Playmakers Archives - Awful Announcing

A graphic for ESPN’s “Playmakers.” (L’Equipe.)

ESPN

Looking back at ESPN’s scripted sports content, from ‘A Season on the Brink’ to ‘Playmakers’ and ‘Tilt’

ESPN

Awful Classics: 15 years has done little to stifle our obsession with ESPN’s Playmakers

NFL

NFL executives can’t be happy about Nike’s Kaepernick ad, but there’s not much they can do or say about it

There are some comparisons to the 'Playmakers' fiasco, but Nike isn't ESPN.

2016

Mark Wahlberg: The NFL complained about Ballers until Concussion came out

There’s a long history of the NFL fighting certain portrayals of the league in film and television, from...