Awful Announcing
Breaking stories, commentary, and analysis covering men’s and women’s college basketball.
"Let’s bring poor Caitlin’s white Iowa team to the White House and celebrate them too...It came across, to me, as this unintentional, unwitting, sort of naïve white racism."
"Did you forget who helped put your husband in the White House? You’re gonna find out a very hard lesson in ’24."
ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo: "It's been a long time coming, but it feels like more people are finally ready to fully embrace the women's game."
"Hurley and the Huskies have their dreams come true!"
"The ball is tipped..."
"It's a very powerful experience for me that brings so many elements of my lived experience together."
It was an apology, just not one that people will be pleased with.
The reactions to Reese's gesture says a lot about the sports media world.
"Four, three... Lamont Butler, Lamont Butler, pull-up jump shot... GOOD! GOOD! GOOD! GOOD! THEY'RE STORMIN' THE COURT! THEY'RE STORMIN' THE COURT!"
No basketball game on the network has drawn more viewers since Duke-North Carolina in 2008.
"There’s nothing I can do, say or write to turn the NCAA into an organization with moral standards."
"We're not bar fighters. We're not thugs. We're not monkeys. We're not street fighters."
"My nostalgia or sentimentality is usually born out of gratitude as opposed to a feeling of sadness."
