MLS found itself in a bit of hot water over the weekend after publishing artificial intelligence-generated match recaps to its website without any human oversight. According to a report by Margaret Fleming in Front Office Sports, MLS began using the AI to write standard game recaps “and isn’t double checking their accuracy.” Two recaps from Read more... The post MLS draws criticism for AI-generated match recaps appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Greg Olsen played 14 years in the NFL. He knows what dysfunction looks like, and he saw all the warning signs when Tua Tagovailoa stood at the podium after Miami’s loss to the Chargers and called out his teammates for skipping player-led meetings. Olsen appeared on Wake Up Barstool on Monday and explained what player-led Read more... The post Greg Olsen: Tua Tagovailoa should’ve included himself when calling out teammates appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Just as Dave Portnoy was trying to create hype around the arrival of new Barstool host Ryen Russillo, a former staffer took the opportunity to air dirty laundry. On Tuesday as Russillo finally announced his move from The Ringer to Barstool, Portnoy again expressed frustration with Spotify executives over the company preventing Russillo from keeping Read more... The post Dave Portnoy clashes with former Barstool talent Jared Carrabis over podcast ownership appeared first on Awful Announcing.

If Troy Aikman ever seems like he’s having fun on Monday Night Football, it’s because Joe Buck is working hard to lighten the mood. Buck joined Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor on The Pivot podcast this week. And during the interview, Clark noted Buck’s broadcast partner of 24 years, Troy Aikman, isn’t the Read more... The post Joe Buck: Troy Aikman is ‘intense’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Universities are attempting to find every possible way to eek out another dollar in the NIL era of college athletics. Even storied programs like USC and Notre Dame are doing everything they can to gain a competitive edge. That’s why when Puck’s John Ourand reported last month that USC had approached Netflix about airing its Read more... The post Netflix’s talks to air future USC-Notre Dame games ‘still ongoing’ despite network resistance appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Kirk Herbstreit has a schedule that would break most people. He works Thursday Night Football for Amazon, hosts College GameDay on Saturday mornings, and calls the biggest college football game of the week on Saturday afternoon or night for ESPN. It’s a grind that has him crisscrossing the country every week, and it’s taking a Read more... The post Kirk Herbstreit admits he ‘quite often’ wakes up and doesn’t know what city he’s in appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Netflix has partnered with Spotify to bring video podcasts to its streaming platform, with The Bill Simmons Podcast among more than a dozen shows coming to the service. According to Deadline, the arrangement will move 16 programs from Spotify Studios and The Ringer to Netflix in the United States starting next year. These shows currently Read more... The post Netflix bringing ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’, Ringer shows to platform in Spotify partnership appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Kirk Herbstreit has a pretty good idea where James Franklin lands next, and it might not be on a sideline. Following Franklin’s firing from Penn State on Sunday — which comes with a buyout in the neighborhood of $50 million — Herbstreit floated TV as a natural landing spot during his Nonstop with Kirk & Read more... The post Kirk Herbstreit: James Franklin would be a ‘natural’ for TV after Penn State firing appeared first on Awful Announcing.

As Ryen Russillo officially launches the next act of his career, he’s bringing some familiar faces with him to Barstool Sports. On Monday, the longtime sports media personality released the final episode of The Ryen Russillo Podcast for The Ringer. And as he alluded to his impending move to Barstool, he revealed that producers Steve Read more... The post The Ringer’s Steve Ceruti and Kyle Crichton joining Ryen Russillo at Barstool Sports appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Clay Travis could be heading to the open market. According to Semafor’s Max Tani, the Outkick founder’s current contract is set to expire at the end of this year. A subsequent report from Front Office Sports’ Michael McCarthy notes that Travis’ deals with Outkick, Fox and iHeartMedia’s Premiere Networks all end at the end of Read more... The post Clay Travis reportedly considering new project as 2026 free agency approaches appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Dave Mattingly is well aware of the glitches that have plagued his popular Scorigami X account. Fixing such issues, however, could prove easier said than done, with the software developer citing changes to X’s interface as the primary cause. Speaking to Front Office Sports’ Margaret Fleming, Mattingly addressed the recent problems his popular account has Read more... The post Scorigami bot creator blames changes to X for account glitches appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Arch Manning has heard the noise about his struggles this season, even when he’s tried his hardest not to. He entered 2025 as the Heisman favorite and projected No. 1 NFL draft pick. Now he’s addressing the media circus around his performance — or lack thereof — including The Athletic’s piece that The New York Read more... The post Arch Manning addresses ‘failure’ label: ‘Everyone has their own opinion’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

If Joe Davis isn’t on the call for Game 3 of the ALCS on Fox this week, Kevin Burkhardt, Derek Jeter, A-Rod and David Ortiz are blaming the turkey. Monday was Thanksgiving in Canada, and the MLB on Fox broadcast booth was in Toronto for Game 2 of the ALCS between the Blue Jays and Read more... The post Kevin Burkhardt fears Joe Davis may have gotten food poisoning from pink turkey appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The Athletic is bringing back Tom Bogert, the most prolific newsbreaker in American soccer, as part of an aggressive strategy to build what head of U.S. Soccer Martin Rogers calls “the most dominant roster of talent that American soccer journalism has ever seen” by the time the 2026 World Cup kicks off. Bogert, who will Read more... The post The Athletic brings back Tom Bogert appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Considering he was the person who first broke the story, there is no member of the media more familiar with the ongoing Kawhi Leonard saga than Pablo Torre. And when it comes to ESPN’s latest report on the matter, the Meadowlark Media host raised some red flags, including a potential conflict of interest for one Read more... The post Pablo Torre takes issue with ESPN’s Kawhi Leonard reporting appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Any women’s sports fan who walks into the 1972 Pub will feel immediately at home. Named after the year of the passing of Title IX, the groundbreaking legislation that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex at federally-funded educational institutions and opened the door to sports participation for women and girls, the 1972 Pub is Read more... The post How women’s sports bars are changing the game for fans appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The Cincinnati community is mourning the death of longtime Bearcats football radio analyst Jim Kelly Jr., who passed away at the age of 71 on Sunday. Few people have been as connected to the UC program throughout its history as Kelly, who originally served as a ball boy in the 1960s when his father, Jim Read more... The post Longtime Cincinnati Bearcats radio analyst Jim Kelly Jr. dead at 71 appeared first on Awful Announcing.

College football viewers in metropolitan areas across the country may have noticed recent advertising spots recruiting law enforcement officers to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The ads are part of a Trump administration initiative to ramp up deportations of undocumented immigrants. “‘You took an oath to protect and serve, to keep your family, your Read more... The post ICE is dropping huge money to advertise during college football games appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Sometimes it takes an interpreter to decipher exactly what Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is trying to say. Other times what he says is loud and clear. And during Tomlin’s press conference on Monday, there wasn’t any interpreter necessary. After what Tomlin felt was a particularly frustrating media availability, despite his team improving to Read more... The post Mike Tomlin to press: ‘Boy, you guys were annoying me today’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

This month, for the first time since 2002, NBC will broadcast the NBA. It’s been a long time coming for the broadcast network, which signed an 11-year deal with the league last year for a reported $2.5 billion per season. As part of that multibillion dollar commitment, NBC will get to air an NBA conference Read more... The post NBC leaning towards three-man booth for NBA conference finals appeared first on Awful Announcing.

NBA TV will look and feel a bit different this season. After 17 years under the purview of TNT Sports, NBA TV has reverted its operations back to the league as a result of the NBA’s new set of media rights agreements beginning this season. Earlier this summer, Puck’s John Ourand reported that the channel Read more... The post Details emerge about new-look NBA TV appeared first on Awful Announcing.

For at least the next three years, there will rarely be a Sunday night when NBC isn’t airing a live sporting event. The network has, of course, aired Sunday Night Football, the premier NFL game of the week, every year since 2006. But beginning this NBA season, NBC will add Sunday Night Basketball to the mix once Read more... The post NBC Sports president: Sunday night strategy ‘easy concept’ for viewers to understand appeared first on Awful Announcing.

All Times Eastern Boxing The Art of Ward — DraftKings Network, 7 p.m. Bundesliga Bundesliga Special #5 Der Klassiker-Germany’s Heavyweight Clash — ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s and Women’s SEC Tipoff ’26 Day 1, Grand Bohemian Hotel, Birmingham, AL Announcers: Alyssa Lang/Dari Nowkhah/Pat Bradley/Daymeon Fishback/Steffi Sorensen SEC Now: SEC Tipoff — SEC Network, 10 Read more... The post TV and streaming viewing picks for October 14, 2025: how to watch Dodgers-Brewers, Game 2 appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline, providing a broader understanding of when the di...