Sports Media
As the Sox become worth watching, they need an announcer worth listening to. The organization should replace Schriffen after the season, and there’s a feeling that the Sox might.
Blackledge doesn’t have catchphrases or shtick, and he keeps a pretty even keel. When you’re one of the best college football analysts on TV, you don’t need any of that.
The Fox broadcaster will call the Bears game Sunday before his Raiders play them a week later.
There has always been a conflict in Brady’s roles as Fox broadcaster and Raiders minority owner. The Bears are about to be square in the middle of it.
McCarthy oversaw Marquee from its launch in 2020 through 2023, when he stepped down for health reasons. He was an advisor to Coyle before becoming COO in June.
After being fired by The Score on March 21 following an ugly online spat, Bernstein, who now hosts a podcast with Hubbard Radio, wondered if he’d be accepted on any medium again.
The broadcast represents the culmination of ESPN’s yearslong effort to assemble a crew worthy of producing and calling the network’s first Super Bowl in 2027.
The “creatives” produced content for the network’s website, podcasts and social-media platforms.
“Shorts,” voiced by Chicago radio legend Kevin Matthews, will join Kaplan and Ryan McGuffey every Friday. Matthews hosted on The Loop for 12 years, often putting his alter ego on the air to talk sports.
The streaming service’s customers could lose access to Fox, FS1 and the Big Ten Network as college football season opens this weekend.
For a team coming off a five-win, last-place finish, the Bears sure were treated well by the NFL schedule-makers.
For those who want a taste of what sports radio used to be, this show might be it. Bernstein is the type of host who isn’t afraid of on-air conflict, and with Matt Abbatacola, he’ll get it.
Bernstein will be joined by Matt Abbatacola, his former producer at The Score. The debut show will cover Bernstein’s time since the station fired him in March.
Bernstein, the former host at The Score who was fired in March, is nearing an agreement to do podcasts with Hubbard, the Sun-Times has learned. Matt Abbatacola, who was a producer for Bernstein at The Score, is expected to have a role.
Dales will be the first woman in the booth Sunday, when the Dolphins visit Soldier Field (noon, Fox 32, 1000-AM). It will also be her first game broadcast from the booth after years of working the sidelines.
Under the terms, ESPN will acquire NFL Network, NFL Fantasy and the rights to distribute the RedZone channel to cable and satellite operators, and the NFL will get a 10% equity stake in ESPN.
As the WNBA draws in more viewers, players and coaches point to star power, social media and skill as key drivers — and raise questions about how the growth is valued.
ESPN would get control of NFL Network and the RedZone channel.
The decision comes less than two weeks after Sharpe resolved a lawsuit that accused him of sexually assaulting a woman during their relationship.
The Sun-Times has reported that Marquee would remain on the Popular tier through the season, even though fellow regional sports network Chicago Sports Network began appearing on the Ultimate tier June 6.