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Time Business News
3 hours ago
- Lifestyle
- Time Business News
Abby Hornacek Eye Injury: A Story of Resilience & New Beginnings
Abby Hornacek Eye Injury is a pivotal chapter in the life of the Fox Nation host, marking a moment of unexpected hardship that reshaped her future. As a passionate volleyball player in high school, Abby dreamed of going professional. However, during an intense match, she suffered a serious eye injury when a volleyball struck her face, causing a retinal detachment in her right eye. Despite undergoing two surgeries, Abby's vision in the injured eye could not be restored. This Abby Hornacek eye injury ended her athletic aspirations but opened the door to a new career path. Determined to move forward, Abby enrolled at the University of Southern California to study Broadcast Journalism. She then built a successful media career, becoming a well-known host on Fox Sports and Fox Nation with shows like PARK'D and Ride to Work . To maintain a natural look on camera, Abby wears a green-tinted contact lens over her injured eye, which helps create a symmetrical appearance. Beyond her career, Abby is an advocate for sports safety, using her own Abby Hornacek eye injury experience to raise awareness about the importance of protecting athletes from similar risks. Today, Abby Hornacek's story is one of courage and reinvention — showing how a difficult setback can lead to new opportunities and inspire others along the way. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Daily Mail
17 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
NFL announcer Greg Olsen makes true feelings on Tom Brady clear after legend stole his Fox Sports job
NFL broadcaster Greg Olsen has revealed his true feelings for Tom Brady after the legend replaced him at Fox's top football color commentator - they're 'very good friends'. The longtime Patriot and Buccaneer replaced the former Panthers tight end to become part of the No 1 pair for the network in the broadcast booth. Olsen was demoted to the No 2 crew by a rookie commentator, with his feelings on the move staying low-key until now. 'I always make sure I'm very clear where my personal aspirations to continue to ascend in this industry and to get back calling those games are completely independent of Tom and I,' Olsen said on 'Pardon My Take'. 'We've hung out, personally. We talk on the phone, we keep in touch, he sent a cool video for my youth football team… we talk about raising teenage daughters, we've gone to play golf together, we hung out at the Bahamas at a little retreat. We've gotten to be very good friends on a very personal level since he's joined Fox.' Olsen still has a desire to be part of a top broadcast duo in the NFL and appears to see every call as an opportunity. Brady signed a 10-year, $375million contract with Fox as he transitioned from field to booth 'There's this idea that there's this personal animosity and competition. There's not,' Olsen continued. 'My relationship with Tom and Fox and Joe Davis and Burkhardt and all my people at Fox couldn't be better.' 'On the other parallel line to that, yes, I want to ascend in the industry, and I'm sure Joe Davis wants to call Super Bowls as well, that doesn't mean he doesn't like Burkhardt. Any motivated guy, you want to be the best at what you do. That is not a knock on the people that are ahead of you.' Brady signed a 10-year, $375million contract with Fox, as the football legend transitioned from the field to the broadcast booth. Last month, Brady was on the receiving end of as major snub from the Emmys, with him not being nominated in the 'Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst' category, while watching Olsen get the nod. Olsen was nominated in the category for the fourth straight year alongside Troy Aikman, longtime Brady rival Peyton Manning, Bill Raftery, and John Smoltz.
Fox News
21 hours ago
- General
- Fox News
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New York Post
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Erin Andrews teases new game show hosting gig after ‘Dancing with the Stars' breakup
Erin Andrews said she 'loves trying to be the female version of Michael Strahan,' who became a media giant after his NFL retirement in 2007. During the latest installment of the 'Calm Down' podcast, the veteran Fox Sports sideline reporter revealed she's going through a rollercoaster of emotions as she films a new Fox game show, '99 to Beat,' alongside actor Ken Jeong. It's Andrews' first hosting gig in the game show space since she left 'Dancing with the Stars' in July 2020. 8 Erin Andrews opens up about her new hosting gig on Fox's new game show, '99 To Beat' during the latest installment of the 'Calm Down' podcast on May 29, 2025. YouTube/Calm Down podcast 'I'm very nervous, I have a ton of anxiety,' Andrews, 47, said. 'But I'm excited to get back into that world. Obviously, it's been a minute since I got the boot from 'DWTS' with [co-host] Tom Bergeron. 'I affectionately love to tell that story. My agent is like, 'Don't say that! You weren't fired, you were replaced.' I was fired.' Andrews, who laughed about her 'DWTS' exit, explained that she's excited to be back in the game show space and is looking forward to 'a fun challenge.' 'I'm excited to have this opportunity,' she said. 'But yeah, we'll see how it goes. It's going to be real interesting… It's with Ken Jeong, also a Fox family member. So I'm looking forward to it. It's going to run during the football season… really exciting. 8 Erin Andrews and Ken Jeong while filming the new Fox game show, '99 to Beat.' Instagram/Erin Andrews 8 Erin Andrews and Ken Jeong while filming the new Fox game show, '99 to Beat.' Instagram/Erin Andrews 'I don't know how much I'm supposed to share. It was a British game show. I've watched it on YouTube, it's hilarious and fun. And here's to the show and more season to come after that. I hope I crush. So it'll be a fun challenge.' Taking to her Instagram Story, Andrews reposted a clip of her and Jeong backstage while filming '99 to Beat' — a show where 100 players compete in various games for the chance to win $100,000, while last place finishers are eliminated. 8 Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews during Super Bowl 2025 between the Chiefs and the Eagles Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Andrews cohosted 'DWTS' for 11 seasons with Tom Bergeron, from season 18 in 2014 through season 28 in 2019. In July 2020, ABC announced Andrews and Bergeron's departures, saying the show was heading in 'a new creative direction — and they were replaced by Tyra Banks ahead of season 29. 8 Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, cohosts of 'Dancing With the Stars' (left) alongside Billy Dee Williams and pro Emma Slater. ABC Andrews said she had been taking meetings to try and get back into the game show world. 'I liked the live element of 'DWTS',' This will be taped so it will be a little different… I was on [the show] 'Pyramid' one time with [Michael] Strahan… I love that whole vibe and had been really taking meetings and trying to get back in that world… I'm super pumped I don't have to wear a ballroom gown… I've also been very open about the whole morning show world, too.' Strahan built a media empire after his NFL retirement following 15 seasons with the Giants. 8 Erin Andrews guest co-hosted 'Live! With Kelly and Michael' with Michael Strahan in April 2016. The former Super Bowl champion defensive end joined Kelly Ripa as a cohost on 'Live! with Kelly' in 2012, and the show was renamed to 'Live! with Kelly and Michael' at that time. Andrews guest co-hosted with Strahan on numerous occasions before he left to join 'Good Morning America' full-time as a morning anchor. He is also a Fox Sports NFL analyst. 8 Michael Strahan at the 'Good Morning America' anchor desk on March 10, 2025 in New York City. GC Images 'I had a blast,' Andrews said, referring to her time cohosting on the 'Live!' with Strahan. Those worlds are something I'm really interested in. I kind of live trying to be the female version of Michael Strahan. … He has so much swagger and he is so good with everyone… his bank account wouldn't be bad to have either. But that's one thing we say about Stra, Stra works his ass off.' Andrews announced that '99 to Beat' is coming to Fox at the network's upfronts earlier this month in New York. 8 Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Michael Strahan during the Fox Upfront '25 presentation on May 12, 2025. Ben Hider/PictureGroup for FOX/Shutterstock That week, she cohosted 'TODAY With Jenna & Friends' with Jenna Bush Hager, which films at NBC Studios in New York.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Why Channel Seven says this image crossed the line as footy war with Fox Sports gets personal
A new shot fired by Fox Sports in the broadcaster's increasingly bitter footy war with Channel Seven has been described as 'disrespectful' as the clash over AFL coverage gets personal. This year Fox is the only way footy fans across most of Australia can watch games on a Saturday for large parts of the season due to a change in the league's broadcasting agreement. It's a move that has infuriated footy fans and left a big dent in Seven's coverage, which has been bolstered by its huge investment in AFL panel shows with the likes of Kane Cornes and Caroline Wilson. This is also the first year viewers have had the option of watching every game on Fox, with the pay TV giant's commentators covering every match, with ratings jumping by a huge amount as a result. Seven star Brian Taylor has been taking pot shots at Fox by reminding fans that they don't always send their commentary crews to matches and instead have them cover the games from the studio, where as he and his colleagues are always at the ground. Fox recently hit back by launching an ad showing a Taylor lookalike banging on the door of a pub when he couldn't get inside to watch footy on a Saturday. That has crossed a line with Seven, with a staffer at the broadcaster hitting the commercial with the 'disrespectful' tag, according to The Age. Taylor hit back last Sunday when Fox commentators Brad Johnson, Dermott Brereton and Anthony Hudson called the Melbourne vs Sydney match from their studio in South Melbourne instead of making the short trip to the MCG. The former Collingwood star, who is well known for his 'Roaming Brian' segment in the dressing sheds after games, unloaded on Fox on live TV. 'It is just interesting in this magnificent arena on a Sunday afternoon, a beautiful day, that you come here - and it's magnificent to be here and look across to the box next door of our opposition, and none of them are here today,' he said. 'They haven't come for the two-kilometre trek from South Melbourne.' Seven rubbed salt into that wound by taking out a full-page ad in Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper bearing the words 'we turn up'. Seven director of Sport Chris Jones said he backs Taylor's digs at their rival. 'For BT to be able to be there and to be able to get down to ground level, talk to the players before the game, speak to those in and around the team, and then be able to have that full perspective of the ground – it is certainly something that gives him the best chance of calling and being his best,' he said. Three stars from the Fox Footy team (pictured) didn't make the two-kilometre journey from their studio to the MCG to cover a game in person recently Taylor's previous shot at Fox came when he covered the Adelaide vs North Melbourne match in March. 'It's good to be here at the Adelaide Oval, the only broadcasters actually at the ground,' he said during the first quarter. A couple of weeks earlier BT risked angering his Seven bosses with controversial comments on how many footy shows are on TV this season. 'The last 10 years we've been saying, "Got any money to do a Sunday footy show or something" and they've been going "No, no there's no money to be found",' Taylor said on his podcast. 'All of a sudden we've got 15 shows, one every hour of the day. 'I would also think the appetite of the general football follower, not the person who absolutely can't get enough of it, but the general go to a game every now and then supporter out there … I would say they're going to be sick of it by halfway through the year. 'I have no doubt that this is going to wear people out, people's opinions on footy.' His take came at a sensitive time for Seven, with the broadcaster heavily investing in AFL discussion shows this season as it airs The Agenda Setters, Unfiltered, Extra Time, Sunday Footy Feast, Kane's Call and The Wash Up.
