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Were Ryan Clark's Politics a Problem? Plus: Round 1 Of the Sports Media Influence Olympics

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Ryan Clark is out at ESPN and claims he had to be "less Black" to avoid the ire of the company over the past year before he was fired.So what is the state of play at the Worldwide Leader around politics right now?Plus, we debut our Sports Media Influence Olympics, a bracket to decide who has the most influence in the industry. First up: Pat McAfee vs. Pablo Torre.It's The Play-By-Play LIVE!Awful Announcing on X: https://twitter.com/awfulannouncingAwful Announcing on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/awfulannouncingAwful Announcing on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awful_announcing/Awful Announcing on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@awful_announcing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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