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Joe Banner questioned why Mike Tomlin's NBC breakdown of the Cowboys' overtime collapse left the defensive coaching untouched.
Five months ago, Tracy McGrady wasn’t sure NBC wanted him back for a second season, and now the network is effectively going into business with him. In an exclusive interview with The Athletic’s Jerry Brewer published Tuesday, McGrady unveiled a two-year strategic partnership with NBC Sports that puts his Ones Basketball League games on Peacock,…
The network and its parent company are at a key inflection point.
The network will have its first MLB postseason presence since 2000.
This originally appeared in the Friday edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything you need to know about the sports media world. At last, our long national nightmare is over. The full NFL schedule is…
NBC is taking some serious flak for its questionable scheduling decision for the start of the NBA conference semifinals. The broadcasting giant got the assignment on a pair of series openers on Tuesday for the Detroit Pistons-Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Lakers series. With only eight teams remaining in the NBA postseason … The post Fans furious over NBC’s ’embarrassing’ decision on NBA playoff broadcast appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
John Fanta has made quite a name for himself in his first year at NBC Sports, covering everything from college basketball to the NFL to the NBA to the Kentucky Derby. On Sunday, he adds baseball to that list. According to NBC Sports’ broadcast announcement for this Sunday, May 10, Fanta will make his MLB…
When Jason Benetti was hired as the top MLB announcer for NBC Sports’ new package earlier this year, baseball fans rejoiced. From his time calling local White Sox and Tigers games through his years at Fox, Benetti has long been a fan (and industry) favorite. Getting the Sunday Night Baseball job was his coronation. But…
As John Fanta made a name for himself in recent years as a strong voice on college basketball, multiple suitors sprang up for his talents. Fanta came up as an announcer on Big East men’s basketball games, taking on more assignments over time for Fox Sports. Along the way, he also became a go-to commentator…
AN NBC Sports veteran revealed his sudden departure from Football Night in America. NBC has officially axed a second star from the Sunday Night Football pregame show. On Monday, former…
Chris Simms will not return to Football Night in America next season, he revealed Monday on PFT Live. Simms joined NBC Sports in 2016 and has spent the next decade building one of the more expansive portfolios in NBC’s football operation, eventually becoming one of the four main analysts on FNIA‘s primary panel alongside Maria…
A staple of NBC’s golf coverage is taking on a new role. Cara Banks, who joined Golf Channel in 2015 as a host of Morning Drive and is now an integral member of NBC Sports’ golf team as a reporter, will step into the booth during this weekend’s coverage of the Chevron Championship, one of the…
Awful Announcing has learned that Matthew Berry is unlikely to return to Football Night in America next season. Berry joined NBC in August 2022 on a multi-year deal after 15 years at ESPN, where he left partly because the network wanted him to shut down his Fantasy Life brand as a condition of staying. NBC…
Tomlin was widely considered the top NFL TV free agent.
NBC Sports is making OT7 a television property. The network announced a programming, distribution, and sales partnership with Overtime on Thursday, becoming the media home of OT7’s postseason and championship weekend. Select playoff and championship games will air June 13-14 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. OT7 is Overtime’s high school football league,…
Dexter Fowler is joining NBC Sports’ MLB coverage for the 2026 season. The All-Star outfielder will debut on Easter Sunday as a pregame analyst for the Cardinals-Tigers game on Sunday Night Baseball, airing at 7 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN. Per NBC Sports PR, Fowler will contribute throughout the season in a pregame analyst…
NBC SPORTS rising star Olivia Garvey dazzled in her latest outfit, leaving fans stunned. The glam daughter of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball legend Steve Garvey rocked a revealing black top…
An NBC host is giving an apology after using the wrong crash photo of Tiger Woods following his recent DUI arrest. During the broadcast on Saturday, March 28, NBC Sports issued a correction of the photo they used while reporting on Woods’ March 27 Florida crash. Instead of using a photo from the athlete’s recent […] The post NBC host reacts to sharing wrong Tiger Woods crash photo appeared first on ClutchPoints.
This originally appeared in Tuesday morning’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. As NBC has returned to NBA and MLB broadcasting over the past year, staffers have…
Jason Benetti revealed during Sunday night’s sign-off of Guardians-Mariners that this week’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast — Cardinals at Tigers on April 6 — will feature Brad Thompson and Andy Dirks. Benetti confirmed during the sign-off last night that next Sunday’s analysts for St. Louis-Detroit will be Brad Thompson from the Cardinals and Andy Dirks…
NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Tirico is stepping away from Masters radio coverage for 2026
WNBA star Caitlin Clark is making a major appearance on Sunday as she prepares for her third season with the Indiana Fever.
