Geno Auriemma, sports broadcaster? UConn’s women’s basketball leader says he’d consider it in a post-coaching world
As the coach of the 12-time national champion Univ. of Connecticut women’s basketball team, Geno Auriemma has long been a familiar face for ESPN viewers. But on Tuesday night he’ll find himself on ESPN in a different role -- as a broadcast analyst. Auriemma will join Beth Mowins and Robin Roberts on...
Grand Finale: ESPN enjoys its best Stanley Cup Final presentation
Less than 48 hours after a memorable Stanley Cup Final and shortly after a final wrap-up call with NHL officials, Linda Schulz admitted she was already thinking about her next assignment. Schulz, an ESPN vice president of production, oversees all aspects of her company’s NHL event and studio product...
MLB Network adds ex-Nationals GM Mike Rizzo to Draft Combine coverage
MLB Network has added a former GM to its talent roster. As part of its Draft Combine coverage on June 23, Mike Rizzo, who won a title in 2019 with the Nationals, will serve as an analyst for the event.
Knicks’ title ‘means the world’ to Mike Breen, says Michael Kay
The relationship between Yankees play-by-play voice Michael Kay and ESPN/ABC lead NBA broadcaster Mike Breen dates back to 1979 when Kay was an outgoing sophomore at Fordham and Breen was a reserved freshman trying to find his way amid the private Jesuit university in the Bronx. The two sports broad...
Michael Kay, Mike Breen bond from Fordham to NBA Finals
The relationship between Yankees play-by-play voice Michael Kay and ESPN/ABC lead NBA broadcaster Mike Breen dates back to 1979 when Kay was an outgoing sophomore at Fordham and Breen was a reserved freshman trying find his way amid the private Jesuit university in the Bronx. The two sports broadcas...
ESPN green-lights docuseries on Toronto Tempo; Serena Williams among exec producers
A quintet of boldfaced names -- Serena Williams, Ryan Reynolds, Robin Roberts, Masai Ujiri and Lilly Singh -- are partnering to executive-produce a four-part series on the launch of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo.
Mike Breen sizes up ‘compelling’ Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals clash
Mike Breen has called 21 consecutive NBA Finals for ESPN/ABC -- the most for any network broadcaster -- but he readily concedes this year’s NBA Finals will be entirely different for him.
Dream Team: The Toronto Tempo embody Larry Tanenbaum’s vision and represent all of Canada and its WNBA hopes
One of the perks of investing nearly $150 million in Canada’s first WNBA team is that it grants you a private tour of the century-old Coca-Cola Coliseum, an 8,000-plus seat arena in downtown Toronto originally built for agriculture fairs that has since morphed into a charming hockey barn for the AHL...
Larry Tanenbaum: ‘Sports is good business’
The pursuit of a WNBA franchise has been a multi-decade quest for Toronto Tempo owner Larry Tanenbaum. In 2002, he and Richard Peddie, then the CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, examined the prospect of bringing a WNBA team to Toronto, but their research at the time suggested the market ...
NBC Sports hires Dave Flemming for play-by-play
After bringing in Jason Benetti as its lead broadcaster for its MLB game inventory, NBC Sports is adding another accomplished MLB play by play voice to its roster.