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TV and Streaming Viewing Picks for July 20, 2024: how to watch WNBA All-Star Game
All Times Eastern Australian Rules Football AFL — Men’s Round 19 Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Swans — Fox Soccer Plus, 11 p.m. Fremantle Dockers vs. Melbourne Demons — FS2, 1 a.m. (Sunday) Carlton Blues s. North Melbourne Kangaroos — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. (Sunday) Basketball Big3 Week 6, Moda Center, Portland, OR Enemies vs. Read more... The post TV and Streaming Viewing Picks for July 20, 2024: how to watch WNBA All-Star Game appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Commentator has sharp quip for golfer
It’s hard to imagine any golfer at The Open Championship had a worse week than Romain Langasque. As a result, he was the subject of some serious clowning by longtime golf pundit, David Feherty. While Langasque is one of 77 players to start the week at Royal Troon who will not play the weekend, he’s Read more... The post David Feherty clowns France, withdrawing golfer on ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Former MLB star has choice words for umpire
Major League Baseball umpiring continues to be a source of frustration for MLB players and managers. It’s also a source of frustration for announcers and analysts. That was certainly the case on Friday. After the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 at Wrigley Field, former Cub Jon Lester expressed some frustration on Marquee Sports Read more... The post Jon Lester: ‘There’s no real repercussions for umpires’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Lamar Jackson files complaints against Troy Aikman
Lamar Jackson has sent a message of sorts to ESPN’s Troy Aikman. Leave the No. 8 — or Eight — alone. The Baltimore Ravens quarterback, who wears that number on his jersey, has filed two complaints with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office blocking Aikman’s attempt to expand the “Eight” branding into apparel and other Read more... The post Lamar Jackson contests Troy Aikman’s ‘Eight’ brand appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Doug Gottlieb contract status revealed
The Green Bay Phoenix men’s basketball program made an ambitious hire this offseason. Green Bay hired sports radio personality and former college basketball player Doug Gottlieb to be the team’s new head coach. At first, the reaction to the hire was as you’d expect. Gottlieb does sports radio. How will he coach, promote, recruit, and Read more... The post Doug Gottlieb’s Green Bay contract reveals how he will separate coaching from radio appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Fans marvel at ArenaBowl XXXIII being played in a shopping mall
The fact that there even is an ArenaBowl XXXIII to crown a champion of the 2024 Arena Football League season is a minor miracle in and of itself. The campaign has been one of the most tumultuous, tortured seasons in the history of American professional sports. Let’s recap, shall we? – The AFL returned in Read more... The post Fans marvel at ArenaBowl XXXIII being played in a shopping mall appeared first on Awful Announcing.
New owner of The Big Lead revealed
Back in May, a sudden downturn in posting from long-time sports site The Big Lead became very clear. That came around parent company Minute Media’s acquisition of the rights to publish Sports Illustrated from SI owner Authentic Brands Group. And Minute Media eventually said they would “fold” TBL into SI, and many of the people Read more... The post Chris Pirrone buys The Big Lead from Minute Media appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Reporter interview mixup leads to embarassing error
Media Day events can be daunting exercises for any media members. For those who cover Texas Longhorns football, the 2024 SEC Media Days were an especially formidable experience as they had to find their footing in the school’s first year in the conference. For those hosting live shows from the media event, there was a Read more... The post Texas football show has incredibly awkward interview blunder appeared first on Awful Announcing.
NBA makes big move in new TV deal
There have been wars that have been started, fought, and resolved faster than the process for the NBA agreeing to new media deals. The biggest holdup in the protracted saga has been the much ballyhooed “matching rights” that Warner Bros. Discovery has in their back pocket to try to keep hold of some slice of Read more... The post NBA reportedly won’t include matching rights in new TV contracts appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Colin Cowherd makes wild Bronny James prediction
Colin Cowherd handed out advice left and right Friday on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, offering tips for sports bettors, the Los Angeles Lakers and even President Joe Biden, and it all started with a Bronny James news item. ESPN reported Thursday that more bettors have placed money on James than any other player to Read more... The post Colin Cowherd: Bronny James rookie of the year bets prove economy’s booming appeared first on Awful Announcing.
ESPN receives massive praise
As you may have heard, this is typically the slowest week of the mainstream sports calendar. That, however, didn’t stop Friday from being one of ESPN’s most chaotic days of the year, as the Worldwide Leader found itself — like most — impacted by the global tech outage. Yet despite its issues, ESPN managed to Read more... The post ESPN’s adaptability was on full display during Friday’s global tech outage appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Dan Orlovsky makes surprising move
Dan Orlovsky has always been confident in his abilities as an analyst and television personality. He’s made no secret about wanting to be a top analyst at a network some day. But what if Orlovsky was able to achieve that not in football… but lacrosse. Yes, lacrosse. The former NFL quarterback will take the unique Read more... The post Dan Orlovsky will call Premier Lacrosse League game for ESPN appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Rich Eisen Show expands distribution
The ReachTV network, focused on hotel and airport screens, has struck some major sports content deals over the years. Their latest is with The Rich Eisen Show. In addition to that show’s current video distribution on The Roku Channel and radio distribution through Westwood One, its last two hours (1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern, Monday-Friday) Read more... The post Exclusive: The Rich Eisen Show adds ReachTV distribution for airports, hotel rooms, and more appeared first on Awful Announcing.
When will the next big sports insider go independent?
Sports insiders have more leverage than ever. With the growth of legal sports betting and fantasy sports, instant information is incredibly valuable. At the same time, as more sports media moves online and audiences find sports content free and on-demand, the power is in the person who has the information – the insider. For now, Read more... The post When will the next big sports insider go independent with their content? appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Reggie Miller's hobby had unusual start
Reggie Miller has long been known for his basketball commentary for the now-TNT Sports, both on games and in the studio. But he has an unusual outdoor sports hobby he’s been involved in for even longer, dating back to his NBA playing career. That would be mountain biking. Miller, 58, is set to compete in Read more... The post How Rage Against The Machine’s Tim Commerford got Reggie Miller into mountain biking appeared first on Awful Announcing.
SEC media poll shocks fans
There were a lot of potential storylines that could come out of SEC media days this week before the beginning of the 2024 football season. Future Southeastern Conference champion Vanderbilt Commodores was not supposed to be one of them. SEC media days are one of the most interesting things we have going on this week Read more... The post Vanderbilt again somehow earns multiple first place votes in SEC media poll appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Host gets honest on 'Good Morning Football'
When Good Morning Football returns on July 29, it’ll be hosted by Jamie Erdahl. The current host, who replaced Kay Adams in 2022, delivered an emotional tribute to the NYC studio before going on maternity leave. But while others’ futures were uncertain then, Erdahl made no mistake about it. She announced she’d follow the show Read more... The post Jamie Erdahl opens up about new-look ‘Good Morning Football’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
One 'Inside The NBA' secret revealed
It’s still not assured that TNT Sports’ NBA rights and Inside The NBA will be coming to an end after the 2024-25 season. Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly preparing an offer to match Amazon’s “C” package, so some fighting on if they can seems imminent, and there are still discussions on Inside The NBA‘s future. Read more... The post David Aldridge on how Tim Kiely’s profane camera advice set ‘Inside The NBA’ apart from ESPN’s shows appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Barstool Sports founder slams CNN
Dave Portnoy hasn’t been shy to express his support for Donald Trump. That, apparently, was enough for CNN’s David Urban to share his belief that the Barstool Sports founder and owner wouldn’t criticize the former United States president’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. “The way this speech is going to be Read more... The post Dave Portnoy denies CNN claim he wouldn’t criticize Donald Trump’s speech appeared first on Awful Announcing.
CBS Sports retains Serie A rights
CBS Sports will remain the home of Italian top-flight soccer. A day after adding the rights to the EFL, CBS announced it had retained Serie A’s rights on a two-year deal. The media rights agreement brings all 380 Serie A matches in each season to CBS Sports platforms, along with 25 Coppa Italia matches and Read more... The post CBS Sports retains Serie A rights on two-year deal appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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