Owner and editor of @AwfulAnnouncing. Recovering Silicon Valley startup guy. Fan of Buckeyes, 49ers, A's, dogs, naps, tacos, and the old AOL dialup sounds.

Joined July 2008
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Lalas is the rare sports media unicorn in that he’s nearly universally despised and is generally insufferable and a loud wet blanket, but the network (FOX) is under a spell that it’s a good thing. This is rare Mark May rarified air that is near impossible to achieve.
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People may dislike @AlexiLalas, but he’s doing more for domestic Spanish language fluency than anyone in American history.
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SUMMER OF GEORGE
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This was a truly badass playoff run that nobody outside of Knicks fans really thought was going to go all the way. Legendary stuff. All the reasons why we watch sports and stay loyal to a team despite decades of heartache.
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My picture quality for Game 5 is baaaaad. Wasn’t this bad for game 4. Can’t use the ESPN app because YouTubeTV is still working on the authentication. Every other game on TV right now looks better. I think most of that is on my local Sinclair affiliate but still not great!
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Very much think Fox has a good thing going in people are eating up Lalas eating shit as a feature and not a bug
Everyone’s convinced Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimović really don’t like Alexi Lalas awfulannouncing.com/fox/zlat…
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Europeans experiencing New Jersey on their way to the World Cup
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Never forget when Mike Francesa brought on the St. John's soccer coach for an interview about the upcoming 2014 World Cup. awfulannouncing.com/2014/the…
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I think X has made some progress on a few fronts but the decision to make articles the last tab over likes on mobile is insane. Lot of people want to go through their likes to find specific tweets. Virtually nobody uses articles (will never catch on imo)
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This squad would absolutely wreck anyone
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CNN's resident fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn't conducted an on-air fact check of Trump in more than three months, a stretch that coincidentally began around the same time Paramount announced its merger with WBD status.news/p/daniel-dale-cn…
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Larry David reacts to the now forgotten Josh Hart miss.
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They just finished looking at the freak book
Larry David and John McEnroe courtside
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Awful Announcing is hiring a part-time Nights/Weekends Editor. linkedin.com/jobs/view/44260…
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I got a call from a family friend this week telling me they knew someone working with FIFA, and they got an email saying "any family and friends can get tickets for any games, but they have to pay face value." That's the thing. Nobody wants the inflated face value tickets.
FIFA has controlled ticket inventory leading up to the World Cup, releasing new batches at certain points and then (as it looks from the chart) pulling back tickets at other times FIFA still has ~25K unsold tickets. It's now giving thousands of them out for free. Story below ⬇️
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The Koo Ohio State family dynasty 📈📈📈
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