AA Podcast: Best of 2025 featuring Tony Reali, Mike Greenberg, Verne Lundquist, and more

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 2025. We thank you for listening/viewing the podcast, and have a happy 2026.

Here’s the full breakdown:

• :19: Howie Rose on not being comfortable hearing his Pete Alonso home run call on Mets plane (Episode 83)
• 9:50: Andrew “McLovin” Perloff on why he left The Dan Patrick Show (Episode 85)
• 12:45: Larry McReynolds on Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s fatal crash and praise of Mike Joy leading broadcast (Episode 87)
• 18:37: Tony Reali on reaching out to Jay Mariotti over the years (Episode 94)
• 25:02: Mike Greenberg on the success of Mike and Mike (Episode 101)
• 30:34: Dan Orlovsky on praying for Damar Hamlin while on ESPN (Episode 107)
• 34:51: Verne Lundquist on Happy Gilmore 2 and meeting Post Malone (Episode 108)
• 43:09: Jordan Schultz on Pablo Torre’s journalism (Episode 119)
• 49:49: Joe Davis on claims of Dodgers bias on Fox MLB broadcasts (Episode 120)

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