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Matt Zemek

Awful Announcing

Seattle, WA, United States

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Past articles by Matt:

The NHL's return to ESPN gives the league a huge opportunity to reclaim casual fans

The NHL's return to linear ESPN next season presents the league with a chance to make an inroads with casual fans. → Read More

The 5 best power-conference tournaments

The ACC Tournament is the gold standard of conference tournaments. It headlines the week leading up to Selection Sunday. → Read More

The top 10 one-bid conference tournaments

It's Championship Week, which means it's time to list the 10 best one-bid conference tournaments, from the Big South to the West Coast. → Read More

Is Danny Kanell worse than Mark May? It's not an unreasonable question

ESPN commentator Danny Kanell is known for trolling SEC fans and the SEC at large. It’s a role the former Florida State quarterback clearly relishes. Moreover, it’s a perfect match for a First Take culture in the current sports broadcasting climate. Whether you agree or disagree with Kanell’s college football opinions, they can be taken … → Read More

10 unsung college sports Twitter stars

10 unsung college sports Twitter stars you should follow in 2016. → Read More

Army-Navy scores its highest overnight rating this century

This century isn’t exactly old, but it has featured 16 Army-Navy Game broadcasts. This past Saturday’s CBS telecast scored the highest rating of the century. The 5.1 overnight number is the highest rating for this game since 1996. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. A close game; Army putting up a very good fight; and Navy receiving … → Read More

How to improve college football's Selection Sunday

How can ESPN make its College Football Playoff show on Selection Sunday a lot more appealing, entertaining and dramatic. → Read More

New bowl watchability rankings

A watchability rankings guide for the 2015-2016 bowl season, based on time slots as much as the quality of matchups. → Read More

Kevin McHale is out in Houston

The search for Kevin McHale's replacement begins in Houston. → Read More

The Rockets' timetable for improvement

The Rockets' timetable is five and a half weeks. If they can't improve by then, they're toast. → Read More

The NBA's 10-game rule

What is the "10-game rule" in the NBA? Find out here. → Read More

Denver moves to 2-0 against Ty Lawson and Houston

The Denver Nuggets haven't arrived yet, but after nine games, the big story is that they haven't left. → Read More

LSU-Alabama is a college football ratings magnet for CBS

There’s a reason CBS regularly puts the LSU-Alabama game in the 8 p.m. Eastern time slot: The game delivers a big number. Even though the Crimson Tide overpowered the Bayou Bengals last Saturday, taking command of the proceedings well before 60 minutes (no, not the CBS broadcast) had run their course, Black Rock pulled in … → Read More

3-game losing streaks in the young NBA season

3-game losing streaks, in just two weeks of play? Yes, it's true. → Read More

Playing at home continues to mean less and less in the NBA

Playing at home isn't what it used to be in professional basketball. → Read More

Florida State-Clemson hits the sweet spot for ABC

Saturday’s ABC telecast of the game between the Florida State Seminoles and Clemson Tigers delivered a big number, and we’re not referring to the (1) next to Clemson’s place in the College Football Playoff rankings. Saturday’s showcase game for the ABC/ESPN umbrella pulled in a 5.5 overnight rating while averaging 99,000 minute impressions for WatchESPN. … → Read More

Andre Drummond is causing jaws to drop

Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson create a quarter to remember in Portland. → Read More

The Hawks make another moment against the Wizards

The Atlanta Hawks fashioned a noteworthy moment in early November. → Read More

The Timberwolves were defeated by basketball on Monday

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to Portland on a night when they honored Flip Saunders. The rules of basketball hurt them. → Read More

Memphis is being left behind by the new NBA

Memphis is a slow car in the fast lane of the Western Conference → Read More