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Michael B. Grant

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πŸ‡―πŸ‡² πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Sports/pop culture writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. Marathons in Honolulu, Iceland, New Zealand, Portugal, Australia, the Netherlands, Italy. I'm always running from something. He/him

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Holy Shuffle (feat. Billy Porter)

Good night everyone. Enjoy Big Freedia.

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Joe Lunardi shades Bruce Pearl: Leave Bracketology β€˜to the professionals’ Bruce Pearl stirred up a hornet’s nest last weekend when he said the currently undefeated Miami (Ohio) RedHawks didn’t deserve an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament if they didn’t end up winning their conference. β€œMiami (Ohio), here’s the deal,” Pearl said during a Big East college basketball studio show for TNT Sports. β€œAre we Read more... The post Joe Lunardi shades Bruce Pearl: Leave Bracketology β€˜to the professionals’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Wanda Sykes as a trainer in a boxing film?!?

Undercard means well, but it's not a good sports movie. It could have been a good drama. The best scenes include Bentley Green, who looks like a rising star.

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Big 12 could sell football and basketball rights separately in next TV deals When it comes to broadcast deals for college conferences, bundling all sports together has been the customary practice. If the SEC sells its rights to ESPN, that deal includes football, basketball, soccer, swimming, and any number of other sports the conference participates in. Same for the Big Ten. Fox, CBS, and NBC all share inventory Read more... The post Big 12 could sell football and basketball rights separately in next TV deals appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Kansas judge orders Friday hearing on anti-transgender ID and bathroom law Two transgender men from Lawrence filed a lawsuit last week to stop the new Kansas law from taking effect. Hundreds of transgender residents were told their IDs are immediately invalid and must be rep...

The Kansas law contains a bounty-style provision that allows individuals who feel β€œaggrieved” by someone’s bathroom use to sue that person for monetary gain.

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We Don’t Talk Enough About the Time Jessie Buckley Was on an Insane Reality Show The future Oscar nominee had to address Andrew Lloyd Webber as β€œthe lord” and practice kissing scenes in front of her father, all on live TV.

Jessie Buckley, the favorite to win the Oscar for Best Actress, appeared on a reality TV show as a teenager.

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Damn

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Scream (Funk My Life Up)

Good night everyone. Enjoy Paolo Nutini.

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Cori Close acknowledges packed media room at UCLA-USC WBB clash after prior criticisms As the UCLA women’s basketball program has broken through to the top of the sport over the past handful of years, head coach Cori Close has become one of the strongest advocates for media coverage in all of women’s basketball. Throughout the season, with UCLA one of the favorites to win the national championship, Close Read more... The post Cori Close acknowledges packed media room at UCLA-USC WBB clash after prior criticisms appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Tommy Hutton retiring from Marlins’ broadcast booth after 2026 season Tommy Hutton isn’t going anywhere just yet, but the end of the 2026 season will mark the last time he sits in the Marlins broadcast booth. On Monday, the organization announced that its longest-tenured television analyst would be retiring at season’s end. β€œCalling Marlins games and being part of this community has been one of Read more... The post Tommy Hutton retiring from Marlins’ broadcast booth after 2026 season appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Revisiting the disastrous two-hour NCAA Tournament Selection Show It’s March. We made it. In two weeks, we’ll have a bracket, and all will be right in the wonderful world of sports. The NCAA tournament is one of the few events that unites us as a country, with a smorgasbord of college basketball games to enjoy. It begins with the bracket reveal and ends Read more... The post Revisiting the disastrous two-hour NCAA Tournament Selection Show appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Damn

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Always Where I Need To Be

Good night everyone. Enjoy The Kooks.

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Mazel tov!

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Adam Schefter roasted for trying to rewrite Carnell Tate’s 40 time Don’t let the official laser-measured 40-yard dash times at the NFL Scouting Combine fool you. Ohio State wide receiver Carnell TateΒ did not run a 4.52. ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter made sure everyone knew as much on Sunday morning, taking to social media to explain that several teams had clocked Tate’s time much lower than Read more... The post Adam Schefter roasted for trying to rewrite Carnell Tate’s 40 time appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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49ers’ radio announcer Greg Papa preparing for bone marrow transplant from sister Greg Papa returned to the San Francisco 49ers radio booth on Jan. 3 for the team’s regular-season finale, less than six months after leukemia was discovered in his brain and spinal column. The speed of the 63-year-old’s recovery has been exceptional, and his cancer is in remission, but he still has a critical step ahead Read more... The post 49ers’ radio announcer Greg Papa preparing for bone marrow transplant from sister appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Awesome job. Congrats.

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It’s March. We made it.

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Damn

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When you’re excited to bite into a chocolate chip cookie… only to discover it's oatmeal raisin.

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MLS on Apple TV broadcaster Ramses Sandoval: β€˜We’re very fortunate to be able to do this’ The MLS season is underway, and soccer fans can catch all the action on Apple TV, where subscribers can stream every MLS match. This weekend’s primetime Saturday Showdown will feature Real Salt Lake against the Seattle Sounders FC at 7:30 p.m. ET. On the Spanish broadcast, Ramses Sandoval and Steve Cangialosi will be on the Read more... The post MLS on Apple TV broadcaster Ramses Sandoval: β€˜We’re very fortunate to be able to do this’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Emily Jamerson at The Monarch in Louisville, Ky.

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Mark Charles at The Monarch in Louisville, Ky.

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Stripmall Ballads at The Monarch in Louisville, Ky.

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Brian Windhorst says Bam Adebayo confronted him over Jayson Tatum comments ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst knows that the players he talks about on the air are listening, and sometimes they’ll let him know, to his face, what they think. During the latest episode of The Hoop Collective, Windhorst shared that he was confronted by Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo after comments he made about Read more... The post Brian Windhorst says Bam Adebayo confronted him over Jayson Tatum comments appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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For the first time, almost half of the country’s 30-year-old women are childless. In 1976, it was just 18 percent.

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The Birthrate Is Plunging. Why Some Say That’s a Good Thing.

The U.S. birthrate, which is at an all-time low, has fallen by more than 25 percent since 2007, the year the decline began.

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This must be a story from @theonion.com

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Even if this latest Scream movie tanks, this franchise will never die. They will be making sequels, prequels, requels, reboots and spinoffs long after the original cast is gone.

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