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.

You see everything at Super Bowl Radio Row. In one corner, media bigwigs and super agents waiting for courtesy chicken wings. In the other, a big Toyota wheeled in as decor. Keegan Michael-Key. Cam Skattebo. Peter the Golden Retriever. The concept, which Mike Francesa and Chris Russo claim to have invented (let’s give them that), Read more... The post Super Bowl Radio Row is a social media clip factory now appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Once an afterthought in the days of peak cable and satellite television, latency has shifted to the forefront of sports fans’ minds as streaming becomes a more popular way to consume games. The issue has become even more apparent as sports betting has entered the picture. Fans that like to place wagers on sporting events Read more... The post Antenna and cable TV win Super Bowl latency battle as streamers lag behind appeared first on Awful Announcing.

During the NFL Honors ceremony last week, internet comedian Druski made a show of mispronouncing the name of Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba. The comedian initially said Smith-Njigba’s name properly before repeating it without the “J,” in a manner that made it sound like the N-word. In a post celebrating Smith-Njigba’s big win, Read more... The post Jaxon Smith-Njigba shares origin of family name after Druski joke 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. Bad Bunny’s performance was the most controversial Super Bowl halftime show since…well, last year’s Super Bowl halftime show, when half the audience seemed to love Kendrick Lamar’s performance and Read more... The post Stephen A. Smith: ‘Would have been nice if some of the songs were in English’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Ryen Russillo became one of the viral news stories of Super Bowl week when an explicit photograph appeared on his Instagram story overnight on Thursday. After an entire weekend of silence on the situation, Russillo has delivered an explanation — sort of. In the latest episode of The Ryen Russillo Show, the veteran host revealed that Read more... The post Ryen Russillo on explicit Instagram story: ‘I don’t know what happened and I’m sorry that it did’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Michael Kay thinks NBC should have fired Tony Dungy on the spot for refusing to discuss his Pro Football Hall of Fame vote during the network’s Super Bowl pregame show. The longtime voice of the New York Yankees devoted several minutes of The Michael Kay Show on Monday to eviscerating Dungy for turtling when asked Read more... The post Michael Kay says he’d fire Tony Dungy for refusing to discuss Hall of Fame vote on NBC appeared first on Awful Announcing.

This week, YouTube TV is rolling out several new offerings aimed at paring down its bloated base package to give consumers more affordable, genre-targeted options. Perhaps the most highly anticipated of these new “skinny bundles” is the sports package. But even sports fans will have multiple new options to explore. Below, we break down each Read more... The post A full breakdown of YouTube TV’s new skinny bundle offerings appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Right as pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training, many baseball fans will be without the network offering wall-to-wall coverage of the sport. On Jan. 31, MLB Network went dark for Optimum subscribers after the league and Altice USA, Optimum’s parent company, failed to reach a renewal on its distribution deal. According Read more... The post MLB Network goes dark on Optimum amid carriage dispute appeared first on Awful Announcing.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend to give his blessing to a major media consolidation. Last summer, Nexstar and Tegna, two of the largest ownership groups of local broadcast stations in the country, announced plans to merge under one umbrella. Nexstar owns over 200 stations across the country, while Tegna owns Read more... The post Trump blesses Nexstar-Tegna merger, paving way for more consolidation appeared first on Awful Announcing.