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The Play-By-Play

The Play-By-Play

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 The Play-By-Play is a sports media news talk show brought to you by Awful Announcing. Join AA writers Brendon Kleen and Ben Axelrod each week as they bring you the latest news and insight from the ever-changing sports media world, including all of the happenings at ESPN, Fox, NBC, CBS, Turner, Amazon and beyond. Subscribe to The Play By Play on Apple, Spotify, and wherever podcasts are found.

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  • Winter Olympics ROCKED by Ilia Malinin nightmare

    Winter Olympics ROCKED by Ilia Malinin nightmare
    Feb 18 2026

    Ilia Malinin aka the "Quad God" was supposed to be the biggest story of the Winter Olympics for Team USA. Instead, his failure took the world by storm.


    What happened here?


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    38 mins
  • NBA All-Star game FIXED? Plus MLB makes a HUGE change

    NBA All-Star game FIXED? Plus MLB makes a HUGE change
    Feb 17 2026

    The NBA All-Star game got rave reviews with the Team USA vs. World format. Plus, is there more to this MLB K-zone story than meets the eye?


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    39 mins
  • Le Batard Show's Mike Ryan ATTACKS Boomer Esiason over 'MAGA bullsh*t'

    Le Batard Show's Mike Ryan ATTACKS Boomer Esiason over 'MAGA bullsh*t'
    Feb 13 2026

    Le Batard Show producer Mike Ryan delivered one of our bigger political sports media beefs of Trump 2.0 by demanding that Boomer Esiason own up to his "MAGA-coded bullsh*t."


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    33 mins
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