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Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version stated that Vice Sports was closing based on a tweet from its editor-in-chief, Jorge Arangure. He has since pos

As the hourglass in Skip Bayless’s tenure at First Take dwindles to its final specs of sand, The Big Lead has learned that ESPN has whittled its succession plan

Dan Le Batard offered reaction to Skip Bayless leaving ESPN. He sees some parallels between what the First Take co-host is doing and star athletes who jump to n

It was a late afternoon in early December 1997. Peter Vecsey had an 8 pm deadline for his New York Post column, which ran three times per week, but the Golden S

Steve Elling made the biggest mistake of his career in 2001, though he wouldn’t realize it for a decade. He gave up covering Florida State football at the Orlan

Barstool Sports spent Thursday morning getting raked over the coals on one corner of the Internet. By afternoon, they’d announced that they were acquired by Pet

Chris Mortensen recently deleted his 7-month old tweet that claimed the Patriots’ AFC Championship Game footballs were under-inflated.

Former ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd was the sports story of the weekend, overtaking Hulk Hogan late Friday afternoon when the network raced to the moral high g

ESPN’s cost-cutting measures that have become a significant source of strife at the company in recent months are likely about to claim another high-profile

Stephen A. Smith cracked a comment during SportsCenter last night during the Norway free kick goal. It was a perfectly placed ball into the top corner, and some

Adrian Wojnarowski, the news-breaking NBA insider at Yahoo Sports, is being heavily courted by multiple media outlets – led by Sports Illustrated – to create ba

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