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Awful Announcing
25 days ago
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Noah Eagle is going for it
A few days into Noah Eagle’s broadcasting career, he went for it. Eagle was in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League, working as a production assistant, when he ran into the star of his childhood team. It was Vince Carter. “I went into the meal room, and he was at a table by himself,”…
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Awful Announcing
3 months ago
Josh Pate should have known better... Watch The Play-By-Play LIVE every MWF at 2pm ET!
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Awful Announcing
3 months ago
Josh Pate's explanation did not add up Tune into The Play-By-Play LIVE every MWF at 2pm ET!
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Awful Announcing
7 months ago
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The 2025 Awful Announcing sports podcast power list
Is “podcast” a four-letter word now? Since our inaugural Sports Podcast Power List last year, when we wrote that the sports podcast was “as big as ever” and highlighted the cottage industry sprouting up around sports podcasting and its push into video, the industry has moved quickly in that direction. No longer merely a niche, Read more... The post The 2025 Awful Announcing sports podcast power list appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Awful Announcing
7 months ago
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Gilbert Arenas is the past, present, and future of sports content
This article was published in conjunction with the 2025 Awful Announcing Sports Podcast Power List. To read more about the sports podcast and digital video space and the people guiding it right now, click here. For as long as there have been people whose jobs are to entertain audiences, there have been people like Gilbert Read more... The post Gilbert Arenas is the past, present, and future of sports content appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Awful Announcing
8 months ago
ESPN's Michael Wilbon appears quite glad to see retiring Auburn coach Bruce Pearl go: "He had become a divisive person, it seems to me, intentionally. And I hope there was pressure to just get him out."
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Awful Announcing
about 1 year ago
"I wish my wife or any of my family members would have tried that nonsense. They would've been banned from coming to any games for the rest of my career." - Kendrick Perkins on the altercation between John Haliburton and Giannis last night
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Pressure to do what exactly? I still haven’t heard from the Unrivaled camp or WBB media what the end game would actually be here
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about 1 year ago
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Awful Announcing
about 1 year ago
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Bluesky says ‘sports is a top priority’ amidst massive growth spurt
Last year a wave of sports media and league and teams opened Bluesky accounts, in part a reaction to Elon Musk’s takeover of X, the formerly named Twitter. X became a right wing hangout, and Musk’s algorithms significantly reduced the reach of story links in X posts, destroying a key reason journalists posted on the Read more... The post Bluesky says ‘sports is a top priority’ amidst massive growth spurt appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Being Democrats
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about 1 year ago
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Somehow this is exactly what hurt Kamala and Newsom learned zero lessons from it
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about 1 year ago
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Bogdan Bogdanovic playing a “24” pinball machine, this and only this
about 1 year ago
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Awful Announcing
over 1 year ago
In today's "The A Block,"
@brendonkleen.bsky.social
says the reaction around Shams Charania breaking the Luka Doncic trade proved Woj's "It's just vapor" quip correct.
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Breaking the NBA
What did we want from the overnight Luka Doncic news cycle?
https://awfulannouncing.beehiiv.com/p/breaking-nba-shams-charania-luka-doncic-lakers
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Gail Sideman, publicist
over 1 year ago
One of the best pieces ever published by
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. Dave Pasch is special.
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Dave Pasch is still chasing 'a whole new way of broadcasting'
Dave Pasch still upholds the spirit of Bill Walton everyday in the way he gives to the audience and his colleagues at ESPN.
https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/dave-pasch-chasing-new-way-broadcasting-walton.html
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Counterpoint: they did televised hearings for weeks about Jan 6 and the right turned it into a cause while the average American memory holed it
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over 1 year ago
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The Michael Scott inside joke meme except it’s me with “Good Advice”
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over 1 year ago
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Someone put me in a starter pack
over 1 year ago
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL
over 1 year ago
Skattebo's Sports Bar and Grill in Tempe is gonna print money
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Pat McAfee is pretty damn good at running through film and highlights when he wants to
over 1 year ago
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Awful Announcing
over 1 year ago
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The Play-By-Play: Netflix’s Paul vs. Tyson disaster, ‘Inside the NBA’ to ESPN, can Bluesky sustain?
It’s time for another episode of The Play-By-Play, Awful Announcing’s weekly sports media news podcast. On the latest episode, Awful Announcing’s Brendon Kleen and Ben Axelrod discuss: Netflix’s Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson disaster. Warner Bros. Discovery’s…
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Awful Announcing
over 1 year ago
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Former CEO, ‘Pardon My Take’ hosts open up on challenges of working at Barstool Sports
Say what you want about Barstool Sports, but being in the fire there every day isn’t easy. In a new documentary released on the Pardon My Take YouTube channel about the show’s very short-lived Barstool Van Talk late-night show on ESPN, the show’s hosts…
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Having the best team in the NBA be boring to watch sucks
over 1 year ago
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Herbert > Burrow
over 1 year ago
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I BELIEVED
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over 1 year ago
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Abolish NFL kickers
over 1 year ago
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Tony Romo is great at his job
over 1 year ago
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The thing about Devin Booker’s “slow start” wasn’t just the cold streak When he plays *like this* he doesn’t have cold streaks When he passes up 3s and doesn’t get to the line, he’s prone to cold streaks If he keeps playing like this, his floor is so high
over 1 year ago
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INSIDE THE NBA FOREVER
over 1 year ago
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OK so wtf is going on with Devin Booker
over 1 year ago
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It seems like posting about Bluesky is the best way to go viral on Bluesky
over 1 year ago
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Suns need to sell high on Josh Okogie and by that I mean trade him tomorrow
over 1 year ago
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I honestly love that this was my first bsky post ever
over 1 year ago
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Brendon Kleen
Just Basketball
over 2 years ago
🚨 New show!
@brendonkleen.bsky.social
and
@cwrites.bsky.social
are with you again to talk about the latest going on in the world of basketball including: • FIBA WC update • WNBA playoffs coming soon • San Antonio Spurs season preview 📺:
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Team USA World Cup Concerns Plus a San Antonio Spurs Season Preview
Team USA lost to Lithuania despite 35 points from Anthony Edwards, so we discuss how worried we are about their fate at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Plus, ...
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Wanted this tourney to be a showcase for RJ Barrett and it…has not been
over 2 years ago
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Just Basketball
over 2 years ago
🚨 New show! Brendon Kleen and Chris Manning are back with a wide range of show topics including: • WNBA stretch run talk • FIBA World Cup update • Ben Simmons’ recent comments. 📺:
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A WNBA Stretch Run Preview Plus What’s Next for Ben Simmons and a Team USA Check-In
The New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces again, setting the stage for a fascinating WNBA postseason.Chris Manning and Brendon Kleen break down the title ...
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Just Basketball
over 2 years ago
🚨 New episode! To start off the week Brendon Kleen and Chris Manning are back with some NBA news and FIBA World Cup reactions including: 🦌 Giannis’ future remarks 🇫🇷 France knocked out 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canada & USA rising and more! 📺:
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Giannis’ Bucks Future Plus France Goes Down and Team USA Gets on Track at FIBA World Cup
Giannis Antetokounmpo questions his future with the Milwaukee Bucks while France and the USA split in different directions at the FIBA World Cup.Chris Mannin...
https://youtu.be/7L6Hb3XajU0
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BERTANS VS BATUM BEEF
over 2 years ago
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Vivek Ramaswamy
over 2 years ago
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It’s giving
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over 2 years ago
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Just Basketball
over 2 years ago
🗣️ SHE’S LIKE THAT. Last night, A’ja Wilson put on a historic performance en route to tying the WNBA single game points record with FIFTY. THREE. Take a bow 🫡
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Brendon Kleen
Just Basketball
over 2 years ago
🚨 New episode! The Just Basketball Show is back this week discussing storylines from last season that will be impactful in 2024 including: • Zion/Ja strong starts • Shaedon Sharpe arriving • Lauri & the Jazz grooving 📺:
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5 NBA Storylines We Forgot That Will Matter in 2024, Plus Good and Bad From ‘Winning Time’ Seaso...
From Ja Morant and Zion Williamson’s first halves to the great Milwaukee Bucks regular season to the jump-started Utah Jazz led by Lauri Markkanen, we sift t...
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Brendon Kleen
Just Basketball
almost 3 years ago
🚨 New episode! Brendon Kleen and Chris Manning are joined once again by Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic to discuss WNBA contenders/pretenders. Brendon and Chris also talk about the little movement since Dame’s trade request. 📺:
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Damian Lillard Paranoia Plus Our WNBA Contenders & Pretenders with Sabreena Merchant
The NBA sent a memo about Damian Lillard and the Miami Heat that signals paranoia and optics, but not much action.Brendon Kleen and Chris Manning break it do...
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Brendon Kleen
Just Basketball
almost 3 years ago
🚨 New show! Brendon Kleen and Chris Manning are back again with a jam packed episode covering: • Jaylen Brown getting the bag • Should be, but won’t be traded players • Candace Parker’s injury • The Slop of the Week 📺:
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