Boomer Esiason wants Olympic athletes to shut up and skate, Dan Le Batard Show producer Mike Ryan wants the former NFL MVP to stop being a “p*ssy.” Earlier this week, Esiason shared he watched Team USA take the gold medal in figure skating instead of the epically long Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday. And Read more... The post Mike Ryan explodes after Boomer Esiason urges Olympic athletes to pipe down: ‘Quit being a p*ssy!’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Despite the backlash that Casey Wasserman has faced following his appearance in the Epstein files, the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Summer Olympics is standing by its chairman. In a statement released on Wednesday, the LA28 committee said that an outside legal firm investigated Wasserman’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Read more... The post LA28 backs Casey Wasserman despite appearance in Epstein files appeared first on Awful Announcing.

A thriller in the Dean Dome proved to be the most-watched edition of the Tobacco Road rivalry since Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game in 2022. According to data from Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch, Saturday’s game between Duke and North Carolina averaged 3.51 million viewers on ESPN, marking the best regular-season audience for the Read more... The post Duke-UNC earns highest TV audience since Coach K’s final home game appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Perhaps the top story in sports media for 2026 is how the NFL and its current set of broadcast partners go about reworking their media rights contracts. It became apparent last year that the NFL, despite being locked into its current contracts until at least 2029 and 2030 when its opt-out clauses hit, will approach Read more... The post Sports media analysts predict new NFL TV deals will look similar to current setup appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Some people say there’s never been an NBA player quite like Victor Wembanyama, but maybe those people forgot about Kendrick Perkins. While discussing Wembanyama’s impressive performance against the Dallas Mavericks last week on ESPN’s NBA Today, Perkins made one of his more surprising assessments as an analyst. Kendrick Perkins on Victor Wembanyama “He’s a prime Read more... The post Kendrick Perkins and Victor Wembanyama are two peas in a pod appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The NBA’s tanking crisis is reaching a fever pitch, and even longtime supporters of the league like Dan Patrick are starting to get worried. NBA teams’ tanking is nothing new. But this season, it has gone to extremes that Adam Silver and the rest of the league cannot be comfortable with. The Utah Jazz are Read more... The post Dan Patrick sends message to NBA amid tanking drama: ‘You’ve got to win me back’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The Chicago White Sox acquired Luisangel Acuña in a trade with the New York Mets for Luis Robert Jr., but it appears that his new team may not know exactly what they have in their new player. In an astonishing story, White Sox GM Chris Getz has repeatedly referred to Acuña as a switch-hitter this Read more... The post White Sox GM Chris Getz apparently doesn’t know his own player isn’t a switch hitter appeared first on Awful Announcing.

This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.

The Phoenix Suns have been one of the surprise teams of the NBA season thus far, and team owner Mat Ishbia was overjoyed that he got to rub Bill Simmons’ nose in it. Ishbia is one of the most chronically online owners in sports. And he’s traded barbs on multiple occasions with the likes of Read more... The post Mat Ishbia trolls Bill Simmons over failed Suns prediction appeared first on Awful Announcing.

NBC has aired every Winter Olympics since 2002, in Salt Lake City, UT. At this point, its broadcast teams are chock-full of grizzled veterans, many of whom have covered a dozen or more Games for the network (which started broadcasting the Summer Games in 1988). Over the years, those broadcasters have gained a level of Read more... The post Nicole Auerbach talks ski jump scandals and cross-country skiing in first NBC Olympic assignment appeared first on Awful Announcing.

There’s a new sheriff in town at Disney, which has led many to speculate about the future of ESPN. Next month, Josh D’Amaro will relieve Disney CEO Bob Iger of his duties atop the company. D’Amaro currently leads Disney’s experiences division, which includes parks and cruises. What his resume lacks is experience in media, leading Read more... The post Report: ESPN spinoff likely won’t happen ‘anytime soon’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

This originally appeared in the Thursday edition of  The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything you need to know about the sports media world. Move over McDreamy and McSteamy, make way for McAfee and McCarthy. Wednesday, ESPN officially Read more... The post The sports media machinations of reporting on Pat McAfee appeared first on Awful Announcing.

After years of backsliding in viewership and importance, the Olympics have been gaining ground once again in recent years. Thus far, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy, are sustaining momentum. The turnaround story began at the 2024 Paris Olympics. NBC finally found a way to hit its stride in balancing live daytime coverage with Read more... The post 2026 Winter Olympics most-watched since 2014 through opening days appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Veteran sports host and reporter Jason Spells is joining the ACC Network. The ESPN-owned network announced the move on X. Spells will work as a studio host across ACC Network programming, including Nothing But Net and ACC PM, making his debut Wednesday night. In a post on his Instagram account on Feb. 1, Spells called the Read more... The post ACC Network hires Jason Spells as studio host appeared first on Awful Announcing.

On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews Fox Sports NASCAR reporter Alex Weaver. Brandon and Alex discuss a wide range of topics including this year’s Daytona 500 storylines, the aftermath of the 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports lawsuit, the return of The Chase championship format, and more. Here’s the full breakdown: Read more... The post AA Podcast: Alex Weaver on state of NASCAR, Daytona 500, Michael Jordan, and more appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Even in the dead of winter, the feud between New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay and Mets fans is as warm as ever. Kay’s quarreling with Mets fans as the voice of the Yankees is one of the great entertaining feuds in baseball, maybe in all of sports and media. It seems like no matter Read more... The post Michael Kay continues war with Mets fan ‘lunatics’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Craig Carton is not a fan of LeBron James. And the WFAN host continued calling out the Los Angeles Lakers superstar on Wednesday after he missed what was supposed to be a highly anticipated matchup against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. It wasn’t just LeBron that sat out the home game against the Read more... The post Craig Carton wants LeBron James suspended for ducking Spurs appeared first on Awful Announcing.