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What are the odds Donald Trump appears on ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’?
This originally appeared in Thursday 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. Depending on how you feel about it, the stars have aligned, or it’s the sum…
Linda Cohn takes podcast to Bleav months after ESPN retirement
Linda Cohn hosted over 5,500 SportsCenter episodes, an all-time record, over her legendary 34-year ESPN career. Cohn retired from ESPN and SportsCenter in June, making her final appearance on June 26. Come July 20, Cohn premiered her eponymous, independent podcast on YouTube. While The Linda Cohn Show has a long way to go before sniffing 5,500 episodes, the episodes released so…
Jordan Rodgers defends brother Aaron amid Steelers struggles: ‘Not trying to be a homer’
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a polarizing figure because of his controversial opinions and contentious relationship with the media. He plans to disappear into the ether after this NFL season, but for now, Rodgers, 42, remains a hot topic. Under new head coach Mike McCarthy, who took over for Mike Tomlin, now a media star, in January,…
AA Podcast: Suzy Kolber on ESPN, her new show, Joe Namath, Arch Manning, Charissa Thompson, and more
On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes is joined by former ESPN host and reporter Suzy Kolber for a wide-ranging interview. They discuss Kolber’s new show with Scripps Sports, her ESPN layoff, sideline reporting, Joe Namath, Arch Manning, Charissa Thompson, and more. Here’s the full breakdown: -02:34: Leaving sports…
Kevin Harlan confirms he was not, in fact, high in Westwood One booth on Monday night
By the fourth quarter of Monday night’s game between the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, the highly anticipated matchup had lost its steam. But announcer Kevin Harlan was still having a great time. That is because, as listeners to the Westwood One broadcast of the game heard, Harlan’s booth was seemingly fumigated with…
Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo upset at NFL schedule makers for 3 consecutive weeks of primetime Falcons games
America, get ready to learn you some Atlanta Falcons football. The NFC South’s finest will be taking the field each of the next three weeks in primetime, starting this Thursday against a similarly hapless Green Bay Packers squad. That game will be followed up by a Monday Night Football affair against the New Orleans Saints in…
Graham Bensinger expresses regret over releasing Mike Macdonald clip
Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald gave a tremendous interview to Graham Bensinger for Bensinger’s acclaimed In Depth series. The final version, which published to Bensinger’s YouTube channel on Monday, lasted nearly an hour and 45 minutes. The most talked-about portion of the interview, however, is a story about Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton losing…
Sean Payton addresses Mike Macdonald’s hot mic moment
Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton has seen the clip, and he doesn’t care. On Monday, Graham Bensinger posted an exclusive interview with Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald to YouTube, as part of his In Depth with Graham Bensinger series. Macdonald opened up about his entire life — and Jim Harbaugh and Jim Carrey impressions?…
Kevin Harlan: ‘The days of good conversation and space in a broadcast are harder to find’
Kevin Harlan is the rare modern-day broadcaster whose radio broadcasts produce as many viral clips and noteworthy calls as his television games. As the voice of Monday Night Football and the Super Bowl for Westwood One, the energetic Harlan has a devoted following with NFL fans across the country through the audio airwaves. Harlan also calls…
Kyle Brandt challenges ‘First Take’ to talk more about undefeated Las Vegas Raiders
The Las Vegas Raiders are surprisingly 2-0 to start the season, but sports media has gotten so comfortable in its habit of ignoring the usually sorry franchise that you may not have noticed. Kyle Brandt is hoping to change that. The popular NFL Network commentator joined ESPN’s Big Day on Wednesday to call attention to the…
MS NOW host Peter Alexander makes Golf Channel debut during Presidents Cup
Peter Alexander will go from covering the president to the Presidents Cup this week. The MS NOW commentator, who served as NBC News’ White House correspondent from December 2012 to March 2026, made his Golf Channel debut on Wednesday afternoon on Live From the Presidents Cup. Alexander was introduced by Golf Channel’s Rich Lerner before teeing…
Paul Finebaum holds media accountable in Arch Manning controversy: ‘Pack of wolves trying to get meat’
If the media wants thoughtful answers from Arch Manning, then Paul Finebaum is putting it on the media to ask better questions. You get what you give. And Finebaum believes Manning is just making the media look like fools after they attempted to make him out to be a fool last week. Manning recently found…
Jennifer Botterill heading to NHL on TNT booth after Sportsnet exit
As it turns out, Kelly Hrudey wasn’t the lone Hockey Night in Canada stalwart absent from Sportsnet’s Saturday night broadcast this season. Jennifer Botterill, a Hockey Hall of Famer and three-time Olympic champion who distinguished herself as the sole woman on the show’s studio panel for more than half a decade, won’t be returning either.…
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices for fourth time in four years
In what is quickly becoming an annual tradition, Disney is raising the prices of its streaming services. This year, the company’s premium offerings are being increased by $2.50 per month, while its various bundles and ad-supported tiers are also seeing price increases. The headline price change is that of Disney+ Premium, the ad-free version of…
NHL strikes local broadcast deal with Charter for four teams
The NHL has negotiated direct-to-distributor deals for four of its teams that were left without local media rights agreements this upcoming season following the collapse of Main Street Sports Group, the now-defunct owner of the FanDuel Sports Networks. According to a report by Alex Silverman in Sports Business Journal, the NHL has negotiated multiyear linear…
Mike Macdonald believed there was ‘an understanding’ Sean Payton comments wouldn’t be made public
Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald is out with his side of the story after a clip from a recent interview was made public, seemingly against his wishes. In the viral clip, Macdonald told a story of Denver’s Sean Payton unleashing fury over Seattle’s use of fan-shot videos of training camp action to prepare for…
‘Big Day’ host Peter Schrager says he’s not banned from Bill Simmons’s show: ‘I just want his affection’
Peter Schrager has not appeared on Bill Simmons’ podcast since his alleged banning, but he insists everything will be just fine. Earlier this month, Simmons went on a flippant rant about banning Schrager from his podcast because the ESPN Big Day host went on Pardon My Take before doing anything at The Ringer. “He’s in the…
Tiki Barber blows a gasket over Jaxson Dart speculation: ‘You guys might hear me check out’
New York Giants fans spent days wondering whether Jaxson Dart would be “okay” or miss the entire season with knee surgery, and Tiki Barber is sick of the speculation. It might not be the result they expected or hoped for, but Giants fans at least have closure on Dart, with reports that he will undergo…
Troy Aikman ‘can’t imagine’ Travis Kelce won’t pursue TV career
Troy Aikman was a guest at Travis Kelce’s wedding this summer, but even he doesn’t know what Kelce wants a potential sports media career to look like. He can, however, tell you there’s going to be one. Asked during an appearance on the Sports Media with Richard Deistch podcast whether Kelce, now married to one…
Arch Manning keeps things brief in ‘Robot Arch’ press conference
Heisman hopeful and Texas Longhorns star Arch Manning stepped into a huge controversy last week with comments at a press conference. Although it seems he may have learned a lesson from being a little too loose and casual, this week he swung 180 degrees in the opposite direction. Manning started a firestorm when he shared…
ESPN joins WWE to defend lawsuit over clunky ESPN Unlimited rollout
When WWE signed a deal with ESPN to move its Premium Live Events from Peacock to ESPN Unlimited, the pitch was that anyone with an existing ESPN subscription could access the shows. That turned out not to be the case. And now it’s the subject of a class-action lawsuit in US District Court. WWE fans…
Eli Manning advises Arch Manning to be careful with the media: ‘They can take it and run’
After Arch Manning sparked controversy earlier this month, Eli Manning warned his nephew to be careful when talking to the media. The University of Texas quarterback led an impressive comeback win over Ohio State last week, but Manning’s laughter during a press conference at an AI-generated video of head coach Steve Sarkisian slapping ESPN reporter Holly Rowe…
Ryan Clark details phone call that ended ESPN career
When ESPN went through another round of layoffs this summer, Ryan Clark’s name stood out. But it wasn’t just because of his star power at the network as arguably the most influential name ESPN decided to let go. It was because of the incredibly messy and damaging way it was handled. Clark infamously learned ESPN…
Jason Benetti ‘highly likely’ to call Yankees-Red Sox wild card series for NBC
It turns out, the Sept. 20 finale wasn’t the last word on NBC’s first season of Sunday Night Baseball. The encore: a potential Yankees-Red Sox wild card series, the same matchup that delivered NBC’s biggest baseball audience of the year back in June. That June 28 game at Fenway Park, which Jason Benetti called alongside…
Davante Adams shows Kay Adams his insane Taco Bell purple card
Dean Martin sang the classic hit, “Everybody Loves Somebody.” For Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams, that somebody is Taco Bell. The NFL star’s love of Taco Bell is the stuff of legend. He’s starred in commercials for the fast-food chain, which was built around having a restaurant in his own house. He also…
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