Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Troy Aikman expects this will be his farewell ESPN tour.
asserted
this → expect → ?
The pending free agent, who said he has yet to have extension talks with the Worldwide Leader, doubled down Thursday on how he believes the company is moving on from him after this season.
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company → pende → season
“It just seems to be where they’re going — that they’re gonna go in a different direction because there’s been no talks, no contract negotiations,” Aikman told Jimmy Traina.
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Aikman → seem → Traina
“We’re in a Super Bowl year.
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We → ’re → year
My contract ends in March.
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contract → end → March
It just doesn’t seem logical that if they were gonna keep me, something wouldn’t be in place before that.”
Aikman and partner Joe Buck are the longest-tenured NFL broadcast pairing in history at 25 years and it seems that Super Bowl 2027 will be their final game together.
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Bowl → seem → years
While ESPN extended Buck for six years and approximately $108 million, ESPN did not take the same approach with Aikman and it’s created a tenuous situation.
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it → extend → situation
The pair reportedly got into an argument before Monday’s Bills-Rams game after Buck “broke the ice,” per Front Office Sports, and Aikman then did a pair of interviews about the situation Thursday.
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Aikman → get → situation
In his first comments about the situation to 96.7 The Ticket, he referred to a future employer.
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he → refer → employer
I don’t know if now is the time,” the former star Cowboys quarterback told the Dallas radio station, as transcribed by the Dallas Morning News.
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quarterback → know → News
“I don’t know if it’s hard to figure out kind of what happened.
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what → know → ?
I’ll broadcast through this season and I’ll be a free agent at the end of the year and kind of see what happens.
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what → broadcast → year
I’m looking forward to whatever the rest of this season does hold and the Super Bowl and all that and where my next landing spot may be.”
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spot → look → season
Traina followed up with Aikman later in the day, eliciting the above comment, and also asked him about whether it will be difficult to continue working with an employer he believes plans to move on from him.
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he → follow → him
Looking forward to it,” Traina said.
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Traina → look → it
“It’s awesome that we got the Super Bowl.
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we → ’ → Bowl
The Athletic previously reported that ESPN is planning to talk a new contract with Aikman after the Super Bowl, although it raises the question of why the company took a different approach with Buck.
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company → report → Buck
Aikman’s comments certainly add another layer to the situation, especially since he’s already making comments about how he believes he will be gone soon.
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he → add → comments
He and Buck will be back behind a microphone next Monday in Santa Clara, Calif. when the undefeated 49ers host the “Oh, I guess we should have spiked the ball” Commanders.
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we → host → Commanders
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