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05/24/2021 NFL players, along with other athletes and celebrities whose numbers Shannon Sharpe has on his phone should probably be suspicious if the FS1 personality calls between 9:30 a.m. noon ET. There’s a chance your conversation might be on the air. Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones has been the frequent subject of trade rumors during the NFL offseason. The Falcons have reportedly been looking to make a deal to clear $15 million in salary cap space. But either the idea of playing for a...

Ranking the Best Competitors from MTVs The Challenge May 11, 2021, 1:20 PM EDT MTV has had one staple program that has been one the air consistently for more than two decades. While other programming has fallen by the wayside, The Challenge has endured through numerous format changes, several hosts and dozens of new competitors. With 36 seasons down its time to stack the contestants up against each other and rank the greatest of all-time. In this weeks episode of Best of 7, Kyle Koster and m...

Meghan McCain Would Rather Eat a Muddy Tire Than Have to Watch Royal Family Do Anything Meghan McCain Megan McCain was on The View today, as she always is. At one point, discussion centered on the royal family across the pod. McCain expressed her distaste for Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. After hearing about how the royal family treated Meghan Markle in the stunning interview with Oprah Winfrey that captured the attention of the world earlier this year, McCain says...

Meadowlark Media tabs Gary Hoenig as exeutive editor, Carl Scott executive director of audio The hires give some insight into where Meadowlark might be heading. Dan Le Batard and John Skipper’s Meadowlark Media is ramping up their hiring. In addition to on-air talent, that includes two editorial moves announced today, naming Gary Hoenig executive editor and Carl Scott executive director of audio. (The Big Lead’s Kyle Koster reported the Hoenig hire.) From Meadowlark’s release...

Paul Pierce Out at ESPN After Instagram Live Stream Paul Pierce | Johnny Nunez/Getty Images ESPN and NBA analyst Paul Pierce have parted ways, sources tell The Big Leads Kyle Koster. ESPN declined to comment. ESPN and Paul Pierce have parted ways, a source tells The Big Lead.— Kyle Koster, TBL (@KyleKoster) April 5, 2021 Late Friday night, Pierce posted a racy Instagram Live video in which he was seen with maskless dancers at a card game. The 2020-21 NBA season marked Pierces fourth year as...

Joe Biden Reports His Dog Has an 85 Percent Approval Rating Pool/Getty Images President Joe Biden sat for an interview with ABC News George Stephanopoulos yesterday, just as news broke that our long national nightmare of not having a solo press conference would be ending some time next week. Among the final subjects: the Bidens dog Major, who previously was confirmed to be very much alive by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki after some dark speculation. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: One final que...

Dick Hoyt Ran an Incredible Race Elsa/Getty Images Dick Hoyt stood at the starting line of the Boston Marathon with his son, Rick, 32 times. Thirty-two times the duo crossed the finish line, following at once their own course and one well-trod by other runners. For 26.2 miles they were both alone and inseparable, sharing a bond both entirely understandable but impossible to truly understand. It was one of the most beautiful things in sports — and in life — to see Dick, who would age in bod...

The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks battled for local supremacy on Monday night.

No One Is Better at Listening to Stephen A. Smith Than Max Kellerman Mar 16, 2021, 3:03 PM EDT The New York Knicks lost their championship game last night against the suddenly-hated Brooklyn Nets. ESPNs resident homer got as worked up over the contest as Julius Randle, only his adrenaline manifested in a more humorous way. Here Stephen A. Smith is, going way over-the-top in a mildly believable dramatic performance of a new character hes been workshopping in recent weeks: Guy Who Is Convinced t...

Drew Brees will finally join NBC and the Peacock family could not be more excited about it.