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Sam Neumann

@samneumann.bsky.social

senior writer/editor @awfulannouncing.bsky.social

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NFL on CBS reveals Week 1 announcer assignments On Tuesday, the NFL on CBS released its announcer assignments for the first three weeks of the 2025 NFL season. As Aaron Rodgers and Justin Fields face their respective former teams, it’ll also mark a first for CBS. The Jets-Steelers 1 p.m. ET matchup will feature the booth of Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt, and sideline Read more... The post NFL on CBS reveals Week 1 announcer assignments appeared first on Awful Announcing.
06.08.2025 20:22 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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MLB Network’s Intentional Talk crew in track suits getting ready for tonight’s Speedway Classic

02.08.2025 20:10 — 👍 23    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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‘Happy Gilmore 2 did its job without making you regret it When Netflix didn’t hand out screeners for Happy Gilmore 2, it almost felt like a sign they weren’t confident in it. You don’t withhold promos for what’s supposed to be the crown jewel of your summer slate if you’re expecting a win. It was tough not to wonder if this highly anticipated sequel was headed Read more... The post ‘Happy Gilmore 2 did its job without making you regret it appeared first on Awful Announcing.
26.07.2025 15:01 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 7
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Sports media has shifted right, now it’s time to shut down the grievance machine It’s officially a new day in sports media. Thursday, Barstool Sports and Fox Sports announced a wide-ranging partnership that will see the bro-coded digital media company play a prominent role in Fox’s sports programming. Barstool will produce a daily morning show for FS1, and founder Dave Portnoy will appear weekly on Fox’s flagship college football Read more... The post Sports media has shifted right, now it’s time to shut down the grievance machine appeared first on Awful Announcing.
18.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 79    🔁 18    💬 9    📌 11
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Former teammate Cliff Floyd interviewing Met great David Wright inside MLB Network’s Studio 42, ahead of Wright’s number retirement tomorrow. Piece scheduled to run on Monday’s MLB Central.

18.07.2025 16:22 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Kyrie Irving recreates ‘crazy ass question’ about LeBron being his father figure When you think of Kyrie Irving and LeBron James, you think of the championship they won and the trade request that tore it all apart. You might also remember the viral moment when a reporter asked Kyrie what kind of “parental role” LeBron played in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ locker room. LeBron was seven years older, Read more... The post Kyrie Irving recreates ‘crazy ass question’ about LeBron being his father figure appeared first on Awful Announcing.
14.07.2025 17:01 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Skip Bayless claims he’ll play ‘fairly prominent role’ in Netflix’s Cowboys docuseries Skip Bayless will be heavily involved in Netflix’s new Cowboys docuseries. Or at least he says he will be. America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys premieres Aug. 19, with eight 45-minute episodes chronicling Jerry Jones and the Cowboys’ dynasty years. The trailer is out now, and so is Bayless, claiming he’ll be featured prominently Read more... The post Skip Bayless claims he’ll play ‘fairly prominent role’ in Netflix’s Cowboys docuseries appeared first on Awful Announcing.
07.07.2025 19:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 11    📌 5
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Will Blackmon officially joins ‘Good Morning Football’ for 2025 season Good Morning Football, the NFL Network’s flagship morning show, is shaking up its lineup once again ahead of the 2025-26 season. Since relocating to Los Angeles, GMFB has seen some notable departures — Peter Schrager exited, and Akbar Gbajabiamila left after just one season. That opened the door for Manti Te’o to join full-time, and Read more... The post Will Blackmon officially joins ‘Good Morning Football’ for 2025 season appeared first on Awful Announcing.
07.07.2025 18:34 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Tim Legler opens up about the role that made ESPN fun again Tim Legler is finally having the most fun he’s ever had at ESPN. And it only took a couple of decades. After years of being one of ESPN’s most respected studio analysts, Tim Legler quietly renegotiated his contract last year to get the one thing he wanted most. He wanted to do more games. The Read more... The post Tim Legler opens up about the role that made ESPN fun again appeared first on Awful Announcing.
04.07.2025 21:02 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Orel Hershiser brings up Astros sign-stealing scandal during 18-1 blowout of Dodgers Orel Hershiser said he didn’t want to open an old wound. Naturally, he proceeded to jab a finger directly into it. No trash cans were harmed — or reportedly used — in Chavez Ravine on Friday night. But the Dodgers were absolutely battered in an 18-1 drubbing at the hands of the Houston Astros, a Read more... The post Orel Hershiser brings up Astros sign-stealing scandal during 18-1 blowout of Dodgers appeared first on Awful Announcing.
05.07.2025 04:46 — 👍 21    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 2

"There's a lot of irony in Cowherd calling out the mainstream media for distortion and exaggeration, when he too often veers into hyperbole himself."

04.07.2025 18:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Crickets from the Stop Antisemitism org, btw.

04.07.2025 03:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"It’s a classic case of wanting the spotlight, but only on his own terms. That’s why, despite all the attention, fame, and headlines he seems to crave, Rodgers hates TMZ. He hates losing control of his story. He hates the spotlight shining where he doesn’t want it to."

30.06.2025 17:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We’ve never been more back.

29.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“I actually came away MORE impressed with Joe Biden.”

29.06.2025 01:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Per @samneumann.bsky.social, MLB Network will re-air its 2019 special “The Cobra at Twilight” on Dave Parker at 8 p.m. ET tonight.

28.06.2025 20:40 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Andrew McCutchen calls out David Samson in baseballs mess: ‘Stick to ur lil channel’ There’s something up with the baseballs. They’ve been juiced at times — much to the dismay of Gary Cohen and Joe Davis — and other times, balls that should be landing 450 feet deep into the bleachers are dying at the warning track. It doesn’t add up. And Andrew McCutchen wants answers. The 38-year-old McCutchen, Read more... The post Andrew McCutchen calls out David Samson in baseballs mess: ‘Stick to ur lil channel’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
23.06.2025 17:33 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Joe Bowen says next season will be his last with Toronto Maple Leafs Joe Bowen took his first day off in 43 years. Next season, he’ll start planning for a lot more of them. The longtime Toronto Maple Leafs radio announcer said Friday that the 2025–26 NHL season will be his last behind the mic. One more trip around the sun, and then he’s hanging it up after Read more... The post Joe Bowen says next season will be his last with Toronto Maple Leafs appeared first on Awful Announcing.
13.06.2025 16:05 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Noah Eagle: Michael Jordan ‘legitimately excited’ about NBA on NBC role Noah Eagle might know just a little bit more than the rest of us about what Michael Jordan will be doing at NBC. Jordan, of course, signed on as a “special contributor” for NBC’s NBA coverage. What does that actually mean? No one seems entirely sure, except that it’ll involve some taped segments. Mike Tirico Read more... The post Noah Eagle: Michael Jordan ‘legitimately excited’ about NBA on NBC role appeared first on Awful Announcing.
13.06.2025 17:03 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Michelle Beadle, Cody Decker deserved better from SiriusXM In terms of public relations faceplants, SiriusXM might have just set a new bar. And it’s not just that they fired Michelle Beadle and Cody Decker this week — it’s the way they went about it. It takes real effort to lose the benefit of the doubt this quickly, but SiriusXM got there with plenty Read more... The post Michelle Beadle, Cody Decker deserved better from SiriusXM appeared first on Awful Announcing.
06.06.2025 15:01 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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ESPN NBA Finals presentation is the most auraless in sports It’s another year of ESPN broadcasting the NBA Finals, and another year of disappointment for NBA fans. There have been certain bones that basketball fans have had to pick with ESPN over the 20 years plus that they have been broadcasting the NBA Finals. Most of those have dealt with the revolving door studio show Read more... The post ESPN NBA Finals presentation is the most auraless in sports appeared first on Awful Announcing.
06.06.2025 02:43 — 👍 32    🔁 7    💬 5    📌 6
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Weird ‘First Take’ pitching rant embodies why MLB, ESPN are breaking up If you’re wondering why MLB grew disillusioned with ESPN, look no further than what played out on First Take Wednesday morning. One of the biggest shows on the network that once paid $550 million per year for baseball rights turned around and used that platform to complain that teams didn’t trot out their most expensive Read more... The post Weird ‘First Take’ pitching rant embodies why MLB, ESPN are breaking up appeared first on Awful Announcing.
04.06.2025 20:34 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 5
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ESPN’s top NBA booth is still searching for its voice Just like American politics always finds a way back to Ronald Reagan, the NBA always finds its way back to Doc Rivers. He’s a main character, whether he wants to be or not. The veteran head coach took over the Milwaukee Bucks in the middle of last season, just months after sliding into ESPN’s top Read more... The post ESPN’s top NBA booth is still searching for its voice appeared first on Awful Announcing.
04.06.2025 16:05 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Sir.

04.06.2025 14:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pablo Torre emerges as decisive winner after Bill Simmons podcast appearance As Dan Le Batard casually broke the news that Pablo Torre would be appearing on The Bill Simmons Podcast on Tuesday, I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of disappointment. Not only not did it mean the premature end of a short-lived but fiery sports media feud to help bridge the gap to the NBA Read more... The post Pablo Torre emerges as decisive winner after Bill Simmons podcast appearance appeared first on Awful Announcing.
04.06.2025 02:04 — 👍 57    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 3
Donald Trump shares Awful Announcing article about Dana White praising him

Donald Trump shares Awful Announcing article about Dana White praising him

The funniest part of Donald Trump sharing an @awfulannouncing.bsky.social article on Truth Social is that it’s generated minimal traffic.

02.06.2025 00:52 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders was once politely asked to leave a restaurant and it generated 100x as much handwringing from the media as this will

31.05.2025 19:45 — 👍 10317    🔁 3103    💬 185    📌 41

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