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☆ Aaron Rodgers is off ESPN’s ‘Pat McAfee Show’ for the season after ugly remarks about Jimmy Kimmel, conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Aaron Rodgers is done as a guest on Pat McAfee’s ESPN show for the remainder of the NFL season. “So ‘Aaron Rodgers Tuesday,’ season four, is done,” McAfee told his audience. The way it ended, it got real loud.”A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision to end Rodgers’ regular Tuesday appearances was due to his recent behavior, not the conclusion of the regular NFL season. During the previous two NFL seasons, Rodgers appeared on McAfee’s program as late as March. Rodgers’ remark about Kimmel prompted backlash not only because it was unproven and laced with innuendo but because McAfee permitted him to make the remarks on ESPN.

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☆ ESPN star Pat McAfee publicly attacks network executive amid Aaron Rodgers controversy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

McAfee implied Williamson may have leaked the idea for the story to New York Post reporter Andrew Marchand. That is just seemingly the only human that has information and then somehow that information gets leaked, and it's wrong." ESPN management values the importance of McAfee and Williamson and is looking into why McAfee denigrated an executive, according to a person familiar with the matter. "At the same time, we are thrilled with the multi-platform success that we have seen from the Pat McAfee Show across ESPN. The New York Post previously reported that McAfee has paid Rodgers "millions" to appear on his show.

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☆ Aaron Rodgers is causing major headaches for ESPN after his bizarre comment about Jimmy Kimmel
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jets QB Aaron Rodgers has sparked a controversy with his latest quip about comedian Jimmy Kimmel. AdvertisementESPN is grappling with a wave of backlash after Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers made a bizarre and unfounded quip about comedian Jimmy Kimmel being linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Kimmel, who is one Disney's biggest names as the host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live! Advertisement"There's a lot of people, including Jimmy Kimmel, really hoping that doesn't come out," Rodgers said." "I can see exactly why Jimmy Kimmel felt the way he felt, especially with his position.

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☆ Aaron Rodgers to return to New York Jets practice as season winds down
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Just 11 weeks after new New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had surgery to repair his torn left Achilles tendon, head coach Robert Saleh announced the soon-to-be 40-year-old could now return to practice. Rodgers could participate in limited practices that include throwing to teammates but would not include any contact, Saleh said. According to NFL.com, the Jets have 21-day window to evaluate Rodgers in practice while he remains on the injured reserve list. “If the answer is no, then I gotta listen to my body.” Aaron Rodgers on TuesdayThe 4-7 Jets have six games left in the regular season. News of Rodgers’ seemingly miraculous recovery has social media abuzz, with even NBA superstar LeBron James marveling at the quarterback’s possible return.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers' improbable comeback from a torn Achilles tendon has taken the next step. The New York Jets opened the 21-day practice window for the quarterback on Wednesday — exactly 11 weeks after he had surgery — with Rodgers cleared for some football activities. Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon four snaps into his debut with the Jets on Sept. 11 and had surgery two days later. Sure, but that's OK. That's his ‘why’ — that's why he's (doing it). “I promise Aaron is not going to do anything that puts himself in harm’s way if he's not healthy to play,” Saleh said.

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☆ Helmets Off, Mics Up: N.F.L. Players Discover the Power of Podcasts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Emmanuel Morgan | More About Emmanuel Morgan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The phenomenon of active athletes hosting podcasts largely started in the N.B.A., where players can command more attention because there are smaller rosters and more frequent games. Early entries included JJ Redick’s “The Vertical” in 2016 and Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye’s “Road Trippin’” in 2017. Podcasting is particularly attractive to players who are still generating N.F.L. Hill said he started his podcast, “It Needed to Be Said,” partly to prepare for a potential broadcasting career. Brands such as Bleacher Report, which works with Parsons and Miller, have increasingly signed up athletes.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers will have the final call on whether he plays again this season for the New York Jets — if and when he gets medical clearance. “Aaron’s a big boy, a grown man, and no one’s going to know Aaron’s body like Aaron knows his body,” Saleh said. Rodgers, who turns 40 on Dec. 2, has repeatedly said his goal is to return late this season. “If I have a great week this week and next week, that could be accelerated,” he said on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday. “And I think Aaron’s just icing on the cake.”A return this season by Rodgers would be unprecedented in terms of recovery time.

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☆ 6 ways ESPN's new sports betting app will leverage the network's talent and audience, from Pat McAfee to fantasy sports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

ESPN and Penn Entertainment gave on November 9 a first look at their new ESPN Bet app. Execs from both companies shared how the partnership will elevate each of their brands. Here are six ways Penn plans to leverage ESPN's brand and audience to elevate the sportsbook. ESPN and Penn Entertainment unveiled on November 9 a first look at their upcoming sports-betting app, ESPN Bet. Ahead of the app's November 14 launch, ESPN's vice president of sports betting and fantasy Mike Morrison and Penn's president and CEO Jay Snowden discussed at the ESPN Edge conference in New York how the sportsbook will leverage ESPN's iconic brand in hopes of shaking up the sports betting landscape and giving Penn an edge in the market.

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Chase Young, Montez Sweat and Joshua Dobbs are on the move. The San Francisco 49ers (5-3) made the biggest move of the day, getting Young from the Washington Commanders for a compensatory third-round draft pick. Political Cartoons View All 1227 ImagesThe Commanders traded their top pass rusher, Sweat, to the Chicago Bears for a second-round pick. The Bears (2-6) are headed nowhere, but have to be planning to keep Sweat, who has 6 1/2 sacks this season. People-Jones has eight catches for 97 yards this season after catching 61 passes for 839 yards last season.

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(AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre's connection to a welfare misspending case in Mississippi. Discussion of Mississippi welfare spending on “Undisputed” took place after extensive news coverage about allegations of Mississippi's largest public corruption case. Favre is not facing criminal charges, but he is among more than three dozen people or businesses the state is suing to try to recover misspent welfare money. In addition to suing Sharpe, Favre filed defamation lawsuits earlier this year against White, the auditor, and sportscaster Pat McAfee, who is a former NFL punter. Favre has repaid $1.1 million he received for speaking fees from a nonprofit group that spent TANF money with approval from the Mississippi Department of Human Services.

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Aaron Rodgers ditched the crutches and walking boot, strolled onto the field during pregame warmups Sunday and the New York Jets quarterback started throwing passes again. "It is unbelievable," said Zach Wilson, who has started the Jets' past five games in Rodgers' absence. And it has happened in the locker room among the teammates Rodgers felt as though he let down just four snaps into his debut with the Jets on Sept. 11. While Rodgers continues to work on his recovery in Southern California, he has twice joined the team for games. Against Kansas City two weeks ago, Rodgers was still on crutches and watched from a suite.

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Aaron Rodgers attended a team meeting at the New York Jets’ New Jersey hotel Saturday night and is expected to attend the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Rodgers was injured four snaps into his debut with the Jets on Sept. 11 against Buffalo. “You never know who you’re going to see at the game,” Rodgers said with a grin. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team didn’t announce Rodgers had rejoined his teammates. I hope it is this weekend.”Two days after the injury, Rodgers had surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift's trip to watch the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce play football on Sunday didn't just have the internet talking nonstop. Following the 12-time Grammy Award winner's appearance at Arrowhead Stadium, jersey sales for the All-Pro tight-end seemingly skyrocketed. Kelce did not speak to reporters afterward, but he was spotted leaving Arrowhead with Swift by his side. In a later appearance on the “The Pat McAfee Show,” Kelce revealed that he invited Swift to watch him play. Beyond jersey sales, the NFL has also met the internet hype of Swift's trip to Arrowhead.

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☆ Opinion: Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce frenzy sends a toxic message
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Frankie De La Cretaz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Taylor Swift broke sports media when she showed up to the Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday, seated next to tight end Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna. The outing capped a frenzied period of speculation in which the rumor mill had been working overtime to speculate whether Swift and Kelce were, in fact, an item. Swift has been incredibly vocal about how much she dislikes when people speculate about her dating life. “I feel like watching my dating life has become a bit of a national pastime,” she told Rolling Stone in 2014. “Taylor is very focused on work right now and hanging out with her girlfriends,” a source told People magazine.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce put the ball in Taylor Swift's court, and she wound up bringing it to Arrowhead Stadium after all. The 12-time Grammy Award winner took advantage of an invitation from the All-Pro tight end to see the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Swift was decked out in red and white while watching alongside Kelce's mother, Donna, from one of the glass-enclosed suites on a sun-splashed afternoon in Kansas City. “But having said that, I think he’s doing great and I think that it’s all 100% true.”There has been no word from Travis Kelce or Swift on defining their relationship.

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☆ Travis Kelce on Taylor Swift: ‘I threw the ball in her court’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Travis Kelce is talking about the pop superstar, while still not confirming speculation that the pair may be dating. No one actually know what’s going on.”The athlete also called out his brother, Philadelphia Eagles football player Jason Kelce, for talking about it recently. “I threw the ball in her court and told her, ‘I’ve seen you rock the stage in Arrowhead. You might have to come see me rock the stage in Arrowhead and see which one’s a little more lit,’” Kelce said. “So, I was a little bit hurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”When Jason Kelce asked his brother if he meant his jersey number or his phone number, Travis Kelce quipped, “You know which one.”

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During his appearance on the show last week, the 39-year-old Rodgers spoke of using the doubters and people’s theoretical timelines to recover as motivation. Political Cartoons View All 1176 Images“I don’t want to get caught in the timeline,” Rodgers said. “It's been tough,” Rodgers said during the video call in the middle of a rehab session. There have also been reports Rodgers had a “speed bridge” procedure, which is designed to accelerate the normal rehabilitation process. This is the time for me to kind of sit and receive and try to find some joy in the process.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he'll use doubters as motivation in his rehabilitation from Achilles tendon surgery and indicates he'll play football again — perhaps even this season. Rodgers tore his left Achilles tendon on the fourth snap of his debut with his new team on Monday night, a 22-16 overtime victory over Buffalo. Political Cartoons View All 1163 Images“Definitely some odds stacked against me based on age, but I like it,” Rodgers said. A lot of sadness, a lot of tears, a lot of dark frustration and anger, all the gamut of emotions. “I’m very confident in Zach and I think he’s confident himself, which is the most important thing,” Rodgers said.

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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — When Jay Norvell threw shade at Deion Sanders for wearing sunglasses during interviews, Coach Prime responded by handing out some of his signature shades. Sanders passed out pairs of Prime 21 sunglasses to his players during a team meeting — “I just want to see how y'all look in 'em. Before big games at Oregon and against USC, Colorado hosts Colorado State (0-1) on Saturday night, and during his weekly radio show, Norvell took a swipe at Sanders' habit of wearing his cap and sunglasses during media interviews. Howard called it petty for Norvell to complain about Sanders wearing sunglasses or a hat and never should have brought anyone's mother into the discussion. “If you know Deion Sanders, not even Coach Prime, but if you just know Deion Sanders, he's really, really close to his mom.

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☆ ESPN Bets Big on Pat McAfee, an F-Bomb-Throwing YouTube Star
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Isabella Simonetti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ A billionaire wants to use a cargo plane to fly an orca to freedom after 53 years in captivity. Here's how it could work.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A $20 million plan to release a killer whale named Tokitae from captivity is firming up. The orca has been kept in a small enclosure in the Miami Seaquarium since her capture 53 years ago. The billionaire-backed plan would see the killer whale loaded on a plane and flown across the US. The killer whale has been living in the world's smallest orca tank, which measures 80 feet by 35 feet. She's the second oldest orca living in captivity.

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☆ 3 trends that will redefine sports media as the industry reckons with layoffs, AI, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

More news jobs have already been cut this year than in all of 2022 and 2021, per a firm that tracks layoffs. Industry experts explain the three media trends that could replace traditional sports journalism. Wiacek said that the 18- to 30-year-old demographic is key for traditional media organizations, yet the hardest to reach. "The more traditional media outlets are trying to find ways of attracting that audience," Wiacek said. Hanlon said team communications are essential for growing leagues like the NWSL that can't wait around for classic media coverage to pour in, especially in local markets.

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☆ The Grim Reaper is coming for the sports desk. Here's what industry experts say could take its place.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Industry experts explain the three media trends that could replace traditional sports journalism. But Challenger and other experts say the demand for sports content isn't going anywhere: it's just going to look, and sound, a little different. Wiacek said that the 18- to 30-year-old demographic is key for traditional media organizations, yet the hardest to reach. "The more traditional media outlets are trying to find ways of attracting that audience," Wiacek said. Hanlon said team communications are essential for growing leagues like the NWSL that can't wait around for classic media coverage to pour in, especially in local markets.

☆ Aaron Rodgers emerges from darkness retreat
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

February 23 - Aaron Rodgers returned to the light. The Green Bay Packers star quarterback emerged from his four-day darkness retreat Wednesday in Oregon, the facility's owner told ESPN. The NFL world awaits Rodgers' decision, with the Packers and other interested parties eager to be enlightened regarding his football future. Scott Berman, owner of Sky Cave Retreats, told ESPN that Rodgers' repose was spent in a 300-square-foot room that is devoid of natural light. Rodgers is due $59.5 million in guaranteed money in 2023 and $49.25 million in 2024.

☆ Aaron Rodgers Is Going on a Darkness Retreat. What Is That?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is about to make one of his biggest decisions. Literally in the dark. “I’ve got a pretty cool opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation, and then after that I feel like I’ll be a lot closer to a final, final decision” on his career, he said last week on the Pat McAfee Show, a sports talk show. He is deciding whether to play again next season, either with the Packers or another team, or if he will retire.

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