John Koblin's posts

It was March 1994, and Fox Sports president David Hill was on the phone with a new employee. Hill himself was…

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Former Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman came on Highly Questionable this afternoon, purportedly to discuss the…

Right before the weekend, ESPN told its anchors to refrain from saying "sucks" so much on the air. The word is…

ESPN is a roll with these memos. Just yesterday the Worldwide Leader told its talent to be extra extra careful when…

Like anyone else, ESPN talking heads can occasionally lapse into dumb talk on controversial topics. Nobody knows…

ESPN is reporting that Jameis Winston will not be charged with sexual assault. ESPN Radio's Jeff Cameron reported…

Remember the Keith Olbermann-as-Tupac video? It was a bit of a thing a couple of weeks ago. We posted it; so did…

"Say something, please!" Mike Francesa shouted out to the audience.

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Let this be the bookend on the Olbermann v. WFAN dispute from last week. A YouTube user Will Schleichert made a…

Two bits of rough news for Fox Sports 1 over the last two days. One, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox reported a…

Yesterday, WFAN's morning boys, Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton, went after Keith Olbermann and Chris Berman in an…

Nico Muhly, the young composer behind the very buzzy opera Two Boys, has a bit of an obsession with Manti Te'o. Two…

Tim McCarver signed off for the last time on Fox last night. In the video above, Joe Buck says "I love you" three…

After his successful Revolutionary War commentary, time-traveling Mike Francesa is back, this time in the run-up…

In today's New York Times, Jim Miller and Richard Sandomir report that ESPN apparently came very, very close to…

The Lions may have had more than 500 total yards, but Matthew Stafford couldn't connect to Kris Durham on fourth…

Well, that read option worked out nicely. Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard dash is the longest run by a quarterback in NFL…

Serena Williams came back to defeat Li Na in the WTA Championships today, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Williams won the final nine…