News about Troy Aikman
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift break silence amid speculation they're engaged
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October 9, 2024
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have hit back at 'unfounded speculation' that they are engaged after rumors started to pile up following a gaffe made by Monday Night Football commentator Troy Aikman. Aikman accidentally referred to Swift as Kelce's 'missus' on the air, leading to speculation that the couple are now engaged after a year of dating. But a source close to the couple spoke to TMZ and threw cold water on the claims.
ESPN announcer Troy Aikman makes Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift marriage slip-up live on air: 'I'm in trouble'
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October 8, 2024
ESPN announcer Troy Aikman inadvertently referred to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as a married couple live on air during the Chiefs' win on Monday night. Swift was back at Arrowhead to watch her man beat the New Orleans Saints - after missing both the Chargers and Falcons' games - and once again the cameras were trained on her in the VIP suite. Midway through the second quarter, Kelce made a brilliant catch on the field, and when the camera panned to Swift, Aikman found himself in hot water with his comments.
Troy Aikman reveals ESPN's huge Jason Kelce decision ahead of his return to Philadelphia on Monday Night Football tonight
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September 16, 2024
Jason Kelce will not just be on the ESPN panel before the start of his former team's home debut of the NFL season. The network has also given him another responsibility on Monday. The decision to give Kelce more responsibility comes a week after his Monday Night Football debut with the network, where he dropped the word 'tits' in his first few sentences in describing his physique.
Troy Aikman opens up on hitting 'rock bottom' after second divorce as NFL icon gives rare glimpse into his personal life - and 9pm bedtime!
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September 13, 2024
While Troy Aikman kept it together in the public eye, he revealed that he had secretly hit 'rock bottom' amid the fallout of his second marriage with Catherine 'Capa' Mooty. Rarely discussing his private life, the veteran NFL broadcaster shared how the collapse of their union sent him to a dark place in an interview with The Athletic .
Stephen A. Smith 'rejected $90MILLION opening offer from ESPN with First Take host determined to be on par with Pat McAfee'
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June 21, 2024
Smith has become the face of ESPN from his unapologetic and animated work on First Take and is due for an extension as his contract expires on July 25, 2025. However, reports suggest that the network and the decorated journalist-turned-TV personality do not see eye-to-eye by a significant margin. ESPN reportedly offered Smith a five-year extension for $18m-a-year last week. Puck's John Ourand wrote that 'ESPN execs pitched Smith's WME agents that he would be their highest-paid star, earning more than Monday Night Football's Troy Aikman or Joe Buck.'
Stephen A. Smith 'could be worth as much as $20MILLION a year as he negotiates new deal with ESPN' after thousands of brutal layoffs by Disney
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June 20, 2024
Is Stephen A. Smith about to become ESPN's highest-paid talent? As reported by Front Office Sports , the First Take co-host and NBA analyst could earn as much as $20 million annually in his ongoing negotiations with the World Wide Leader. Currently, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman ranks atop the ESPN salary rankings at reported $18 million a year.
In a Las Vegas casino after the Super Bowl, a shocking moment fight breaks out between 49ers and Chiefs fans
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February 12, 2024
The four guys, a combination of Kansas City and San Francisco locals, can be seen wrestling with each other while on the casino floor, with one of them being slugged in the stomach during the contest. The video appeared on social media not long after the final whistle blew on Super Bowl 58, which was held in Sin City.
Troy Aikman admits he didn't book a post-season vacation because the Cowboys were playing in the NFC Championship Game, which was before the Packers were barred from the playoffs
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January 24, 2024
Troy Aikman has revealed that he didn't bother to book a post-season vacation because he thought he'd be in San Francisco watching the Dallas Cowboys play in the NFC Championship game. However, the prediction never came true as the Green Bay Packers handed Dallas an embarrassing Wild Card loss at AT&T Stadium, snapping the season after winning the NFC East. Aikman's prediction was half correct, since the 49ers did not qualify for the conference championship. On Sunday, the Detroit Lions will be able to meet the Detroit Lions.
As a Patriots legend prepares to serve as Fox's $375 million lead NFL analyst, Tom Brady offered assistance by Joe Buck on his broadcasting abilities.' I'm excited to see how he does.'
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January 3, 2024
Brady also spoke with Troy Aikman about the career, according to Buck. Aikman went from quarterback to Fox analyst over the course of his career, much like Brady. 'It's a new problem for Tom, and I'm curious to see how he copes with all the chaos,' Buck said. I know he's talked to Troy about it, but he's been discussing it with intermediaries about maybe working with me and having me assist him, something I'm totally keen to do and would love to do.' Although Buck criticized Brady's intelligence on the track, he reiterated how 'knowing football' is not the only determining factor in the booth's success.
Stephen A. Smith maintains he should be ESPN's highest-paid employee with the First Take host in the final year of his $12 million contract: 'I've mastered my own company.'
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December 5, 2023
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.
After the Jets' latest setback in the Chargers' loss, NFL legend Troy Aikman says the Jets offense is going to look at themselves in the mirror, saying the Jets' red-hot defense will struggle to make the play-offs
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November 7, 2023
"Yes, Zach Wilson, the offensive line, is always [on] blame for the injuries, but any athlete who has to do with that offense, including coaches, must look at themselves in the mirror because everyone must do better than what we've seen tonight," Aikman said. Since losing at MetLife Stadium on Monday night, the Jets have a perfect.500 record, according to NBC. They will face the Browns in a must-win game next month.
Haley Clark, Troy Aikman's girlfriend, was fired from her job at Nordstrom and barred for two years for two years after being charged with stealing
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October 16, 2023
According to court records, Haley Clark, the sister of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, was fired and barred from Nordstrom after the retailer accused her of stealing. The charges against her were made in 2017, when the Dallas resident was employed by Nordstrom. Clark brought a lawsuit against the firm in 2018, alleging that the charges against her were untrue.
On the July 4 holiday, Troy Aikman slammed foreign beer brands for slapping American flags on cans to 'cash in'
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June 27, 2023
On Monday, Aikman, the owner of Eight Elite Light Lager, shared a promotional note for his brand Eight Elite Light Lager, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, posted it on social media. In a video posted on his Twitter profile, Aikman said, 'We celebrate the birth of our great nation this weekend.' I am so proud to be an American.' I'm looking forward to celebrating with good food, great family, and, of course, ice cold beer. We believe in truth and authenticity at Eighth. Our company is proudly located in Texas, and all of our beers are made right here in the United States. So I've got to call it like it is. A number of beer brands are out there trying to cash in on the holiday by slapping an American flag on their packaging. Regardless of whether or not they are truly American,' the question remains whether or not they are truly American.'
Troy Aikman's new girlfriend REVEALED: What to know about 34-year-old Haley Clark
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June 9, 2023
Possibly Troy Aikman's latest affair shouldn't have come as much of a surprise after all. For some time, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and his new girlfriend, 34-year-old Haley Clark, have been posting romantic photos of themselves on social media. Aikman's divorce from his now-ex-wife Capa had circulated since 2020, three years since the pair were married, but it wasn't until recently that the NFL pundit had changed direction. Clark has responded to the sudden interest by changing her Instagram account to 'private,' but she has shared a collection of vacation snaps of the happy couple holidaying in Italy.
Troy Aikman, 56, appears to confirm the end of his marriage with new loved-up images
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June 8, 2023
Troy Aikman, the three-time Super Bowl champion, seems to have broken with his wife of six years after his rumored new flame shared a series of loved-up images from their Italian holiday. The NFL legend-turned-broadcaster is yet to comment on his personal life, but Haley Clark's Instagram images sparked the internet ablaze, suggesting that the 56-year-old has departed from his wife's wife. Clark, 34, is 22 years Aikman's junior, and the two appeared very close off the coast of Italy with the Dallas-based sales manager touching his thigh and kissing his cheek in the photographs.
While trying to salvage Bud Light after the Dylan Mulvaney mess, Troy Aikman promotes his beer
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May 25, 2023
Troy Aikman, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has mocked Bud Light in the apposition of his own light beer product. Since using transgender actress Dylan Mulvaney as the star of the company's most recent marketing campaign, the Anheuser-Busch brand has suffered significant damage both financially and reputationally. This week, Aikman posted a video mocking the defunct beer brand -- in fact, it is now being offered for free.
Marcus Spears, the former NFL quarterback, is set to sign a new contract with ESPN, despite layoffs to come on the network
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April 15, 2023
According to reports close to The New York Post, 'Swagu', who works as an analyst for America's most popular sports channel since 2014, will be tied down to a'multi-million dollar, four-year contract.' Spears, who was selected by the Dallas Cowboys as a first-round pick of the 2005 NFL Draft, has had been active in the sport for eight years and has had an outstanding career in media after hanging up his cleats in 2014.
NFL Competition Committee finds just 'THREE questionable roughing the passer calls' from season
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February 27, 2023
After reviewing over 80 plays through the 2022 season, the NFL Competition Committee revisited some of the roughing the passer calls from and found 'only three questions.' Such a meager figure is sure to be a talking point in football, given the litany of controversial roughing calls that impacted moments, and in some cases outcomes, of games. According to NFL Network's Judy Battista, the move in which a player is slammed to the ground rather than slung is the most troubling for the committee.
When Tom Brady's analyst role at Fox Sports comes, Greg Olsen will not 'roll over and die' for him
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February 21, 2023
Greg Olsen isn't leaving the show booth unbeaten, he hopes to face Tom Brady over his lead analyst job at Fox Sports from 2024. Following his release from the Seattle Seahawks, the former tight-end has officially been with the television network since retiring at the end of the 2021 season. Kevin Burkhardt and the 37-year-old began his new craft together. Fox introduced Olsen, as well as Burkhardt, as the channel's No. 1 after his first full year in the booth. Before the season, one commentating pair assembled, replacing Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, who left Fox to join ESPN and call Monday Night Football.
Former Tom Brady's future Fox Sports colleague Greg Olsen praised for slamming officials in Super Bowl LVII
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February 13, 2023
During Super Bowl LVII, Fox Sports' Greg Olsen received accolades for criticizing officials. Starting in 2024, the former Carolina Panther tight end will face Tom Brady for airtime. After the network watched Joe Buck and Troy Aikman leave for ESPN before the 2022 season, Olsen, 37, and his play-by-player partner Kevin Burkhardt, 48, were calling their first Super Bowl for Fox. Brady is expected to be the network's top commentator by 2025, making it the next time Fox will air the Super Bowl.
As Tom Brady's contract looms, Fox Sports executive Greg Olsen praises Greg Olsen ahead of the first Super Bowl
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February 11, 2023
Olsen has been part of Fox's top NFL broadcast team since Joe Buck and Troy Aikman's departure from ESPN before the current season, but with Tom Brady's 10-year, $375 million contract looming, it could all change in a year's time. Kevin Burkhardt, the 37-year-old's partner in the booth, is expected to call his first Super Bowl. However, executive Brad Zager said he had no worries about Olsen's potential to perform to the high demands of the big game.
Buccaneer QB Tom Brady is the'most UNATHLETIC quarterback in the game,' according to Hall-of-Famer Troy Aikman
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January 14, 2023
Despite seven Super Bowl appearances under his belt, Tom Brady has yet to brush off rumors of his style of play and a lack of certain attributes. On the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast this week, Troy Aikman, the ESPN color commentator and Hall-of-Fame ex-quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, joked about his lack of speed, mobility, and strength. I kid him about it,' Aikman said on the podcast, 'I kid him about it. He's the most unathletic quarterback in the game.' 'I'm 56 years old, and I'm pretty positive I'll beat him in the 40-yard dash.'
When his deal comes to an end in early 2023, ESPN's Chris Fowler could'move to Fox.'
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November 4, 2022
If Chris Fowler, one of ESPN's longest-serving hosts, is set to leave the 'Worldwide Leader' after his deal with Disney comes to an end in early 2023. The 60-year-old is the last months of the nine-year contract he signed with Disney-owned ESPN in early 2014. Fowler is best known for reporting college football and tennis, as both a play-by-play commentator and studio host. He and his on-air partner Kirk Herbstreit have arranged eight College Football Playoff championships together, and he's also partnered with tennis legends like Chris Evert and John McEnroe for coverage of the US and Australian Opens, as well as Wimbledon. Fowler's deal comes at a time for ESPN, which has reportedly doled out lucrative contracts to many of the network's top performers, including: Troy Aikman ($18 million a year) and Joe Buck ($15 million), as well as First Take's Stephen A. Smith ($12 million).
During MNF's Chiefs vs. Sybil, Troy Aikman regrets making the 'take the dresses off' comment. Game against the Raiders
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October 13, 2022
Buck said he shouldn't have made'the 'dumb' remark while on 'The Ticket' on Thursday to address his old team's chances against the Eagles this weekend. In the second quarter with Joe Buck, ESPN's play-by-play announcer was debating a questionable rougher the passer call that involved Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones, sacking Raiders quarterback Derek Carr before landing on top of him and being flagged shortly after the game. 'My hope is the competition committee looks at this in the coming meetings, and, you know, we take the clothes off,' Aikman said on air at the time, emphasizing the NFL's treatment of defenders facing quarterbacks.