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Posts by Brandon Contes

Brandon Contes is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He previously helped carve the sports vertical for Mediaite and spent more than three years with Barrett Sports Media. Send tips/comments/complaints to bcontes@thecomeback.com

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Tennis

Novak Djokovic furiously accuses media of ‘publicly lynching’ him over toilet controversy

"They will still think that I defied the umpire, went to the toilet and that I didn’t follow the rules"

By Brandon Contes OnJan 20, 2023 0
ESPN

Stephen A. Smith slams notion that Michael Jordan can’t handle media criticism: ‘There’s a misnomer about him’

"Michael Jordan will cuss me out or somebody else out quicker than you can say your name, if you blindside him"

By Brandon Contes OnJan 20, 2023 2
Golf

Greg Norman lauds LIV Golf’s CW TV deal, claims Saudis have learned from their ‘mistakes’

"I think everybody learns from their mistakes"

By Brandon Contes OnJan 20, 2023 2
ESPN

Stephen A. Smith obliterates backlash to his Rihanna-Beyoncé comment: ‘What is wrong with America!’

"All of the stuff going on in the world, I’m being accused of Black-on-Black crime because I happen to like one artist more than the other."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 20, 2023 0
Golf

National Press Club slams CW for partnering with LIV Golf: ‘Saudi Arabia murdered a Washington Post journalist’

"We are deeply disappointed that a company that makes money from news like Nexstar would agree to participate in such a shameful PR stunt as LIV Golf."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 20, 2023 2
ESPN

Mike and the Mad Dog reunion on Stephen A. Smith’s First Take scheduled for Feb. 1

"I can tell you this, no other people, the three of us for two hours. Think about that. You talk about me being a fraud, Mike hated ESPN for 100 years!"

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 3
ABC

Lisa Guerrero reveals she suffered a miscarriage during a Monday Night Football broadcast: ‘I felt such shame and embarrassment’

"When I felt a dampness between my legs, I thought, ‘Oh, I got my period.’ And then I remembered I was pregnant. I was having a miscarriage."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 1
Local Networks

Iowa sports reporter returns to weather beat after viral rant: ‘It’s pandesnownium!’

"You all put me out here for the second time in a month to try and torture me, but the joke's on you."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 0
ABC

Stephen A. Smith tells Sean Hannity he wants to be Jimmy Kimmel’s heir apparent: ‘I’m not one-sided’

"I would love to be the heir apparent to Jimmy Kimmel...my politics would throw people off because I’d be fair to everybody."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 2
Golf

LIV Golf’s Patrick Reed threatens CNN’s Jake Tapper and Bob Costas with $450M lawsuit

The supposed “highly defamatory piece” by Jake Tapper and Bob Costas never even mentioned Patrick Reed by name.

By Brandon Contes OnJan 19, 2023 0
Pop Culture

Stephen A. Smith apologizes for Rihanna-Beyoncé comment: ‘I need to be more careful’

"I’m gonna own it. I know what y’all are trying to do, but I’m gonna own it because I get paid to speak for a living so I need to be more careful."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 18, 2023 0
NFL

Erin Andrews defends cranky coaches during sideline interviews: ‘We are in their world’

"This is the job we decided to do. It’s not going to be all happy-go-lucky, peaches and cream on the sideline."

By Brandon Contes OnJan 18, 2023 0
ESPN

Chris Russo melts down over Stephen A. Smith skipping First Take to promote ‘stupid book’ on The View

"Enough already! You’ve made a fortune! We get it, the book’s not bad, we can move on. Can we move on from this stupid book?"

By Brandon Contes OnJan 18, 2023 0

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