Many thanks to Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing and Steve Bennett of Sports-Casters for featuring me on their podcasts this week.

Point of fact, Tommy Craggs, it was Yoder who brought up Deadspin. Here’s the rundown from my AA podcast:

-His glorious feud with Deadspin and how it all started.
-How being called every four letter word by Tommy Craggs has helped his internet profile.
-Fox’s grade for the Super Bowl broadcast and why it’s an incomplete.
-Best & Worst elements of Fox’s Super Bowl pregame coverage.
-Are we getting saturated with too much pregame?
-The firestorm surrounding Erin Andrews and all the unfair criticisms flung her way.
-No noticeable Super Bowl bump for Fox Sports 1.
-Ed’s new book on Babe Ruth’s Called Shot. Is it fact or fiction?
-Why Babe Ruth himself made the most convincing argument that his called shot was a myth.
-A quick look ahead to NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage.

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Meanwhile, I was part of a Sports-Casters podcast that also included Grantland’s Jonah Keri and Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn.

From Bennett:

-Ed Sherman is making his fourth appearance on the podcast. Sherman critiques Fox’s job broadcasting the Super Bowl, explains why the result of the game didn’t have much impact on the ratings, and gives Troy Aikman a little grief for sticking up for Peyton Manning. Sherman also talks about NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, explains what events will be live, tape delayed, or both and notes that Olympic coverage is usually aimed at female viewers. Sherman notes that NBC does have a plan in place if the coverage has to view away from sports and focus on some kind of tragic news event. Lastly, Sherman tells us a bit about his new book, Babe Ruth’s Called Shot: The Myth and Mystery of Baseball’s Greatest Home Run. Sherman’s book will be our book club book of the month for February and he will be back with us later to talk more about it.

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Also, here’s the link to my latest sports media video for The Sporting News.