It's a special episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast. We had some great discussions with many incredible people in sports media over the past year and we put together a collection of clips from 2024. We thank you for listening/viewing the podcast, and have a happy 2025.-:19: Jemele Hill on Pat McAfee accusing Norby Williamson of sabotaging his show (Episode 33)-3:20: Keyshawn Johnson on working with Max Kellerman (Episode 34)-4:14: Rich Eisen on the Kansas City Chiefs being a dynasty (Episode 36)-6:23: Mike Joy on calling Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s fatal crash at end of Daytona 500 (Episode 38)-13:06: Rebecca Lobo on Caitlin Clark's impact on women's basketball (Episode 41)-14:52: Bob Costas on meeting Donald Trump before he became president (Episode 45)-19:28: Stugotz on Dan Le Batard and crew leaving ESPN (Episode 47)-22:01: Nick Wright on how close he came to joining ESPN over FS1 (Episode 52)-29:32: Andrea Kremer on her surprise of being inducted into the Pro Football HOF (Episode 56)-32:48: Dianna Russini on her reaction to Aaron Rodgers calling her out on "The Pat McAfee Show" (Episode 62)-36:23: Joe Davis on wanting to redo Shohei Ohtani's 40/40 call (Episode 64)-39:04: Jim Lampley on how he got into calling boxing (Episode 65)-43:55: Mike Golic Jr. on growing up with his dad on "Mike and Mike" (Episode 66)-48:32: Ian Eagle on watching son Noah commentate games (Episode 68)-55:44: Robert Griffin III on having similar broadcaster restrictions as Tom Brady when trying to own Washington Commanders (Episode 71)-1:00:56: Jeff Gluck on 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports vs. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit (Episode 73)Download the Awful Announcing Podcast:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedInAwful Announcing on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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