In the latest edition of the AA Podcast, perhaps the most popular announcer in America joins us, the brilliant Ian Darke of ESPN. Darke has been at the center of ESPN's soccer revolution as lead play by play voice and talks with AA about...

-His popularity amongst American soccer fans
-The memorable USA/Brazil Women's World Cup Quarterfinal
-The challenges facing the growth of MLS
-Wednesday night's USA-Mexico friendly and the debut of Jurgen Klinsman
-The upcoming EPL season and his picks to win the league.

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In the latest edition of the Awful Announcing Podcast, Aaron Torres of Crystal Ball Run and Aaron Torres Sports drops by to talk in-depth about the scandal filled offseason in college football. We touch on all the major stories of the offseason, including some surprising thoughts on the media's intensive coverage of Ohio State's troubles. AA also chats with Aaron about Joe Morgan Memorial Tournament champion Craig James, who the best announcers are in college football, and much more.

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In the newest AA Podcast, one of the funniest men in all of sports, David Feherty of CBS Sports and the Golf Channel, stops by to talk about his new self-titled show on the Golf Channel and Darren Clarke's win in the British Open. AA also chats with David about...

-The amazing successes of golfers from Northern Ireland.
-Opening up about his battles with alcoholism and depression.
-The challenges of Feherty.
-The chances of Tiger Woods breaking Jack's major record.
-The future of the game of golf.
-The importance of humor.

All that and more with David Feherty in the latest AA Podcast.

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In this edition of the Awful Announcing podcast, we're joined by CNBC Emmy Award winning sports business reporter Darren Rovell. AA chats with Darren about a number of topics in this wide-ranging podcast including...

-The massive explosion of sports rights on television
-The Comcast merger with NBC, how it affects Versus, and whether or not they can compete with ESPN
-Athletes and the impact of Twitter
-The future of golf on television in a post-Tiger world
-The NFL and NBA lockouts

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In the first Awful Announcing Podcast at the Bloguin network, we talk with the co-author of Those Guys Have All The Fun, Jim Miller, about the impressive book that tells the story of ESPN. We discuss amongst other topics...

-The outlined nine steps to ESPN's dominance
-The lack of stars on SportsCenter
-Bill SImmons' outspokenness
-ESPN's relationship with sports blogs
-The future of the network

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