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U2 announced for NFL Thanksgiving Eve halftime show
The NFL has owned Thanksgiving Day for decades, but now it’s laying claim to Thanksgiving Eve in an attempt to turn it into another marquee window. And this year they will have some assistance from U2. The iconic band has made multiple NFL appearances before. They famously played the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVI…
Could Eli Manning be ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ wild card?
This originally appeared in Tuesday morning’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. ESPN couldn’t lure Peyton Manning into the Monday Night Football booth, so it built him…
Disney+ adding Star Wars altcast for Super Bowl LXI
In case you thought Disney and ESPN didn’t have enough altcasts for the Super Bowl, they are pulling out the biggest intellectual property they own for the big game: Star Wars. ESPN and Disney have already announced a ManningCast and a Pat McAfee Field Pass for Super Bowl LXI, along with a streaming simulcast on…
College basketball insider Jon Rothstein joins 247Sports, will still appear on CBS broadcasts
This is October, and Jon Rothstein’s written content is heading to 247Sports. The college basketball insider announced Monday that his written content will now be located on the 247Sports network. “CBS Sports has forever been the best place for college basketball content, and I’m thrilled to be expanding my role across the CBS Sports family,”…
Jay-Z reportedly books himself for Super Bowl LXI halftime show
For seven years, Jay-Z had 99 problems when it came to booking the Super Bowl halftime show, but for Super Bowl LXI, finding a headliner reportedly wasn’t one. According to Puck’s Dave Brooks, the Roc Nation founder, who has the ultimate say over who takes the halftime stage, chose himself for February’s game after weeks of…
Dan Quinn denies video evidence he didn’t know it was fourth down
The Washington Commanders lost again to the San Francisco 49ers and once again drew embarrassing game-management accusations against head coach Dan Quinn and quarterback Jayden Daniels. A week after Daniels, Quinn, and the Commanders inexplicably ran out the clock in overtime against the Giants while in field goal range to win, another strange play occurred…
John Strong announced as new voice of Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has a new in-venue announcer. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Fox Sports’ lead soccer play-by-play announcer John Strong will succeed Michael J. LaFave, who spent 25 years as the “Voice of Westminster,” when the WKCDS returns to New York City in February 2027 for its 151st installment. Strong, who has been the…
Michael Robinson apologizes after implying Jalen Hurts was faking injury
The story of Jalen Hurts’s injury status was one of the oddest storylines of Week 6 of the NFL season. According to a timeline released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, an ultrasound the day before the team’s game against the Jaguars in London two weeks ago revealed a “superficial blood clot” Hurts played the…
‘Intentional Talk’ coming to an end after 16 years on MLB Network
A modern baseball stalwart is coming to an end. On Monday, MLB Network announced that Intentional Talk would be ending its run after 16 years. The show will run through the World Series, and broadcast one final time on Wednesday, November 4. The trio of Siera Santos, Ryan Dempster, and Kevin Millar opened their show…
Mel Kiper Jr. thinks Arch Manning has ‘got to go back to college for another year’
The draft guru has spoken. The Texas Longhorns entered the 2026 college football season as a trendy pick for national champion, and they seemed to be living up to that promise after beating Ohio State and becoming the No. 1 team in the nation. However, after consecutive losses to unranked teams (Oklahoma, Florida), the Longhorns…
Kirk Herbstreit’s Amazon extension reportedly for three seasons, with yearly buyout options
Last month, Andrew Marchand at The Athletic reported that Kirk Herbstreit was re-signing with Amazon Prime Video to continue as the lead analyst for Thursday Night Football. However, there’s a catch: Amazon could move on from Herbstreit if one of its preferred targets becomes available later. Marchand made it clear that Prime’s top target was current Los Angeles…
NBC schedules USC-Ohio State on Halloween for fifth-straight Trojans primetime game
Traditionally, when you think of NBC and college football, you think of Notre Dame. The USC Trojans are apparently working to change that perception. The Big Ten announced kickoff times and broadcast information for Week 9 games on Monday, with the big Saturday, Oct. 31, showdown between USC and the Ohio State Buckeyes set for…
Nick Sirianni met with media about Jalen Hurts’ health, didn’t have much to add
After initially reporting that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts would be out indefinitely due to a superficial blood clot in his calf, the franchise announced on Monday that the former Super Bowl MVP would miss the rest of the season after further testing revealed several blood clots in his lungs. NFL insider Tom Pelissero broke…
CBS’ Leger Douzable ponders message Eagles are sending with handling of Jalen Hurts
News broke Monday morning that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts would miss the rest of the season after further testing revealed several blood clots in his lungs. The story took another turn when Tom Pelissero of The Ringer and Netflix, who initially broke the news, followed up with a report that Hurts played against the…
Boomer Esiason concerned NFL game could inspire rioters in Paris
Despite nationwide protests, the NFL is moving forward with its scheduled game between the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers in Paris. And Boomer Esiason has concerns. The NFL’s International Series continues Sunday, with the Saints and Steelers playing at Stade de France. The game will take place amid civil unrest in France stemming from…
Mike Breen defends Fox’s Joe Davis over Dodgers call criticism: ‘I don’t see any bias at all’
If anyone knows what it’s like to walk the line between calling games for home fans and for a national audience, it’s Mike Breen. The longtime TV voice of the New York Knicks and ESPN’s lead NBA play-by-play announcer was put to the test this past season when the long-suffering Knicks finally won their first…
Bill Simmons doesn’t want to hear ‘the victim thing’ for Troy Aikman amid ESPN contract uncertainty
Bill Simmons has heard Troy Aikman’s account of his looming exit from ESPN, and he finds it about as convincing as Sean McVay calling a bubble screen on third down. On the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Simmons poured cold water on the prevailing narrative that ESPN cast Aikman aside while rewarding Joe…
Paved paradise: This past college football weekend is why we watch, a 24-team CFP makes it irrelevant
For college football fans, this past Saturday was amazing. Skilled remote-control channel flippers were rewarded as college football Goliaths kept falling. When the smoke cleared, five of the top eight AP Poll teams went down, and the new No. 1 Miami was lucky to avoid the carnage. This weekend was what college football fans cherish.…
Aaron Glenn press conference goes dark after question about viral halftime interview
Aaron Glenn did not help his case with New York Jets fans on Sunday afternoon. The second-year head coach went viral after a halftime interview with CBS Sports sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala, where he seemed to suggest the Jets would “get the ball” to start the second half. The only problem? The New England Patriots actually received…
Dave Portnoy claims Fox wants ‘Wake Up Barstool’ to talk more Cowboys
ESPN’s obsession with the Dallas Cowboys has become a running punchline, and, according to Dave Portnoy, Fox wants in on the joke. Portnoy woke up for Wake Up Barstool and saw the show sheet suggesting they lead with the Dallas Cowboys losing to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football. After admitting he slept…
Tom Pelissero frames Jalen Hurts diagnosis as tough-guy story rather than organizational malpractice
As news broke Monday morning that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts would miss the rest of the season after further testing revealed several blood clots in his lungs, people began to question how Hurts was allowed to play last week against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. NFL insider Tom Pelissero, who is now with The…
Media revenue gains from CFP expansion will be minimal on per-school basis
ESPN and the College Football Playoff have reached a “handshake agreement” on a new 24-team format for next season. And while money was certainly the driving force, schools likely won’t see much increase in their media distributions under the new deal. All told, ESPN is reportedly set to pay an additional $345 million for the…
Dan Patrick: Colts reaching out to Peyton Manning about GM job, ownership stake
The Colts have cycled through seven starting quarterbacks since Andrew Luck retired, and their first move after firing Chris Ballard appears to be calling the quarterback they had before him. Shortly after the Colts fired Ballard, Dan Patrick told listeners on The Dan Patrick Show that a source had just told him the team’s first…
NFL is full steam ahead on Paris game amid civil unrest
The streets of Paris are full of demonstrations, some of which have turned into riots, as nationwide protests over the cost of living and poor conditions in schools have swept across France. But that won’t stop the NFL from proceeding with its scheduled International Series game between the New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers…
The Chase still has NASCAR chasing its former viewership
While NASCAR reintroduced its final stretch run, The Chase, to rekindle postseason interest, viewership for the races has remained lackluster. Over six races, the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase averages 1.62 million viewers, up just 1% year over year (1.61 million), per NASCAR Communications. So far, The Chase hasn’t delivered the viewership renaissance NASCAR hoped…
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