ESPNers pay tribute to late colleague Zach Jones, dead at 41
Just a few days before Christmas, the network announced that research manager Zach Jones, who joined ESPN in 2010, had died ...
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Gary Williams returning to mornings on Golf Channel
Golf Channel is adding some new morning programming to its lineup which will feature the return of a familiar face. Longtime Golf Channel broadcaster Gary Williams will return to the network’s ...
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Mike Francesa scoffs at Adam Silver blaming NBA ratings problem on cable
The NBA has a ratings problem and Mike Francesa is convinced commissioner Adam Silver has no clue what it is. Silver addressed the league’s ratings dip this week while speaking to reporters ...
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Pickleball leads the way in women’s sports pro salaries as sport continues growth
Quick question; which sports league paid female players the most on average in 2024, the year women’s sports finally broke through? Was it the Caitlin Clark-infused WNBA? (Sorry Sheila Johnson ...
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Tony Kornheiser says CFP and NFL scheduling competing games is ‘football on football crime’
The NFL and college football typically go to great lengths not to program against each other. Save for some low-wattage Thursday night college football games on ESPN competing with Thursday Night ...
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Jets’ Woody Johnson reportedly nixed Jerry Jeudy trade due to Madden rating
But while the criticism that Mark Schlereth and Steve Smith Sr. have directed toward the wide receiver in recent years has typically come as a result of his play on the field, it was another ...
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Joe Mazzulla takes blame for declining NBA ratings: ‘I would rather watch something else’
As the NBA attempts to deal with its ratings problem, don’t expect much help from Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. We’re not even through December yet and commissioner Adam Silver has ...
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Former NBA player John Amaechi goes off on Stephen A. Smith for ‘creepy’ viral video about women in Miami
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has always been unapologetically himself in front of a camera. Even when it perhaps toes the line of inappropriate, which Smith’s recent comments did in the eyes of ...
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Stephen A. Smith warns Aaron Rodgers amid Ryan Clark feud: ‘You don’t want to go at [him]’
If there’s any feud involving a sports media member — particularly an ESPN personality — you can set your watch to Stephen A. Smith (and us at Awful Announcing) chiming in. Smith uses The ...
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Looking ahead to the biggest sports media stories of 2025
As we near the end of 2024, Awful Announcing wanted to take stock of the sports media industry and see what stories and trends will keep insiders’ attention over the next 12 months. For Alex ...
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A hater’s guide to all the problems people have with the NBA right now
The NBA is one of the most popular sports leagues in the world and just shocked everyone with a massive 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal. Yet if you look at the media landscape around the ...
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The 2024 Awful Announcing NFL/CFB rules analyst rankings
The votes are in for the top broadcast football rules analysts. We asked Awful Announcing readers to grade nine rules analysts working on NCAA and NFL football broadcasts across a wide selection ...