There’s a new sheriff in town at Disney, which has led many to speculate about the future of ESPN. Next month, Josh D’Amaro will relieve Disney CEO Bob Iger of his duties atop the company. D’Amaro currently leads Disney’s experiences division, which includes parks and cruises. What his resume lacks is experience in media, leading Read more... The post Report: ESPN spinoff likely won’t happen ‘anytime soon’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.

If you love basketball, Prime Video has a docuseries for you. The NBA would not be the entertaining league it is today without the ABA. The 3-point shot, the Slam Dunk Contest, and the overall joyful aesthetic of professional basketball were all innovations pioneered by the upstart ABA. The four-part Prime Video docuseries Soul Power: The Read more... The post Amazon docuseries ‘Soul Power’ details how the ABA shaped modern pro basketball appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Bill Moos was an athletic director for several prominent universities, including Oregon, Washington State, and Nebraska. Now retired, he’s released a tell-all book titled Crab Creek Chronicles: From the Wheat Fields to the Ball Fields and Beyond. The former All-Pac-8 offensive tackle offers insights and stories from a 40-year career in athletics administration, culminating in Read more... The post Bill Moos says he secretly attempted to get Nebraska out of the Big Ten and back to the Big 12 appeared first on Awful Announcing.

There has always been a complicated professional relationship between reporters and coaches. That’s expected. That’s normal. Reporters and coaches have different goals. The media strives to get as close to the truth as possible. Coaches strive to proactively protect their players and their organization by limiting what the media sees and hears. This often leads Read more... The post Bengals’ Zac Taylor and Capitals’ Spencer Carbery deserve applause for their acts of kindness appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Fred Warner and Kyle Shanahan showed up to Levi’s Stadium on Sunday for work. The difference was that they were analyzing the Super Bowl instead of playing in it. The two 49ers figures joined NBC’s pregame coverage as guest analysts and earned rave reviews for their seamless transition to the sports media world.  For a Read more... The post Fred Warner, Kyle Shanahan shine on NBC’s Super Bowl pregame at their home stadium appeared first on Awful Announcing.

There was once an understanding that if you worked directly for an NFL franchise, you couldn’t also be a broadcaster. That understanding went out the window with Tom Brady, who is the face of Fox’s NFL coverage while also owning (and having a significant say in the hiring processes for) the Las Vegas Raiders. While Read more... The post Unlike Tom Brady and Troy Aikman, Matt Ryan never had dual role option for broadcasting and NFL front office appeared first on Awful Announcing.