When UFC first announced its $7.7 billion media rights deal with Paramount last summer, one key component was that some events would be simulcast on CBS. One month into the deal, we now know the first show to air on network television and what it will look like. On Tuesday, Paramount announced that a portion Read more... The post Details of first UFC show on CBS revealed appeared first on Awful Announcing.

One of the big perks of the deal struck between ESPN and YouTube TV after their damaging carriage dispute last fall was YouTube TV subscribers finally getting access to the ESPN Unlimited streaming platform. But YouTube TV subscribers are having to wait… and wait… and wait. On Monday, YouTube TV unveiled pricing plans for its Read more... The post ESPN Unlimited access for YouTube TV subscribers delayed until fall appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Super Bowl Radio Row is now more like Content Row, where media companies all vie to make the same clips with the same guests.

With the end of the football season finally upon us, The Pat McAfee Show will be taking a scheduled two-week break. But ESPN has a ready made replacement with another big name in the sports media world in The Rich Eisen Show. ESPN made the announcement on Tuesday that Eisen will replace McAfee in the weekday lineup Read more... The post ‘The Rich Eisen Show’ featured on ESPN during Pat McAfee hiatus appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Fans looking to subscribe to MLB.tv this season will need to jump through ESPN's hoops by signing up for ESPN Unlimited.

Sam Darnold is officially an NFL champion quarterback after the Seattle Seahawks took down the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX on Sunday night. He clearly chose the correct career path, but it turns out one of his long-term goals in ninth grade was to be an ESPN sportscaster. Darnold — and Seahawks Read more... The post Sam Darnold grew up wanting to be an ESPN anchor appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Viewers that watched the Super Bowl with an antenna or on cable TV experienced far less latency than those who watched on streaming.

February at NBC is one of the biggest months of sports that a network has ever had with the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics, and NBA All-Star Game taking place. And it presents a golden opportunity for one of the rising stars in the sports broadcasting world in Noah Eagle. Mike Tirico has been the face Read more... The post Noah Eagle will call first NBA All-Star Game for NBC appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Kid Rock ended Sunday’s All-American Halftime Show, put on by Turning Point USA as an alternative to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, by singing about how people should dust off their bible and how one should ‘give your life to Jesus’ in order to live a more Christ-like lifestyle, which is presumably about loving and Read more... The post TPUSA halftime show headliner Kid Rock sees Super Bowl halftime show producer Jay-Z as a ‘DEI hire’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Stephen A. Smith liked Bad Bunny’s halftime show, but he thinks he would have liked it even more if some of the songs were in English.

Not too many sports media members were ultimately surprised to see the Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX on Sunday. Some of them did come away from the experience, however, very surprised about how much they enjoyed San Francisco. Many of the sports media world’s biggest bros, including Will Compton, Read more... The post Pat McAfee pushes back on criticism over his San Francisco appreciation appeared first on Awful Announcing.

There was no time for NBC Sports lead announcer Mike Tirico to rest on his laurels and celebrate his accomplishments. The longtime play-by-play announcer and host called his first Super Bowl on Sunday night after years of being one of the top announcers in the industry. In many ways, it was the crowning achievement of Read more... The post Mike Tirico completes incredible Super Bowl to Olympics turnaround appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Things escalated quickly during the third quarter of Monday night’s NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center. A fight broke out, featuring the benches clearing and punches being thrown. Four players were ejected: Charlotte’s Moussa Diabate and Miles Bridges, and Detroit’s Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart. Appropriately, one of the Read more... The post Eric Collins calls wild NBA game featuring punches and 5 ejections appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Veteran golf broadcaster Roger Maltbie just can’t get enough. Maltbie, 74, is returning to television for five PGA Tour events for Golf Channel this season, according to Dave Shedloski of Golf Digest. The former NBC Sports golf analyst will work this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players, the Cadillac Championship, Read more... The post Golf Channel signs Roger Maltbie for select PGA Tour events appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Michael Kay says NBC should have fired Tony Dungy on the spot for refusing to discuss his Pro Football Hall of Fame vote on Bill Belichick.

The Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings are teaming up with MLB for their local broadcasts beginning this spring. On Monday, the Tigers announced that Ilitch Sports + Entertainment, the company controlled by the Ilitch family that owns and operates the Tigers and Red Wings, will partner with MLB to produce and distribute local broadcasts Read more... The post Detroit Tigers, Red Wings partner with MLB for local broadcasts appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Television and radio calls from Mike Tirico, Kevin Harlan, and Seattle's Steve Raible of the Seahawks winning Super Bowl LX.

On Monday night, the Las Vegas Raiders announced that they have hired Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak as head coach. Leadership in place. #RaiderNation 📰 https://t.co/xib97jXxEW pic.twitter.com/8mxtM0Wvsi — Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) February 10, 2026 That made things officially official. But NFL Network reporter Stacey Dales was able to get the answer out of Read more... The post Stacey Dales got Klint Kubiak to admit he was taking Raiders job after Super Bowl appeared first on Awful Announcing.

It was a very rough performance for Drake Maye in the New England Patriots’ 29-13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX on Sunday night. But the second-year quarterback and NFL MVP runner-up appeared to finally be getting into a rhythm and figuring things out in the fourth quarter, as NBC announcers Mike Read more... The post Cris Collinsworth left speechless after hilarious timing of Drake Maye interception appeared first on Awful Announcing.

While NFL owners bicker behind the scenes about when Jody Allen will sell the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, the family’s NBA team is set to change hands soon too. And one local columnist is already concerned that when Tom Dundon closes on his purchase of the Portland Trail Blazers from Allen, the franchise will Read more... The post Oregonian columnist predicts Portland will lose Trail Blazers under new ownership appeared first on Awful Announcing.