Just a few days before Christmas, the network announced that research manager Zach Jones, who joined ESPN in 2010, had died ...

As we near the end of 2024, Awful Announcing wanted to take stock of the sports media industry and see what stories and trends will keep insiders’ attention over the next 12 months. For Alex ...

NBA.com didn't exactly do a hard sell in its preview of the NBA Cup semifinal between the Rockets and Thunder.

Golf Channel is adding some new morning programming to its lineup which will feature the return of a familiar face. Longtime Golf Channel broadcaster Gary Williams will return to the network’s ...

The NFL and college football typically go to great lengths not to program against each other. Save for some low-wattage Thursday night college football games on ESPN competing with Thursday Night ...

As the NBA attempts to deal with its ratings problem, don’t expect much help from Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. We’re not even through December yet and commissioner Adam Silver has ...

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has always been unapologetically himself in front of a camera. Even when it perhaps toes the line of inappropriate, which Smith’s recent comments did in the eyes of ...

The NBA has a ratings problem and Mike Francesa is convinced commissioner Adam Silver has no clue what it is. Silver addressed the league’s ratings dip this week while speaking to reporters ...

The votes are in for the top broadcast football rules analysts. We asked Awful Announcing readers to grade nine rules analysts working on NCAA and NFL football broadcasts across a wide selection ...

Quick question; which sports league paid female players the most on average in 2024, the year women’s sports finally broke through? Was it the Caitlin Clark-infused WNBA? (Sorry Sheila Johnson ...

As Dan Katz (Barstool Big Cat) pointed out, Kirk Herbstreit’s son, Chase, committing to the University of Michigan — his father’s alma mater’s fiercest rival — stirred up some serious waves.

Whether through New Year’s resolutions or a fresh perspective on long-standing traditions, everyone is searching for change. It’s that time of the year. We already saw Joel Klatt voice that ...