{
  "id": 8315244,
  "title": "Kirk Herbstreit defends having Ted Cruz on 'College GameDay'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/kirk-herbstreit-defends-having-ted-cruz-on-college-gameday",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T21:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/media/6098924-kirk-herbstreit-ted-cruz-espn-college-gameday-protect-college-sports-act/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Football analyst and ESPN personality Kirk Herbstreit defended the network's decision to have Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the network's flagship college football pregame show last week. \"We had him on because they were going to be voting this week,\" Herbstreit told reporters on Friday, referring to the \"Protect College Sports Act\" (PCSA), a Senate...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}