want to do. That’s what I want to accomplish.”

Fred Toucher: ‘ESPN is Now Just 3 People’

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"Stephen A. Smith is on in the morning. He’s on the radio. He does a podcast. He’s at all the games. He does the postgames.”

JJ Redick: ESPN Sells The NBA As ‘Only 5 or 6 Teams Matter’

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“To me, this could be the best thing possible for the NBA and its fans because we have not done a good job of selling the rest of the NBA.”

Stephen A. Smith: I Cannot Be Objective About Knicks or Yankees

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“That doesn’t stop me from giving my analysis and breaking down what I see, but it hits me personally because even the great Spike Lee, there’s no one on this planet that roots for the New York Knicks more than me.”

Doug Gottlieb: If Stephen A. Smith Were on a Regional Network, No One Would Watch

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"He benefits from the fact that he's on ESPN."

Stephen A. Smith: Sports Fans ‘Don’t Want to Learn’ Anything From Me

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"Somebody walks up to me, they can get a picture. I’ll never say no. What I say no to is conversation."

Bomani Jones: Kendrick Perkins ‘Completely Shifted’ NBA MVP Discussion

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“I want to send a brief shout out to my man Perk, a quote ‘formerly great, now disgraced philosopher.’ No one man should have all that power.”

Chris Russo Roasts Stephen A. Smith For Short Stephen Colbert Segment

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"It can't be worth it, Steve, to travel 12 hours for two and a half minutes and then blow up this show."

Stephen A. Smith Launches Basketball Camp

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"I'm honored that IMG Academy sees me as someone who can be an extension of its mission of empowering student-athletes to win in their future, preparing them for college and for life."

Stephen A. Smith: Dan Le Batard is My Friend, But He is Wrong

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"It’s amazing to me how people will speak as if I’ve had a negative impact on an industry they profit off of!"
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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.”