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Denver Nuggets Broadcasters Chris Marlowe, Scott Hastings, Chris Dempsey Depart

"Altitude Sports is moving in a different direction and decided not to renew my contract. It has been a wonderful 22 year run, and I want to thank everyone who was there along the way."

Clay Travis: NFL Placing 87% Of Games On Free TV Means They’re “Violating The Law” 13% Of The Time

"You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly freely and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more."

NBA Finals Game Three Viewership Highest Since 1998

"Game 3 averaged 23.8 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a 159% jump from last year's Game 3. The audience peaked at 26.3 million viewers at 11:15 p.m. ET."

CBS News Earned $362 Million From 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, Others in 2025

"Halfway through this year, CBS is still at 22% of the dollar share."

David Samson: Stephen A. Smith is a Product of ESPN ‘Doubling Down’ on Nonsense

"Why do you think ESPN keeps doubling down on personalities who just yell into the microphone about nonsense with no knowledge of anything?"

Lisa Salters Returning to NBA Finals Broadcast on ABC After Three-Game Absence

Jorge Sedano had been filling in for Salters in her absence.

Shams Charania: Adrian Wojnarowski ‘Was a Great Mentor to Me’

"He made me better, but I will say every single day, I’m just focused on what I can control in my job."

Viewership of Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals Game 3 Down 20% Year-Over-Year

Across the first three games of the series, the NBA Finals is averaging 8.95 million viewers, representative of a 23% year-over-year diminution.

Mike Breen: ‘It’s Hard to Fall Asleep’ After Thrilling NBA Finals Game

"It’s just you’re so wound up, especially when you see a game that good."

Adam Silver: ‘Not Sure’ if ‘Inside the NBA’ Will Be Produced Differently on ESPN

"They made a decision to take an entertainment route with that studio show."

Anatomy of a Broadcaster: Richard Jefferson

For the first time in his broadcasting career, Richard Jefferson will be on the call for the NBA Finals. Jefferson was named to the...

Scott Van Pelt: ‘I’ll Bet Money That ‘First Take’ Hasn’t Done Segments’ on Indiana Pacers During Regular Season

"I’ll bet money they haven’t, but that’s not knocking them because I know having done our show, we didn’t lead 'SportsCenter' with the Pacers like ever unless they were playing another star-laden team."

Finale of ‘Inside the NBA’ on TNT Most-Watched Show in Two Years

"The NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 marked the culmination of TNT’s 40-year history of live NBA games on the network."

Charles Barkley: I Will Give TNT Sports Two More Years and ‘Be a Good Soldier’

"This is the TNT people because I think my contract technically is still with TNT, but I’m going to be a good soldier."

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Clay Travis: NFL Placing 87% Of Games On Free TV Means They’re “Violating The Law” 13% Of The Time

"You guys have an important responsibility and an opportunity to apply the law fairly freely and help fans everywhere across the entire nation pay less and get more."

NBA Finals Game Three Viewership Highest Since 1998

"Game 3 averaged 23.8 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a 159% jump from last year's Game 3. The audience peaked at 26.3 million viewers at 11:15 p.m. ET."

CBS News Earned $362 Million From 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, Others in 2025

"Halfway through this year, CBS is still at 22% of the dollar share."

NAB President Curtis LeGeyt: Congress Must “Reaffirm The Scope” Of Sports Broadcasting Act Of 1961 With All Leagues

"We're not here to scrutinize the NFL's business practices. We're here to affirm that if they want to take advantage of an antitrust exemption granted to them by this body, that there are certain public interest obligations that went along with that."