Major League Baseball is set to introduce the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) this season. And with it, there will be some changes to both the in-stadium experience and the at-home broadcast. According to a recent report by Jeff Agrest in the Chicago Sun-Times, MLB broadcasts will no longer indicate whether a pitch is a ball Read more... The post MLB telecasts will no longer indicate ball or strike using on-screen graphic with debut of ABS appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Dick Vitale was back on ESPN for Saturday's Duke-Clemson game and he said calling college basketball is "the greatest medicine in the world."

AEW has recently broken into mainstream conversation in an unexpected way. The pro wrestling promotion made headlines in recent weeks as Brody King, a popular heel character within the AEW universe, spoke out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the aftermath of two killings by federal agents in Minnesota. King’s comments spurred the Read more... The post Warner Bros. Discovery allows ‘F*ck ICE’ chants to be heard during ‘AEW Grand Slam: Australia’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

When NASCAR began its new set of media rights deals last season, the biggest hurdle the racing circuit would have to clear was educating fans about where races would air. NASCAR went from having two broadcast partners under its previous media rights agreements to five under its new set of deals. This year, that count Read more... The post NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell acknowledges late-season ‘falloff’ with new TV deals appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The documentary film genre isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days where any person in a position of power or influence would willfully give access to an independent journalist to tell their story. Now the documentary genre, or perhaps more accurately, the hagiography genre, is filled with access-driven projects in which the Read more... The post David Remnick, Ezra Edelman decry access-driven documentaries: ‘What happened to journalism?’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The biggest race on the NASCAR calendar will get going a bit earlier than anticipated. On Saturday, NASCAR officials decided to move the Daytona 500 up one hour, from 3:13 p.m. to a new start time of 2:13 p.m. ET, due to inclement weather in the forecast. Fox’s broadcast will similarly begin an hour earlier Read more... The post Inclement weather pushing Daytona 500 up one hour on Fox appeared first on Awful Announcing.

No. 15 Virginia held off Ohio State 70-66 in the Nashville Hoops Showdown on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The game was nationally televised on Fox, and announcers Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson noted the difference in spending and NIL efforts between the Virginia and Ohio State basketball programs this season. After Dallin Hall — Read more... The post Gus Johnson calls out Ohio State basketball spending: ‘They’ve given all the money to Ryan Day’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Tanking has long been a problem in the NBA, but it’s gotten out of control in the 2025-26 season, especially after the Feb. 5 trade deadline ahead of a loaded 2026 NBA Draft class. The combination of tanking and load management that features NBA teams frequently sitting stars has made for a regular-season product that Read more... The post Adam Silver on NBA tanking: ‘There is talk about every possible remedy now to stop this behavior’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

All Times Eastern Bundesliga Matchday 22 FC Augsburg vs. 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 — ESPN+, 9:20 a.m. Red Bull Leipzig vs. VfL Wolfsburg — ESPN+, 11:20 a.m. College Basketball Men’s Utah at Cincinnati — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, noon Texas-San Antonio at Charlotte — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited, noon Maryland at Rutgers — FS1/Fox One, noon Indiana at Illinois Read more... The post TV and streaming viewing picks for February 15, 2026: How to watch NBA All-Star Game appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Saturday’s men’s college basketball game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners went into a brief delay for a very bizarre reason. A fire broke out at a Lloyd Noble Center concession stand in Norman, OK. Specifically, a popcorn machine caught on fire. And the SEC Network broadcast was all over it. The fire was Read more... The post SEC Network all over popcorn machine fire that delays Georgia-Oklahoma game appeared first on Awful Announcing.

A popcorn machine fire briefly delayed the Georgia-Oklahoma college basketball game, and the SEC Network broadcast was all over it.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver met with the media at the Intuit Dome for his annual NBA All-Star Saturday press conference. And as part of his opening statement, Silver explained that artificial intelligence will have a massive impact “in how sports are presented.” “Many of you had an opportunity to attend our technology summit on Friday, Read more... The post Adam Silver: AI will bring ‘most significant change in how sports are presented’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Ilia Malinin was supposed to win the gold medal. That’s how it felt, at least, in the weeks leading up to the 2026 Mila Cortina Games. The 21-year-old “Quad God” was the prohibitive favorite in ice skating and even held a five-point lead heading into Friday’s free skate. However, his final showing was disastrous. Malinin Read more... The post Ilia Malinin offers hot-mic moment explanation following disappointing Olympics performance appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Donald Trump might not be the reason John Harbaugh ended up with the New York Giants, but his endorsement didn’t seem to hurt either.

It’s been said that if you truly love doing something, you’d do it for free. Washington Post writers Barry Svrluga and Les Carpenter are putting that into practice as they continue to cover the 2026 Milan Cortina Games despite being part of the paper’s mass layoffs that have effectively killed its historic sports section.  They’ve Read more... The post Washington Post writers still covering Olympics despite being laid off: ‘They can’t take away our spirit’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Bill Simmons revealed he personally drove Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel 30 minutes to his hotel after he appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast.

Legendary college basketball voice Dick Vitale was on the call Saturday for the No. 4 Duke vs. No. 20 Clemson game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and there’s nowhere else in the world he’d want to be. Vitale, who has been battling cancer and had to step away from broadcasting on several occasions over the last Read more... The post Dick Vitale: Calling basketball games ‘the greatest medicine in the world’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Stephen A. Smith has finally offered a real explanation for what happened with former First Take host Molly Qerim.

The NBA fined the Utah Jazz and the Indiana Pacers on Thursday over violations of its player participation policy, citing “conduct detrimental to the league.” More specifically, the league fined the Jazz $500,000 and the Pacers $100,000 for perceived attempts to tank and lose intentionally in order to improve their draft lottery odds. NBA commissioner Adam Read more... The post NBA team told ESPN’s Bobby Marks they’d write a blank check to cover fines for a Top 3 pick appeared first on Awful Announcing.