Sports Illustrated layoffs: SI publisher Arena Group, previously The Maven, terminates most of staff in mass layoff

Sports Illustrated employees were notified on Friday that a “significant number, if not all” of their jobs were set to be eliminated, according to a new statement from the publication’s union. The Sports Illustrated union posted on X: “This is another difficult day in what has been a difficult four years for Sports Illustrated under …

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Chandler Jones bashes Robert Griffin, Adam Schefter for showing concern

Chandler Jones bashed former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III and ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter on Thursday following renewed concern for the mental well-being of the Raiders’ pass rusher.  Griffin, the former Commanders quarterback had asked his followers to pray for Jones and his family following Jones’ bizarre 25-minute video posted to his social channels.  “I …

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Shannon Sharpe will be on ESPN’s First Take twice a week

“First Take” will have a new wrinkle this Fall. Shannon Sharpe will square off against Stephen A. Smith on Mondays and Tuesdays on the ESPN debate program during football season, The Post has learned. As The Post first reported, Sharpe exited his partnership with Smith’s previous debate opponent, Skip Bayless, on FS1’s “Undisputed” after the …

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