Hey, just because I signed on as a contributor didn’t mean you had to redecorate the entire house.

Oh, it wasn’t because of me? Never mind.

Awful Announcing actually debuted a new look today. And you’ll notice one thing that is missing.

Managing Editor Matt Yoder writes:

Immediately, you probably noticed one big change.  Our Mount Rushmore has gone the way of Tim McCarver and retired… at least until it resurfaces on a Fox Sports regional network.  The Mount Rushmore concept has been run so far into the ground in the sports world over the last month that we no longer felt comfortable prominently displaying it on our website.  To combine two overused idioms, Mount Rushmore jumped the shark.  Thanks, LeBron James.

Of course there is a real reason why you no longer see Mount Rushmore and why we have a fancy new slogan as well.  Since 2011, my goal with Awful Announcing as an editor of this site was to expand one of the pillars of the sports blogosphere to new horizons.  Brian Powell’s original version of Awful Announcing was one of the first sports blogs to matter and before I was a writer, AA 1.0 was one of my favorite websites to visit as a reader.  Since moving to Bloguin, AA 2.0 has looked to build upon that and not just “put announcers on notice” but cover the entire industry in an insightful, fair, and hopefully sometimes humorous way.  Whether this be through analysis, news, podcasts, social media, or any other medium, our goal is to provide the best coverage of the sports media every day.  Thankfully, the growth of this website over the last few years and your readership has validated that decision.  AA has set several traffic records over the last year and continues to reach new heights, so we thank all of you for your continued support.

I agree. Like the new look.