Showing 16 - 30 of 62 articles tagged "NFL Draft"

• Posted Thursday 2/25/21 at 1:42PM EST

  ESPN taps Mike Greenberg as its new NFL Draft host

  Greenberg will host the first two days of the three-day event, taking over for Trey Wingo, who was let go...

• Posted Wednesday 5/20/20 at 12:48AM EDT

  NFL is trying to grapple with its diversity problem after the virtual NFL Draft showed the optics of its predominantly white GMs and coaches

  Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, the first-ever Super Bowl-winning black head coach, said the visuals from the NFL Draft helped...

• Posted Thursday 5/07/20 at 5:49PM EDT

  ESPN NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay recalls being in a "dark place" after he was sidelined from the draft with coronavirus

  McShay missed the three days of the NFL Draft, which he spends all year preparing for, because he was in...

• Posted Monday 4/27/20 at 3:31PM EDT

  The NFL has a "problem": Its virtual NFL Draft was superior to the old way

  Next year, the NFL plans to go back to making the NFL Draft a glitzy affair with a massive stage...

• Posted Monday 4/27/20 at 10:34AM EDT

  ESPN apolgizes for a graphic emphasizing the mother of an NFL Draft prospect's 16-year battle with drug addiction

  ESPN had been criticized for focusing on "tragedy porn" in repeatedly bringing up tragedies connected to players who were just...

• Posted Saturday 4/25/20 at 8:00AM EDT

  ESPN under fire for an NFL Draft broadcast focusing on "tragedy porn"

  The first two nights of ESPN's NFL Draft coverage has been criticized for focusing too much on the family tragedies...

• Posted Friday 4/24/20 at 5:28PM EDT

  NFL Draft grabbed its best-ever ratings with 15.6 million tuning in for the first round

  Thursday's first-ever virtual NFL Draft saw a 37% improvement over last year's draft across ABC, ESPN, NFL Network and SPN...

• Posted Friday 4/24/20 at 10:21AM EDT

  First-ever virtual NFL Draft was flawless, boring and everything we needed right now

  "As a TV event, the NFL’s lockdown draft felt slapdash, a little weird and less eventful than those in recent...

• Posted Thursday 4/23/20 at 3:49PM EDT

  Tonight's NFL Draft is a welcome sight in a sports-starved world

  "On the Great To See You Again scale, Roger Goodell ranks somewhere between your tax accountant and your proctologist," says...

• Posted Thursday 4/23/20 at 1:48PM EDT

  Coronavirus sidelines ESPN NFL Draft expert Todd McShay from this year's draft

  A fixture of ESPN's NFL Draft coverage for a decade and a half, the 43-year-old McShay announced on Twitter that...

• Posted Wednesday 4/22/20 at 1:11PM EDT

  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell promotes Bud Light's "#BooTheCommish" NFL Draft initiative

  "Traditions are important," said Goodell, who will be booed while announcing the draft from his basement in partnership with Bud...

• Posted Tuesday 4/21/20 at 5:39AM EDT

  Bud Light is partnering with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to ensure he gets booed during the NFL Draft for coronavirus relief

  "The NFL Draft will be without an important tradition," the beer brand tweeted.

• Posted Monday 4/20/20 at 11:04AM EDT

  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hints he'll get booed while presenting the NFL Draft from his basement

  Goodell getting booed mercilessly at the draft is a tradition that the NFL Commissioner apparently plans to keep up even...

• Posted Wednesday 4/15/20 at 2:56AM EDT

  ESPN will be juggling 180 video feeds from around the country when it broadcasts the first-ever remote NFL Draft

  ESPN will be producing two broadcasts of the draft: one with NFL Network and another college football-themed version for ABC.

• Posted Monday 4/13/20 at 3:01PM EDT

  ESPN and NFL Network confirm plans for a combined NFL Draft broadcast

  The two cable networks will co-produce a joint NFL Draft show, while ABC will continue to broadcast a separate NFL...