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The Bucks may not have a plan, but they aren't afraid to throw money at a problemAt least Milwaukee Bucks fans can say that the Haslems aren’t penny-pinchers. Jimmy and Dee bought their way into the NBA last spring when they purchased former franchise co-owner Marc Lasry’s share. Since then, two Bucks head coaches have been fired and their most recent hire is one of the most wel...

After the ESPN shakeup, we still have Hubie Brown to keep teaching us basketballFollowing its highest-rated NBA Playoff in two decades, ESPN decided to take a hatchet to its game coverage of the league. Gone from the network entirely are Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy. Replacing them on the No. 1 commentator team alongside Mike Breen are Doris Burke and Doc Rivers. Ryan Ruocco...

Doris Burke, Mike Breen, and Doc Rivers are a match made in…somethingWeeks after ESPN split up the NBA’s quirkiest broadcast TRIO by inexplicably laying off Jeff Van Gundy, the suits in Bristol had a high bar to reach for the new three-man-weave in its NEXT lead broadcast team. Mike Breen was a certified starter as the voice of the Worldwide Leader’s play-by-play NBA...

ESPN breaks up its broadcast superteam-in-slacks as Jeff Van Gundy enters NBA free agency

As ESPN reaches the end of its fiscal year today, the Worldwide Leader has commenced its semi-annual purge of top talent. On Wednesday, the pink slip Russian Roulette landed on Jeff Van Gundy, after 16 years with the network....

Did Jim Nantz waste his best goodbye on March Madness?

Sportscaster sentimentality is one of the weirdest aspects of the sports world. One of the storylines of Monday night’s men’s title game was Jim Nantz. The voice of March Madness since literally as long as I can remember delivered his final college basketball broadcast in his hometown of Houston, an...

Steph Curry is why the Warriors get graded on a curve

Steph Curry lighting it up on a Saturday night in primetime while Mike Breen delivers an emphatic “Bang!” as the background chorus is a familiar scene. Curry is only four games into his latest comeback from his second major injury of the season, but the Milwaukee Bucks presented a litmus test for th...

For Black America, moments of silence are no longer enough

As of March, it has been 25 years since I had my introduction to society. My ninth birthday was in my sights, as was the end of the school year. Springtime in Chicagoland may not always bring sunshine and flowers, but it does come with promise. The occasional 60-70 degree day gives just enough hope ...

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On the 10th anniversary of his death, 10 awesome Macho Man moments

It’s impossible to do this as a “greatest” list because there were too many stand-out Macho Moments throughout the course of Randy Savage’s storied career....

by Jon Helmkamp|

|Fri May 21 2021

Buck Laughlin Showed What Professionalism In Broadcasting Looked Like

Most of the time, when a broadcaster becomes the voice of a particular sport is when they find the tide shifting against them. Or maybe it’s just that Joe Buck has become the voice of two. Al Michaels and football. Mike Breen and basketball. Doc Emrick and hockey. While all are unquestionably at the...

by Sam Fels|

|Mon May 18 2020

Amidst a ton of movement among sports broadcasters, ESPN has recently locked up NBA announcer Mike Breen and college football announcer Brent Musburger to multi-year deals. ...

by Kevin Draper|

|Thu Jun 02 2016

ESPN Broadcasters: ESPN's Reporting Is Bad

On Tuesday, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne dropped a big piece on New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson’s handling of the season. It mainly focused on Jackson’s relationships with Knicks coaches—first Derek Fisher and now Kurt Rambis. The Knicks have looked even worse under Jackson’s longtime friend ...

by Kevin Draper|

|Thu Mar 17 2016

The Comeback Pig: Marv Albert, And How To Survive Any Sex Scandal

This month, Marv Albert celebrated his 70th birthday and joined the NFL on CBS. He announced he would leave his gig calling Nets games for the YES Network—he wouldn't have the time. The CBS job "wasn't something I was looking for," Albert said. Marv, at 70, is sports' most sought-after voice, so muc...

by Jack Dickey|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

A Quick Note On Those "Whoever Wins Game 3 Wins The Series" People

During the closing minutes of Heat-Mavs last night, Mike Breen said that the game would go "a long way towards determining who wins the series." That statement, while unnecessary, was at least true. I'd like to talk about the stat that can appear in any game of any playoff series: that the team that...

by dmr|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Joyless Mike Breen Threatens To Make Boring Finals Even More Unbearable

Of the many reasons to feel generally blah about the upcoming Magic-Lakers series, there is, above all, this sad fact: Mike Breen, the only man who watches basketball and cheers for the refs, is still the voice of the NBA finals....

by Tommy Craggs|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Media Approval Ratings: Mike Breen

Mike Breen, it seems, almost came out of nowhere to take over as the lead NBA broadcaster. It took an odd confluence of circumstances for the guy to go from ski jumping in 2002 to the NBA Finals in 2008....

by Will Leitch|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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