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It’s been a big couple of days in US sports media. ESPN has (finally) launched its full-fat streaming product, and Yahoo! Sports Network is live. The first is the only way (for Americans) to get the full ESPN experience without cable. The latter comes with 60 hours of original programming. The services are huge steps forward

It’s the time of year when people are thinking ahead to Q4 2025 and how they can end their year on high. I’m certainly thinking about that for The Addition. With that in mind, I thought I’d share some predictions at the intersection of culture, media and sport for the coming three months.  The usual

The Odd Lots podcast is having a moment. So much of a moment, in fact, that it got a profile in the New York Times. Reading that made me reread a profile of co-host Joe Weisenthal, published by the same outlet. That article, originally released back in May 2012, is something of a time capsule

James Corden and Taylor Tomlinson are gone. Stephen Colbert will be out the door in May next year, after CBS decided not to renew his contract and end the show entirely. The network said it made “purely a financial decision”. This has been a huge media story in the US. Every rival host chimed in,

Over the last few days, the story of the huge Afghan data leak has finally emerged. It involved the details of thousands of those who helped Western forces during the war. Also now public is the enormous cost of the plan to fix the issue. This happened thanks to the intrepid work of The Times’

There is a lot to unpack from today’s BBC Annual Report. Michael Savage at The Guardian notes that a further 300,000 households have stopped paying the licence fee. That is a huge financial hit to Aunty. Meanwhile, the organisation still has a deficit of £132 million. It is also set for tricky negotiations with the

The BBC does many things right. Look at its exemplary coverage of Wimbledon and the Women’s Euros. But when it gets itself in a mess, it really gets itself in a mess, and that is what’s happening as the fallout from Glastonbury continues.  Today, the corporation has issued another statement about Bob Vylan’s hate-filled performance

The BBC is once again in a state of meltdown, this time over its Glastonbury coverage. Having dithered over whether to show Irish rap group Kneecap, a member of the group is on bail for terror charges, they got caught up by Bob Vylan. I confess, I had not heard of the punk duo before

Men’s U21 Euro 2025 England vs Germany – Whatever form of football these nations meet in, it always matters. The Young Lions started this tournament slowly but have grown into it, with their opponents undoubtedly the favourites after smashing France 3-0 yesterday. Kick of is at 8pm BST/3pm ET and it’s available for FREE on