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Chase Daniel announces new ‘Bussin With The Boys’ show
The Bussin’ with the Boys empire is still growing, and former longtime NFL quarterback Chase Daniel is the latest new partner. The podcast starring former NFL players Will Compton and Taylor Lewan has enjoyed a meteoric rise in a very short period of time. In January 2025, Compton and Lewan left Barstool Sports to go…
Titans pull Jared Stillman’s media credential after testy back-and-forth with Cam Ward
The Tennessee Titans have pulled the media credential of Jared Stillman, a radio host and podcaster who recently engaged in a testy back-and-forth with quarterback Cam Ward over his performance throughout the preseason. News of Stillman’s revoked media access was first reported by Titans beat reporter Paul Kuharsky. The Titans’ decision to pull Stillman’s access…
ESPN Unlimited now fully integrated into YouTube TV
At long last, the partnership between ESPN and YouTube TV has reached its final form. About 10 months since Disney and YouTube TV finalized a new distribution agreement following fraught negotiations that kept Disney-owned networks blacked out on YouTube TV for weeks during the heart of football season, the moment YouTube TV subscribers have all…
Sal Licata knows WFAN wasn’t happy with Craig Carton announcement: ‘That was sh*tty’
WFAN made the decision to bump Sal Licata and Brandon Tierney for Craig Carton, but even they weren’t happy with the way the news broke. Licata recently joined the Awful Announcing Podcast to discuss launching his Underscore Media platform with Jimmy Traina and John Jastremski, along with his time at WFAN, and his surprising exit…
‘Last Chance U’ coach Buddy Stephens fired from East Mississippi Community College
East Mississippi Community College head football coach Buddy Stephens became a household name in the sports world and beyond as the centerpiece of the Netflix documentary series Last Chance U. But his own last chance has come and gone as the school has decided to part ways with their longtime coach after publicly criticizing his…
Tony Romo issues public statement admitting alcohol issues, eyes CBS return
Tony Romo has issued his first public statement following his OWI arrest in Wisconsin in July. The arrest shocked the football world as Romo was in the area for a golf tournament. The CBS NFL analyst was arrested after failing a field sobriety test and reportedly had an open container in his vehicle. Soon after…
Tua Tagovailoa caught in Instagram faux pas
It has been a rough time for Tua Tagovailoa in recent years, and he needs all the public support he can get, even if it comes from himself. The Miami Dolphins cut Tua after the 2025 season, following a precipitous drop in form and struggles with injuries. In doing so, they ate an NFL-record $99.2…
Tony Gonzalez, October Gonzalez hope to explore bigger conversations on new podcast
Tony Gonzalez has a bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as one of the NFL’s best-ever tight ends. Now, he’s stacking his media resume. As Gonzalez enters his fifth season as an analyst on Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football, he’s a rookie in the relationship podcasting game. Luckily, he has the perfect teammate.…
Tom Rinaldi spoofs himself in ‘First Things First’ cold open
Tom Rinaldi is one of the great essayists and narrators of our generation. FS1’s First Things First recruited the distinguished former ESPN and current Fox Sports reporter to start its annual NFL Predictions Week with a bang — or rather, with a poetic whisper. “Every autumn, before a single snap is taken, before a single overreaction fills…
The World Cup break comes at a perfect time for the WNBA
Under normal circumstances, taking a two-week break in the last month of your season would not be something that a league or its fans would celebrate. But this WNBA season is as far away from normal circumstances as a sports league can be. Throughout the last six weeks, the WNBA has been in the crosshairs…
Tim Kurkjian says Karl Ravech belongs on ESPN Mount Rushmore
Karl Ravech finished up his time at ESPN at the Little League World Series. And now it’s time to put his three-decade-plus legacy at the network in perspective. When ESPN unleashed a round of layoffs earlier this summer, Ravech was arguably the most surprising name. Having served as a host, anchor, and play-by-play announcer for…
College football needs to treat Week 1 as a premium asset, not a dumping ground
College football is back. Instead of starting with a bang, however, it was more like a whimper. And that’s a huge economic problem. Last weekend and the upcoming weekend were golden, gift-wrapped scheduling opportunities for the college game. Labor Day doesn’t fall until Sept. 7, meaning the NFL’s first game isn’t until Wednesday, Sept. 9.…
Incredible Colton Cowser catch sends Orioles announcers into euphoria
Thanks to a rain delay, it wasn’t until 1 a.m. ET that the game between the Baltimore Orioles and Colorado Rockies finally finished in the Mile High City. But for the Orioles fans that stayed up late into the evening, it was definitely worth the wait. The Orioles held a 2-1 lead with two outs…
The first 5 Fox, NBC, and CBS draft picks for 2026 Big Ten games have been revealed
Over the weekend, Scott Dochterman published a piece at The Athletic about the Big Ten’s seven-year media deal midway through and how it’s shaking out. Buried in the piece, Dochterman reveals the first five picks from the partner networks’ television draft, which include some of the biggest college football games of the year. Talk about…
Why AEW’s announcers made the right call for stunning All In finish
All Elite Wrestling, better known as AEW, put on its biggest show of the year at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. The main event featured champion Kenny Omega, arguably the greatest wrestler of his generation, up against the United Kingdom’s favorite wrestling son, the “Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay. This was as good a matchup on paper…
Fort Worth Star-Telegram issues damning TCU report after having credentials revoked
On August 26, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that TCU banned the paper from covering all Horned Frogs athletics. According to the Star-Telegram, TCU rescinded its credentials over its reporting on a locker room fight. TCU’s decision did not have the desired effect, as it did not intimidate the Star-Telegram out of reporting on the incident and…
The Ringer’s Sean Fennessey pushes back against Netflix deal, ChatGPT ads
The Ringer founder Bill Simmons upset some of his fans by adding ChatGPT as the “AI sponsor” of The Bill Simmons Podcast and other productions from the company. Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins, co-hosts of The Ringer’s The Big Picture, aren’t exactly thrilled about it, either. Dobbins and Fennessey appeared on the latest episode of Talk Easy with…
Jim Rome: USC fans ‘will pick beach over football every single time’
A quiet Week 0 of the college football season led the paltry attendance at USC”s home opener at the Coliseum to become a national storyline, but lifelong Angeleno Jim Rome wasn’t surprised whatsoever. Despite the Trojans’ athletic department issuing a strange statement addressing the weak showing, Rome said the situation was typical L.A. sports fan…
Epic US Open tennis meltdown caught on camera
French tennis star Lois Boisson lost a hard-fought opening match in the opening round of the 2026 US Open to 26th seed Emma Navarro. But what received the most attention was not the match itself, but Boisson’s reaction afterward. The first two sets both went to tiebreaks, with the players splitting them one apiece. However,…
Annie Agar, Ja’Marr Chase joining forces on ‘Chasing No 1’ podcast
During Super Bowl Week, Cincinnati Bengals star Ja’Marr Chase announced he was starting a new podcast in the spring. The launch was delayed, and the details have changed, but the podcast has finally arrived. On Monday, Overtime announced the launch of Chasing No 1, a new podcast featuring Chase and NFL content creator Annie Agar.…
Chicago Cubs launching TikTok scripted romance series ‘Nine Innings to Love’
The Chicago Cubs have created a scripted romance series called Nine Innings to Love that will launch exclusively on their TikTok channel. That’s a very normal sentence that one would expect to read. Yes, MLB’s Cubs are getting into the short-form vertical video game with the creation of a 17-episode series about two lovelorn Cubs…
Dave Portnoy chides ‘ESPN’s Brandon Walker’ following ‘Rich Eisen Show’ appearance
The media ecosystem has become so incestuous in recent years that the corporate barriers and mandates that have kept certain programs and media stars siloed have essentially broken down. That’s especially true in the sports media world, where companies like ESPN and Fox Sports are handing the keys to independant entities and contributors, who serve…
Phillies announcer Tom McCarthy: Bryce Harper would be an ‘ideal’ player-turned-broadcaster
Bryce Harper is a man of many talents. He’s a superstar baseball player, TikTok influencer, food content creator, devoted raw milk drinker, and, apparently, a passable banana bread baker. It’s safe to say there’d be no shortage of content for us at Awful Announcing if he ever decided to try his hand at sports media.…
Katie Florio joins SportsNet Pittsburgh as Penguins rinkside reporter
Katie Florio is heading to Pittsburgh. The former Capitals Radio host announced Monday that she’s joining SportsNet Pittsburgh and NESN as the television rinkside reporter for the Penguins, with some Pirates broadcast work included as well. “I’m thrilled & honored to join SportsNet Pittsburgh / NESN as the TV Rinkside Reporter for the Pittsburgh Penguins,…
Sony launches FAST platform, including live sports channels, on PS5
Sony is taking a major step in making the PS5 a one-stop-shop for entertainment. The company announced on Monday that it is launching a FAST (free, ad-supported television) platform natively on the PS5 called Live TV on PS5, which will include a variety of sports channels familiar to users of other FAST platforms. Per Sony’s…
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