Skip to content
Awful Announcing

Awful Announcing

  • Home
  • ESPN
  • Fox
  • NBC
  • CBS
  • Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Other
    • AA Podcasts
    • League Networks
    • Local Networks
    • International
    • Online Outlets
    • Announcing Schedules
    • Ratings
    • Viewing Picks
    • NFL
    • Lifestyle
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
  • Newsletter
  • Home
  • ESPN
  • Fox
  • NBC
  • CBS
  • Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Other
    • AA Podcasts
    • League Networks
    • Local Networks
    • International
    • Online Outlets
    • Announcing Schedules
    • Ratings
    • Viewing Picks
    • NFL
    • Lifestyle
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
  • Newsletter
  • Link to Twitter Link to Twitter
  • Link to Facebook Link to Facebook
  • Link to Instagram Link to Instagram
  • Link to RSS Link to RSS

Archives

Edit by Liam McGuire, Comeback Media.

MLB

Is hot-take culture affecting MLB players?

Houston Texans coach DeMeco Ryans on Sept. 22, 2024, and ESPN NFL analyst Rex Ryan on Jan. 6, 2025.

Texans’ coach DeMeco Ryans roasts Rex Ryan’s line Chargers had a ‘bye week’ against them

Head coach DeMeco Ryans and several Texans' players had quite the postgame message for ESPN's Rex Ryan.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 12, 2025 0
Credit: ESPN

WNBA

An explainer of the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese-Chennedy Carter situation using only sports media hot takes

Photo via Gil’s Arena. Edit by Liam McGuire, Comeback Media.

NBA

What exactly is Gilbert Arenas doing here?

Matt Barrie, Joey Galloway, and Dan Mullen on ESPN CFB coverage.

Matt Barrie: ESPN CFB panel is ‘auditioning for First Take and Get Up…all hot takes’

"We're just auditioning for First Take and Get Up. All hot takes on a Halloween Saturday."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 28, 2023 0
Skip Bayless

Skip Bayless despises being labeled a hot take artist: ‘I’m not a poser, I’m not a grandstander, I’m not a windup toy.’

"LeBron has routinely proven me right over the years…you know it and I know it."

By Brandon Contes OnAug 7, 2023 6

What’s next when hot-take culture infects academia?

Rob Parker and USC's attempt to create a micro-farm system of future TV hot-takers is depressing

By Michael Grant OnJun 26, 2023 2
ESPN's Monica McNutt and Nick Friedell laugh at Max Kellerman's take that James Harden would lead the Sixers to a win.

After Nick Friedell and Monica McNutt’s repeated ESPN laughter, James Harden got the last laugh

"It could happen, but, I mean, really?"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 2, 2023 0
Charles Barkley ranting about Congress on Inside the NBA

Charles Barkley throws serious shade at cat lovers: ‘Not a real pet.’

"Old women have 'em."

By Brandon Contes OnApr 24, 2023 4
Keith Olbermann on his Countdown show on March 16, 2023.

Keith Olbermann says WBC ‘split up teammates based on where their grandmothers got laid,’ gets ratioed

"The WBC is a meaningless exhibition series designed to: get YOU to buy another uniform, to hell with the real season, and split up teammates based on where their grandmothers got laid."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 16, 2023 15
Skip Bayless on The Skip Bayless Show

Skip Bayless’ ‘PLACE-KICKING SHOULD BE ABOLISHED’ rant adds to his decades of raging against kickers

There's a long and strange history of Bayless arguing to end field goal kicking, and the world yelling at him for that argument.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 1, 2023 3
A Freezing Cold Takes NFL graphic.

Fred Segal talks ‘Freezing Cold Takes: NFL,’ missing Joe Theismann, Skip Bayless origins, & the ‘new media’

"Drama could be annoying. But that’s what people see and people like to talk about."

By Sean Keeley OnAug 22, 2022 0
Tom Brady

Tom Brady roasts Max Kellerman on the anniversary of his 2016 “fall off a cliff” prediction

"Tom Brady is going to be a bum in short order."

By Brandon Contes OnJul 29, 2022 0
Patrick Beverley on Get Up.

ESPN gave the Timberwolves’ Patrick Beverley a giant Get Up and First Take platform to air his decades-old grievances against Chris Paul

"CP can't guard nobody man. Everybody in the NBA know that. ...He's a cone."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 16, 2022 0
Emmanuel Acho on SFY.

Fox Sports’ Emmanuel Acho gets roasted for “legalizing weed is terribly dangerous if you throw the javelin” take

"Legalizing weed in track and field competition is terribly dangerous if you throw the javelin."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 2, 2021 0
ESPN's Jeff Passan, Mike Greenberg, and Mark Teixeira on Get Up

Mike Greenberg and Mark Teixeira use “Get Up” to minimize MLB players’ concerns over owners’ proposal, ignoring their own pasts

It's quite something to see Greenberg and Teixeira both arguing for players to take whatever ownership offers after their own histories of getting the most out of management.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 12, 2020 10
Colin Cowherd on Joe Burrow

Colin Cowherd hated Vince Young’s throwing motion because “He reminds me of Tebow,” must own a time machine

"I was never a big fan of Vince Young. I hated his throwing motion. I said 'He reminds me of Tebow, he wins games, but with that throwing motion, he'll never be a great pocket passer.'"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 25, 2020 5
USA Today amplified a dumb take on the Super Bowl LIV halftime performance from Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.

USA Today should be ridiculed for amplifying Gil Smart’s take that the Super Bowl LIV halftime show “looked a lot like softcore porn”

"Was the Super Bowl halftime show obscene?" That virulent Gil Smart take could have been kept to the Treasure Coast Newspapers, but USA Today decided to infect the rest of the country.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 3, 2020 15
Wrapping up the hot takes.

The five hottest takes from almost three years of This Week In Hot Takes, and the final hot take standings

After almost three years, This Week In Hot Takes is coming to an end. Here's a look at our picks for the five hottest takes we've covered, plus the final standings and thoughts on the top five finishers there.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 2, 2019 7
A Skip Bayless rant about Kawhi Leonard topped this week's hot takes.

This Week In Hot Takes: Skip Bayless melts down over Kawhi Leonard winning Finals MVP

Bayless has been hating on Leonard since Leonard left the Spurs, but he took that to a new level Thursday night and Friday morning after Leonard was named Finals MVP.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 14, 2019 0
Kevin Durant at the 2017 ESPYs.

Fox’s Doug Gottlieb claims a Knicks’ max offer to Kevin Durant would be a negative: “If I’m Kevin Durant, that kind of turns...

"But for the Knicks, it feels like a sign of weakness, it feels like they have no other options, it feels like desperation. ...If I'm Kevin Durant, that kind of turns me off."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 12, 2019 13
The takes from May 24-30 were led by Stephen A. Smith.

This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith blasts ESPN’s Magic Johnson report with “People had anxiety, STOP THE PRESSES!”

"ESPN DOT COM decides to come out with a story ON THE DAY THAT MAGIC AND THE CREW ARE GOING TO BE HERE! Do I like the fact that I have to deal with it today? HELL NO!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 31, 2019 0
Stephen A. Smith led This Week In Hot Takes for May 10-16.

This Week In Hot Takes: Stephen A. Smith’s Knicks meltdown included “This is like being kidnapped, stored in a basement”

"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!"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 17, 2019 3
Christine Flowers had the hottest take from May 3-9.

This Week In Hot Takes: Christine Flowers is “wistful for a time when athletes didn’t crusade for social justice”

"The heroes from the past broke social barriers and worked toward a more perfect justice by being the best they could be in their fields. They did it with courage and dignity — not with outrage, accusation, and obscene lyrics."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 10, 2019 6
Phil Mushnick had the hottest take for April 26-May 2.

This Week In Hot Takes: Phil Mushnick starts a column on a mascot change with “So I said to Joseph Goebbels”…

"So I said to Joseph Goebbels, “Burn any good books, lately?”" is a hell of a way to start a column about Long Beach State changing its mascot.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 3, 2019 4

Posts navigation

arrowOlder posts

Sidebar

Popular Posts

The 5 wildest details from Pablo Torre’s Jordon Hudson deep dive

Ranking NFL Super Bowl LX contenders post-draft

Which NBA teams could be improved in 2025-26 after missing the playoffs?

ESPN NBA Finals presentation is the most auraless in sports

Bill Belichick's 'CBS Sunday Morning' appearance railroaded by girlfriend Jordon Hudson

The sports media rising stars of 2025

Footer

  • Legal Information
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Link to Twitter Link to Twitter
  • Link to Facebook Link to Facebook
  • Link to Instagram Link to Instagram
  • Link to RSS Link to RSS
AwfulAnnouncing.com is a Sports fan web site and is in no way affiliated with any media organization, any professional sports league, team, organization, or its Properties. This site is for informational and entertainment purposes only. AwfulAnnouncing.com is not an official web site for any media organization, professional sports league, team, or organization. Copyright © 2020 www.AwfulAnnouncing.com - All Rights Reserved - Trademarks used herein are property of their respective owners.

arrow