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97.5 The Fanatic’s Sean Brace Takes Issue With 94WIP Spike Eskin’s Lebron James Commentary on Social Media

"We're diehard Philadelphia sports fans. They are not. They suck. Screw them, dude. That is a negative vibe that they are putting out. It will be amplified, and it bothers the hell out of me."

Tino Cochino Radio Moves To Afternoons At 98.5 KLUC

Shawn Tempesta now hosts mornings, while Mikalah Gordon anchors middays.

Inside ESPN’s Bad Week: Leaks, Layoffs, and a PR Strategy Gone Wrong

"ESPN is exceptional in so many areas that when the company makes a rash of mistakes handling personnel matters it's surprising."

Why Facebook’s New Video Feed Matters for News Media Creators

If your newsroom or your channel walked away from that platform, now's a good time to reconsider.

Charles Barkley Is Not Helping Himself With Commentary About the NBA’s TV Partners

"The basketball Hall of Famer seems to be talking out of both sides of his mouth. He’s upset about less time on Inside the NBA but was unwilling to take on more work at NBC than he did at TNT"

Ariel Helwani: UFC Dropping ESPN Could Harm Exposure of Sport

"I think the reason why the UFC is getting a billion dollars from Paramount is because of ESPN"

Six Sports Podcasts Make Time Magazine’s ‘Top 100 Best Podcasts of All Time’ List

"The selection process began by reviewing nearly twenty years of podcasting history."

Bill Simmons Laughs off New Orleans Pelicans Clap-Back on Social Media

"A recent social media exchange between the New Orleans Pelicans and Simmons, the two shed light on what happens when those takes get noticed—especially by the teams involved"

Bill Simmons: “Couldn’t Figure Out” Split ESPN-NBA Draft Broadcasts

"It was like, ‘Do I take this samurai sword and jam it into my temple?,’ or, ‘Do I take this chainsaw and saw my leg off?’"

Jeff Pearlman: Bill Simmons Surrendered Being a Journalist a Long Time Ago

"I really hate hearing Bill Simmons question anyone’s journalistic integrity when that guy has shown literally zero journalistic integrity throughout his career."

Pablo Torre to Bill Simmons: Bill Belichick Story Involves Various Disciplines

"...we are rigorously investigating something in order to say, 'We are here to publish this as true.'"

Pablo Torre to Appear on Bill Simmons’ Podcast Amid Reporting Criticism

"Pablo’s numbers are skyrocketing because he’s doing this reporting around this story that people are really hungry for."

Bill Simmons: ESPN Will Screw Up ‘Inside the NBA’

"The only way it doesn’t go badly is if they do the commercials and they give them the lengthy segments that you need to have that show work."

Bill Simmons: ‘Mike and the Mad Dog’ Weighing in on Oscars ‘Created Podcasting’

"I was like, ‘This is the mode for something down the road.'"

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