"The referee is in the way again! The referee is in the way again!... Good lord. What's the phrase? He's got one job..." Darren Fletcher always tells it like it is. ⚽🎙️😄 #WorldCup

TIME's Sean Gregory still can't believe that the same conservative media forces that "pilloried" Caitlin Clark after the 2024 Athlete of the Year cover now "use" her for political gain

Paul Finebaum: "Ending like [Bill Belichick] is going to end is really embarrassing, and sad, and in many ways, pathetic... He only took [the UNC] job because he was bitter that he couldn't get an NFL job... He won't get fired, but he should seriously consider retirement."

"I'm sure that's the way the news is gonna come out. Steve Kerr at a stoplight…I was in Vegas all week and teams in the LeBron sweepstakes were coming up to me saying, 'what do you think he's gonna do?' They don't know. I promise you" – Brian Windhorst

"I am not one of these analysts that come on TV every single year, 'Oh the Dallas Cowboys are Super Bowl contenders.' But ladies and gentlemen…I have the Dallas Cowboys for 2026 being Super Bowl contenders" – Harry Douglas

Paul Skenes and Jacob Misiorowski answer the age-old question of whether a broadcaster can jinx a no-hitter:

Will the Miami Dolphins be the NFL's worst team in 2026? Warren Sharp (@sharpfootball.bsky.social) offers his thoughts on that and makes other predictions in an interview with Awful Announcing. bit.ly/4fnPlep

"I think it's gonna stink" – Jeff Passan on Netflix's new MLB Home Run Derby format

"If I hear one more person talk about the Red Sox difficult travel, I might just have to expire" - Gary Cohen

Darren Fletcher: "I mentioned Mikel Merino about five minutes ago, and he is now on to replace Dani Olmo. So, don't sleep on him. If anyone can find the winning goal, it might well be this fellow." ⚽🎙️🎯🪄 #WorldCup

Jenny Taft interviews Didier Deschamps in French. Très impressionnant.

Shams Charania: "Some of the leading suitors...have been able to send a voice note to LeBron James via Rich Paul. Whether it's an owner, a president or a general manager being able to record a voice note" LeBron recruitment is really heating up…

Keith Hernandez: "I do not have a powder blue jersey" Gary Cohen: "Someone I’m sure can get you a Cardinal powder blue jersey" Keith Hernandez: "That's why I mentioned it on the air"

"Pulisic, making sure everybody hears that he's injured. It is just fantastic…because our soccer media is a little soft and precious and too often panders like our NBA media does, it's taken actual soccer players to lower the boom" – Colin Cowherd

"Oh, Azzi will get 20 – Pazzi – Paige will get this, Paige will get that" – Geno Auriemma

A winding question about the Big 12's relationship with Texas Tech prompted a feisty response from Brett Yormark, as well as a rare synchronized dual media member double facepalm. awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...

"My two are in their 40s, they're not going to have kids. I won't go into one of them. That's not gonna happen. So the line is burnt. It's burnt. It just burned down" - Keith Hernandez

Darren Fletcher: "VAR is the bane of my life." ... Fletcher: "My son's just messaged to say 'definite penalty.'" Owen Hargreaves: "You should be concentrating on the game, not looking at your phone." Fletcher: "He's also had choice words about the officials, too. I won't repeat them."

"This is worth a look, isn't it?" Fox play-by-play announcer Darren Fletcher was "very surprised" that the referee didn't take another look at this play for a penalty. #WorldCup

Rob Green: "A hundred yards away, someone stepping on someone's toe, is not why VAR was brought into the game. We've gotten to a point now where it's reaching far beyond the powers that it should have. The referee saw the tackle, decided not to give it..."

"I hate the fact that the president got himself involved in this" – Boomer Esiason on Donald Trump intervening with Folarin Balogun's red card

"What is going on?!" "Chaos at the Azteca!" "What a game! Absolutely astonishing! I've never seen anything like it!"

Did John Smoltz sneak into this segment about patriotic travel undetected?

Darren Fletcher: "I went to see the baseball last night, across the parking lot. The Kansas City Royals against the Tampa Bay Rays. It wasn't a good night for the team from Kansas City, I can tell you. There were fountains inside the stadium. It was that warm; I almost went to go in them." #WorldCup

Darren Fletcher: "One thing you shouldn't see here tonight are any Kansas City Chiefs players, because they should be at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding. If you've not got the invitation, you won't dare show your face here, I'm sure." #WorldCup

NASA astronaut Christina Koch explains the "coolest thing to see from space." John Kruk: "To be honest with you, you could've just stayed in the Continental United States & saw everything you wanted to see." Koch: "Good point. Why did I go all the way there? Really long trip."

John Kruk to NASA astronaut Christina Koch: "Explain to the folks what rice pudding was like up in space." ... "Y'all have beer up there?" Koch: "No, we do not. Carbonated beverages do not do well without gravity..." ⚾️🚀🎙️😂

Since the publication of our article, nearly a dozen more people have come forward with similar stories. The number of impacted individuals is shocking until you realize that Miller was commissioner of over 90 fantasy football leagues last season. awfulannouncing.com/espn/matt-mi...

Zlatan on the Netherlands and manager Ronald Koeman: "This loss is on Koeman because I didn't recognize this Dutch team. And he lost with an identity that is not the Dutch identity. And that makes me angry. Lose with your identity, and try always with that. That's who you are." ⚽🔥📺🎙️ #WorldCup

Just when you think it can't get worse for the 2026 New York Mets... Gary Cohen: "A comedy of errors in the Mets' outfield!" Ron Darling: "Holy 2015 World Series! I mean, my goodness!" ⚾️😬🎙️ #MLB