News about Scott Van Pelt

After the Eastern and Western Conference teams played little defense and combined for a whopping 397 points, a record-breaking NBA All-Star Game has been sluggish. The East beat 211-186 in the game's highest-ever score. Damian Lillard was MVP. Many viewers of the game were dissatisfied with the actors' inability defensive effort, as Karl-Anthony Towns led all scorers with 50 points.

As he prepares to enter the final year of his current $12 million deal, Stephen A. Smith has confirmed that he is working to become ESPN's top earner. Smith first joined ESPN in 2005 and spent four years with the network before returning in 2009 to star on its weekly sports debate show First Take. The 56-year-old is now one of the most influential sports analysts on US television, with a following of 420,000 viewers on his personal YouTube channel.

'Unfortunately, I awakened zero voice at all,' Van Pelt, 58, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. 'As a result, there will be no trip to Vegas for Monday Night Countdown or @SportsCenter.' Now that Van Pelt has been ruled out, ESPN's last-minute, redesigned broadcast staff for Monday night's game will be a walk down memory lane for a few fans. Buck was a pregame host from the site of whichever game he was watching with Fox Sports in 2006. However, ESPN's $15 million man lived only for a year.

ESPN has started layoffs, which are expected to last for the next months and years, as part of Disney's wider strategy to eliminate 7,000 jobs globally. Since starting Monday, ESPN will continue cuts well into the future, according to the New York Post. Layoffs are expected to occur in waves, with this iteration expected to come to an end on Wednesday.

For one of the wildest finishes in recent memory, a Division III college basketball game in New Jersey has made national headlines. No. 83 is tagging No. 1. With five seconds remaining, 23 Rowan won by four points, but New Jersey City University defeated 73-71, thanks to a pair of miraculous shots and a well-timed steal. Ryan Savoy, a junior forward, who hoisted a 3-pointer from the corner, started the unforgettable sequence with an NJCU inbounds pass. As the NJCU Gothic Knights scrambled to get into their full court press, Rowan took the ball out under their own basket. Pharoh Allah of NJCU sprinted towards the baseline from mid-court, stretched out his arms, and tipped the hurried inbounds pass from Rowan. The deflected pass somehow found its way into the custody of NJCU's Jason Battle, whose 45-foot prayer banked in as time expired, putting the Gothic Knights and the few spectators in attendance into hysterics.

At least two players were expected to place first overall at the end of the 2021 college football season. Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan, a strong pass rusher who received the Lombardi Award for top college lineman, was a winner. Evan Neal, a veteran offensive lineman who could provide immediate assistance to any team's front seven to shield the quarterback, was on hand. In reality, Hutchinson was second overall to his hometown Detroit Lions, while the New York Giants picked up Evan Neal after they traded with Chicago. Travon Walker, Georgia's defensive end, rather than those two, bore the honor or burden of being first overall.