Sports
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Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on ESPN Settles for Smallest TV Audience Since 2005
Socially distanced 2020 event could not crack one million viewers
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Wrong Again, President Trump: NASCAR Races Are Not Getting Their ‘Lowest Ratings EVER’
NASCAR ratings on Fox are up 8% since league banned Confederate flag; July 4th weekend races soar on NBC
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NASCAR Overrun Revs Up Sunday Night Ratings Win for NBC
End to holiday weekend was almost all reruns — save stock cars and “60 Minutes”
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Washington Redskins to Undergo ‘Thorough Review’ of Team Name
“This review formalizes the initial discussions the team has been having with the league in recent weeks,” team says in a statement
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NFL to Play Black National Anthem Before Week 1 Games, May Put Victim Names of Police Brutality on Jerseys
“Lift Ev’ry Voice” will be played prior to the national anthem
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Former ESPN Personality Will Cain to Co-Host ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’
Cain will be the new co-anchor of the weekend morning show
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BlackSportsOnline CEO Robert Littal Apologizes, Calls Past Treatment of Female Contributors ‘Totally Wrong’ (Video)
Writers allege that Littal made inappropriate advances and harassed them
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Fox Sports Drops USGA TV Rights, Golf’s US Open Moves to NBC Sports
COVID-19 has shifted Fox’s only major to September, when it will (hopefully) air Major League Baseball and college and NFL football
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Ava DuVernay to Executive Produce Scripted Series Based on Colin Kaepernick’s High School Years
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback to narrate and executive produce six-episode Netflix show written by Michael Starrbury
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NBA Sets TV Schedule for Season Restart at Disney World
First night back features Zion Williamson and an LA-inner city rivalry (played outside the city)
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NFL Cancels 2020 Hall of Fame Game, the Kickoff to Preseason Football, Due to Coronavirus
Cowboys-Steelers exhibition is the first NFL game canceled due to the virus
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Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman Exits After After Outcry Over Staff Diversity
Turner Sports head Lenny Daniels will take over in the interim
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Bubba Wallace Says Rope in Garage Was a ‘Straight-Up Noose,’ Not a Door Pull (Video)
NASCAR driver appeared on Don Lemon’s CNN program Tuesday night after the FBI found he was not the victim of a hate crime
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MLB Announces 2020 Season Will Begin Next Month
Players will report for training by July 1
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NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Was ‘Not the Target of a Hate Crime,’ FBI Finds
“The garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall,” racing league says