Awful Announcing
The Athletic has dramatically expanded their WNBA coverage, announcing that they now have 12 beat writers (one for each team) and two national WNBA writers.
After over a decade, NFL Network will show regular-season college football again this fall.
Disney CEO Bob Iger said in February "I don’t see The Walt Disney Company, certainly in the near term, getting involved in the business of gambling, in effect, by facilitating gambling in any way." Well, they're doing so at the moment thanks to their stake in DraftKings.
“I want to [manage]. I love it because I love the strategy of the game and trying to put players in the best situation to be successful and instilling confidence in them … and always having their back and building that trust with players. That’s really enjoyable to me.”
"You can't get any more wrong than Mike Francesa. If Mush from A Bronx Tale was never right, then I think Big Mike, he can make sure Mush looks like a winner."
"IF YOU ARE A KNICK FAN, THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING KIDNAPPED, STORED IN A BASEMENT, BEING TORTURED AND THEY LET YOU OUT WHEN YOU ARE NO USE TO ANYBODY! IF YOU ARE NOT A KNICKS FAN, YOU MAKE ME SICK! I DON'T LIKE ANY OF YOUS, ANY OF YOUS!"
La Canfora retweeted a fake report from @WWEUmiverse, which only had around 230 followers when he did that.
Spain spoke to AA about learning to do everything, the "More Than Mean" video, women in sports media and much more.
"We’ve been leaders in the virtual reality and augmented reality space for a long time now. We’ve already developed content for the Oculus [VR headset] and are willing to make our content available in those spaces."
"As soon as I got back in front of the camera or behind the mic, my confidence in myself and my ability to listen and perform...people came up to me and messaged me like 'Wow, you just seem way more in control of who you are and you seem more confident.' It's honestly all because of the improv and stand-up."
After a year and a half covering the Oakland Athletics at The Athletic, McWilliams is heading to The Boston Globe to cover the Red Sox.
Huard most recently worked with Bob Wischusen and Allison Williams on ESPN's fifth-listed team.
The Longhorns haven't had a home game in ABC's Saturday Night Football slot since Mack Brown was their head coach.
The alternate team is back to calling the back half of the doubleheader this year.
Pulev earned a suspension from the California State Athletic Commission in March after kissing reporter Jenny Ravalo during a post-fight interview. He appeared before the commission Tuesday, and they told him to take a sexual harassment course before appearing before them again in July.
