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After 36 years, "Inside the NBA" ends on TNT as it heads to ESPN. Many complain about Yankees/Dodgers on Apple TV+. Bill Simmons goes off on Pablo Torre for his Jordon Hudson/Bill Belichick reporting. Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod and Brendon Kleen discuss these topics and more, including a discussion about Dan Le Batard's subreddit on the latest episode of The Play-By-Play.Time Stamps:-:59: End of “Inside the NBA”-17:59: Book tour minus the book featuring Brian Windhorst-22:11: MLB scheduling Yankees/Dodgers on Apple TV+-38:16: Pablo Torre/Bill Simmons beef-54:07: “WTF with Marc Maron Podcast” ending-58:23: Dan Le Batard subredditYou can subscribe to The Play-By-Play wherever podcasts are found. Please subscribe, rate and review!Download The Play-By-Play:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ESPN buys NFL Media, Netflix releases "WWE: Unreal," and "Pablo Torre Finds Out" heads to The Athletic. Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod and Brendon Kleen take a look at these stories, as Anthony Dabbundo from The Ringer stops by to chat on this week's episode of The Play-By-Play.Time Stamps:-:43: ESPN buys NFL Media-18:05: Anthony Dabbundo talks gambling, soccer, and The Ringer-52:58: Hot Mics including “WWE: Unreal” review and “Pablo Torre Finds Out” has a licensing deal with The AthleticYou can subscribe to The Play-By-Play wherever podcasts are found. Please subscribe, rate and review!Download The Play-By-Play:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doris Burke is getting lots of criticism and praise for her NBA broadcasts. Are low ratings for this year's NBA Finals due to two small market teams competing? Warner Bros. Discovery splits into two separate companies. Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod, Brendon Kleen, and Drew Lerner discuss these topics and more, including who may host "Pardon the Interruption" after Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, on the latest episode of The Play-By-Play.Time Stamps:-:49: Doris Burke in the news-20:08: Small market NBA Finals-31:00: Warner Bros. Discovery splits off cable networks-53:12: Lee Corso’s final “College GameDay” in Columbus-55:57: “PTI” after Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon-1:04:06: TNT’s French Open coverageYou can subscribe to The Play-By-Play wherever podcasts are found. Please subscribe, rate and review!Download The Play-By-Play:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a one week break, we are back to talk NBA. Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod and Brendon Kleen cover the top sports media storylines from the NBA Finals in a special Buy or Sell segment on the latest episode of The Play-By-Play.Time Stamps:-3:30: ESPN NBA broadcast booth staying the same?-11:03: Stephen A. Smith being totally gone from NBA postseason coverage?-16:20: “Inside the NBA” will salvage ESPN’s NBA coverage?-20:37: ESPN bringing back Finals features satisfying NBA fans?-26:21: The NBA is happy about this Finals?-32:04: Does it matter that NBA news breaks during Finals?-36:15: Podcasts becoming a replacement for traditional NBA coverage?-39:43: Amazon and NBC will make ESPN’s NBA coverage better?-43:26: Hot micsYou can subscribe to The Play-By-Play wherever podcasts are found. Please subscribe, rate and review!Download The Play-By-Play:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.