Sports Broadcasting/Anchors/Media Thread

[Krankor]

NBC is the worst. That site overhaul made it impossible for people to use the main site for player news and updates.

The loss of the forums there is a pretty big hit. The football forum was borderline useless but good for a laugh at all the arguments. They had a thread over 50 pages just devoted to arguing about 49ers RB Jordan Mason this past season. The MLB and MILB forums were actual gold. Generally pretty good player analysis from the majority of the members.

I woke up this morning and found myself in the Discord server the forum guys had setup a year ago. Looks awful, but better than nothing for now.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

CW signs on with ACC through 2026-27

The CW will broadcast 13 football games, 28 men’s basketball games and nine women’s basketball games each season.

theathletic.com

"The CW will broadcast for the ACC 13 football games, 28 men’s basketball games, and nine women’s basketball games."

 

[strummer]

ESPN reporter Jeff Passan suffered a broken back on Friday after a tree branch fell on him while cleaning debris from thunder storms

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

The 2023 MLB local broadcaster rankings

Which local MLB broadcast teams did our readers vote as the best and worst across all of Major League Baseball?

awfulannouncing.com

Paging @alkeiper

 

[strummer]

Alex Rodriguez signed an extension with FOX and will be leaving ESPN at the end of this season.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Good riddance...

D.C. sports radio host fired over disparaging on-air comments

Geronimo made disparaging remarks about a female TV anchor during a broadcast at Commanders training camp Thursday.

theathletic.com

 

[alkeiper]

Good riddance...

D.C. sports radio host fired over disparaging on-air comments

Geronimo made disparaging remarks about a female TV anchor during a broadcast at Commanders training camp Thursday.

theathletic.com

McBride was a local anchor in my area for a decade. We stan her.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Heh. The Don and Mike Show was the closest we had to Stern in my area in the late 90s and early 2000.

So "Old shock jock says something offensive" shocker.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Brody defends broken down old edgelord. Shocker.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Brody defends broken down old edgelord. Shocker.

Less defense, more so "Big Surprise" emoji

 

[strummer]

Does anyone like Karl Ravech as a baseball announcer? Anyone? To me he's just as bland and emotionless as Joe Buck. He's awful.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Does anyone like Karl Ravech as a baseball announcer? Anyone? To me he's just as bland and emotionless as Joe Buck. He's awful.

I don't care much for him but I've always found him kind of just there as an announcer. I've always felt he was better behind the desk during stuff like Baseball Tonight where he can kind of lead and let the others around him showcase the passion/emotion (think James Brown on the FOX NFL pre-show).

 

[alfdogg]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1686095962115092480

Mama there goes that man

 

[MFer]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-announcer-jim-price-dies-age-81/70552984007/

Jim Price played on the Tigers' 1968 World Series winner and later become the team's radio color commentator for a good 30 years. He was still working in recent years, albeit on a limited schedule.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Shannon Sharpe is joining First Take on Mondays and Tuesdays. Posting it now so it won’t get yelled over by him and Screamin’ A Smith.

 

[strummer]

Lol Tiki Barber just walked out of an interview with Joe Benigno on WFAN!

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1712467500011786475

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1716115326008475663

Pat, leave those college football elitists behind and focus more of your energy on WWE, boss.

 

[Brocklock]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1719432058282352799

Haven't thought about Broussard in years and saw he was trending. Yikes. Holy shit his apology is even more hilarious. He almost says that he had to put down his developmentally disabled cousin before saying he died soon after.

 

[Brocklock]

This keeps getting funnier. The youtube channel for the show that Chris Broussard is on uploaded the clip under this title lmao. Timestamp for when shit goes down is 3:05

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

The 9 wildest quotes from Stephen A. Smith's 40-minute Jason Whitlock rant

Stephen A. Smith went on one of the wildest rants in recorded history when he ripped rival Jason Whitlock for almost 40 minutes straight.

awfulannouncing.com

Savage

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Pat McAfee marks MLK Day by claiming he was canceled

Pat McAfee celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by making some curious comments regarding last week's Aaron Rodgers controversy.

awfulannouncing.com

@Incandenza ’s favorite sports pundit.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1747792486804619572

Packer youtuber Tom Grossi passed 600K subscribers yesterday.... His celebration decor accidentally resembled a certain slur...

Half of Wisconsin wouldn't mind either way.

 

[Hawk 34]

Warner, Fox, Disney to Launch Streaming Sports Joint Venture

Warner Bros. Discovery, ESPN and Fox Sports will join together in a game-changing streaming outlet that will put all their sports offerings together

variety.com

 

[strummer]

Longtime NFL reporter/analyst Peter King has announced his retirement. I remember reading his stuff in SI when I was a kid.

 

[strummer]

RIP Chris Mortensen. He was 72.

 

[Hawk 34]

Deadspin has been sold and the current staff remaining have been told they are no longer needed.

 

[MFer]

I remember wanting to work at Deadspin back in the day (I do know someone who was writing for them recently). I know some of the OGs created their own thing, Defector, but it just doesn't hit the same.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Maybe it's the design of the home uniforms but whenever I watch the Boston Bruins on ABC Hockey Saturday, the "bird's eye view" literally makes their uniforms look like everything is in black and white but the closeups reveal standard colors... Dunno if it's something to do with the yellow level or what but it's the weirdest thing. Made more bizarre that the center ice logo, etc. all look normal.

 

[strummer]

Looks like John Sterling is retiring as Yankees radio announcer. Press conference scheduled Friday

Official. He's announced his retirement