It’s a special episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast. We had some great discussions with many incredible people in sports media over the past year and we put together a collection of clips from 2024. We thank you for listening/viewing the podcast, and have a happy 2025.
Here’s the full breakdown:
- :19: Jemele Hill on Pat McAfee accusing Norby Williamson of sabotaging his show (Episode 33)
- 3:20: Keyshawn Johnson on working with Max Kellerman (Episode 34)
- 4:14: Rich Eisen on the Kansas City Chiefs being a dynasty (Episode 36)
- 6:23: Mike Joy on calling Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s fatal crash at end of Daytona 500 (Episode 38)
- 13:06: Rebecca Lobo on Caitlin Clark’s impact on women’s basketball (Episode 41)
- 14:52: Bob Costas on meeting Donald Trump before he became president (Episode 45)
- 19:28: Stugotz on Dan Le Batard and crew leaving ESPN (Episode 47)
- 22:01: Nick Wright on how close he came to joining ESPN over FS1 (Episode 52)
- 29:32: Andrea Kremer on her surprise of being inducted into the Pro Football HOF (Episode 56)
- 32:48: Dianna Russini on her reaction to Aaron Rodgers calling her out on The Pat McAfee Show (Episode 62)
- 36:23: Joe Davis on wanting to redo Shohei Ohtani’s 40/40 call (Episode 64)
- 39:04: Jim Lampley on how he got into calling boxing (Episode 65)
- 43:55: Mike Golic Jr. on growing up with his dad on Mike and Mike (Episode 66)
- 48:32: Ian Eagle on watching son Noah commentate games (Episode 68)
- 55:44: Robert Griffin III on having similar broadcaster restrictions as Tom Brady when trying to own Washington Commanders (Episode 71)
- 1:00:56: Jeff Gluck on 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports vs. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit (Episode 73)
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