by Chris Rocco | Jan 6, 2015
Since the end of the first half of the season is close, it’s time to look at the best rookies in the NHL this season. With the exception of Aaron Ekblad, the other four players on this list were drafted before the 2014 NHL entry draft. It takes time for some...
by Joe Lucia | Jan 6, 2015
This is a column I put together every year, and I relish it. Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame generates a level of fervor and outrage that is foreign to that we see with other Halls of Fame across sports. Yet, each year, the outrage continues and, if anything,...
by Joe Lucia | Jan 6, 2015
This is a column I put together every year, and I relish it. Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame generates a level of fervor and outrage that is foreign to that we see with other Halls of Fame across sports. Yet, each year, the outrage continues and, if anything,...
by David Rogers | Jan 6, 2015
The era of advanced statistics may truly be upon hockey fans. The NHL will be placing player-tracking chips inside the sweater of each player competing in the skills competition and the All-Star Game. The chip will record how fast a player skates, how far...
by David Rogers | Jan 6, 2015
The era of advanced statistics may truly be upon hockey fans. The NHL will be placing player-tracking chips inside the sweater of each player competing in the skills competition and the All-Star Game. The chip will record how fast a player skates, how far...
by Brad Gagnon | Jan 6, 2015
If nobody else volunteers, the NFL can now force certain teams to participate in HBO’s Hard Knocks. This year, nine teams are eligible because they haven’t been to the playoffs in two years, they don’t have first-year head coaches and they...
by Brad Gagnon | Jan 6, 2015
If nobody else volunteers, the NFL can now force certain teams to participate in HBO’s Hard Knocks. This year, nine teams are eligible because they haven’t been to the playoffs in two years, they don’t have first-year head coaches and they...
by Matt Yoder | Jan 6, 2015
A second Ohio town has gotten in on the viral act of changing its name for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. First it was the city of Oregon, Ohio changing its name to “Oregon, Ohio Buckeyes on the Bay, City of Duck Hunters.” The...
by Mike Ferguson | Jan 6, 2015
The national championship will be decided in less than one week as Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and Oregon take on Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes. While all that remains of the college football season is one game, the bowl season was nothing short of...
by Mike Ferguson | Jan 6, 2015
The national championship will be decided in less than one week as Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and Oregon take on Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes. While all that remains of the college football season is one game, the bowl season was nothing short of...
by Matt Yoder | Jan 6, 2015
ESPN has been silent on the outrageous matter of Skip Bayless recklessly calling Johnny Manziel a liar and an alcoholic. Until now. Richard Deitsch got a comment from the network on Bayless’ comments and lack of discipline over the remarks at SI and...
by Joe Lucia | Jan 6, 2015
One of the silly things we like to over-analyze a bit here at Awful Announcing is scorebugs. You know, the little box that shows up on the screen with information like the score, the yardage situation, timeouts, the count, and so on. We hadn’t really seen a...
by Matt Zemek | Jan 6, 2015
A coaching performance often stands on its own merit, but it can sometimes expose the extent to which an opposing coach lacks answers of any shape or form. The 10 most notable coaching performances of the bowl season fit into both categories. We’ll provide the...
by Matt Zemek | Jan 6, 2015
A coaching performance often stands on its own merit, but it can sometimes expose the extent to which an opposing coach lacks answers of any shape or form. The 10 most notable coaching performances of the bowl season fit into both categories. We’ll provide the...
by Julian Rogers | Jan 6, 2015
The Carolina Panthers will soon travel to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seattle Seahawks as the greatest of playoff underdogs (currently 11-point road dogs, according to Odds Shark). Looks like a pretty easy tune-up for the Seahawks before either the Dallas...
