The 2025 NFL season is approaching, making way for teams across the league to compete for a Super Bowl title. As players and coaches prepare for the new season, reporters and networks are also gearing up for brand-new coverage.
Laura Rutledge is expanding her role with ESPN for the upcoming NFL season. ESPN announced some news on Tuesday related to its NFL coverage for the 2025 season.
Longtime ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters is set to return to her usual role with the network’s coverage of the NBA Finals. ESPN has announced that Salters will return from her three-game absence for Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night.
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White missed the team’s June 7 win over the Chicago Sky due to personal reasons. Assistant coach Austin Kelly stepped in her place and led the team to a 79-52 victory without Caitlin Clark in the lineup.
ESPN announcer Mike Breen offered an update on Lisa Salters, who was absent from her reporter duties during Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. Early in the third quarter, Breen revealed that Salters is away from the ESPN crew as her mother deals with a serious health issue.
The NBA on ESPN family saw one of their own, Lisa Salters, miss Game 2 of the NBA Finals. It was due to a personal reason, involving her mother. The voice of NBA on ESPN, Mike Breen, gave a heartwarming message to his coworker.
On Sunday evening, the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder will play Game 2 of the NBA Finals. ESPN/ABC reporter Lisa Salters will miss the game (in Oklahoma) due to a personal reason.
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White was not on the bench for Saturday’s 79-52 win over the Chicago Sky. She missed practice on Friday due to "personal reasons," leaving her status for the game uncertain.
The ABC broadcast of Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night will look a bit different, as sideline reporter Lisa Salters is being replaced by Jorge Sedano.
While he’s playing in Game 3 against the Wolves, Luka Dončić is doing so while battling a stomach bug. The Lakers may be at near full strength in terms of availability, they are not at 100%.
According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, the Philadelphia 76ers were surprised when Joel Embiid told Lisa Salters that he may need offseason knee surgery. Embiid’s left knee is nowhere near close to 100%. “It seems inevitable that Embiid is going to be dealing with recurring swelling in the knee for some time,” Fischer wrote.
The Green Bay Packers completed the mission they set out to finish on Monday night, as their 34-0 takedown of the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field in Green Bay gave them their official ticket to the NFL playoffs.
Dallas Cowboys (3-6) quarterback Dak Prescott is facing a six-to-eight-month recovery after undergoing season-ending hamstring surgery this past Wednesday, per Lisa Salters of ESPN.
The large piece of metal debris that fell from the roof of AT&T Stadium and landed on the field was just the beginning, as it turns out. Via Lisa Salters of ESPN, another piece of metal feel, landing on a catwalk.
The Dallas Cowboys (3-6) are reviewing the pregame incident in which a piece of sheet metal fell from the retractable roof of AT&T Stadium and onto the field as it was being opened ahead of the Week 12 Monday Night Football game against the Houston Texans (6-4).
The Dallas Cowboys (3-6) appeared set to play a game inside AT&T Stadium with the roof open for the first time in over two years for the Week 12 Monday Night Football contest against the Houston Texans (6-4).
The following article "News: International NFL, NBA on ESPN, Salters, Rays" originally appeared on Sports Media Watch. The NFL is looking to expand its schedule again; ESPN re-signs several NBA commentators; Lisa Salters is out again this week; and the Rays may be without a stadium to start next season.
The NFL season is a marathon, and with the Philadelphia Eagles chasing a Super Bowl berth, the team will be careful with injured All-Pro wide receiver A.J.