{"id":1605,"date":"2025-10-23T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2025-11-28T01:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:22:34","slug":"espn-and-fs1-ignore-kash-patel-fbi-press-conference-announcing-charges-against-chauncey-billups-and-terry-rozier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/sports-media\/espn-and-fs1-ignore-kash-patel-fbi-press-conference-announcing-charges-against-chauncey-billups-and-terry-rozier\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN and FS1 Ignore Kash Patel FBI Press Conference Announcing Charges Against Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday morning, FBI Director Kash Patel held a press conference announcing charges against Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier. If you were watching ESPN or FS1, there\u2019s a good chance you likely didn\u2019t even know it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The latest on Billups and Rozier<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities announced Thursday that Billups, and Rozier have been arrested as part of a pair of wide-ranging investigations related to illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia. Former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones was also among a total of 34 people arrested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Billups is the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, a team he coached just last night. Meanwhile, Rozier just began his second season with the Miami Heat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both ESPN and FS1 refused to cover the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S-ZlfJ-eGsc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference live<\/a>, while news networks like FOX News, CNN, and MSNBC carried the announcement from Patel in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were looking for news updates on the story throughout the day from the sports networks, it would\u2019ve been hard to find and questionable at best.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>ESPN exposed for lack of coverage on FBI arrests\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the story was briefly being discussed by Mike Greenberg this morning on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get Up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the network\u2019s ticker removed an advertisement for ESPN Bet in the middle of his report.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ESPN slick removed the sports ticker that was showing their betting site during this segment about the FBI investigations \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xBQsHqUYaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xBQsHqUYaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A \u2729 (@adryanashton) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adryanashton\/status\/1981372982770450828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Get Up on ESPN\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Take<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Last Word on Sports\u2019 TJ Rives was quick to point out on X, that the network didn\u2019t even mention the story from 10:00-10:35am ET, while the press conference was unfolding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ESPN First Take ran for 35 minutes from 10:00 a.m. to 10:35 never mentioning the story once, while the live press conference was unfolding. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s referring to<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TJ Rives (@BucSidelineGuy) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BucSidelineGuy\/status\/1981372533170720789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also noted on X by the Gunz that First Take spent the first segment during the press conference using Mina Kimes to discuss Aaron Rodgers\u2019 upcoming matchup against the Packers.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what First Take aired during the first segment while Kash was talking. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxcyjB45lc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/SxcyjB45lc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gunz (@TheGunzShow) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGunzShow\/status\/1981369198686142772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another user on X Preston Feiler, criticized the network for being tone deaf as he was hoping to hear the latest on Chauncey Billups, and Terry Rozier, instead hearing a discussion about the latest betting odds for Victor Wembanyama\u2019s chances to win the NBA\u2019s MVP award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I turned on ESPN just after 10 am trying to get the latest on the Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier NBA arrests and this is what was on the screen during <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GetUpESPN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@GetUpESPN<\/a>. Totally tone deaf talking about placing bets on a sport that has a major ongoing scandal. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Espngreeny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Espngreeny<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8yuWK5qbBk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8yuWK5qbBk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Preston Feiler (@phfeiler) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phfeiler\/status\/1981362500315599349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile over on FS1, instead of airing Patel\u2019s press conference, the network opted instead to show a re-air of their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wake Up Barstool<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is sports journalism dead?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FS1 has never been a leader in the breaking news space, but the same can\u2019t be said for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/sports-media\/inside-the-nba-remains-steady-in-espn-debut\/\" target=\"_self\">ESPN<\/a>. For years, ESPN prided themselves as a legit journalistic entity, with respected programs like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside the Lines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E:60<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sports Reporters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, just to name a few. Fast-forward to 2025, and the network refuses to carry a press conference for one of the biggest sports scandals of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday morning, FBI Director Kash Patel held a press conference announcing charges against Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier. If you were watching ESPN or FS1, there\u2019s a good chance you likely didn\u2019t even know it. The latest on Billups and Rozier Authorities announced Thursday that Billups, and Rozier have been arrested as part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5665,"featured_media":1609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[267,274,264,238],"tags":[327,75],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-espn","category-fox-sports","category-news","category-sports-media","tag-fbi","tag-featured"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions\/1610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}