The New Yorker editor David Remnick and filmmaker Ezra Edelman decried the proliferation of access-driven documentaries in sports.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver explained that AI will play a massive role in sports broadcasts and coverage going forward.

ESPN 'Pardon the Interruption' hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon ripped Kansas State coach Jerome Tang for blasting his players.

NBA All-Star Weekend was full of fans and pundits criticizing the league (especially when it comes to tanking) and questioning Saturday’s skills events, but the new All-Star Game format was actually well-received. The new format featured two USA teams and a World team competing in a round-robin tournament with four 12-minute games. While the championship Read more... The post Viewers praise new NBA All-Star Game format appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Former President Barack Obama appeared on NBC during the 2026 NBA All-Star Game broadcast on Sunday for an interview with Reggie Miller at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA. The interview went for roughly four minutes during a break in the action of the new round-robin All-Star game format. Obama, a Chicago Bulls fan, roasted Read more... The post Barack Obama roasts Reggie Miller during NBA All-Star Game interview on NBC appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Puck's John Ourand says that NFL brass is not happy with how the NBA got NBC to pay more for their rights than it currently pays the NFL.

Before the season started, the question hanging over the NBA’s new media landscape wasn’t whether the product was good. It was whether anyone could find it. The league had just completed its $76 billion media rights deal — an 11-year agreement that ended TNT’s 40-year relationship with the NBA and split the league’s games across Read more... The post Adam Silver says NBA fans are finding games on streaming ‘in record numbers’ 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.

In an appropriate way to celebrate the NBA returning to NBC after a 24-year layoff, John Tesh performed his iconic “Roundball Rock” ahead of the 2026 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA. It’s the first time Tesh has performed the beloved NBA on NBC theme in a sports arena. Read more... The post John Tesh performs ‘Roundball Rock’ live at NBA All-Star Game appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Noah Eagle will call Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game at 29 years old, making him the youngest person to ever broadcast the event. NBC announced the assignment Monday with Mike Tirico in Italy covering the Winter Olympics. The network is betting on Eagle to lead its All-Star coverage with Reggie Miller and Jamal Crawford in the Read more... The post Noah Eagle plans to bridge 50-year gap calling 2026 NBA All-Star Game appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Apple TV is sending all MLS announcers back to stadiums for 2026 after experimenting with remote broadcasts for some games last season

Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly considering reopening negotiations with Paramount amid its hostile takeover bid, according to Bloomberg, which could ignite a second bidding war between Paramount and Netflix. Members of the WBD board are discussing whether Paramount’s enhanced offer could result in a superior deal compared with the company’s existing agreement with Netflix, Bloomberg’s Read more... The post Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly considering reopening Paramount talks appeared first on Awful Announcing.

ESPN's Bobby Marks heard from a team that would be more than happy to pay whatever fines come down in order to secure a top pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.

The NBA All-Star Game returns to NBC this weekend after more than two decades, a reunion that both brands hope will attract both old and new fans.

Alexa Pritting has been producing Olympic figure skating since 2006. She’s seen favorites crack under pressure before. She’s seen leads evaporate and sure things fall apart. But she’d never seen anything like what was happening to Ilia Malinin on Friday night in Milan. The technical score on the screen in NBC’s control room should have Read more... The post Inside NBC’s production of Ilia Malinin’s stunning Olympics collapse appeared first on Awful Announcing.

The Federal Communications Commission reportedly investigated Bad Bunny's lyrics during the Super Bowl and found no issues.

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.