Articles by Drew Lerner

Pro Bowl Games moving to Tuesday of Super Bowl week

The NFL has officially taken the Pro Bowl off of the Sunday between conference championship weekend and the Super Bowl. On Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the league’s Pro Bowl Games will move to the Tuesday of Super Bowl week, ending its long run as the stopover point between the conference championships and Read more...The post Pro Bowl Games moving to Tuesday of Super Bowl week appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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Mike Tirico hasn’t missed a beat as NBC turns in stellar NBA Opening Night broadcast

23 years after NBC last aired the NBA, the network made its grand return on Tuesday night. When NBC aired its final NBA game in 2002, a franchise in Oklahoma City wasn’t even a concept of a plan. Now, the NBA tipped off its season there as the Thunder set their sights on a repeat Read more...The post Mike Tirico hasn’t missed a beat as NBC turns in stellar NBA Opening Night broadcast appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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‘NBA Showtime’ on NBC gets off to rocky start with audio issues

NBC tipped off its NBA coverage on Tuesday evening, but the networks pregame show, NBA Showtime, got off to a rocky start. In the first minutes of NBA coverage for the network since 2002, NBC struggled with audio issues. Host Maria Taylor and Tracy McGrady made light of the technical difficulties multiple times in the first Read more...The post ‘NBA Showtime’ on NBC gets off to rocky start with audio issues appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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