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A mainstay of the Orlando Magic’s television broadcasting crew won’t be back for the 2013-14 season. Team officials have decided not to renew the contract of Matt Guokas, the team’s color commentator on local TV broadcasts since the 2004-05 season. Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Magic, Media, Matt Guokas 

For the second summer in a row, ESPN has plucked one of the top news breakers in college sports from CBS Sports. Jeff Goodman has left CBS Sports and signed with ESPN, a source tells me. Goodman joined CBS Sports two years ago and along with Gary Parrish, helped CBS dominate breaking news in college basketball. According to a source, Goodman has been hired by the TV arm of ESPN, but will also write for ESPN.com. It’s unclear if Goodman will contribute to ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage next month. Goodman didn’t return an email seeking comment. The Big Lead

Media, ESPN, Jeff Goodman, CBS Sports 

KC Johnson: Nate Robinson will be a guest studio analyst on NBA TV tonight at 6pm CT. Twitter @KCJHoop

Chicago Bulls, Nate Robinson, Media 

ESPN, the very profitable arm of Disney, will be laying off about 400 employees this week, the company announcement via statement today. “We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs. While difficult, we are confident that it will make us more competitive, innovative and productive.” The Big Lead

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For the second time since its debut 20 months ago, ESPN’s afternoon TV show, Numbers Never Lie, is making a change. Two ESPN sources tell me the network has added Jemele Hill to the show as a co-host, effective sometime after the NBA Finals are complete. Jalen Rose, a fixture on the show since it last shook things up in June 2012, is leaving. The Big Lead

Media, Jalen Rose 

ABC is really hurting without the benefit of the Miami Heat on their airwaves. This past weekend, ratings for the Spurs-Warriors and Knicks-Pacers games suffered sharp declines. Sunday's San Antonio-Golden State matchup drew a 3.4 rating and 5.3 million viewers, down 29% in ratings and 30% in viewers from last year's Heat-Pacers game and 36% and 40% from 2011's Lakers-Mavericks matchup. The Knicks and Pacers didn't fare any better on Saturday evening, drawing similar marks of a 3.5 rating and 5.3 million viewers, down 29% and 35% from Heat-Celtcs in 2011 (with no comparable game last year). Awful Announcing

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The Knicks-Pacers game on Saturday was the lowest rated and least viewed primetime ABC playoff game since Cavaliers-Hawks in 2009 (which drew a 3.2 rating and 5.0 million viewers). Five of the seven ABC NBA playoff games from this year have been down in both ratings and viewership to games last year in a comparable window. Awful Announcing

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ESPN personality and First Take co-host Stephen A. Smith has long been an outspoken New York Knicks fan. Needless to say, he was not pleased after the Knicks were eliminated from the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Here’s what he posted on his Twitter account Sunday morning: I'm DEPRESSED right now, Ladies and Gentlemen. Not going to lie. Can't sleep. Won't eat. Don't wanna work! But I'll be on FIRST TAKE in AM. For The Win

New York Knicks, Stephen A. Smith, Media 

Next season ain’t going away for the Nets’ former interim coach. Neither is tomorrow. There’s a new future in sight. The ESPN faculty reached out to Carlesimo and will soon bring him in as an NBA studio analyst for the rest of the playoffs. Carlesimo is filling the spot Flip Saunders had before he recently left ESPN to become the T-Wolves’ president of basketball operations. Carlesimo will work on site at the NBA Finals, too. There’s a chance his role will be expanded next season. “The conversations have been let’s do the playoffs,” Carlesimo said. “Then we’ll sit down and talk about the future.” New York Daily News

Coaching, Media, PJ Carlesimo 

Carlesimo has extensive broadcast experience, having worked for NBC Sports, Spurs broadcasts, Fox Sports West and ESPN Radio. Now, he’s just another coach on the beach. Another guy with the same dilemma all these cats have: Do they use broadcasting as a weigh station until the next coaching gig comes along? Or do they go all in and commit to TV? “I’ve got to look at both options. But the likelihood is that I’ll be broadcasting next year,” Carlesimo. “I’m looking at broadcasting as what I’m going to do moving forward.” There was some backtracking, some well-you-never know in his voice. It’s hard leaving a life’s work. “I have enjoyed television and radio way more than I thought when I first started,” Carlesimo said. “But if I told you it is the same as coaching I would be lying.” New York Daily News

Coaching, Media, PJ Carlesimo 

With a local-based group succeeding in its bid to keep the National Basketball Association Kings in Sacramento, Comcast SportsNet California will retain the TV rights to the club – at least for the near term. The deal, under which the Maloof family has agreed to sell a 65% share in the Kings to a group led by TIBCO software owner Vivek Ranadive, is expected to be officially approved by the NBA next week. CSN California has a 10-year rights deal with the Kings that will transfer with the club, but expires at the end of the 2013-14 season, according to sources familiar with the agreement. Multichannel.com

Sacramento Kings, Media, Vivek Ranadive 

Twitter Inc. has teamed with the National Basketball Association to stream video clips of game highlights as the blogging service expands beyond 140-character status updates ahead of a possible initial public offering. NBA Digital, a joint venture between the sports league and Turner Broadcasting System Inc., will post game snippets on Twitter during the playoffs with the hashtag #NBARapidReplay, said Adam Bain, president of global revenue at Twitter. Short advertisements will appear alongside the clips, he said. Bloomberg

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Detroit Pistons fans will have to wait a little while for ESPN’s Bad Boys retrospective. But it will happen. ESPN spokeswoman Jennifer J. Cingari told the Free Press this morning that a “30 for 30” documentary on the Bad Boys will air sometime in 2014 and will be produced and directed by NBA Entertainment. Pistons fans have been clamoring for a documentary on that era since ESPN started airing the “30 for 30” documentaries in October 2009. Detroit Free Press

Detroit Pistons, Media 

The latest chapter went something like this: Knicks get drilled by Indiana Tuesday night to go down 3-1 in the series. They are getting fried in a variety of media precincts, including the Valley of the Stupid. With the heat on, James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan’s lackeys figured it wasn’t in their best interests to fuel the radio conversation by allowing Mike Woodson to participate in it. By banning Woodson from ESPN-98.7 on Wednesday, Garden suits created a needless controversy. Now that’s funny. The joke is on Dolan & Co. Pulling Woodson from his regular spot on ESPN-98.7 with Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Ruocco made the situation worse. It created another story that again made the organization look paranoid. The move also added to the perception (we would call it reality) that the Knicks are a free-falling team in disarray. New York Daily News

New York Knicks, Mike Woodson, Media, James Dolan 

“Mike Woodson was supposed to be coming on, ladies and gentlemen. We didn’t lie to you. The New York Knicks organization backed out,” Smith said at the beginning of Wednesday’s show. “The coach didn’t back out because Mike Woodson wouldn’t do that — no matter what he says.” Smith’s revelation came shortly after he declared the series over (three times) and called the Knicks “a decrepit old bunch.” Smith has been a big Knicks supporter, one who occasionally strays into Pom-Pomsville (he once even broke out the old chant of “Go New York, Go New York, Go New York — Go!). New York Daily News

New York Knicks, Mike Woodson, Media 

Has Mike Woodson been muzzled? Wednesday, the day after his Knicks lost 93-82 to Indiana to go down 3-1 in the series, Woodson did not show up for his regular ESPN-98.7 radio segment. Stephen A. Smith, the show’s co-host, put the blame squarely on Garden suits. Mike Woodson was supposed to be coming on, ladies and gentlemen. We didn’t lie to you. The New York Knicks organization backed out,” Smith said at the beginning of Wednesday’s show. “The coach didn’t back out because Mike Woodson wouldn’t do that — no matter what he says.” New York Daily News

New York Knicks, Mike Woodson, Stephen A. Smith, Media 

An industry source said Woodson called Smith prior to the show and told him he would not be making his scheduled appearance. The station had promoted the Woodson segment during its morning programming. New York Daily News

New York Knicks, Mike Woodson, Stephen A. Smith, Media 

Game 3 of the Thunder-Grizzlies playoff series on Saturday afternoon managed only a 16.9 rating, the second- lowest rating ever for a Thunder playoff game. The lowest rating, 14.5, also was a second-round playoff game on ESPN on a Saturday (May 7, 2011) in Memphis. The poor rating lowered the four-game series average to 22.1, 18 percent lower than the first four games of the Thunder-Lakers series last year. Oklahoman

Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Media 

The Collins' story, which was broke exclusively by Sports Illustrated, did not become the lead story on ESPN.com for several hours as they continued to prominently feature the long-anticipated release of Tim Tebow by the New York Jets. "I think we did great other than we made one mistake: The mistake was not being more careful with Chris Broussard, and there is a collective responsibility there," said ESPN president John Skipper in comments to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch and other reporters. "Chris Broussard's job was to come on and talk about the news of the league, how the league was representing it, and through a series of events he made personal comments which was a mistake." RealGM

Media, Jason Collins, Chris Broussard 

Skipper said he spoke with Broussard and producers of Outside The Lines following the telecast. "I had a discussion with everybody. They said, 'Look, we brought [ESPN.com columnist] LZ Granderson on to talk from a personal point of view, and we brought Chris on as a reporter and it was a mistake for him to cross the line into a personal point of view there.' We don't quarrel with his right to have any personal point of view, although we do assert as a company that we have a tolerant point of view, we are a diverse company, and that does not represent what our company thinks." RealGM

Media, Jason Collins, Chris Broussard