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ITALIAN TV presenter Eleonora Incardona left fans stunned after showing off a glamorous white outfit during her latest appearance for DAZN. The Serie A presenter has become one of the…
It takes a lot of fortune and great timing to call as many consecutive championship series as Mike Breen has as the voice of the NBA. Since getting the job at ESPN in 2006, Breen has called 20 consecutive NBA Finals as the network repeatedly paid up to retain the rights, and Breen delivered in…
The Baltimore Ravens are taking the unusual step of opening up a public application process for their next radio play-by-play announcer. And it has produced at least one unusual result. Earlier this spring, longtime Ravens voice Gerry Sandusky announced his retirement from the position, leaving an opening after 20 seasons behind the mic. The Ravens…
Jim Nantz is an American institution. Since joining CBS Sports in the 1980s, he’s become the voice of The Masters, its lead NFL announcer, and was the lead broadcaster of the NCAA Tournament for over 30 years. Ukee Washington is a Philadelphia institution, having joined CBS Philadelphia in the mid-1980s and been one of the…
Why Mike Breen yells 'Bang!' when NBA players hit big shots during ESPN, MSG broadcasts sportingnews.com
The Department of Justice opened an investigation into the NFL last month over whether its media distribution practices violate antitrust law, essentially asking whether the league has been systematically pushing games behind streaming paywalls at the expense of fans who can’t afford them. It’s a legitimate and important question for America’s most-watched sport. That’s why…
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…
The iconic New York radio host, who provided play-by-play commentary for 5,631 regular-season and postseason Yankees games, retired in 2024 after 36 years covering the team.
Legendary New York Yankees radio voice John Sterling has passed away at the age of 87, according to WFAN Sports Radio. No cause of death was announced at this time. Sterling, who was the radio voice of the Yankees for 36 years, had his first broadcast in the Yankees’ radio booth in 1989, and he […] The post Legendary Yankees Radio Voice John Sterling Dead at 87 appeared first on HEAVY.
The sports world is mourning the loss of one of its most iconic voices. Longtime New York Yankees radio voice John Sterling has passed away at the age of 87. Sterling stepped into the Yankees broadcast booth in 1989 after spending much of the 1980s calling games in Atlanta for the Hawks and Braves. He…
John Sterling, the legendary voice of the Yankees, has passed away at 87 years old. Sterling began calling Yankees games in 1989 and famously would never miss a broadcast, calling 5,060 consecutive games up until he missed four games in July of 2019. John Sterling dead at 87. Sterling retired at the start of the...
After three seasons behind a $100 per year paywall, it’s fair to say that MLS is finally moving in the right direction. For the first time since the league’s monumental deal with Apple began in 2023, MLS fans can watch matches with a standard Apple TV subscription. There’s no need to shell out $100 for…
Pat McAfee Show NFL Draft broadcast, explained: How ESPN is using host as part of 2026 draft coverage sportingnews.com
Ohio state Sen. Bill DeMora has had enough. Watching the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs this week required navigating Amazon Prime Video for Game 1, Peacock for Game 2, and back to Amazon for Game 3. And DeMora, a Democrat from Columbus, is now looking into whether Ohio has any legal…
This originally appeared in Friday’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. Lawmakers and appointed officials in our nation’s capital have kicked the anti-NFL sentiment into overdrive…
There is nothing like watching Rory McIlroy win a back-to-back Masters for golf fans -- that is if you actually see the winning shots.
Mark Jones is one of the longest-tenured announcers at ESPN, having worked with the network since 1990. However, his time with the Worldwide Leader in Sports is coming to an end. According to Andrew Marchand at The Athletic, Jones will work his last telecast with ESPN when he calls the Celtics-Magic game on the final…
As BET undergoes several changes as Skydance takes over Paramount Global, new BET President Louis Carr did an interview with Forbes about the direction of the company. Carr interestingly hinted at the company possibly experimenting with sports. “I think that we have probably a better chance than most brands that are serving our community… because […] The post BET, it’s time to bring back HBCU sports appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The reported investigation comes as Trump administration officials and lawmakers have warned about revisiting the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. The law allows the NFL to negotiate league-wide TV deals without violating U.S. antitrust rules, provided it meets certain conditions, including protecting customer access.
The NFL is in the catbird seat when it comes to renegotiating its rights deals with television networks and streamers. And given the outsized importance of the league when it comes to attracting viewers and sponsors, media companies are already preparing their war chests. Networks and streamers have increasingly found that they can’t live without…
Only she can get soccer fans to pay attention to her and not the game.
She certainly turns heads on and off the field.
