Demetri Ravanos

3 days ago | barrettmedia.com | Demetri Ravanos

- Advertisement -Sports fans are predisposed to craving gossip. Think about the information we look to ESPN for every day – salaries, locker room relationships, who may be in danger of losing their job. That would all be considered gossip in every other walk of life. There are times when things get a little more salacious. Just look at any bit of information we have learned about Bill Belichick since he was hired as the head coach at North Carolina.

1 week ago | barrettmedia.com | Demetri Ravanos

- Advertisement -The idea that everyone is born to do something and they are always going to find a way to do that thing has persevered throughout history. Donald Trump insists that West Virginians yearn for the mines. Taylor Swift declared that the players are “gonna play, play, play, play, play.” People define themselves by what they do. Let’s talk about Bill Belichick.

2 weeks ago | barrettmedia.com | Demetri Ravanos

- Advertisement -Mel Kiper Jr has took a few shots this weekend. Whether it was fellow media members or just dudes on the internet, his rant in the wake of Sheduer Sanders’s slide into round 5 drew some harsh rebukes. Let’s be fair to the people calling Mel out, their criticisms were not off base. I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t think Sanders was a quarterback worthy of a day one pick.

3 weeks ago | barrettmedia.com | Demetri Ravanos

- Advertisement -At one point, I owned a a t-shirt with the ESPN logo on it, a pint glass with the ESPN logo on it and a pair of boxer shorts with various Stuart Scott catchphrases scrawled all over them. It was the 90s. The heyday of ESPN. The Disney theme parks were experiencing a renaissance. The company’s animation studio had released some of its most iconic hits. Nothing was generating cash for the company at that time the way ESPN was. On August 30, 2025, we officially bury the 90s at ESPN.

1 month ago | barrettmedia.com | Demetri Ravanos

- Advertisement -If you ever needed proof that the Walt Disney Company of 2025 isn’t the one that Walt envisioned when he started drawing a little cartoon mouse, look no further than Pat McAfee. Forget fitting the family friendly image the company cultivated for decades. The guy lives for conflict and is downright adversarial to anyone he perceives as not being on his side. Maybe it plays for his audience of 20 and 30 somethings, but at 43, I kind of find it exhausting.