You see everything at Super Bowl Radio Row. In one corner, media bigwigs and super agents waiting for courtesy chicken wings. In the other, a big Toyota wheeled in as decor. Keegan Michael-Key. Cam Skattebo. Peter the Golden Retriever. The concept, which Mike Francesa and Chris Russo claim to have invented (let’s give them that), Read more... The post Super Bowl Radio Row is a social media clip factory now appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Once an afterthought in the days of peak cable and satellite television, latency has shifted to the forefront of sports fans’ minds as streaming becomes a more popular way to consume games. The issue has become even more apparent as sports betting has entered the picture. Fans that like to place wagers on sporting events Read more... The post Antenna and cable TV win Super Bowl latency battle as streamers lag behind appeared first on Awful Announcing.

WWE Raw featured more Elimination Chamber Qualifying matches, as well as The Usos defending their tag titles against Otis & Tozawa.

Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

During the NFL Honors ceremony last week, internet comedian Druski made a show of mispronouncing the name of Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba. The comedian initially said Smith-Njigba’s name properly before repeating it without the “J,” in a manner that made it sound like the N-word. In a post celebrating Smith-Njigba’s big win, Read more... The post Jaxon Smith-Njigba shares origin of family name after Druski joke appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Stephen A. Smith liked Bad Bunny’s halftime show, but he thinks he would have liked it even more if some of the songs were in English. Bad Bunny’s performance was the most controversial Super Bowl halftime show since…well, last year’s Super Bowl halftime show, when half the audience seemed to love Kendrick Lamar’s performance and Read more... The post Stephen A. Smith: ‘Would have been nice if some of the songs were in English’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Ryen Russillo became one of the viral news stories of Super Bowl week when an explicit photograph appeared on his Instagram story overnight on Thursday. After an entire weekend of silence on the situation, Russillo has delivered an explanation — sort of. In the latest episode of The Ryen Russillo Show, the veteran host revealed that Read more... The post Ryen Russillo on explicit Instagram story: ‘I don’t know what happened and I’m sorry that it did’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Michael Kay thinks NBC should have fired Tony Dungy on the spot for refusing to discuss his Pro Football Hall of Fame vote during the network’s Super Bowl pregame show. The longtime voice of the New York Yankees devoted several minutes of The Michael Kay Show on Monday to eviscerating Dungy for turtling when asked Read more... The post Michael Kay says he’d fire Tony Dungy for refusing to discuss Hall of Fame vote on NBC appeared first on Awful Announcing.

This week, YouTube TV is rolling out several new offerings aimed at paring down its bloated base package to give consumers more affordable, genre-targeted options. Perhaps the most highly anticipated of these new “skinny bundles” is the sports package. But even sports fans will have multiple new options to explore. Below, we break down each Read more... The post A full breakdown of YouTube TV’s new skinny bundle offerings appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Right as pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training, many baseball fans will be without the network offering wall-to-wall coverage of the sport. On Jan. 31, MLB Network went dark for Optimum subscribers after the league and Altice USA, Optimum’s parent company, failed to reach a renewal on its distribution deal. According Read more... The post MLB Network goes dark on Optimum amid carriage dispute appeared first on Awful Announcing.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend to give his blessing to a major media consolidation. Last summer, Nexstar and Tegna, two of the largest ownership groups of local broadcast stations in the country, announced plans to merge under one umbrella. Nexstar owns over 200 stations across the country, while Tegna owns Read more... The post Trump blesses Nexstar-Tegna merger, paving way for more consolidation appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Ahmed Fareed will host NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball pregame show when the network returns to MLB this spring, handling studio duties while Bob Costas works in what both he and NBC have described as an “emeritus role” focused on on-site contributions. NBC announced Fareed’s assignment during Super Bowl pregame coverage Sunday, adding baseball to a Read more... The post Ahmed Fareed to host NBC’s MLB studio coverage appeared first on Awful Announcing.

There has always been a complicated professional relationship between reporters and coaches. That’s expected. That’s normal. Reporters and coaches have different goals. The media strives to get as close to the truth as possible. Coaches strive to proactively protect their players and their organization by limiting what the media sees and hears. This often leads Read more... The post Bengals’ Zac Taylor and Capitals’ Spencer Carbery deserve applause for their acts of kindness appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Maybe Drake Maye didn’t know Cam Newton was on First Take the first time he accused the New England Patriots of being “fool’s gold,” but he probably knows it this time. Newton sparked a feud with the Patriots and Maye last November when he called New England fool’s gold because of their supposed easy regular Read more... The post Cam Newton takes victory lap for calling Patriots ‘fool’s gold’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

YouTube wants more NFL games, and the NFL is already laying the groundwork to sell them. Christian Oestlien, YouTube’s vice president of subscription products, told Bloomberg that the company is interested in bidding on additional NFL rights when the league opens negotiations later this year. “We really value our partnership with the NFL,” Oestlien informed Read more... The post YouTube exec says company is ‘very excited’ about possibility of acquiring more NFL rights appeared first on Awful Announcing.