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Peacock will become the exclusive home of The Rich Eisen Show this fall as part of a planned push into sports talk by the NBCUniversal streaming service. The three-hour daily talker has already been in the NBCUniversal family. Returning from a summer break on August 17, it will air for a few weeks on NBCSN before…

The NFL Draft is ready for its 2020 virtual edition tonight, with the three-day event kicking off beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT live on ABC, ESPN, the NFL Network and ESPN Deportes and the networks’ respective online platforms. It will certainly be an oasis in the perpetual 3rd down and 80 situation for American sports…

The evolution will be televised. The 2020 NFL Draft, a virtual affair to benefit charity amid social-distancing mandates, will air on NFL Network and Disney nets ESPN and ABC this month. The league said today that ESPN and NFL Network will team to offer a singular presentation, while ABC will present its own primetime…

Sports host Rich Eisen said Thursday that his talk show on the recently shuttered Audience Network show will be relocating to NBC Sports Network beginning Monday. The Rich Eisen Show will have a two-month run. The Rich Eisen Show is a simulcast of his daily SiriusXM program. On NBCSN, it will follow Lunch Talk Live…

Meek Mill, Meghan Trainor and Rapsody will perform live Thursday during the NFL’s official 2019 NFL Kickoff event in Chicago ahead of the league’s season-opening Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears game at Soldier Field on NBC. Portions of Meek Mill’s and Trainor’s performances will be part of NBC and the NFL Network’s…

If Fox and the NFL thought they were going to score with two struggling teams going head-to-head on Thursday Night Football, the San Francisco 49ers’ 34-3 demolition of the Oakland Raiders relieved them of that notion. Add to the fact that one of the cheerleaders for Colin Kaepernick’s old team seemed to be taking a…

Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb and two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Eric Davis have been fired as radio hosts by ESPN over allegations of sexual harassment of a former colleague that surfaced in a lawsuit. The harassments allegedly occurred when McNabb and David worked for the NFL Network. The two were named in…

As the NFL staggers to the end of a trying regular season, more than just the potential lift from the playoffs lies ahead in the new year. The league will also look to cement its 2018 TV and streaming plans for Thursday Night Football. According to a report in Sports Business Daily, the NFL is open to significant…

It’s been a bizarre season for the National Football League. National anthem protests, attacks by President Donald Trump, owners calling players “inmates” – the season has been a parade of strange occurences that had nothing to do with the game. It’s also been a season-long face-off between two sides with hardened…

The NFL Network has suspended retired players and analysts after a former employee claimed that they sexually harassed her. In a lawsuit filed against NFL Enterprises in Los Angeles Superior Court, former wardrobe stylist Jami Cantor accused retired players Marshall Faulk and Ike Taylor as well as analyst Heath Evans…

Surely one of the big takeaways from last night's return of Thursday Night Football to NBC will be the likely end of Richard Sherman's season this year. On a night that began with a tribute to veterans and no protests by players on either team, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals 22-16. However, the…

The last Thursday Night Football of the year on CBS went out record breaking large for the Baltimore Ravens. Playing at home last night, the 2012 Super Bowl champions' shutout the Miami Dolphins 40-0 to break a two-game losing streak. While quarterback Joe Flacco was knocked out with a concussion, the Ravens not only…