What a way to begin the NBA playoffs. For the first two minutes of the Cleveland Cavaliers-Orlando Magic game, we saw a couple of 3-pointers for the Cavs and a basket by the Magic.
With Doc Rivers leaving ESPN to take the Bucks head coaching job, it left a spot open on ESPN's lead NBA team. A familiar face could be taking that spot.
ESPN could have its replacement for Doc Rivers in-house after all.
Now that Doc Rivers is returning to an NBA sideline with the Milwaukee Bucks, there appears to be a void left in ESPN/ABC's splashy reboot of its "A" play-by-play team that's helmed by Hall of Fame play-by-play announcer Mike Breen.
Long before Burke was named the first woman to serve as television analyst for the NBA Finals, she was making history during her playing career, which began in New Jersey.
During the NBA offseason, ESPN, as it often does, reorganized its extensive team of analysts and announcers. But in a surprising move, ESPN dumped Jeff Van Gundy then Mark Jackson from their longtime posts as lead game analysts alongside play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, setting the stage for Doris Burke and ex-NBA coach Doc Rivers to take over.
Damian Lillard’s talents extend beyond the basketball court, as the Bucks star has enjoyed success as a rapper, and he apparently nearly featured ESPN analyst Doris Burke on one of his songs—until her verse got cut.
ESPN on Monday revealed its broadcasting plans for the 2023-2024 NBA season, which included the announcement of its No. 2 NBA announcing team.
Doris Burke will become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues as she joins Doc Rivers and Mike Breen as ESPN and ABC's top NBA crew.
ESPN unveiled its revamped NBA coverage team for the 2023-2024 season on Monday. As expected, game analyst Doris Burke will make sports TV history as the first female to call a major men’s championship in the U.S.
Former coach and point guard Doc Rivers is expected to join Doris Burke and play-by-play man Mike Breen in a reshaped No. 1 broadcast team for ESPN broadcasts of NBA games, per Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
Former coach and point guard Doc Rivers is expected to join Doris Burke and play-by-play man Mike Breen in a reshaped No. 1 broadcast team for ESPN broadcasts of NBA games, per Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
Doris Burke is poised to make history as the first woman to call a major U.S. men’s championship on TV. Burke is expected to join ESPN/ABC’s No. 1 NBA broadcast team, along with play-by-play announcer Mike Breen and ex-Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers, sources told Front Office Sports.
Weeks after Jeff Van Gundy was let go in ESPN's layoffs, the network is reportedly reshuffling its top NBA play-by-play team with a promotion and a hiring.
ESPN has reportedly decided on its new top NBA broadcast crew, and there will be two new faces in the booth.
ESPN appears set for a total overhaul of its top NBA broadcast crew next season, adding two new names after Jeff Van Gundy’s departure from the network.
ESPN has a big void in its NBA coverage after Jeff Van Gundy was let go, and one media insider has a prediction for who will fill it.
Whomever replaces Van Gundy will have big shoes to fill. The 61-year-old had been with ESPN as its top game analyst for 16 years and called nearly 100 NBA Finals games.
ESPN color commentator Doris Burke offered a measured view of divisive Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks.
Doris Burke typically calls basketball games; she doesn’t attend them. But ESPN’s national NBA analyst was so fascinated by the drama surrounding the Women’s Final Four this year she attended the semifinals as a spectator.
Trying to narrow down our top 25 NBA play-by-play announcers and color commentators was not easy, and we're sure some notables are missing. But we think we've compiled an overall sound list of NBA voices that are highly entertaining.
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Doris Burke is one of the most respected basketball personalities on the planet.
NBA fans have always had a thing for Doris Burke and with due reason. She’s a beautiful woman who knows a lot of basketball and has worked her way through to the top of the top.
One more playoff weekend is over, and somehow we still haven't hit the Eastern Conference Finals. LeBron has eaten 15 pounds of sea bass, invented three more game shows, watched all four seasons of "Orange Is The New Black," and yet he still has two more days off.
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