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NFL to eliminate Pro Bowl after years of falling ratings
After years of debate, format changes, and falling ratings, the NFL Pro Bowl is no more. According to a report from Jonathan Jones at The Athletic, league executives outlined the plans for a post-Pro Bowl NFL to team owners on Wednesday. Rather than a football game, or a flag football game, or a series of…
Offseason ‘Hard Knocks’ is coming back
Hard Knocks is returning to the offseason for the first time in three years. The NFL announced on Wednesday that the offseason version of Hard Knocks is returning for 2027, its first offseason edition since following the New York Giants in 2024. Rather than centering on a single team, NFL Films and HBO will use…
Adam Schefter will reportedly join NFL Network’s ‘The Insiders’ this season
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter will add yet another role to his job description this football season. The longtime top NFL newsbreaker for the Worldwide Leader will join The Insiders on NFL Network each Wednesday, according to OutKick’s Bobby Burack. The show sees top NFL Network reporters share insights on the big stories each evening. Previously,…
Is Pat McAfee’s kicking contest coming back to ‘College GameDay’?
Last December, Pat McAfee subtly hinted on College GameDay that there was a chance his popular kicking contest wouldn’t return this season. McAfee stated, “It’ll be our final kick of the season, maybe of the entire series,” reiterating the sentiment by saying, “One more kick. Final kick of the season. Final kick, maybe, of the field…
ESPN’s Little League Classic outdraws Netflix’s Field of Dreams
ESPN scored a season-high audience for its presentation of the MLB Little League Classic while also averaging more viewers than MLB at Field of Dreams game on Netflix. However, the viewership still fell below NBC’s Sunday Night Baseball average. Sunday’s Atlanta Braves-Milwaukee Brewers game in the Little League Classic averaged 2 million viewers across ESPN…
Lead ‘College GameDay’ producer Jim Gaiero taken off show
One of the lead producers of ESPN’s flagship college football program, College GameDay, has been taken off the show. Jim Gaiero, a veteran ESPN producer who has served as a lead producer on College GameDay for 10 years, will no longer produce the show, multiple sources confirm to Awful Announcing. Many involved with GameDay were…
Orioles manager gets testy with reporter over Pete Alonso: ‘Don’t put words in my mouth’
Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz may have said Pete Alonso was dealing with his calf, but that doesn’t mean he’s okay with reporters asking about it. The Orioles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 13-1 Tuesday night, led by one of the hottest hitters in all of baseball right now, Pete Alonso, who went 4-4 with…
TCU rescinds Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials over reporting on a locker room altercation
TCU has rescinded media credentials for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after a dispute over the paper’s reporting on a locker room incident that led to the dismissal of senior safety Jacob Fields from the football team. The Star-Telegram revealed the university’s decision in its own report on Wednesday. “In a phone conversation Sunday, a TCU athletics…
Mike Francesa: WNBA ‘is a disaster right now’
The WNBA might be the most toxic space in sports, and Mike Francesa is blaming leadership and the players for allowing it to happen. As the WNBA experiences historic growth in popularity, it’s also learning about growing pains to success. Unfortunately, those growing pains have been piled on by people attempting to hijack the discourse…
Michael Jordan ‘not expected’ to return to NBA on NBC, per report
Michael Jordan’s NBC tenure will resemble his baseball career in length. According to a report by Michael McCarthy in Front Office Sports, Michael Jordan is “not expected” to return to NBC’s NBA coverage this upcoming season. The network announced Jordan as a “special contributor” prior to its return to NBA broadcasting last season, but the…
Fever-Sky delivers WNBA’s biggest regular-season audience since 1997
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever have set all sorts of WNBA viewership records, and now her team is shattering milestones that are nearly three decades old. The Fever’s game against the Chicago Sky on NBC Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. The broadcast is the third-most-watched WNBA regular-season game ever, behind two…
ESPN to remove BottomLine ticker for college football broadcasts
ESPN is set to remove its BottomLine ticker during college football games this season in a move to free up more on-screen real estate, per a report by Ryan Glasspiegel in Front Office Sports. The move will bring all of ESPN’s college football broadcasts in line with its major events, like the College Football Playoff…
How local Las Vegas media is handling Sin City’s big-city sports boom
Dreaming on her hometown’s behalf, Madyson Marie endured an antithesis of what children typically hear in their age of innocence. You can be anything you want to be, elders normally state without a second thought. As an unofficial youth delegate for Las Vegas, Marie yearned to see her city become a major-league sports market. No!…
Split Zone Duo launches volleyball podcast ‘Six Zone Duo’
Split Zone Duo, the popular college football outlet headed by Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson, is expanding into volleyball. On Wednesday, Split Zone Duo announced the debut of Six Zone Duo, a new volleyball podcast featuring Erin Sorensen of the popular Nebraska athletics Substack Counter Read, and Amie Just, a Nebraska sports columnist for the Lincoln Journal Star.…
DAZN acquires EverPass, including commercial distribution of NFL Sunday Ticket
DAZN continues to make inroads in the American sports market. But this time, the London-based streaming company is targeting commercial establishments. DAZN announced on Wednesday that it will acquire EverPass, the joint venture between the NFL and RedBird Capital that distributes live sports to commercial establishments like bars, restaurants, and casinos, through its proprietary streaming…
NWSL strikes deal with Roku for Sunday night matches after Victory+ departure
The NWSL has found a new media partner to host its Sunday night package. After being part of the cohort of franchises and leagues to drop streaming platform Victory+ amid the company’s financial uncertainty last month, the NWSL has come to terms with Roku to take over the package of Sunday night games. Beginning this…
Charles Barkley shuts down caller asking him to run for Senate
Charles Barkley won the television region in the ongoing Sports Media Influence Olympics on Awful Announcing’s Play-by-Play LIVE. Barkley authored a Hall of Fame NBA career, but his influence powers peaked on Inside the NBA over the past 25 years. Any interest in using those powers politically, Sir Charles? A man named Milton called into The…
Golf Channel hires Jim Furyk as full-time lead analyst
After a successful trial run throughout the 2026 season, Jim Furyk is making a full-time transition into the broadcast booth. The 2003 U.S. Open champion and 17-time PGA Tour winner will reportedly join Golf Channel and USA Sports under a multiyear agreement that will make him the lead analyst on their PGA Tour and major…
Jemele Hill on Colin Kaepernick, 10 years later
Ten years ago, Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem in peaceful protest of Black oppression and police brutality in America. Kaepernick, then the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, had refused to stand for the national anthem earlier that offseason. But nobody really noticed until Aug. 26, 2016, when he didn’t stand for the…
Sports media world reacts to death of Dolly Parton: ‘There was only one Dolly’
Dolly Parton died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, according to this statement posted across her social media channels. She was 80. Bryan Seaver, Parton’s nephew, broke the tragic news with this video: A message from the family of Dolly Parton. pic.twitter.com/9DNRgRx0uH — Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) August 25, 2026 “As I’ve shared in video messages…
Mets broadcast goes dark at worst possible time
The New York Mets’ broadcast booth finished third in Awful Announcing’s 2026 MLB local broadcaster rankings. But even Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling aren’t immune to technical difficulties. On Tuesday night, the Mets hosted the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field. Milwaukee (81-51) and New York (60-72) were tangled at 2-2 when David Hamilton…
Tony Gonzalez, October Gonzalez announce ‘No Safe Words’ podcast with iHeartMedia: ‘Nothing is off limits’
Tony Gonzalez will soon resume his analyst duties on Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football broadcasts, but the Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end just picked up another gig. It has absolutely nothing to do with football. On Tuesday, iHeartMedia and SMAC Productions announced No Safe Words with October and Tony Gonzalez, a weekly podcast…
Tom Brady doesn’t plan on shirtless Fox broadcasts despite new Gucci campaign
Tom Brady made his runway modeling debut in Demna’s Gucci cruise show in May, and he just strengthened his place in Gucci lore as a face of Demna’s fall-winter 2026 collection. As such, Brady spoke exclusively GQ, and Jeremy Freed asked the seven-time Super Bowl champion whether he’d ever wear a suit without a shirt…
Washington D.C. race garners IndyCar’s best non-Indy 500 rating since 2008 merger
There was a lot of conversation and controversy surrounding IndyCar’s race on the streets of Washington, D.C., this past weekend. There were a lot of people watching at home, too. Fox Sports announced Tuesday that Sunday’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix drew an average of 3.28 million viewers, which would make it the most-watched IndyCar race…
Greg Papa set for earlier-than-expected return to 49ers’ booth
As a longtime San Francisco sports broadcaster and lead radio play-by-play voice for the 49ers, Greg Papa continues to recover from numerous health issues. But his profile on the Bay Area airwaves is growing rather than shrinking, and he’s now planning an earlier-than-expected return to the booth. Papa confirmed Tuesday that he plans to return…
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