About this episode

The episode discusses the coverage of UConn's win over Duke, the NCAA tournaments, MLB season start, and Tiger Woods' recent issues.

It's the latest edition of the show, as the NCAA tournaments are now set for the men and women and we're ready to discuss the coverage. Plus, MLB starts the season on Netflix, NBC is back in a big way and more, including Tiger Woods latest driving while impaired disaster and more on the "LWOS Media Podcast!" Host T.J. Rives is joined by Ken Fang of Awful Announcing to discuss it all. They have lots of thoughts on the UConn miracle comeback and three pointer to oust Duke Sunday night. How "Perfect" was the coverage and the call?! Also, what about the tourney announcers overall and Nate Burleson as the host in primetime for CBS/TBS? And, what kind of games/drama will we get with UConn meeting Illinois and Arizona battlling Michigan? The guys also discuss the perceived slights for the women's tourney re-emerging from the NCAA and TV partner ESPN. Their final four has traditional powers UConn and South Carolina with Texas and UCLA. Then, there are the takes on the start to the MLB season with Netflix strating things last week with their broadcast from San Francisco with the Giants and the Yankees. How did they do? And, then they discuss NBC Sports getting back into regular national…

People in this episode

Host: T.J. Rives

Guest: Ken Fang

Topics covered

• NCAA tournaments
• MLB season
• Tiger Woods
• sports commentary
• broadcast coverage
• Final Fours

Keywords

• UConn
• Duke
• NCAA
• MLB
• Tiger Woods
• broadcast
• sports commentary
• Final Fours

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Awful Announcing, CBS, TBS, ESPN, NBC Sports

Places: UConn, Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, UCLA

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