data-mm-id=”_awk2meeg9″>ESPN is coming off its most successful Monday Night Football broadcast of the season, drawing an average of 14 million viewers, which was up 36 percent year-over-year, for the Chiefs win against the Ravens. Week 4 won't be so kind. With the Chiefs game against the Patriots being moved to Monday night this week following Cam Newton being diagnosed with COVID, ESPN will now be competing against the top broadcast booth in football (Tony Romo and Jim Nantz) and for viewership against CBS. Even worse, it will do so starting from behind. Chiefs-Patriots has been scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET on Monday night and, as mentioned, will be broadcast on CBS. Packers-Falcons will kick off at 8:50 p.m. ET and will broadcast on ESPN. It's kind of like the season-opening …

data-mm-id=”_42fw0pdva”>James Harden and Kevin Durant are off to a heck of a start together in Brooklyn. The Nets have won their first two games since acquiring Harden in a blockbuster trade with Houston. On Monday night they beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 125-123. Harden and Durant combined for 64 points and have scored 138 over their first two games together in Brooklyn, the second-most ever by two new teammates.York's got some "me and Wilt combined for 100 points one night" energy going one here https://t.co/UGt1pUMkhi— CJ Fogler 6'7" IQ 269 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) January 19, 2021That's right. Wilt Chamberlain and York Larese. As for the joke about combining for 100 points with Wilt, that's not quite true. Chamberlain and Larese actually combined…

data-mm-id=”_t016rwnl3″>LeBron James is the most famous basketball player of the century and everything about his profile supports that claim. LeBron suits up on the court every year but his outside interests are beginning to permeate pop culture with more regularity. He starred in Space Jam 2. He started up his own production company. He invested in the Fenway Sports Group to become a minority owner of the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Liverpool FC. All this happened within the last five or so years. On Thursday, the news we all expected to come eventually appeared: LeBron James has become a billionaire. Per Forbes: After another monster year of earnings–totaling $121.2 million last year–Forbes estimates that James has officially become a billionaire, while still playin…

data-mm-id=”_s5zpo8jvc”>The 2023 ESPY Awards took place last night and since there was no host for the first time ever there were a variety of speeches given by various personalities. Pat McAfee was tasked with giving the opening monologue, which should not come as a surprise. He is built perfectly for something like this. Coupled with his status as ESPN's newest big-ticket hire and he was always going to get some screentime at the ESPYS this year. McAfee's speech touched upon Damar Hamlin, who was in attendance last night to present the Pat Tillman Award For Service to the Buffalo Bills' training staff. While telling the story of the night the staff saved Hamlin's night McAfee took a shot at Skip Bayless, to the great delight of the crowd. Damar Hamlin is an ABSOLU…

data-mm-id=”_p0q3t5flh”>The NFL's official bio on X is an homage to a Taylor Swift song. The league's Instagram bio points out that the Kansas City Chiefs are a perfect 2-0 in games the singer has attended. Those contest have come against the truly pathetic Chicago Bears at Arrowhead and the plucky but limited New York Jets across the river from the place Swift famously welcomed people and assured the city had been waiting for them. Swift's newish but intensely covered budding relationship with All-Pro tight end and podcaster Travis Kelce is the platonic ideal of when sports and pop culture merge. It's pure Americana and if given the afternoon to get baked, a person would be able to come up with a 5,000-word thinkpiece about her new era of bringing back the monocult…

data-mm-id=”_sxsdlos2i”>A photo this week showed Joe Burrow with a brace on his throwing hand and wrist, it immediately caused concern. During the Cincinnati Bengals' Thursday Night Football matchup with the Baltimore Ravens, Burrow was favoring his throwing hand. Then disaster struck as he was attempting to warm up on the sideline, Burrow couldn't grip the ball and was in serious pain. Check it out:Joe Burrow trying to throw pic.twitter.com/04F1zc7HH0— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) November 17, 2023Burrow immediately went back to the locker room and we don't know his status going forward. He clearly couldn't grip the football and even attempting a throw put him in serious pain. This came after he threw a second quarter touchdown to Joe Mix…

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