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Stephen A. Smith insists Boston Celtics fans ‘lost love’ for Jaylen Brown
Stephen A. Smith has soured on Jaylen Brown in recent months, and he believes the Boston Celtics and their fans similarly fell out of love with the former Finals MVP. With the Miami Heat winning the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes, the Celtics now need to either welcome Brown back to the team after shopping him to…
Vincent Goodwill received death threats after participation trophy comment
Vincent Goodwill received a fervent response after comparing a modern NBA championship to a participation trophy, which he says included death threats. In a debate about dynasty vs parity last week on ESPN’s Get Up, Goodwill called the Larry O’Brien trophy a “participation trophy” as a way of strengthening making his larger point that the…
Tiger Woods makes first appearance since rehab stint to introduce sweeping PGA Tour changes
Tiger Woods was involved in a two-car rollover crash in March in Jupiter Island, FL, just five years after suffering career-altering leg injuries in a crash near the Los Angeles area, marking the fourth reckless driving incident for Woods since 2009. The wreck resulted in Woods being charged with driving under the influence. The 15-time men’s…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers name Tony Castricone new radio play-by-play announcer
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have found the voice who’ll replace Gene Deckerhoff in their radio booth. On Tuesday, the Bucs officially named Tony Castricone as their new radio play-by-play announcer and team insider. Castricone succeeds Deckerhoff, who retired after the 2025 season following nearly four decades as the voice of the franchise. Castricone has been the…
NBA insider reported Celtics as ‘frontrunners’ to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo moments before Heat trade
News of a league-altering trade was broken late Monday night, when ESPN’s senior NBA insider Shams Charania reported that the Milwaukee Bucks were sending superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat in return for a massive haul including Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucioni, and draft compensation. The blockbuster deal, which…
Chase Daniel promoted to ‘SEC Nation’ and Thursday night ESPN games; Jordan Rodgers ‘elevated’ in CFB duties
A year after resetting his career by calling a slate of college football games for ESPN, popular commentator Chase Daniel is getting rewarded. According to a report at Front Office Sports, Daniel is getting promoted to a weekly Thursday night college football assignment alongside Matt Barrie, who he will join on the SEC Network’s SEC…
Becky Hammon: Jalen Brunson proved history wrong but she’s ‘never gonna apologize for having an opinion’
As soon as Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks completed their five-game victory over the San Antonio Spurs to win the 2026 NBA Finals, a lot of people started looking to Becky Hammon for an apology. It sounds like they’re still not going to get one. The Las Vegas Aces coach and ESPN analyst…
Miami reporter makes mistake of doing live interview with Scottish World Cup fans
It’s said that there are several classic blunders you never want to fall victim to. The most famous is “never get involved in a land war in Asia.” A slightly less well-known one is “never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.” And the third, and perhaps most important of them…
Eric Byrnes goes scorched earth on Rafael Devers: ‘As selfish as you could possibly be’
The San Francisco Giants’ 2026 campaign has been nothing short of a disaster. First-year skipper Tony Vitello has had a rough time getting acclimated to the big leagues; players have come under fire for protesting the ballclub’s Pride Night festivities, and a sweep at the hands of the Miami Marlins dropped the Giants to 31-46,…
‘SportsCenter’ officially reaches the end of its golden age
This originally appeared in the Tuesday 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 you need to know about the sports media world. She hosted more than 5,000 editions of SportsCenter over 34 years, but when…
5 burning questions for the new and improved PGA Tour
The PGA Tour announced transformational changes to the way it will operate with a new split-tour format in 2028 between a Championship and Challenger series. The dramatic change has been a long time coming for the tour, as commissioner Brian Rolapp came from the NFL with the decisive purpose and vision in mind to make…
Eric Wynalda has had enough of former USMNT teammate Alexi Lalas: ‘I think it’s been unwatchable’
Fox Sports has assembled a motley crew for its coverage of the North American-hosted 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup this summer, with a top panel consisting of Alexi Lalas, Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, and anchored by Rebecca Lowe. Despite what has appeared to be clear disdain from Henry and Ibrahimović toward Lalas, Lowe has…
Fox’s ‘FIFA World Cup Today’ booth intruded upon by rowdy fan
FIFA World Cup Today featuring Rob Stone, Clarence Seedorf and Peter Schmeichel unexpectedly turned into a foursome Thursday afternoon. The fans at AT&T Stadium were ecstatic after witnessing Lionel Messi make history by breaking the World Cup scoring record while leading Argentina to a win over Austria in Dallas. Nearly a half hour after the…
Giants analyst Rich Aurilia calls out ‘bad look’ from Rafael Devers
One of the most bizarre moments of the 2026 Major League Baseball season took place in Sunday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park. Trailing 2-1 at the top of the ninth inning, San Francisco’s Rafael Devers drew a leadoff walk. Devers is a slow-moving baserunner who ranks in the…
Caitlin Clark sounds off on WNBA refs: ‘It’s ridiculous. I got a technical for clapping.’
The face of the WNBA has had enough with the league’s officiating. Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was assessed a technical foul by the officials during Monday night’s game against the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Clark received a technical foul in the aftermath of a dustup with the Mercury’s DeWanna Bonner. Caitlin gets tangled…
PGA Tour announces transformation with Championship series, promotion, and relegation
The PGA Tour will undergo a complete and total transformation in 2028 by splitting into two separate tiers. Existential questions have faced the professional golf scene for several years. Even though it looked like golf’s civil war would divide the game in perpetuity, the threat of LIV Golf seems to have subsided thanks to the…
Dave Portnoy has ideas on how to ‘fix’ soccer
The United States of America has World Cup fever at the moment. But Dave Portnoy thinks that soccer would be even better if it could be Americanized just a bit more. This always seems to happen whenever a major international soccer tournament takes place, with big personalities having bold ideas on how to “fix” the…
ESPN’s Matt Miller recovering from serious car accident including ‘life-saving’ amputation
ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller vows to get back to talking football, but he has a long recovery to get there after being involved in a serious car accident. In a social media post Tuesday morning, Miller revealed he suffered significant injuries in a recent car crash, including a life-saving amputation of his left…
Jason Benetti, Andy Dirks brilliantly play role of dirt cam vs. Yankees
Monday night’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees encountered an unusual delay in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Tigers announcers Jason Benetti and Andy Dirks made the most of it. The Yankees, led by second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., noticed a dirt cam sticking up out of the ground…
Kenny Smith joins retooled ESPN NBA Draft coverage
The 2026 NBA Draft may be one of the most highly-anticipated in years given the starpower at the top of the class. And ESPN is pulling out all the stops in coverage by adding a prominent Inside the NBA teammate to the coverage. As noted by Sports Media Watch, ESPN is retooling the ABC portion of their…
Fox’s acquisition of Roku rooted in leveling the playing field
I was first introduced to Roku in 2015 when I received a “dongle” for Father’s Day. I must admit, it sat in a drawer for nearly a year until I saw an article about how the equipment helped deliver streaming signals to remote areas of your house without dedicated wiring. I have been a DirecTV…
ESPN announces multi-year extension with NBA draft analyst Jeremy Woo
Jeremy Woo will continue making mock NBA drafts for ESPN for the foreseeable future. The Worldwide Leader announced on Monday that it had reached a multi-year extension with Woo. ESPN has reached a multi-year extension with @ESPNNBA draft analyst @JeremyWoo pic.twitter.com/FPw5cBrwax — ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) June 22, 2026 Woo originally joined ESPN in 2023 as…
It’s unfair to ask Alexi Lalas to be the Charles Barkley of soccer
Alexi Lalas has not made any new fans during this World Cup. On a desk with Rebecca Lowe, Thierry Henry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, he seems wildly out of place. Despite Lowe’s insistence to the contrary, it’s hard to believe that those three like the former USMNT center back all that much. Count me amongst Lalas’s…
Telemundo announces lower Spanish-language World Cup audiences after viewership revision
Telemundo is revising down Spanish-language viewership for the 2026 World Cup. There are conflicting reports on what exactly caused the change. The viewership change affects all matches on Telemundo from Thursday, June 11 through Sunday, June 14. Telemundo’s published viewership includes television data measured by Nielsen, in addition to streaming measured by Adobe Analytics. While…
Kevin Durant’s Boardroom reaches distribution deal with Amazon’s Wondery
Boardroom, the sports media company co-founded by NBA star Kevin Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman, has reached an exclusive distribution agreement with Amazon-owned podcast network Wondery. The news was first reported by Todd Spangler of Variety. Wondery will acquire distribution and ad-sales rights to all of Boardroom’s podcasts and digital series. The content will…
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