Rest In Peace Ron Franklin (1942 ~ 2022). Franklin shown here with his longtime ESPN College Football partner Mike Gottfried. Prior to ESPN, Franklin was the play-by-play voice for the Houston Oilers and the University of Texas.
#RIPRonFranklin
📷 Joe Songer
In Memoriam 2022 - Sports Broadcasting
John Clayton
Len Dawson
Ron Franklin
Hank Goldberg
Fred Hickman
Alan Massengale
Dave McClelland
Bill Russell
Vin Scully
Tony Siragusa
Dick Vercase
Grant Wahl
Tom Weiskopf
Congratulations to ESPN’s
@Andraya_Carter
(reporter/analyst), named Best Young (Under-30) Reporter for 2022 by
@NSMASportsMedia
. Carter began w/ SEC Network as an analyst in 2018 and serves as a sideline reporter for college football & basketball as well as studio work.
#SportsTV
Hat tip to PA announcer Gene Honda who has called every
#FinalFour
since 2003. He has been the PA voice of
#WhiteSox
since 1985 &
#BlackHawks
since 2001 plus DePaul hoops, Illinois football & the Big Ten tourney. Tonight marks Honda’s final
#MBB
national championship game.
With the cancellation of the
@HawaiiBowl
, there are no major live U.S. sporting events scheduled for 12/24/21. NFL, NBA, NHL, College Football, Men’s/Women’s College Basketball all dormant this Xmas Eve.
Rest In Peace Irv Cross (1939 ~ 2021). The first African American full-time sportscaster on national television, Cross worked as an analyst and commentator for CBS Sports from 1971 - 1994.
#RIPIrvCross
Future Super Bowl TV rights
2024: FOX
2025: NBC
2026: ABC
2027: CBS
2028: FOX
2029: NBC
2030: ABC
2031: CBS
2032: FOX
2033: NBC
Note: Designated year is for NFL season, not calendar year that game will be played in.
#NFL
#SuperBowl
Current
#NFL
&
#NBA
stretch for Kevin Harlan🔽
Sun, 10/22: Packers at Broncos, CBS
Mon, 10/23: 49ers at Vikings, Westwood One
Tue, 10/24: Lakers at Nuggets, TNT
Thu, 10/26: Suns at Lakers, TNT
Sun, 10/29: Chiefs at Broncos, CBS
Mon, 10/30: Raiders at Lions, Westwood One
Congratulations
@Andraya_Carter
(analyst/reporter) of ESPN & SEC Network, named recipient of the 2023 Dawn Staley Excellence in Broadcasting Award for excelling in the profession while bringing visibility and prominence to women sports.
#WBB
Al Michaels met Sal Bando on his first day at Arizona State in 1962. Bando went on to win the College World Series MVP in 1965, then was captain of the Oakland A’s World Series championship teams in 1972, 1973 & 1974.
#RIPSalBando
At
#SBLVIII
, Kevin Harlan (Westwood One pbp) &
@OliviaDekker
(Sky Sports sideline reporter) became the first father-daughter combo to call & cover a Super Bowl. Westwood One provided the national radio broadcast, while Sky Sports televised the NFL in the United Kingdom.
#NFL
Gus Johnson (pbp) will return to calling NBA games with Game 2 of the Pacers-Bucks series, Tuesday at 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT on NBA TV. Johnson will work alongside
@jimjackson419
(analyst) &
@Dennis3DScott
(reporter).
#NBA
#NBAPlayoffs
🎙Bob Costas looks back at the three Hall of Fame announcers who called Hank Aaron’s 715th home run
#OTD
50 years ago.
Curt Gowdy (NBC television)
Milo Hamilton (Braves radio)
Vin Scully (Dodgers radio)
via
@MLBNetwork
#MLB
#HankAaron
Congratulations Jon Miller (pbp) who has embarked on his 50th season as a broadcaster. Miller, the voice of the
#SFGiants
since 1997, began his career in 1974 as play-by-play voice for the
#Athletics
.
#MLB
Transactions: Kayla Burton
@Kay_Breezy22
named sideline reporter on ESPN/ABC College Football, working alongside Dave Flemming (pbp) & Brock Osweiler (analyst). Burton has served as a host & reporter for NFL Network.
#CFB
Rest in Peace Billy Packer (1940 ~ 2023). Packer worked as network analyst for 34 NCAA Final Fours from 1975 to 2008 with NBC and CBS. Packer also spent decades with Raycom Sports as analyst for ACC basketball.
#CBB
#RIPBillyPacker
Another action packed stretch for Kevin Harlan (pbp):
Thu., 2/8: Nuggets at Lakers, TNT
Sun., 2/11: Super Bowl LVIII, Westwood One
Tue., 2/13: Thunder at Magic, TNT
#NBA
#NFL
#SuperBowl
Rest in Peace Howie Schwab (1960 ~ 2024). A longtime researcher, coordinating producer and on-air personality at ESPN, Schwab starred in the sports trivia game show Stump the Schwab, hosted by the late Stuart Scott. He also provided statistical info for
@DickieV
for years.
ESPN announces an extension with Hubie Brown (analyst) who will begin his 20th season with ESPN and his 50th season in the NBA in 2023-24. Brown, who turns 90 on September 25, will call games this season primarily with
@MarkJonesESPN
(pbp) or
@DavePasch
(pbp).
#NBA
View from the Booth: Kevin Harlan (pbp) with stopwatch in hand at Monday night’s
#Rams
at
#Packers
game. Harlan, on the Westwood One national radio call with Ross Tucker (analyst), uses the tool to measure hang time of every punt.
#NFL
h/t:
@RossTuckerNFL
🎙Jim Nantz (pbp) & Bill Raftery (analyst), 3/15/86. At age 26, Nantz calls his first NCAA Tournament game. Duke vs. Old Dominion, NCAA Second Round in Greensboro, NC. For his final NCAA Tournament game at the 2023 championship, Nantz will again be alongside Raftery.
#MFinalFour
Transactions: Noah Eagle named play-by-play voice for Team USA men’s & women’s basketball games and medal round competition at the Paris Olympic Games this summer. Team USA games will be presented on NBC, Peacock and USA Network.
#Paris2024
#USABasketball
Congrats Marv Albert on retirement following 2021 NBA East Conf Finals on TNT
* 55 years broadcasting NBA
* 25 NBA All-Star Games
* 13 NBA Finals
* 8 Super Bowls (national radio)
* 8 Stanley Cup Finals (NY Rangers)
* NFL, NHL, MLB, CBB, Boxing, Wimbledon, ‘92 Olympics Dream Team
CBS College Football Week One announcer pairings 🔽
Ohio State at Indiana: Nessler/Danielson/Dell
Texas Tech at Wyoming: Waltz/Taylor/Guerra
Northwestern at Rutgers: McCarthy/McCourty/Blackmon
Oregon State at SJSU: Lewis/Tucker/Walters
#CFB
Rest in Peace Chris Mortensen (1951 ~ 2024). The legendary NFL reporter worked at ESPN from 1991 until his retirement last year. Mortensen won several awards in his career, including the prestigious Dick McCann Award from the Pro Football Writers of America in 2016.
#NFL
Transactions:
@KathrynTappen
named studio host & reporter for NHL Network. Tappen rejoins NHL Network, having previously worked with the network from 2011 to 2015. As a current broadcaster for NBC Sports, Tappen recently concluded her 10th year covering college football.
#NHL
Tuesday concluded a 4-game, 5-day, 3-city stretch for Mike Breen (pbp).
Fri: OKC at MIN, ESPN
Sat: NYK at CLE, MSG
Sun: LAL at MEM, ABC
Tue: NYK at CLE, MSG
#NBA
#NBAPlayoffs
Saturday marked the first-ever live presentation of a women’s college basketball game on NBC -
@ZoraStephenson
(pbp),
@LaChinaRobinson
(analyst) &
@IceYoung23
(reporter) were on the call for California vs. Notre Dame at the Shamrock Classic in St. Louis.
h/t 📷
@RisingMStars
Sean McDonough (pbp) is working 3️⃣ different sports over the next 8️⃣ days.
St. Pete>Athens>Pittsburgh
Sean joined
@MikeGillShow
&
@pdemontmollin
on the Announcer Schedules Podcast earlier this year. Listen:
#MLB
#CFB
#NHL
Graphic:
@ESPNPR
Rest In Peace Vin Scully (1927 ~ 2022). Scully was the iconic voice of the
#Dodgers
for 67 seasons & over 9,000 games, the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history. Adored by millions, he called games nationally for CBS & NBC.
#RIPVinScully
#Sweet16
announcer assignments🎙
Anderson/Jackson/LaForce: New York
Harlan/Bonner/Van Gundy/Shehadi: Las Vegas
Eagle/Spanarkel/Washburn: Louisville
Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson: Kansas City
#CBB
#MBB
#MarchMadness
Future Super Bowl TV rights
2023: CBS
2024: FOX
2025: NBC
2026: ABC
2027: CBS
2028: FOX
2029: NBC
2030: ABC
2031: CBS
2032: FOX
2033: NBC
Note: Designated year is for NFL season, not calendar year that game will be played in.
#NFL
#SuperBowl
View from the Booth:
@RyanRuocco
(tv pbp) &
@JustinShackil
(radio pbp) called the 24th perfect game in
#MLB
history and fourth ever in
#Yankees
history on Wednesday night in Oakland. The two good friends are both 36 years old and graduates of Fordham University.
#PerfectGame
Transactions: Mick Hubert announces retirement after a 33-year career as voice of the Florida Gators. Hubert has called a total of 2,507 University of Florida football, men’s basketball and baseball games, announcing every UF football game since the 1989 season-opener.
#CFB
Rest in Peace Rick Jeanneret (1942 ~ 2023). Jeanneret called Buffalo
#Sabres
games for 51 years. He retired as the longest-tenured pbp announcer with a single team in NHL history, calling his first Sabres game on radio on 10/10/71 and joining the team's TV broadcast in 1995.
#NHL
Bill Walton (analyst) makes his 2023-24 ESPN family of networks debut Monday night at the Maui Invitational.
9 pm ET: Kansas vs. Chaminade, ESPNU
11:30 pm ET: UCLA vs. Marquette, ESPN2
@KanoaLeahey
(pbp) &
@Angel_Gray1
(reporter) will be alongside Walton
#CBB
#MBB
In Memoriam 2021 - Sports Broadcasting
Irv Cross
Terry Donahue
Ray Fosse
Pedro Gomez
Bob Jenkins
John Madden
Robin Miller
Jerry Remy
Steve Richards
Don Sutton
Bobby Unser
Paul Westphal
ESPN announces
@MarkJonesESPN
returns as a play-by-play voice for NBA game coverage in 2023-24. Jones, who also serves as television pbp voice Sacramento
#Kings
, joined ESPN in 1990 and has called events for 33 years on the network.
#NBA