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- 1977 ‘NFL Today’ CBS intro goes viral, illustrating football’s brutal pastAll fans know the NFL has evolved in recent years to promote player safety and overall a more family-friendly environment. Yet it’s one thing to hear retired players or longtime fans talk about the sport’s brutal past, and something else entirely to see that history come to life in a… Read more »
- Netflix airing new ‘F1 Academy’ docuseriesThe new F1 Academy docuseries now has a home. The racing series announced Friday that Netflix will air the docuseries, which will debut in 2025. The series had been announced last year. The series will follow the adventures of all fifteen drivers across the five F1 Academy teams, offering behind-the-scenes… Read more »
- Colin Cowherd implies Barstool Sports should cut ties with Patrick BeverleyPatrick Beverley’s NBA season ended Thursday night, and if the decision was Colin Cowherd’s, his run with Barstool Sports would end too. Thursday night was not a good look for Beverley. He engaged in an altercation with Pacers fans behind the Bucks’ bench by firing a basketball at them twice,… Read more »
- Oregon State, Washington State reportedly finalizing media rights deals with Fox, The CWThe so-called Pac-2 of Oregon State and Washington State are reportedly approaching a conclusion to their media rights woes going into the 2024 college football season. Per John Canzano, the schools are finalizing deals with both Fox and The CW for the 2024 season. The contracts will cover the home… Read more »
- Pat McAfee continues to remind viewers that ESPN Bet needs improvementsESPN would probably love for sports fans to largely disregard the less-than-stellar first-quarter earnings generated by ESPN Bet, the network’s sportsbook platform operated by Penn Entertainment. But curiously, ESPN’s Pat McAfee continues to bring up the struggles of the new gambling platform on his show. ESPN Bet fell short of… Read more »
- Dan Le Batard: If Charles Barkley leaves, ‘Inside the NBA’ is overNBA free agency doesn’t start for two months, but the league is anxiously awaiting a decision from TNT Sports on the future of its NBA broadcast package and what that will mean for its beloved Inside the NBA studio show and its brightest star, Charles Barkley. Barkley confirmed this week he… Read more »
- Conflicting reports emerge over ESPN potentially banning Patrick Beverley from studio showsMilwaukee Bucks star and Barstool Sports podcast host Patrick Beverley has found himself at the center of controversy after his actions during and after the Bucks’ Game 6 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. It now turns out that Beverley’s actions may have even more repercussions on his… Read more »
- TNT’s use of remote announcers and ESPN’s use of remote production for NHL playoffs questionedOn social media throughout the first round of the NHL’s 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, there have been many suggestions of both ESPN and TNT Sports using remote announcers and/or remote production. Awful Announcing has investigated this. AA has confirmed through sources that TNT Sports has had the play-by-play announcer and… Read more »
- Boomer Esiason on CBS departure: ‘I was more than happy to step aside’Boomer Esiason’s run on The NFL Today on CBS is over as of this week, but it appears the move was a long time coming on his end. Esiason, who will continue to host Boomer & Gio in New York City on WFAN and CBS Sports Network, said in an interview on… Read more »
- Joe Buck chides social media troll for accusing him of biasIf every accusation of bias against Joe Buck were true, he would somehow have to be simultaneously rooting for and against every NFL and MLB team. An impressive, yet exhausting feat. While Buck is enjoying the NFL offseason and his third spring/summer without Major League Baseball responsibilities, he’s still fielding… Read more »
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