tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997657903771564952024-03-06T01:02:19.955-05:00Un/Necessary Sports ResearchTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13357179536850979191noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-61102416004150904832024-01-01T12:03:00.001-05:002024-01-01T12:03:07.469-05:00Highly Exciting Bookkeeping Details From 2023<p>Below are several historical corrections that were applied to our listings at the end of 2023. This is something that I've been updating quarterly, although it looks like that didn't happen at the end of the third quarter, and having just made 76 changes at once, I'm beginning to wonder if I should do it more often.</p><p><b>National Football League</b></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><u>Nov. 28, 1965:</u> Moved Gil Stratton from Los Angeles PBP to CBS Control of unified Packers-Rams broadcast, per newspaper evidence discovered by 506 Sports Discord user Timmy B.</li><li><u>Dec. 4, 1966:</u> Removed analyst Eddie LeBaron from Cardinals-Cowboys and slid Pat Summerall from CBS Control to the analyst chair, per the <i>Orlando Sentinel</i> of that day.</li><li><u>Oct. 17, 1971:</u> Replaced Bills-Jets PBP announcer Dick Rifenberg with Rick Azar per newspaper evidence discovered by 506 Sports Discord user Timmy B.</li><li><u>Dec. 9, 1978:</u> Moved Mike Adamle from sideline to color on Colts-Steelers and removed John Brodie connected to Dec. 10, 1978 change.</li><li><u>Dec. 10, 1978:</u> Replaced Jets-Browns analyst Len Dawson with John Brodie, per newspaper reference found by 506 Sports Discord user HamptonRoadsTVFan that indicated Dawson was mourning the death of his wife.</li><li><u>Nov. 8, 1981:</u> Corrected Dolphins-Patriots analyst from Mike Haffner to Gene Washington, per video discovered by 506 Sports Discord user Jeff79. </li><li><u>Dec, 17, 2005:</u> Added sideline reporter Suzy Kolber to Broncos-Bills per video discovered by 506 Sports Discord user GCEDW.</li></ol><div><b>Major League Baseball</b></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><u>Aug. 24, 1980:</u> Removed Dodgers-Mets analyst Howard Cosell, who was double-booked with preseason NFL duty that day.</li><li><u>July 12, 1986:</u> Replaced Phillies-Astros PBP Jay Randolph with Ted Robinson per video discovered by 506 Sports Discord user Philadelphia97.</li><li>Throughout the month of October 2023, an audit of MLB postseason field reporters conducted by 506 Sports Discord user Jeff79 resulted in the addition of 65 field reporter credits:</li><ul><li>10/18/77, Dodgers-Yankees: Bill White</li><li>10/7/78, Royals-Yankees: Bob Uecker and Jim Lampley</li><li>10/17/79, Pirates-Orioles: Bob Uecker</li><li>10/10/80, Royals-Yankees: Bob Uecker</li><li>10/12/80, Phillies-Astros: Steve Zabriskie</li><li>10/21/80, Royals-Phillies: Bryant Gumbel and Merle Harmon</li><li>10/19/81, Dodgers-Expos: Byron Day</li><li>10/28/81, Dodgers-Yankees: Bob Uecker and Jim Lampley</li><li>10/10/82, Cardinals-Braves: Jim Lampley</li><li>10/10/82, Angels-Brewers: Bob Uecker</li><li>10/8/83, Orioles-White Sox: Bill Macatee</li><li>10/8/83, Dodgers-Phillies: Len Berman</li><li>1983 World Series; Reggie Jackson to three games, Tim Brant to one</li><li>10/5/84, Royals-Tigers: Al Trautwig</li><li>10/13/84, Padres-Tigers: Len Berman</li><li>10/14/84, Padres-Tigers: Len Berman and Bob Costas</li><li>10/16/85, Cardinals-Dodgers: Bill Macatee</li><li>10/16/85, Royals-Blue Jays: Dick Enberg</li><li>10/20/85, Royals-Cardinals: Reggie Jackson</li><li>10/26/85, Royals-Cardinals: Reggie Jackson</li><li>10/27/85, Royals-Cardinals: Reggie Jackson</li><li>10/15/86, Angels-Red Sox: Don Drysdale</li><li>1986 World Series: Marv Albert to five games, Bob Costas to two</li><li>10/9/87, Cardinals-Giants: Marv Albert</li><li>10/10/87, Cardinals-Giants: Jay Randolph</li><li>10/12/87, Twins-Tigers: Marv Albert and Don Sutton</li><li>10/14/87, Giants-Cardinals: Marv Albert and Jay Randolph</li><li>1987 World Series: Reggie Jackson to all seven games</li><li>10/12/88, Mets-Dodgers: Gary Bender</li><li>10/15/88, Athletics-Dodgers: Marv Albert</li><li>10/19/88, Dodgers-Athletics: Bob Costas</li><li>10/20/88, Dodgers-Athletics: Marv Albert and Bob Costas</li><li>10/4/89, Cubs-Giants: Marv Albert</li><li>10/29/89, Athletics-Giants: Gary Thorne and Joe Morgan</li><li>10/14/95, Reds-Braves: Johnny Bench</li><li>10/17/95, Indians-Marlins: Jim Gray and Hannah Storm</li><li>10/28/95, Indians-Braves: Hannah Storm</li><li>10/6/97, Yankees-Indians: Chip Caray</li><li>10/15/97, Indians-Orioles: Chip Caray and Steve Lyons</li><li>10/26/97, Indians-Marlins: Hannah Storm and Keith Olbermann</li></ul></ol></div><div><b>National Hockey League (Canada)</b></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><u>Jan. 10, 2016:</u> Moved Louie DeBrusk from rinkside to analyst on the Panthers-Oilers game, correcting a typographical error discovered by 506 Sports Discord user JagsFan93.</li></ol><div><b>National Basketball Association</b></div></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><u>May 16, 1996:</u> Corrected Spurs-Jazz analyst from Chuck Daly to Hubie Brown, per video discovered by 506 Sports Discord user Jeff79. </li></ol></div><p></p>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-32864052656678070652023-11-01T21:55:00.001-04:002023-11-01T21:55:51.533-04:00Mark Jones Becomes Seventh NBA Announcer With 400 National Play-By-Play Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-wbOI2jcIhyBV8XTba5NGpdlV9qnO4C3brhh4Yo8P-bA2SdsZCBeT23BAJCmQsxRg2oi1cQqUqQ5ACymdXqKkfKluF04JDB6qcVM5AS8AZNhNyH55miInWZRQk6DTxOa_W0Ox3XcWpkzk2awCNwRdKm7KLPQeH1fPmevgNRxnMWUlwtyZon3lw_o8m4/s2844/Jones%20Mark%20400%20NBA%20PBP%207.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2844" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-wbOI2jcIhyBV8XTba5NGpdlV9qnO4C3brhh4Yo8P-bA2SdsZCBeT23BAJCmQsxRg2oi1cQqUqQ5ACymdXqKkfKluF04JDB6qcVM5AS8AZNhNyH55miInWZRQk6DTxOa_W0Ox3XcWpkzk2awCNwRdKm7KLPQeH1fPmevgNRxnMWUlwtyZon3lw_o8m4/w640-h360/Jones%20Mark%20400%20NBA%20PBP%207.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Veteran ESPN sportscaster Mark Jones continued his ascent up the National Basketball Association's list of most frequent national commentators Wednesday night when he called play-by-play on his 400th national NBA telecast, becoming the seventh announcer to reach that milestone.</p><p>Jones marked the occasion with a Pelicans-Thunder telecast from the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City alongside colleagues Monica McNutt and Katie George. It was his 449th career national NBA telecast including sideline work.</p><p>The six announcers ahead of Jones on the play-by-play chart are Marv Albert (1130), Mike Breen (1041), Kevin Harlan (872), Dick Stockton (616), Bob Neal (450) and Dave Pasch (401). Pasch, incidentally, is slated to cover the second game of Wednesday night's ESPN doubleheader, a Clippers-Lakers tilt in Los Angeles alongside debutant Bob Myers.</p><p>Jones, who will celebrate his 62nd birthday on November 16, is the local television voice of the Sacramento Kings, a role he assumed in 2020. After working for TSN in his native Toronto from 1986-90, he joined ESPN and ABC in 1990. In addition to basketball, his on-air credits include college football, track and field, gymnastics and speed skating.</p><p>Jones' national NBA telecast career will celebrate its 19th anniversary later this week: his first such credit came on Nov. 3, 2004, as the courtside reporter on a Heat-Nets telecast alongside Brent Musburger and Tom Tolbert. His play-by-play debut was later that season on April 23, 2005, alongside Bill Raftery for the first game of the Pacers-Celtics first-round series.</p><p>While Jones has never served as ESPN's long-term lead commentator, so he has never called a full conference final under the NBA's arrangement where ESPN gets one conference final and TNT the other, he has handled two NBA Finals telecasts, spelling Mike Breen for the first two games in 2022. He also helmed the crew for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final that year alongside Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Lisa Salters.</p><p>Following the 2016 departure of Mike Tirico for NBC Sports, Jones served as ESPN's de facto number-2 play-by-play voice, with 65 of his broadcasts ending up on ABC over-the-air during that span. With Jones still employed at ESPN but also working for the Kings, ESPN announced the formation of a "second core NBA broadcast team" of Ryan Ruocco, Richard Jefferson and JJ Redick for the 2023-24 season. The distribution of ABC telecasts between Ruocco, Jones and Pasch remains to be seen.</p><p>His most frequent partners as a play-by-play announcer include Doris Burke (116 games) and Hubie Brown (101), with Cassidy Hubbarth and Mark Jackson each appearing more than 50 times and five others 30 or more. Raftery is one of nine people who have called exactly one NBA game with Jones.</p><p>The milestone man was a four-year member of the basketball team at York University, from which he graduated in 1985 with a degree in economics. He is the brother of Toronto Raptors announcer Paul Jones and lives in Miami with his wife, Sara.</p><p><b>NBA Teams Called By Mark Jones as a National Play-By-Play Announcer</b><br /><i>(Listed under current team name: Thunder include SuperSonics, Grizzlies include original Hornets, current Hornets include Bobcats)</i></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Celtics — 64</li><li>76ers — 44</li><li>Rockets — 41</li><li>Warriors — 39</li><li>Lakers — 36</li><li>Mavericks — 36</li><li>Heat — 33</li><li>Spurs — 33</li><li>Raptors — 32</li><li>Nuggets — 30</li><li>Clippers — 30</li><li>Bucks — 30</li><li>Hawks — 30</li><li>Pacers — 29</li><li>Grizzlies — 28</li><li>Thunder — 28</li><li>Cavaliers — 26</li><li>Nets — 23</li><li>Knicks — 23</li><li>Jazz — 22</li><li>Pelicans — 22</li><li>Suns — 21</li><li>Bulls — 20</li><li>Blazers — 20</li><li>Timberwolves — 14</li><li>Wizards — 14</li><li>Pistons — 13</li><li>Magic — 8</li><li>Hornets2 — 6</li><li>Kings — 5</li></ul><div><b>Mark Jones' NBA National Telecast Partners</b></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Doris Burke — 116</li><li>Hubie Brown — 101</li><li>Cassidy Hubbarth — 56</li><li>Mark Jackson — 51</li><li>Israel Gutierrez — 49</li><li>Jeff Van Gundy — 48</li><li>Jon Barry — 46</li><li>Lisa Salters — 41</li><li>Malika Andrews — 30</li><li>Jorge Sedano — 24</li><li>Chris Broussard — 15</li><li>Bill Walton — 14</li><li>Richard Jefferson — 13</li><li>J.A. Adande — 12</li><li>Doug Collins — 11</li><li>Heather Cox — 11</li><li>Tom Tolbert — 10</li><li>Jim Gray — 10</li><li>Ric Bucher — 6</li><li>Kara Lawson — 5</li><li>Chris Mullin — 5</li><li>Rachel Nichols — 5</li><li>Tom Rinaldi — 4</li><li>Adam Schefter — 4</li><li>Ros Gold-Onwude — 4</li><li>Vince Carter — 3</li><li>Steve Javie — 3</li><li>Katie George — 3</li><li>P.J. Carlesimo — 2</li><li>JJ Redick — 2</li><li>Holly Rowe — 2</li><li>Monica McNutt — 2</li><li>Bill Raftery — 1</li><li>Steve Jones — 1</li><li>Len Elmore — 1</li><li>Tim Legler — 1</li><li>Kurt Rambis — 1</li><li>George Karl — 1</li><li>LaPhonso Ellis — 1</li><li>Becky Hammon — 1</li><li>Ariel Helwani — 1</li></ul></div></div>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-18396242897331754052023-10-19T21:31:00.028-04:002023-10-19T21:44:59.925-04:00Al Michaels Matches Pat Summerall's Record 737 NFL Telecasts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcFX6JfKQOF9s3nJoNYhs3fZL5GxxIgz42cqYlV-v0QizV0c7QCtz2JI1vtOSxJ9B1cCkWQmSYv6l5TVNPOflPkXhYDWQkRQUNTP3GCAsLxF3bltEe6m3jGBjpJDvWE-oEE3ZAH9N1oKDmd6dx5GM4J_fOU3cXh6OIqdtfOcIlVv_nBvlnJZrDUQqfSM/s2844/Michaels%20Al%20737%20NFL%20tot%20T1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Al Michaels ties Pat Summerall's record of 737 NFL telecasts on Oct. 19, 2023" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2844" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcFX6JfKQOF9s3nJoNYhs3fZL5GxxIgz42cqYlV-v0QizV0c7QCtz2JI1vtOSxJ9B1cCkWQmSYv6l5TVNPOflPkXhYDWQkRQUNTP3GCAsLxF3bltEe6m3jGBjpJDvWE-oEE3ZAH9N1oKDmd6dx5GM4J_fOU3cXh6OIqdtfOcIlVv_nBvlnJZrDUQqfSM/w640-h360/Michaels%20Al%20737%20NFL%20tot%20T1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Al Michaels, the veteran sportscaster who has called all four major sports during a half-century career also highlighted by the emotional finish of the Miracle on Ice in 1980, tied Pat Summerall's record Thursday night, October 19, 2023, with his 737th known national telecast of a National Football League regular-season or postseason game.</p><p>The news was highlighted by Un/Necessary Sports Research, an online publication whose catalog spans more than 56,000 telecasts of baseball, football, hockey and basketball and includes nearly 150,000 announcer credits. The information has been parsed from the 506 Sports forums and archive since 2013.</p><p>Michaels, 78, becomes the fifth person to hold the top spot on the list of NFL announcers since 1950, also following in the footsteps of Red Grange, Jim Gibbons, Ray Scott and Curt Gowdy. Summerall took the mantle from Gowdy with his 330th telecast on Nov. 21, 1982.</p><p>The Brooklyn native reached the milestone with a Jaguars-Saints game in the <i>Thursday Night Football </i>package aired on Amazon Prime Video and simulcast on Twitch. Kirk Herbstreit handled color commentary with sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung. The same trio is slated to call the Buccaneers-Bills game next Thursday in which Michaels will pass Summerall outright/</p><p>Michaels made his NFL debut for NBC's coverage of the American Football Conference in 1971 while also serving as the radio announcer for the Cincinnati Reds. He jumped to CBS in 1975 before beginning a three-decade tenure at ABC Sports in 1977.</p><p>In 1986, Michaels succeeded Frank Gifford as the play-by-play voice behind <i>Monday Night Football</i>, where he would call 366 games including six Super Bowls. As the NFL reshuffled its broadcast contracts in 2006, Michaels and longtime partner John Madden moved to NBC and the <i>Sunday Night Football </i>package: there, Michaels worked four more seasons with Madden and 13 more (through 2021) alongside Cris Collinsworth, including another five Super Bowls. The current Thursday-night deal began in 2022 after Michaels received emeritus status at NBC Sports. </p><p>He has been the NFL's most prolific play-by-play announcer since passing Don Criqui with Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, 2015.</p><p>All told, Michaels' NFL career includes 19 color-commentary partners and 19 sideline reporters, with Dan Fouts the only person to appear on both lists. Michaels has worked 263 games alongside Cris Collinsworth, 239 with Michele Tafoya, 214 next to Gifford, 206 with Dan Dierdorf and 128 partnering Madden. Thursday marks Michaels' 22nd game with Hartung and 21st with Herbstreit.</p><p>A complete list of Michaels' NFL partners and teams called appears at the foot of this release.</p><p>Following a 10-year NFL career that crossed three teams and included a 1952 league championship with the Detroit Lions, Summerall joined CBS Sports in 1962. After 12 full seasons as a color commentator, he shifted to play-by-play in 1974. Summerall racked up 535 play-by-play credits, 199 games as the color man and 3 field-reporter appearances before retiring from Fox's lead crew in 2002; his final NFL appearances came in 2007 and he died on April 16, 2013.</p><p>Summerall's partners included Madden for 401 games and Tom Brookshier for 108.</p><p>Across the four major professional sports, Michaels has called 1,039 games through Thursday night. His championship work includes nine World Series (eight for ABC and one split between NBC television and radio) and two NBA Finals along with a resume of Olympic coverage.</p><div>Un/Necessary Sports Research wishes to thank the numerous contributors to the historical NFL announcers listings across the 506 Sports Discord, wiki and forum; several of the most significant include J.P. Kirby, the late John Moynahan, Tim Brulia, Jimmy Delach Jr. and Jeff Haggar. The game-by-game NFL announcer history can be viewed at <a href="https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/NFL" target="_blank">the 506 Sports Archive</a> by following the links to each season since 1946.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Chronology of Most Common NFL Commentators</b><br /><i>Date listed is that of breaking tie with previous holder</i><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Dennis James by default on Sept. 19, 1946</li><li>Bob Stanton — Dec. 1, 1946</li><li>Arthur Daley — Oct. 17, 1948</li><li>Red Grange — Dec. 11, 1949</li><li>Jim Gibbons — Oct. 16, 1966</li><li>Ray Scott — Nov. 29, 1970</li><li>Curt Gowdy — Oct. 24, 1976</li><li>Pat Summerall — Nov. 21, 1982</li><li>Al Michaels — Oct. 26, 2023 (projected)</li></ul></div><div><b>Al Michaels' NFL Team Broadcasts (through Oct. 19, 2023)</b></div><div><i>Commanders and Titans totals include games under previous team names.</i></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Cowboys — 96</li><li>Eagles — 79</li><li>Steelers — 77</li><li>Packers — 72</li><li>Broncos — 68</li><li>49ers — 67</li><li>Giants — 67</li><li>Patriots — 67</li><li>Bears — 61</li><li>Chiefs — 57</li><li>Colts — 54</li><li>Vikings — 51</li><li>Redskins — 50</li><li>Dolphins — 49</li><li>Rams — 48</li><li>Raiders — 47</li><li>Seahawks — 43</li><li>Saints — 40</li><li>Titans — 36</li><li>Jets — 35</li><li>Bills — 33</li><li>Chargers — 33</li><li>Falcons — 31</li><li>Ravens — 29</li><li>Bengals — 26</li><li>Lions — 25</li><li>Buccaneers — 22</li><li>Browns — 21</li><li>Cardinals — 18</li><li>Panthers — 16</li><li>Jaguars — 15</li><li>AFC (Pro Bowl) — 14</li><li>NFC (Pro Bowl) — 14</li><li>Texans — 11</li><li>Team Rice (Pro Bowl) — 1</li><li>Team Sanders (Pro Bowl) — 1</li></ul></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Al Michaels' NFL Broadcast Partners (through Oct. 19, 2023)</b></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Cris Collinsworth — 263</li><li>Michele Tafoya — 239</li><li>Frank Gifford — 214</li><li>Dan Dierdorf — 206</li><li>John Madden — 128</li><li>Andrea Kremer — 94</li><li>Lynn Swann — 82</li><li>Melissa Stark — 58</li><li>Lesley Visser — 44</li><li>Dan Fouts — 41</li><li>Boomer Esiason — 39</li><li>Dennis Miller — 38</li><li>Eric Dickerson — 38</li><li>Kaylee Hartung — 22</li><li>Kirk Herbstreit — 21</li><li>Lisa Guerrero — 18</li><li>Sam Ryan — 14</li><li>Mike Haffner — 8</li><li>Heather Cox — 8</li><li>Wayne Walker — 7</li><li>Dave Kocourek — 5</li><li>Kathryn Tappen — 4</li><li>Sam DeLuca — 3</li><li>Hank Stram — 3</li><li>Johnny Morris — 2</li><li>Fran Tarkenton — 2</li><li>Tim Brant — 2</li><li>Doug Flutie — 2</li><li>Tim Van Galder — 1</li><li>Johnny Unitas — 1</li><li>Tony Dungy — 1</li><li>Howard Cosell — 1</li><li>Bob Griese — 1</li><li>Russ Francis — 1</li><li>Suzy Kolber — 1</li><li>Alex Flanagan — 1</li><li>Tiki Barber — 1</li></ul></div>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-72714058575728599472023-05-15T01:17:00.003-04:002023-05-15T01:17:37.163-04:00Twenty-One Announcer Milestones from the First Fortnight of May 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SxUvldyJOV7lJEqbt_2JkJ8kuxHEki4B6YwG_Sv_eEc2YTHeQOmOFTuEhq3ajDdMTrqf8BwgE6dp7yHsQ3ivd0GAKhO4ldD8-smIXu1GM-1cxsquLq5Ddb3dYg4Z3nMBxh1hvs0VqzatheXQJTIpfgV1PsJCqcqv0zLJtdVGaZF0MHHdiOx2fOm_/s895/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20011609.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="895" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SxUvldyJOV7lJEqbt_2JkJ8kuxHEki4B6YwG_Sv_eEc2YTHeQOmOFTuEhq3ajDdMTrqf8BwgE6dp7yHsQ3ivd0GAKhO4ldD8-smIXu1GM-1cxsquLq5Ddb3dYg4Z3nMBxh1hvs0VqzatheXQJTIpfgV1PsJCqcqv0zLJtdVGaZF0MHHdiOx2fOm_/w640-h364/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20011609.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The late spring is a busy time of year in the world of announcer tracking — even though the NFL is out of season, baseball is picking up steam while the NBA and NHL still have multiple games most nights and all of them are televised in the playoffs.</span></div><p>Below are the announcer milestones we recorded from May 1-14, which includes Rogers' lead NHL crew showing up on four straight games worked from May 2-10.</p><p><b><u>Monday, May 1</u> </b>- <b>76ers at Celtics game 1 (TNT, 7:30) </b>- Energetic TNT play-by-play announcer <b><i>Kevin Harlan</i></b> calls his 1,350th national telecast between the NFL and NBA. He’s the third person to reach that total in the United States, trailing Dick Stockton and Marv Albert, and sixth including Canadian NHL duties (where Bob Cole, Chris Cuthbert and Pierre McGuire join the list). <b>Reggie Miller and Allie LaForce</b> round out the telecast.</p><p><b><u>Tuesday, May 2</u> - Panthers at Maple Leafs game 1 (CBC/SN, 7:00)</b> - One Hockey Night in Canada stalwart ties another as <b><i>Craig Simpson </i></b>matches <b>Danny Gallivan </b>with 1,017 national NHL telecasts in Canada. That total is good for seventh in our records. <b>Chris Cuthbert </b>and <b>Kyle Bukauskas </b>round out the commentary team for this series.</p><p><b><u>Tuesday, May 2</u> - Kraken at Stars game 1 (ESPN, 9:30)</b> - Rhode Island native <b><i>Brian Boucher</i></b> becomes the 11th person to call 400 American NHL national telecasts and the sixth person to reach that plateau as a color commentator. Joining him in the booth are <b>Bob Wischusen</b>, a New Jersey native, and <b>Leah Hextall </b>from Brandon, Manitoba.</p><p><b><u>Wednesday, May 3</u> - Blue Jays at Red Sox (MLBN, 7:00) - <i>Jon Morosi</i></b>, who has become MLB Network’s default insider over the last couple of years, calls his 126th national MLB telecast as the field reporter to tie <b>Gary Miller </b>for sixth in our records. <b>Matt Vasgersian </b>and <b>Tom Verducci </b>helm the booth.</p><p><b><u>Thursday, May 4</u></b> - <b>Panthers at Maple Leafs game 2 (CBC/SN, 7:00)</b> - One <i>Hockey Night in Canada</i> stalwart slides past another as <b><i>Craig Simpson</i> </b>passes <b>Danny Gallivan </b>with 1,018 national NHL telecasts in Canada. That total is good for seventh in our records. <b>Chris Cuthbert </b>and <b>Kyle Bukauskas </b>round out the commentary team for this series.</p><p><b><u>Friday, May 5</u> - Celtics at 76ers game 3 (ESPN, 7:30)</b> - The list of NBA commentators with 300 repetitions as a color commentator grows to 10 when <b><i>Doris Burke </i></b>hits that mark. <b>Mark Jones </b>and <b>Cassidy Hubbarth</b>, who are each also top-10 members in their main flavors of commentary, handle play-by-play and courtside reporting.</p><p><b><u>Saturday, May 6</u> - Knicks at Heat game 3 (ABC, 3:30) </b>- While <b><i>Dave Pasch</i></b> is perhaps best known at this point for being the guy who talks when Bill Walton doesn’t during college basketball season, he also has more national NBA play-by-play to his credit than all but five people (to say nothing of being the radio voice of the Arizona Cardinals). The Syracuse graduate calls his 400th NBA game alongside <b>Hubie Brown</b> and <b>Malika Andrews</b>.</p><p><b><u>Saturday, May 6</u> - Red Sox at Phillies (Fox regional, 7:00) </b>- Lead MLB on Fox analyst <b><i>John Smoltz </i></b>calls his 494th national telecast as an analyst, breaking a tie with <b>Dan Dierdorf </b>for 18th on record among the four major U.S. pro sports while creating a tie with <b>Steve Jones </b>for 17th. (Incidentally, Smoltz is a native of metropolitan Detroit who attended high school in Lansing, Michigan, and was offered a scholarship at Michigan State before being drafted by the Tigers, while Dierdorf played collegiately at Michigan. While I’m doing this, Dierdorf and Jones played simultaneously in St. Louis in 1974-75, but back to work.) <b>Adam Amin</b>, who went to Valparaiso University, and <b>Ken Rosenthal</b>, a Pennsylvania alum, flank Smoltz on this game.</p><p><b><u>Saturday, May 6</u><i> </i>- Warriors at Lakers game 3 (ABC, 8:30)</b> - Half of the lead ESPN NBA television booth, affectionately known as “The Band” on the 506 Sports Discord server, shows up in this list on the same game. Play-by-play announcer <b><i>Mike Breen</i></b>, who used to handle two sports for NBC, calls his 1,059th national play-by-play telecast in our five main lists, tying <b>Mike Emrick </b>for 10th. (Like Breen, Emrick was most known for his work on one sport, hockey, but also has national credits in football and baseball.) <b><i>Mark Jackson</i></b>, who like Breen hails from New York, calls his 700th national NBA telecast, making him the seventh person to reach that mark and the fourth to do so as a color analyst. As analysts go, Jackson ranks ninth in the four major U.S. pro sports and 15th including Canadian NHL work. <b>Lisa</b> <b>Salters </b>and <b>Jeff Van Gundy </b>round out the telecast. (And for completeness, Emrick is from LaFontaine, Indiana.)</p><p><b><u>Sunday, May 7</u> - Orioles at Braves (NBC/Peacock, 11:30 a.m.) </b>- NBC’s annual simulcast of Peacock’s MLB Sunday Leadoff package brings <b><i>Matt Vasgersian </i></b>a milestone in spot duty. Vasgersian’s 363rd national MLB telecast matches <b>Thom Brennaman</b>, also a former Fox MLB commentator, for eleventh in our play-by-play records. <b>Andruw Jones </b>and <b>Ben McDonald </b>join Vasgersian as team-centric analysts while <b>Ahmed Fareed </b>hosts the telecast and reports.</p><p><b><u>Sunday, May 7</u> - Maple Leafs at Panthers game 3 (TBS, 6:30) </b>- Former NHL netminder <b>Darren Pang </b>matches longtime partner <b>Dave Strader </b>with his 717th American national commentary appearance. Strader and Pang worked together 196 times, from 1996-2004 with ESPN and 2011-13 with NBC, before Strader died of cancer in 2017. Here, Pang works alongside <b>Brendan Burke </b>for the 63rd time and <b>Alyson Lozoff</b> for the third.</p><p><u><b>Sunday, May 7</b></u> <b>- Maple Leafs at Panthers game 3 (CBC/SN, 6:30) </b>- One <i>Hockey Night in Canada </i>stalwart from Ontario ties another from Alberta as <b><i>Craig Simpson </i></b>ties <b>Dick Irvin </b>with his 1,039th NHL color commentary credit between the U.S. and Canada. (Simpson called 20 U.S. telecasts for ESPN and Fox from 1997-2000 in addition to his Canadian work while Irvin has a single U.S.-only credit, Capitals-Canadiens in 1978 on the syndicated NHL Network.) <b>Chris Cuthbert </b>and <b>Kyle Bukauskas </b>round out the commentary team for this series.</p><p><b><u>Wednesday, May 10</u> - Red Sox at Braves (MLBN, 7:00)</b> - MLB Network field reporter <b><i>Jon Morosi</i></b> completes the pass he started a week earlier, passing <b>Gary Miller </b>for sixth on the MLB sideline reporter list with his 127th such game. Verducci again handles color with <b>Bob Costas </b>on play-by-play this week.</p><p><b><u>Wednesday, May 10</u> - Maple Leafs at Panthers game 4 (CBC/SN, 7:00) </b>- One <i>Hockey Night in Canada </i>stalwart moves past another as <b><i>Craig Simpson</i> </b>passes <b>Dick Irvin </b>with his 1,040th NHL color commentary credit between the U.S. and Canada. <b>Chris Cuthbert </b>and <b>Kyle Bukauskas </b>round out the commentary team for this series, which went to a fifth game on Friday, May 12, but had no milestones in Canada that night.</p><p><b><u>Friday, May 12</u> - Panthers at Maple Leafs game 5 (TNT, 7:00)</b> - Former NHL netminder <b><i>Darren Pang</i></b>, an Ontario native, passes longtime partner <b>Dave Strader </b>with his 718th American national commentary appearance. (See notes about this pairing in the May 7 entry.) <b>Brendan Burke </b>and <b>Kathryn Tappen </b>do the rest of the talking as the Panthers reach the Eastern Conference final.</p><p><b><u>Friday, May 12</u> - Oilers at Golden Knights game 5 (CBC-SN-SN1, 10:00) </b>- Edmonton-based rinkside reporter <b><i>Gene Principe</i></b> calls his 237th national NHL telecast in Canada, matching <b>Cassie Campbell-Pascall </b>for 11th in our records. <b>Harnarayan Singh </b>and <b>Louie DeBrusk </b>staff the booth for a game with some unusual comings and goings – due to the Maple Leafs game earlier that evening running long, this contest started on Sportsnet One and West, with CBC and the rest of Sportsnet joining at 16:11 elapsed in the first period. At the end of the period, Sportsnet One broke away for Maple Leafs postgame coverage before rejoining at 7:36 elapsed in the second.</p><p><b><u>Friday, May 12 </u>- Warriors at Lakers game 6 (ESPN, 10:00)</b> - <b><i>Mike Breen </i></b>finishes his pass of <b>Mike Emrick </b>for the 10th-most play-by-play credits among our five main lists with game number 1,060. His color commentator, <b><i>Jeff Van Gundy</i></b>, works his 850th national NBA telecast, good for fourth overall and second by an analyst. Van Gundy is sixth among color commentators in the four major U.S. pro sports and 10th counting Canadian NHL analysts. <b>Mark Jackson</b>, whom we discussed earlier, and <b>Lisa Salters</b>, whom we are on pace to discuss next week, round out the crew.</p><p><b><u>Saturday, May 13</u> - Padres at Dodgers (Fox regional, 7:00) </b>- A week after tying <b>Steve Jones</b> on the four-sport color commentary listings, <b><i>John Smoltz </i></b>assumes 17th place all by himself with his 495th game. <b>Joe Davis </b>leads the main Fox crew this week with Rosenthal on the field.</p><p><b><u>Sunday, May 14</u> - Golden Knights at Oilers (CBC-SN, 10:00) </b>- Edmonton-based rinkside reporter <b><i>Gene Principe </i></b>moves into 11th in our records of national NHL rinkside reporters in Canada with his 238th game, sliding past <b>Cassie Campbell-Pascall</b>. (This game started at an unusually late hour for the lone game on a Sunday since U.S. rightsholder ESPN had to air Sunday Night Baseball. Since the SNB game, which airs north of the border via TSN simulcast, ran long, portions of this game may have aired on TSN as well when ESPN cut in.) <b>Harnarayan Singh </b>and <b>Louie DeBrusk </b>staff the booth.</p>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-72962833136401002012023-05-01T21:02:00.001-04:002023-05-01T21:02:18.227-04:00Announcer Milestones From The First Third of 2023<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who wants to read close to 5,600 words about announcer record-keeping?</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-18dcddba-7fff-27e9-7d46-d207e53acc8b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And where does that rank on the list of worst attention-grabbing blog post hooks in the history of humankind?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The year hit its proverbial one-third point Sunday night, although the actual one-third point comes at 4 p.m. Tuesday in your favorite time zone. But while I was pondering that the four quarters of the year are three different lengths in most years (90, 91, 92 and 92 days, with the first quarter becoming 91 in a leap year) and I suppose the three thirds can be too, I realized that no one actually cares about that and we should get on with the content.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, without further or Freddy Adu, here are 93 different blurbs about announcer milestones since we last updated things here.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By way of reminder, we track announcers in three categories, which I will probably refer to as “flavors” sometime in this post. You can be a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, or a sideline reporter (also called a field, courtside or rinkside reporter). Following the established precedent in the listings community, an analyst who works from field level (popularized by Fox’s use of Tony Siragusa on the NFL) is credited as an analyst rather than a reporter.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have five main listings — one for each of the four major pro sports (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) in the United States, plus a separate listing for the NHL in Canada. While I do track some collegiate announcers in terms of including them in the daily schedules, there isn’t a tabulator for them. All of these listings track only national network telecasts, not including teams’ local broadcasts, although there is occasionally some crossover when a local NHL feed is picked up in Canada.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On top of those listings, there are three sets of totals, which come from arithmetic sums of the previous five categories. These are a cumulative NHL total, a cumulative total across the four American lists, and a cumulative total across all four sports including Canada. The NHL totals don’t double-count a game shown on both sides of the 49th parallel – if your Canadian telecast is shown in America or vice versa, you get credit in each individual listing but only one game in the cumulative totals.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this time, I don’t track studio personnel, although there is some blurring of the line between hosts and rinkside reporters in our old hockey data. The primary person affected by this is longtime CBC host Ron MacLean, who is credited with 545 host appearances through 1998 and has probably added another 1,000 over the last quarter-century.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Because this list is longer than all get out, the Find feature is probably your friend if you’re looking for a specific announcer. Command-F or Control-F.)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, Jan. 10</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canucks at Penguins (SNE-SNO-SNP, 7:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Vancouver Canucks rinkside reporter </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dan Murphy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> becomes the 14th person credited with 200 appearances as a reporter in our Canadian NHL listings and the 15th including the U.S. (As noted in the MacLean exception above, our sources are a bit fuzzy on the distinction between “reporting” and “hosting.”) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Garrett </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">becomes the 12th person on record with 550 NHL colour commentary appearances between the two nations we track. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">joins them in western Pennsylvania.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, Jan. 10</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Panthers at Avalanche (ESPN+, 9:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 121st American national appearance as an NHL commentator passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daryl Reaugh </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 12th-most in our records. This completes a pass from Dec. 30, 2022. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emily Kaplan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">breaks a tie with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian McFarlane </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Micheletti </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the sixth-most American appearances by a host or reporter with her 69th such game, completing a pass from Jan. 5. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Buccigross </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles play-by-play. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, Jan. 10</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Suns at Warriors (TNT, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ian Eagle </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles his 550th national play-by-play telecast of the four major pro sports, making him the 19th person to reach that point. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Jackson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(the one from Ohio, not Philadelphia) and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Haynes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">partner with Eagle on the milestone occasion.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 11</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Predators at Maple Leafs (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - A give-and-take involving the sixth spot on the binational NHL colour list, the eighth position on the master color list and the 12th line on the binational NHL total list continues. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greg Millen</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with his 872nd color game and 874th total telecast, joined by </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The two men continue to trade things off as follows…</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 14 - Millen 872/874 - CGY-DAL (SN) with Rick Ball and Ryan Leslie</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 18 - Olczyk 873/875 - BOS-NYI (TNT)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 21 - Millen 873/875 - TB-CGY (CBC-SN) with Ball and Leslie</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 25 - Olczyk 874/876 - NYR-TOR (TNT)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, Jan. 27 - Millen 874/876 - CGY-SEA (SN1-E-O-W) with Ball and Leslie</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Feb. 8 - Olczyk 875/877 - MIN-DAL (TNT)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 11 - Millen 875/877 - CGY-BUF (SN1-E-O) with Ball and Leslie</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Feb. 12 - Olczyk 876/878 - SEA-PHI (SNE-O-P) with John Forslund and JT Brown</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 11</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Oilers at Ducks (SN-SN1, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Micheletti</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 18th place on the list of NHL colour commentators between the U.S. and Canada with his 342nd such game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Michaels</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gene Principe</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him to complete this pass from Jan. 7.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Jan. 12</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Kraken at Bruins (SN360, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Former ESPN commentator and current Bruins voice </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Edwards</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with his 202nd Canadian national NHL telecast, a feed lift of Boston’s home game with Seattle. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andy Brickley </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sophia Jurksztowicz</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> work alongside Edwards, who passes Irvin for #12 in the Canadian NHL play-by-play listings four days later.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bucks at Heat (ABC, 1:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeff Van Gundy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 823rd national telecast of the four major pro sports passed </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curt Gowdy </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for #16 on that total list. With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Breen</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jackson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monica McNutt</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Completed pass from Jan. 6.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Seahawks at 49ers, wild card (Fox, 4:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daryl Johnston</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 400th NFL telecast (21st to that point) and color (seventh to that point). With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Davis</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pam Oliver </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kristina Pink</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Maple Leafs at Bruins (CBC-SNO-SNW, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hockey Night in Canada</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s resident rinkside relator, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian McFarlane </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for eighth in our Canadian NHL rinkside listings with his 313th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> staff the booth. Bukauskas completes the pass two nights later.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canadiens at Islanders (Citytv-SNE, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Bartlett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hockey Night in Canada</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> fame ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Edwards </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 202nd Canadian national NHL telecast. The three men share that spot for about 42 hours and Bartlett and Irvin remain tied for four days. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garry Galley </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shawn McKenzie</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> round out the telecast.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Jan. 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Dolphins at Bills, wild card (CBS, 1:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tracy Wolfson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 243rd national sideline appearance in the four major pro sports ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laura Okmin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 14th on the SLR list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Nantz, Tony Romo</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jay Feely </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also populate the booth. Pass completed Jan. 22.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Jan. 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Giants at Vikings, wild card (Fox, 4:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Erin Andrews</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ 392nd sideline appearance in our five main listings ties Christine Simpson for the 15th-most on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Rinaldi </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also appear on the telecast. Pass completed Jan. 22.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, Jan. 16</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Flyers at Bruins (SN, 1:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Edwards</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, whom we have previously discussed, makes his 203rd national Canadian appearance as an NHL play-by-play announcer, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Bartlett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 12th on that list and completing a pass from Jan. 12. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andy Brickley </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sophia Jurksztowicz</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> work alongside Edwards.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, Jan. 16</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Senators at Blues (SN, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hockey Night in Canada</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s resident rinkside rocket, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian McFarlane </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for eighth in our Canadian NHL rinkside listings with his 314th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Luck </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamal Mayers </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">staff the booth. Bukauskas had tied McFarlane on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HNIC</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> flagship game 49 hours earlier.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 18</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Penguins at Senators (SN1, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Bartlett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">calls his 203rd national Canadian game as an NHL play-by-play announcer, breaking a tie with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 13th and creating one with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Edwards </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 12th. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garry Galley </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> back up Bartlett. Because this post is going to be way too long as is and I don’t want to rewrite these blurbs for Bartlett and Edwards every single time, below is a list of their comings and goings.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Jan. 19 - Edwards 204 - BOS-NYR on SN360-E-O-P</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 21 - Bartlett 204 - WPG-OTT on Citytv-SN1-W (with Galley and McKenzie)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Jan. 22 - Edwards 205 - SJ-BOS on SN</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 25 - Bartlett 205 - NYI-OTT on SN1 (with Galley and Bukauskas)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Jan. 26 - Edwards 206 - BOS-TB on SNE-O-P</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 28 - Bartlett 206 - PHI-WPG on Citytv-SN360-W (with Galley and Sean Reynolds)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Jan. 29 - Edwards 207 - BOS-CAR on SN</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, Jan. 30 - Bartlett 207 - STL-WPG on SN (with Galley and Reynolds)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Feb. 16 - Edwards 208 - BOS-NSH on SNE-O-P</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, Feb. 20 - Bartlett 208 - WPG-NYR on SN (with Galley and Reynolds)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Bartlett 209 - WPG-NYI on SN (with Galley and Reynolds)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Feb. 23 - Edwards 209 - BOS-SEA on SN360-E-O-P</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 25 - Bartlett 210 - OTT-MTL on CBC-SN360-E-O (with Galley and Bukauskas)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, March 2 - Edwards 210 - BUF-BOS on SNE-O-P</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, March 6 - Bartlett 211 - SJ-WPG on SN1 (with </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sam Cosentino</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Reynolds)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bartlett proceeds to work again on March 8, 11, 13 and 18 before Edwards’ next appearance</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, Jan. 20</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Heat at Mavericks (ESPN, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 147th NBA sideline appearance ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pat O’Brien</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 10th-most on record. With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeff Van Gundy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Pass completed Jan. 28.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Maple Leafs at Canadiens (CBC-SN360-SNE-O-P, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hockey Night in Canada</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> lead commentator </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">makes his 1,250th appearance in our Canadian NHL listings, most of which have come on play-by-play. He sits fourth in those listings, behind </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bob Cole</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Hughson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">back up Cuthbert that night.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Giants at Eagles, divisional (Fox, 8:15)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pam Oliver</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dan Dierdorf </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for #8 on the NFL total list with 505 appearances. SLR with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Davis</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daryl Johnston </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kristina Pink</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Jan. 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bengals at Bills, divisional (CBS, 3:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tracy Wolfson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 244th national sideline appearance in the four major pro sports passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laura Okmin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 14th on the SLR list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Nantz, Tony Romo</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jay Feely</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also populate the booth. Completion of pass from Jan. 15.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Jan. 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Cowboys at 49ers, divisional (Fox, 6:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Erin Andrews</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ 393rd sideline appearance in our five main listings passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christine Simpson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the 15th-most on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Rinaldi</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also appear on the telecast. Completion of pass from Jan. 15.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Jan. 25</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Grizzlies at Warriors (ESPN, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan Ruocco</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 152nd game of NBA play-by-play ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skip Caray</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 12th all-time. With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">JJ Redick </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ros Gold-Onwude</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Pass completed Feb. 5.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Nuggets at 76ers (ABC, 3:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 148th NBA sideline appearance completes the pass of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pat O’Brien</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 10th-most on record. With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Pasch </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hubie Brown</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Completed pass from Jan. 20.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Jan. 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canadiens at Senators (CBC-SNE-O-P, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill Clement</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for the tenth-most national NHL telecasts between the U.S. and Canada with his 1,016th game, which is also good for the 19th-most games including the other three major sports. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shawn McKenzie</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Feb. 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bruins at Maple Leafs (SN, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - The voice of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hockey Night in Canada</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">calls his 1,255th Canadian NHL telecast to tie </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for third place. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">calls his 1,017th NHL game between the U.S. and Canada. That breaks a tie with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill Clement</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 10th on the binational total list and 19th on the five master lists while creating another with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Danny Gallivan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for ninth and 18th respectively. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shawn McKenzie</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> does reporting that night and the ties persist for about 68 hours. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Feb. 2</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Grizzlies at Cavaliers (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reggie Miller</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Stockton </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for ninth on the NBA’s total list with his 616th national telecast. With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Harlan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stephanie Ready</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Pass completed Feb. 9.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 4</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - NHL All-Star Game (CBC-SN, 3:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> assumes third place outright on the list of Canadian NHL national commentators, working his 1,256th game to pass </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 1,018th national NHL telecast passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Danny Gallivan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for ninth-most on record between the U.S. and Canada and the 18th-most including the other three major sports</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Kyle Bukauskas, David Amber</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Bieksa</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also appear on the telecast, which consists of three 20-minute mini games. Completion of passes from Feb. 1.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, Feb. 5</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - 76ers at Knicks (ESPN, 6:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan Ruocco</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skip Caray </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 12th on the confirmed NBA play-by-play list with his 153rd national telecast. Partners are </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Richard Jefferson, J.J. Redick and Monica McNutt</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Completes pass from Jan. 25.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Feb. 9</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bucks at Lakers (TNT, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reggie Miller</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 617th NBA telecast passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Stockton</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for ninth on record in the NBA. With </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Harlan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Haynes</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Completed pass from Feb. 2.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, Feb. 10</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hornets at Celtics (ESPN, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doris Burke</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> becomes the 12th NBA commentator to appear on 550 national telecasts. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">becomes the 10th NBA sideline reporter with 150 national credits. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> handles play-by-play.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 11</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Blue Jackets at Maple Leafs (CBC-City-SN-SN1-SN360, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - This </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hockey Night in Canada </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">telecast is the 11,500th game in our Canadian NHL listings. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert, Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">do the talking.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, Feb. 14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Panthers at Blues (ESPN+, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 129th national (American) appearance as an NHL color commentator ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter McNab </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 11th-most on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leah Hextall </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles play-by-play with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dominic Moore </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also analyzing. Pass completed Feb. 18.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, Feb. 14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Lightning at Avalanche (SN, 9:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Lightning play-by-play voice </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Randorf</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> calls his 371st game for a Canadian national audience, tying fellow former CBC commentator </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul Romanuk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for eighth among PBP men and fifteenth including the United States. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian Engblom</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gabrielle Shirley </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">round out the telecast, which creates a tie that lasts until Feb. 28.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Feb. 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Cavaliers at 76ers (ESPN, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan Ruocco</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 154th NBA play-by-play appearance ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gary Bender </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 11th in our records. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeff Van Gundy </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles color commentary. Pass completed Feb. 24.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Feb. 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Avalanche at Wild (TNT, 9:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 1,309th national telecast in our records ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Hughson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for seventh among all four major pro sports and types of commentators. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handle color commentary. Pass completed Feb. 22.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 18</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canadiens at Maple Leafs (CBC-Citytv-SN, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Current </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HNIC</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> lead analyst </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> calls his 1,000th NHL game for a Canadian national audience, making him the third colour commentator and eighth person overall to reach that milestone. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who also had a milestone Habs-Leafs game earlier this year, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 18</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Capitals at Hurricanes (ABC, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - At North Carolina State University’s Carter-Finley Stadium, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">assumes sole possession of 11th place on the American NHL color commentators list with his 130th game, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter McNab </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and completing a pass from Feb. 14. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sean McDonough </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">does play-by-play and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emily Kaplan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Weekes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marty Smith </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">report.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, Feb. 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Blackhawks at Stars (TNT, 9:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 1,310th national telecast in our records passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Hughson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for seventh among all four major pro sports and types of commentators. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handle color commentary. Completed pass from Feb. 15.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, Feb. 23</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Oilers at Penguins (SNE-O-W, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - The “350 Canadian NHL telecasts as a colour man” club gains its 11th member as </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> hits that mark alongside </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Michaels </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gene Principe</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, Feb. 24 </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Thunder at Suns (ESPN, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan Ruocco </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gary Bender </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 11th on the list of national NBA play-by-play announcers with his 155th game. Alongside Ruocco are </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Richard Jefferson, J.J. Redick </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monica McNutt</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Completes pass from Feb. 15.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, Feb. 25</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Celtics at 76ers (ABC, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - This was the 2,500th NBA telecast on </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the Disney family of networks</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (ABC, ESPN, etc.) since they reacquired national rights in 2002. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Lisa Salters</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> helm the telecast.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, Feb. 27</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canucks at Stars (SN1-SNP, 8:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - The “550 Canadian NHL telecasts as a colour man” club gains its seventh member as </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Garrett </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hits that mark alongside </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dan Murphy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, Feb. 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Panthers at Lightning (SNE-SNO, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Former CBC commentator </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Randorf</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, now working for the Lightning just as he was two weeks earlier, calls his 372nd game for a Canadian national audience, passing fellow former CBC commentator </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul Romanuk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for eighth among PBP men and 15th including the United States. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian Engblom</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gabrielle Shirley </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">round out the telecast.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, March 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Rangers at Flyers (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Pang</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> becomes the eighth person to call 700 national NHL telecasts in the United States. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Burke </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles the play-by-play with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jackie Redmond </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reporting.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, March 5</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Warriors at Lakers (ESPN, 3:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lisa Salters</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ 650th sideline appearance across the four major pro sports makes her the third person in the U.S. to reach that plateau; she is the fifth person with that credit including Canadian NHL work, although there has been some shifting between the role of rinkside reporter and host in that listing over the years. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">accompany her.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, March 5</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Grizzlies at Clippers (ESPN, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jackson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doug Collins </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for third on the NBA color list, eighth on the NBA total list, ninth on the color list in the four major American pro sports and 15th on the color list in our five main listings with his 686th appearance. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Lisa Salters </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">accompany him. Pass completed March 11.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, March 7</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Flyers at Lightning (SNE-O-P, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Lightning color commentator and former ESPN analyst ace </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian Engblom</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> calls his 850th NHL game between the U.S. and Canada. That makes him the 14th person to call that many games; it’s also his 650th game of colour commentary, which is 10th-most in the NHL and 17th-most in the five main listings. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Randorf</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gabby Shirley</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> flank him.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, March 8</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Blackhawks at Red Wings (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Pang</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> becomes the fourth person to call 650 national NHL telecasts in the United States as a color commentator. He also becomes the 11th person with 650 color telecasts in any of the four major U.S. pro sports. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is the play-by-play announcer and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also analyzes; Pang and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">switched spots this week due to geography.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, March 9</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Warriors at Grizzlies (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kevin Harlan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> becomes the fourth NBA commentator and third play-by-play announcer with 850 national games under his belt. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reggie Miller</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jared Greenberg</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> round out the telecast.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, March 11</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bucks at Warriors (ABC, 8:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jackson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doug Collins </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for third on the NBA color list, eighth on the NBA total list, ninth on the color list in the four major American pro sports and 15th on the color list in our five main listings with his 687th appearance. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Breen</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeff Van Gundy </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lisa Salters </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">accompany him. Completed pass from March 5.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, March 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Wild at Blues (TNT, 9:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Working alongside </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Burke</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on play-by-play and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tarik El-Bashir </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reporting, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Pang </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">becomes the 18th person in our records to broadcast 750 national NHL telecasts to the United States and/or Canada. He also becomes the ninth person to reach 700 games on the binational NHL color commentator list and the 14th person to 700 on the color commentator list in any of the four major pro sports.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, March 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Penguins at Avalanche (TNT, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> becomes the fourth person with 1,300 national play-by-play telecasts of the four major American pro sports and the sixth including Canadian NHL broadcasts. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Morgan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for seventh place on our master color commentary list with his 886th national telecast. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">joins them on the telecast. Olczyk pass completed March 29.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, March 23</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Penguins at Stars (ESPN, 9:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 136th national (American) appearance as an NHL color commentator ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Eliot </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 10th-most on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steve Levy </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles play-by-play with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emily Kaplan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reporting. Pass completed two days later.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, March 25</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Capitals at Penguins (ABC, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> assumes sole possession of 10th place on the American NHL color commentators list with his 137th game, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Eliot </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and completing a pass from March 23. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sean McDonough </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">does play-by-play and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emily Kaplan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reports.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, March 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Oilers at Golden Knights (SN1-E-O-P, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Prince of puns </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gene Principe</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christine Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for the 12th-most NHL appearances on record by a rinkside reporter with his 227th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Michaels</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> populate the booth and the pass is completed on April 5.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, March 29</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Mavericks at 76ers (ESPN, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Breen</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 1050th national telecast of the four major pro sports makes him the ninth person in the U.S. and 16th including Canada to reach that plateau. Among play-by-play announcers, he is the seventh in the U.S. and 11th including Canada. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jeff Van Gundy </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, March 29</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Penguins at Avalanche (TNT, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Morgan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for seventh place on our master color commentary list with his 887th national telecast. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">join him on the telecast. Pass completed from March 22.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, March 30</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - White Sox at Astros (ESPN, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - The fourth of four commentators to appear on this telecast, likely field reporter </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buster Olney</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, is the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30,000th commentator credit to appear in our MLB announcer listing</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. There are 564 people in the listings, 116 of whom appeared exactly once. The other commentators on this game were </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and Roger Clemens</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Giants at Yankees (Fox regional, 4:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Smoltz</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 493rd national color-commentary appearance ties him for 18th across the four major U.S. pro sports with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dan Dierdorf</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Davis </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ken Rosenthal </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">also appear.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Maple Leafs at Senators (CBC-SN360-SNO-W-P, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">becomes the third person to handle 1,250 national NHL play-by-play telecasts between the U.S. and Canada. (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bob Cole</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Hughson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are the others.) He’s also the seventh person to reach that mark in the five main listings. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him, as they often do on Saturdays.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, April 2</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Warriors at Nuggets (NBA TV, 8:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dennis Scott</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lewis Johnson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 13th among NBA courtside reporters with 124 appearances. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spero Dedes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handles play-by-play with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Haywood </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on color. The completion of this pass remains pending as of month end.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, April 5</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Oilers at Ducks (SN-SN360, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gene Principe </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">assumes outright possession of the 12th position on the list of Canadian NHL rinkside reporters, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christine Simpson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 228th such game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack Michaels</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> populate the booth and the pass from March 28 is completed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 8</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Flames at Canucks (CBC-Citytv-SN-SN360, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Robson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with his 196th Canadian national television appearance as the play-by-play man, which leaves the two men deadlocked at 15th for five days. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Garrett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scott Oake</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, April 9</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Avalanche at Ducks (TNT, 9:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> pulls into a tie with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Forslund </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 427th American national NHL telecast. The men share ninth place on the overall list and fourth on the play-by-play list in addition to 12th on the binational NHL play-by-play list for about 72 hours. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> share analyst duties (for the game, not Albert’s list movement).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, April 10</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Wild at Blackhawks (ESPN, 9:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A.J. Mleczko</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 120th American national appearance as an NHL commentator ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daryl Reaugh</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 13th-most in our records. She calls the game with play-by-play announcer </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Monaco</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and analyst </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dominic Moore </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">before completing the pass on April 13.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, April 10</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Predators at Flames (SN-SN1, 9:30) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Calgary-based play-by-play announcer </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rick Ball </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">becomes the 10th person to handle 300 Canadian NHL telecasts in that medium and the 18th when the United States is included. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kelly Hrudey</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan Leslie</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> appear on the same medium in other capacities.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, April 11</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Padres at Mets (TBS, 7:00) - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bob Costas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ 500th MLB telecast, 10th to that point. On PBP with color </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ron Darling</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, April 12</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Stars at Blues (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> breaks a tie with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Forslund </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 428th American national NHL telecast, moving into ninth place on the overall list and fourth on the play-by-play list in addition to 12th on the binational NHL play-by-play list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">do color. Completion of pass from April 9.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, April 12</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Sharks at Flames (SN-SN1, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kelly Hrudey </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cracks the top 15 of Canadian NHL colour commentators, tying </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Johnson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with his 227th appearance alongside </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rick Ball </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan Leslie</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Completion of this pass is still pending because Hrudey appears as a studio analyst in the playoffs.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, April 13</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Blues at Stars (ESPN, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> -</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A.J. Mleczko</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> takes sole possession of 13th place in the American NHL color commentator listings, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daryl Reaugh </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with her 121st game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Buccigross </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leah Hextall </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">round out the broadcast. Completion of pass from April 10.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, April 13</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canucks at Coyotes (SNP, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - In the final Canucks game of the season, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Robson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on the Canadian NHL play-by-play list with his 197th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Garrett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> handles local colour in Vancouver for the final time and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dan Murphy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> reports. Completion of pass from April 8.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 15</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Knicks at Cavaliers game 1 (ESPN, 6:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hubie Brown</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harry Neale </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the second-most color commentary appearances and 14th-most appearances overall in our five main listings with his 1,075th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Pasch </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">flank him. Pass completed April 21.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, April 17</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Warriors at Kings game 2 (TNT, 10:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ian Eagle</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 134th national NBA play-by-play assignment ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Hammond</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 15th on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Jackson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jared Greenberg </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are with Eagle. Pass completed April 19.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, April 19</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Lakers at Grizzlies game 2 (TNT, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ian Eagle</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 135th national NBA play-by-play assignment passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Hammond </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 15th on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Jackson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jared Greenberg </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are with Eagle. Completed pass from April 17.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, April 19</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Kings at Oilers game 2 (CBC-SN, 10:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Davidson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for the 17th-most NHL colour commentary appearances between the U.S. and Canada with his 370th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harnarayan Singh </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scott Oake</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> call this one with him. Pass completed April 21.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, April 20</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Lightning at Maple Leafs game 2 (CBC-SN, 7:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Al Michaels </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 1,033rd appearance in our five master listings, which is good for 17th place across four sports and two countries. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join Simpson as he starts the two-day pass. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, April 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Celtics at Hawks game 3 (ESPN, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hubie Brown </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harry Neale </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the second-most color commentary appearances and 14th-most appearances overall in our five main listings with his 1,076th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Pasch</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">flank him. Completed pass from April 15.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, April 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bruins at Panthers game 3 (CBC-SNE-O-P, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pressed into action on a non-Canucks series, calls his 200th game of national Canadian NHL play-by-play to become the 15th person with that credential. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Garrett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caroline Cameron</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tag along.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, April 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Stars at Wild game 3 (TBS, 9:30) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Pang </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">makes his 707th NHL color commentary appearance on a national telecast to the United States and/or Canada, tying </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gary Green </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for eighth on that list and 13th on the four major pro sports analyst list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Randy Hahn </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bret Hedican</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join him to call the action and start a pass that takes less than 24 hours to complete.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, April 21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Oilers at Kings game 2 (CBC-SN, 10:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Davidson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for the 17th-most NHL colour commentary appearances between the U.S. and Canada with his 371st game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harnarayan Singh </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scott Oake</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> call this one with him. Pass completed from April 19.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Maple Leafs at Lightning game 3 (TBS, 7:00, with first period bumped to truTV)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darren Pang</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gary Green </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 708th NHL color commentary appearance, assuming eighth place outright on the binational analyst list and 13th on the four major pro sports analyst list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brendan Burke</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Butch Goring </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">join Pang on the announce team as he finishes the pass from the night before.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 22</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Maple Leafs at Lightning game 3 (CBC-SN, 7:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Al Michaels </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 1,034th appearance in our five master listings, which is good for 17th place across four sports and two countries. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shawn McKenzie </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">join Simpson as he finishes the two-day pass. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, April 23</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Hurricanes at Islanders game 4 (TNT, 1:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 1,309th national play-by-play telecast in our five main lists ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Hughson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for fifth on record. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ 112th appearance as an American national NHL color commentator ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dale Tallon </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 15th on that list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bryce Salvador </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">joins Jones on color. Both passes are completed on April 25.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, April 23</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Kings at Warriors game 4 (ABC, 3:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Doris Burke ties Bill Russell with 297 confirmed NBA color commentary appearances, which is good for a tie for 10th on that list. Mark Jones and Malika Andrews join Burke. The completion of this pass remains pending.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesday, April 25</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Wild at Stars game 5 (TBS, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Turner Sports’ lead NHL crew doubles up on milestones. Play-by-play announcer </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kenny Albert </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">calls his 1,310th game of PBP in the five main listings, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Hughson</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, while analyst </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keith Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">breaks a tie with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dale Tallon</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and claims 15th place on the American NHL color chart. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ed Olczyk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also provides analysis. Both completed passes began on April 23.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, April 27</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Lightning at Maple Leafs game 5 (CBC-SN, 7:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Canadian NHL stalwart </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> matches TSN and NBC veteran </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pierre McGuire </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 1,391st NHL telecast between the United States and Canada. This ties the two men for second place for a couple of days on the binational NHL total list and fourth place on the five master lists. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join Cuthbert on the telecast.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thursday, April 27</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Rangers at Devils game 5 (ESPN2, 7:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - ESPN’s rinkside wrangler, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emily Kaplan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, becomes the sixth person with 100 national rinkside reports on American national NHL telecasts. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steve Levy</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> discuss matters upstairs.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, April 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Bruins at Panthers game 6 (CBC-SN, 7:30) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- The Vancouver Canucks’ TV duo hits national milestones together - </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> calls his 202nd national game of play-by-play, tying </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 15th on the Canadian NHL list, while </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Garrett</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s 562nd national telecast ties Gord Miller for 15th among Canadian NHL commentators of all flavors. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caroline Cameron</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> serves as reporter. Shorthouse’s pass is completed two nights later, while Garrett has a family commitment on April 30 and his pass remains pending.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Friday, April 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Grizzlies at Lakers game 6 (ESPN, 10:30)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Not to be outdone, ESPN’s NBA commentators also double up on milestones on the other side of the continent. Play-by-play man </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ties </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cheryl Miller </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for 16th place on the total NBA list with his 444th game while analyst </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doris Burke</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes Bill Russell for 10th on the analyst list in her 298th game. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> reports from the sidelines. Jones will finish his pass two days later while Burke’s started on April 23.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 29</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Maple Leafs at Lightning game 6 (CBC-SN, 7:00) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Canadian NHL stalwart </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> passes TSN and NBC veteran </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pierre McGuire </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with his 1,392nd NHL telecast between the United States and Canada. This gives Cuthbert sole possession of second place on the binational NHL total list and fourth place on the five master lists. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craig Simpson </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kyle Bukauskas</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> join Cuthbert on the telecast.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday, April 29</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Devils at Rangers game 6 (ABC, 8:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - ESPN’s lead NHL analyst, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ray Ferraro</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, becomes the 10th person with 150 national analyst credits on American national NHL telecasts. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sean McDonough</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> assists in holding down the fort in the booth with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emily Kaplan </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rinkside.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, April 30</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Heat at Knicks game 1 (ABC, 1:00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - In the world’s most famous arena, play-by-play announcer </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> moves up the list of the describers of the world’s most talented basketball players. He passes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cheryl Miller</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with his 445th national NBA telecast, joined by </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doris Burke </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassidy Hubbarth </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to complete a pass that started April 28.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, April 30</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Panthers at Bruins game 7 (CBC-SN, 6:30) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Shorthouse</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> calls his 203rd national game of play-by-play, passing </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dick Irvin</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 15th on the Canadian NHL list. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caroline Cameron</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> serves as reporter with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greg Millen </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">handling the color. This pass was initiated on April 28.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice.</span></p></span>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-64503459662673514122022-12-31T23:13:00.002-05:002023-05-01T14:28:31.303-04:002022 Announcer Milestones, Post-Veterans Day Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhaMCbPjuOSRSZgX23Lx4Gtpb99Jo27gzH0XjKdibV4FSMXE7WIR0kf_xWtpsormjk3TdEc1Lecc8LKXny2CylyQXf5x3O57lfu-o4edceNAuERnNfGgSCW8MsKAirewW5i-c-YpGVlihGROnTO_UsYltSjc-yqJZ4YKLo6qythwc9yIZFrPSHZ7p/s897/Screenshot_20221231_111117.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="897" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhaMCbPjuOSRSZgX23Lx4Gtpb99Jo27gzH0XjKdibV4FSMXE7WIR0kf_xWtpsormjk3TdEc1Lecc8LKXny2CylyQXf5x3O57lfu-o4edceNAuERnNfGgSCW8MsKAirewW5i-c-YpGVlihGROnTO_UsYltSjc-yqJZ4YKLo6qythwc9yIZFrPSHZ7p/w640-h366/Screenshot_20221231_111117.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>The list continues.</p><p>Earlier this week, I observed that it was high time to update our list of announcer milestones, and thus came to be the list of about 80 such landmarks occurring from mid-May to mid-November. That leaves us with a more manageable chunk of about seven weeks, running from Monday, Nov. 14 through the end of 2022, which we will cover here.</p><p>Our data comes from a series of collections that started on the forums at the 506 Sports website, which you probably know as the place that makes those color-coded maps of which NFL game is being broadcast in which markets every Sunday afternoon. Those forums kicked the bucket in May, moving over to the 506 Sports Discord and an archive wiki, which precipitated a bit of a hiatus here as we figured out how to get stuff updated after the change. Then Newton’s First Law of Motion kicked in, and a body at rest tended to stay at rest, and all of a sudden here we are at the end of December.</p><p>As always, the data wouldn’t be here without the work of people like <b>John Moynahan</b>, <b>Tim Brulia</b>, <b>Jeff Haggar</b>, <b>Jimmy Delach </b>and <b>J.P. Kirby. </b>They did a lot of digging to come up with lists that I herded into spreadsheets, and spreadsheets begat numbers to make posts like this possible.</p><p>We keep the leaders page updated, allegedly weekly, at <a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/tv-databases.html">the link in this sentence</a>. That’s where our overall leaders image (pictured in the header) comes from.</p><p>By way of reminder, we track announcers in three categories, which I will probably refer to as “flavors” sometime in this post. You can be a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, or a sideline reporter (also called a field, courtside or rinkside reporter). Following the established precedent in the listings community, an analyst who works from field level (popularized by Fox’s use of <b>Tony Siragusa </b>on the NFL) is credited as an analyst rather than a reporter.</p><p>We have five main listings — one for each of the four major pro sports (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) in the United States, plus a separate listing for the NHL in Canada. While I do track some collegiate announcers in terms of including them in the daily schedules, there isn’t a tabulator for them. All of these listings track only national network telecasts, not including teams’ local broadcasts, although there is occasionally some crossover when a local NHL feed is picked up in Canada.</p><p>On top of those listings, there are three sets of totals, which come from arithmetic sums of the previous five categories. These are a cumulative NHL total, a cumulative total across the four American lists, and a cumulative total across all four sports including Canada. The NHL totals don’t double-count a game shown on both sides of the 49th parallel – if your Canadian telecast is shown in America or vice versa, you get credit in each individual listing but only one game in the cumulative totals.</p><p>t this time, I don’t track studio personnel, although there is some blurring of the line between hosts and rinkside reporters in our old hockey data. The primary person affected by this is longtime CBC host <b>Ron MacLean</b>, who is credited with 545 host appearances through 1998 and has probably added another 1,000 over the last quarter-century.</p><p>Right now, soccer is in an in-between stage: its listings are almost complete over the last decade or so, but there’s enough fuzziness in prior years that I don’t feel good about adding the futbol to the football and other sports yet.</p><p>(Because this list is longer than I’d like, checking in at 29 blurbs and 2,500 words in total, the Find feature is probably your friend if you’re looking for a specific announcer.)</p><p>We start with an item that actually belongs in the previous post but didn’t make it. On Sunday, Nov. 13, the Canucks-Bruins game on Sportsnet in Canada marks the 55,000th game in our Big Five listings (NFL, NBA, MLB, American NHL and Canadian NHL). The Canucks local crew of <b>John Shorthouse</b>, <b>John Garrett </b>and <b>Dan Murphy </b>has the call.</p><p><b>Tuesday, Nov. 15 </b>– ESPN NHL analyst <b>Brian Boucher</b> breaks a tie with Steve Levy for the 11th-most national telecasts of that league in the U.S. when he calls his 373rd game, Flyers-Blue Jackets with <b>Bob Wischusen</b>. Levy had pulled level on Sunday, Nov. 13.</p><p><b>Wednesday, Nov. 16 </b>– ESPN sideline reporter <b>Lisa Salters </b>handles her 450th NBA telecast, a Celtics-Hawks showdown in Atlanta with <b>Mark Jones</b> and <b>Doris Burke</b>. Salters is the 15th NBA commentator to reach 450 games – in fact, she ties <b>Bob Neal </b>for 14th the same day – and the second courtside reporter, trailing <b>Craig Sager</b>. With her NBA opportunities somewhat limited in the fall because of Monday Night Football, Salters passes Neal on a Celtics-Warriors game on Saturday, Dec. 10 alongside <b>Mike Breen</b>, <b>Jeff Van Gundy </b>and <b>Mark Jackson</b>.</p><p><b>Wednesday, Nov. 16 </b>– TNT’s principal NHL booth analyst, <b>Ed Olczyk</b>, handles his 850th U.S. national NHL telecast as the Kings square off with the Oilers north of the border. Olczyk, who is joined by usual partners <b>Kenny Albert </b>and <b>Keith Jones</b>, becomes the fourth person to reach 850 on the NHL, trailing <b>Bill Clement</b>, <b>Mike Emrick </b>and <b>Pierre McGuire</b>. He is the 15th person to reach 850 games in the four major American pro sports.</p><p><b>Friday, Nov. 18 </b>– The Bucks-76ers telecast on ESPN, helmed by <b>Marc Kestecher</b>, <b>Doris Burke </b>and <b>Cassidy Hubbarth</b>, marks the 9,000th NBA telecast in our database. That’s almost 110 regulation 82-game seasons.</p><p><b>Saturday, Nov. 19 </b>– <b>Louie DeBrusk </b>of Rogers’ NHL coverage calls his 323rd NHL game, breaking a tie with <b>Gary Dornhoefer </b>for 19th among analysts between the U.S. and Canada as the Oilers host the Golden Knights. <b>Harnarayan Singh </b>calls play-by-play and <b>Scott Oake </b>reports rinkside. DeBrusk had created this tie on Nov. 12, which was in the previous post.</p><p><b>Sunday, Nov. 20 </b>– A season-long game of leapfrog continues as <b>Kenny Albert </b>calls the Buccaneers-Browns game for Fox alongside <b>Jonathan Vilma </b>and <b>Shannon Spake</b>. The Sunday afternoon game is his 470th, tying <b>Troy Aikman </b>for #13 on the total NFL list. On Monday night, Aikman breaks the tie as he calls the 49ers-Cardinals game on ESPN with <b>Joe Buck </b>and Salters. The tie-untie proceeds to happen every week through Jan. 1-2 with Albert leveling the score on Sunday and Aikman pulling back ahead on Monday. I’m not going to note it every time.</p><p><b>Thursday, Nov. 24 </b>– The early game of the NFL’s Thanksgiving tripleheader marks a round number for <b>Jim Nantz</b>, who calls his 450th game in that league as the Lions host the Bills. <b>Tony Romo </b>and <b>Tracy Wolfson </b>round out the crew. Nantz is the 15th NFL commentator and ninth play-by-play announcer to reach the 450 mark.</p><p><b>Sunday, Nov. 27 </b>– On the next CBS crew down the ladder, <b>Evan Washburn </b>ties <b>Armen Keteyian </b>for eighth place on the list of NFL sideline reporters with his 163rd game, Bengals-Titans. <b>Ian Eagle </b>and <b>Charles Davis </b>man the booth, as they do a week later when Washburn completes the pass of Keteyian with a Jets-Vikings tilt.</p><p><b>Monday, Nov. 28 </b>– Edmonton-based rinkside reporter <b>Gene Principe </b>appears on his 200th national NHL telecast, a Panthers-Oilers tilt on Sportsnet and SN1 alongside <b>Jack Michaels </b>and DeBrusk. He’s the 13th reporter to the 200 mark in Canada and the 15th including American NHL telecasts, although as noted in the MacLean exception above, our data sources are kind of fuzzy in their delineation of “hosting” and “reporting.”</p><p><b>Wednesday, Nov. 30 </b>– The dean of American NHL goaltender analysts, <b>Darren Pang</b>, moves up the list of color commentators when he works his 685th game on color duty, tying <b>Doug Collins </b>for 14th on our Big Five listings. His tie comes in Detroit as the Sabres visit the Red Wings alongside play-by-play man <b>Brendan Burke </b>and reporter <b>Jackie Redmond</b>, who are also with Pang a week later for Sabres-Blue Jackets when he completes the pass.</p><p><b>Wednesday, Nov. 30 </b>– <b>Ed Olczyk </b>meets a slightly more specific milestone, calling his 850th American national NHL telecast as the color commentator. Only Clement and McGuire have done more of that in the U.S. and only <b>Hubie Brown </b>and <b>Joe Morgan </b>have reached that mark in other American sports. The difference between this milestone and the one he reached on Nov. 16 is a pair of rinkside appearances for ESPN in 2002 and 2003. Albert and Jones also join him for this game, which also involves the Oilers – visiting the Blackhawks.</p><p><b>Friday, Dec. 2 </b>– Speaking of the Blackhawks, former Chicago color commentator <b>Dale Tallon </b>gets caught on the list of U.S. national NHL color commentators as <b>A.J. Mleczko </b>makes her 112th appearance, joining <b>Mike Monaco</b> on Predators-Islanders to tie for 14th on that list. Mleczko finishes the pass four weeks later on the penultimate day of 2022 as Buccigross and<b> Dominic Moore </b>join her for Panthers-Hurricanes.</p><p><b>Monday, Dec. 5 </b>– Two of the <i>Monday Night Football </i>trio show up on this list for different reasons as the Buccaneers host the Saints. <b>Joe Buck </b>calls his 450th NFL game (trailing <b>Jim Nantz </b>to that mark by 11 days), becoming the 16th announcer and 10th play-by-play man to reach that point. Analyst <b>Troy Aikman</b> ties <b>Phil Simms </b>with his 472nd telecast and the two men share 12th place overall and fourth among NFL color commentators along with 20th place among all U.S. color commentators. <b>Lisa Salters </b>handles the sidelines. Aikman completes the pass of Simms a week later when the same crew calls Patriots-Cardinals.</p><p><b>Sunday, Dec. 11</b> – Versatile Fox commentator <b>Kenny Albert</b> calls his 472nd NFL telecast, creating a three-way tie at 12th overall on that sport with Aikman and Simms. Sideline reporter <b>Shannon Spake</b> also pulls into a tie with <b>Lynn Swann </b>for 15th on the NFL sideline reporter list with her 87th game. While Aikman pulls ahead of Simms one night later with his Monday night game (see Nov. 20), Albert goes on to complete the pass of Simms and Spake finishes passing Swann on Dec. 18 with Patriots-Raiders.<b> Jonathan Vilma</b> is the analyst on both games.</p><p><b>Sunday, Dec. 11 </b>– Former ESPN commentator and current Boston Bruins voice <b>Jack Edwards </b>appears on a national NHL telecast in Canada for the 196th time, tying <b>Jim Robson </b>for 13th among play-by-play announcers, when Sportsnet lifts the NESN feed of Bruins-Golden Knights that has Edwards alongside <b>Andy Brickley</b> and <b>Sophia Jurksztowicz</b>. He passes Robson two days later on an Islanders-Bruins game with similar circumstances.</p><p><b>Saturday, Dec. 17 </b>– Hockey Night In Canada analyst <b>Craig Simpson </b>pulls into a tie with <b>Bill Clement </b>as Simpson works Maple Leafs-Canucks for his 1,007th game of NHL colour commentary between the U.S. and Canada. That figure ties for fourth among NHL analysts, trailing <b>Pierre McGuire</b>, <b>Harry Neale </b>and <b>Dick Irvin</b>, and also ties for fifth among analysts across the board, where Hubie Brown also factors in. <b>Chris Cuthbert </b>and <b>Kyle Bukauskas </b>also appear on the telecast, and they join Simpson when he finishes the pass with a New Year’s Eve visit to Maple Leafs-Avalanche.</p><p><b>Saturday, Dec. 17</b> – <b>Laura Okmin </b>works her 240th game as a sideline reporter across our four main American listings, the Dolphins-Bills game on NFL Network with <b>Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez </b>and <b>Peter Schrager</b>. That ties <b>Bob Harwood </b>for the 14th-most appearances by a sideline reporter in that aggregation. She passes Harwood with the Seahawks-Chiefs game on Christmas Eve alongside Kugler and Sanchez.</p><p><b>Sunday, Dec. 18 </b>– One Fox reporter ties another, albeit with the latter having moved to play-by-play, as <b>Kristina Pink </b>ties <b>Chris Myers </b>with her 135th NFL appearance on the sideline at Saints-Falcons. The duo shares 12th place for six days before Pink assumes control outright on Dec. 24 with Giants-Vikings. <b>Adam Amin </b>and <b>Mark Schlereth </b>handle the booth for both games.</p><p><b>Sunday, Dec. 18 </b>– The NFL’s all-time leader in sideline appearances, <b>Pam Oliver</b>, reaches new heights with her 500th broadcast in that capacity, an Eagles-Bears game with <b>Joe Davis </b>and <b>Daryl “Moose” Johnston</b>. Oliver is the ninth NFL broadcaster to reach the big 5-0-0, a list that includes five play-by-play announcers and three analysts (I counted<b> Pat Summerall </b>in the former category and <b>Frank Gifford</b> in the latter). The game is also her 529th in the four major American pro sports, which ties <b>Michele Tafoya</b> for fourth among sideline reporters and eighth among sideline reporters in all five of our main listings. She passes Oliver on the Christmas Day Packers-Dolphins game, which is also with Davis and Johnston.</p><p><b>Tuesday, Dec. 20 </b>– TNT’s <b>Reggie Miller </b>calls his 610th national telecast as a color commentator, a Warriors-Knicks game with <b>Brian Anderson </b>and <b>Jared Greenberg</b>. That ties him with <b>Brian Engblom </b>for the 14th-most by an analyst in our four American listings. </p><p><b>Wednesday, Dec. 21 </b>– <b>John Bartlett </b>also reaches <b>Jim Robson</b>’s milestone of 196 national NHL play-by-play appearances in Canada, which now marks 14th place after Edwards passed a week earlier. Bartlett ties Robson on a Canadiens-Avalanche game alongside <b>Garry Galley </b>and <b>Kyle Bukauskas</b>; he passes the milestone a week later on Canadiens-Lightning with the same crew.</p><p><b>Sunday, Dec. 25 </b>– CBS’s lead NFL sideline reporter, <b>Tracy Wolfson</b>, ties <b>Bob Harwood </b>for the 15th-most sideline reports in the four major American pro sports when she appears on her 240th game, a Broncos-Rams Christmas matinee with <b>Jim Nantz </b>and <b>Tony Romo</b>.</p><p><b>Monday, Dec. 26 –</b> <b>Joe Buck </b>calls his 1,090th game across our five main listings, which ties <b>Mike Emrick </b>for 12th-most in that universe. He is joined by Aikman and Salters for a Chargers-Colts contest at Lucas Oil Stadium.</p><p><b>Wednesday, Dec. 28 </b>– <b>Garry Galley </b>becomes the 11th NHL colour commentator to handle 600 national games between the U.S. and Canada as he describes a Canadiens-Lightning tilt for Sportsnet with Bartlett and Bukauskas. Galley is also the 16th person to reach 600 analyst games across our five main listings.</p><p><b>Wednesday, Dec. 28 </b>– TNT’s last NHL doubleheader of the calendar year gets <b>Kenny Albert </b>to the plateau of 1,300 national telecasts, making him the fourth U.S. announcer (plus <b>Bob Cole</b>, <b>Jim Hughson</b>, <b>Chris Cuthbert </b>and part of <b>Pierre McGuire</b> in Canada) to reach that mark. Olczyk and Jones join Albert on a Bruins-Devils contest.</p><p><b>Friday, Dec. 30 </b>– <b>Ray Ferraro </b>rings out 2022 with his 400th national NHL telecast between the U.S. and Canada, becoming the 15th colour commentator to reach that milestone with an Oilers-Kraken showdown at Climate Pledge Arena alongside <b>Leah Hextall</b>.</p><p><b>Saturday, Dec. 31 </b>– <b>Garry Galley </b>reaches 600 national NHL telecasts in Canada alone with his New Year’s Eve call of the Canadiens-Capitals game with <b>John Bartlett </b>and <b>Shawn McKenzie</b>. (The difference between this milestone and the one Galley reached Dec. 28 is a single NBCSN telecast lifted from Sportsnet’s regional network at the end of the 2013 season.) With that figure, he ties <b>Pierre McGuire </b>for the fifth-most Canadian telecasts by an analyst and the 13th-most Canadian telecasts overall.</p><p><b>Saturday, Dec. 31 </b>– The last game entered in our records in 2022 facilitates a tie as <b>Louie DeBrusk </b>matches <b>Joe Micheletti </b>with 339 NHL games called as an analyst. The two men stand tied at 339 games entering 2023. DeBrusk gets there on a Jets-Oilers game alongside <b>Harnarayan Singh </b>and Principe.</p>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-3804932279777211792022-12-29T21:54:00.005-05:002022-12-31T23:06:58.709-05:002022 Announcer Milestones Between Mothers' Day and Veterans Day<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">It’s been, um, a few weeks since we last updated the list of announcer milestones in 2022.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">With the end-of-year deadline approaching where Excel is soon going to force me to type “2022” to get a date in that year, the time to update that list seems to be now. As an added benefit, this gives us actual content to run through the blog and our assorted social media platforms as we work through what our site looks like once Twitter eventually self-destructs – an event that I think is coming, although I couldn’t begin to guess when.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">By way of reminder, we track announcers in three categories, which I will probably refer to as “flavors” sometime in this post. You can be a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, or a sideline reporter (also called a field, courtside or rinkside reporter). Following the established precedent in the listings community, an analyst who works from field level (popularized by Fox’s use of Tony Siragusa on the NFL) is credited as an analyst rather than a reporter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We have five main listings — one for each of the four major pro sports (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) in the United States, plus a separate listing for the NHL in Canada. While I do track some collegiate announcers in terms of including them in the daily schedules, there isn’t a tabulator for them. All of these listings track only national network telecasts, not including teams’ local broadcasts, although there is occasionally some crossover when a local NHL feed is picked up0 in Canada.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">On top of those listings, there are three sets of totals, which come from arithmetic sums of the previous five categories. These are a cumulative NHL total, a cumulative total across the four American lists, and a cumulative total across all four sports including Canada. The NHL totals don’t double-count a game shown on both sides of the 49th parallel – if your Canadian telecast is shown in America or vice versa, you get credit in each individual listing but only one game in the cumulative totals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">At this time, I don’t track studio personnel, although there is some blurring of the line between hosts and rinkside reporters in our old hockey data. The primary person affected by this is longtime CBC host Ron MacLean, who is credited with 545 host appearances through 1998 and has probably added another 1,000 over the last quarter-century.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Right now, soccer is in an in-between stage: its listings are almost complete over the last decade or so, but there’s enough fuzziness in prior years that I don’t feel good about adding the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">futbol</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> to the football and other sports yet.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This list begins on Mothers’ Day because that’s about when we stopped posting regular updates. I picked Veterans Day (Armistice Day) as the cut-off date for what will be a two-part list, mostly because I needed a cutoff date – this thing is long enough as is – and secondarily because it’s right at a half-year from Mothers’ Day. And while the World War I was of course on November 11, the actual split here will come after November 13 since that’s the end of a week in our usual update structure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">More on the hosting of these listings and how you can submit changes or corrections will hopefully be coming in the next few days, but now, let’s get to the milestone log without further ado. Or Freddy Adu.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">(Because this list is fairly long, checking in at close to 80 items and 5,500 words, the Find feature is probably your friend if you’re looking for a specific announcer.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, May 16</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – The first of back-to-back days of Astros-Red Sox national telecasts allows </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Jim Kaat</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> to tie Jeff Torborg on the national MLB color list with his 225th game, good for 15th place. Bob Costas and JP Morosi round out the MLB Network booth. Kaat completes the pass two nights later on a Mariners-Red Sox game with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, May 17 – Bob Costas</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> uses the second game of the Astros-Red Sox series to tie Gord Miller at number 17 on the master play-by-play list with his 654th game. Jeff Francoeur and Heidi Watney work alongside Costas for TBS. Costas completes the pass with a Mariners-Red Sox game two nights later on MLB Network flanked by Kaat and Morosi.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, May 17 – Greg Millen</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> calls his 850th NHL game for Canada, Game 1 of the Lightning-Panthers Eastern Conference semifinal in Sunrise, Florida, alongside John Bartlett and Kyle Bukauskas. Millen is the ninth person to reach the 850 plateau. Six nights later, he becomes the fourth person to get to that mark on colour commentary with Game 4 of the same series in Tampa with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, May 17 – Darren Pang</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">’s 722nd NHL telecast between the U.S. and Canada comes in Denver, where he calls Game 1 of the Avalanche-Blues second-round series on TNT with Brendan Burke, Shane Hnidy and Tarik El-Bashir. This completes a pass of Dave Strader for the 18th position on the joint U.S.-Canada NHL list, which began on Friday, May 13, when Pang pulled level.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, May 20 – Kevin Harlan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the third person and play-by-play announcer to reach 1,300 U.S. national telecasts when he calls Game 2 of the Mavericks-Warriors Western Conference Final with Reggie Miller, Stan Van Gundy and Allie LaForce. He’s the seventh person and fifth play-by-play man to reach that mark including Canadian NHL commentators.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, May 20 – Ray Ferraro</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> moves up the joint U.S.-Canada NHL colo(u)r analyst list with his 370th game, Game 2 of a Rangers-Hurricanes second-round series in Raleigh alongside Sean McDonough and Emily Kaplan. The Friday game ties him for 15th place, alongside John Davidson, and Game 3 on Sunday, May 22 (in New York but otherwise with the same crew) completes the pass.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, May 20 – Brian Boucher</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">’s 363rd NHL telecast for the U.S. market ties Dan Kelly for 12th-most in our records. He ties the mark on Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal, an Oilers-Flames game in Calgary alongside play-by-play man John Buccigross and rinkside reporter Leah Hextall, and completes the pass on Game 3 in Edmonton with Bob Wischusen swapped in for Buccigross. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">(The Kelly involved in this pass is the elder Dan Kelly, who passed in 1989, not his nephew of the same name, who is currently employed by the Big Ten Network et al.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, May 21 – Louie DeBrusk</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the 13th person to handle the national colour commentary for 300 Canadian NHL telecasts as he calls Game 3 of the Avalanche-Blues series from St. Louis alongside Harnarayan Singh and Dan Murphy. Including American NHL telecasts, he is the 20th pundit to reach that mark.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, May 21 – Mark Jackson</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> is the eighth person to call 650 national NBA telecast and the fourth analyst to get to that mark. He does so with Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final between the Heat and Celtics in Boston alongside Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Malika Andrews. Jackson is the 10th analyst to 650 games in the four major U.S. listings and 16th including Canadian NHL pundits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, May 21 – Ken Rosenthal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Jon Miller on the list of total MLB telecasts with his 625th appearance, a sideline gig alongside Adam Amin and A.J. Pierzynski at Oracle Park for Padres-Giants. Rosenthal passes Miller for sixth outright a week later at Phillies-Mets alongside Joe Davis and John Smoltz.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, May 23 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Not to be outdone by his broadcast partner, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Jeff Van Gundy </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">calls his 800th national NBA telecast, becoming the sixth person to that total and the second analyst (trailing Hubie Brown). This is Game 4 of the Heat-Celtics series with Breen, Jackson and Lisa Salters. The game is also </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mike Breen</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">’s 1,017th broadcast of a major pro sport, which ties Al Michaels for number nine overall and number eight among U.S. play-by-play announcers. In Canada, the figures are 16th overall and 11th on PBP with Danny Gallivan also included in the tie. Michaels completes the pass on Wednesday, May 25, with Game 5 of the series.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, May 24</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Versatile multi-sport announcer </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kenny Albert</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the fourth person to call 1,250 games of play-by-play across the four major American sports in our records; he is the sixth person to reach that mark including Canada. The game that gives him that mark is Game 4 of the Panthers-Lightning second-round series with Ed Olczyk, Keith Jones and Nabil Karim.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, May 26</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Reggie Miller</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the 10th NBA broadcaster to call 600 games and the sixth analyst to reach that mark as he calls Game 5 of the Western Conference final between the Mavericks and Warriors, which ends up being TNT’s last telecast of the season, alongside Kevin Harlan, Stan Van Gundy and Allie LaForce. Miller is also the 13th analyst in the four major U.S. listings and 18th including Canadian NHL pundits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, May 28 – Tom Verducci</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">’s color appearance on Guardians-Tigers breaks a tie with Orel Hershiser for the 13th-most analyst games at 229. Brandon Gaudin partners with Verducci.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, May 29</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – While filling in for Jason Benetti on Peacock’s MLB Sunday Leadoff, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Jon Miller</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> calls his 626th national MLB game, tying Rosenthal for number 6 on the overall list with a Giants-Reds game alongside Barry Larkin, Shawn Estes and Ahmed Fareed. This facilitates another Rosenthal pass on June 4, working Angels-Phillies with Davis and Smoltz.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, May 30</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Ferraro</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">works for an American network and moves up a list in Canada as Sportsnet lifts ESPN’s feed of Game 7 in the Rangers-Hurricanes series. The telecast is Ferraro’s 312th to the Canadian audience, matching Gary Dornhoefer for 11th on the list of colour commentators as he works with Sean McDonough and Emily Kaplan. He completes the pass in the 2022-23 season opener, a Lightning-Rangers tilt on Oct. 11 with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, May 31 – Ron Darling</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the 27th person to call 300 national MLB telecasts as he handles Angels-Yankees alongside Matt Winer and Kelly Crull. His 300th color appearance is the following Tuesday on a Dodgers-White Sox game alongside Brian Anderson and Hazel Mae.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, May 31 – Chris Cuthbert</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the third person to call play-by-play of 1,200 NHL telecasts across both sides of the 49th parallel, hitting that mark with Game 1 of the Oilers-Avalanche Western Conference Final in Denver. He is the seventh PBP announcer to record 1,200 appearances including the MLB, NFL and NBA listings. Craig Simpson and Kyle Bukauskas join him for the milestone game.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, June 2 – Tom Verducci</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Dan Shulman for the 12th-most national telecasts in our MLB records, working his 461st game as the Yankees host the Angels. Adnan Virk handles play-by-play and Morosi is on the field. Verducci completes the pass six days later on a Mets-Padres game with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, June 5 – Lisa Salters </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">ties Cheryl Miller with her 444th national NBA telecast, creating a tie at no. 15 on the total list (Miller worked as both a color commentator and sideline reporter for TBS and TNT). The milestone game is Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Warriors and Celtics alongside Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Jackson; Salters completes the pass with Game 3 on June 8 with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, June 11 – Emily Kaplan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> matches Darren Pang’s mark of 48 American telecasts as an NHL rinkside reporter, which is good for 10th in our records. Kaplan pulls level on Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final, a Rangers-Lightning clash, and passes Pang with Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 15 as the Lightning visit the Avalanche. Both games have McDonough on PBP and Ferraro as the analyst.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, June 11</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Verducci continues his move up the MLB rankings, matching John Smoltz for 11th on the total list with 463 games as he calls Athletics-Guardians with Kevin Kugler. Three hours and change later, Smoltz breaks the tie with his 464th game, Cubs-Yankees with Davis.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, June 12 – Buster Olney </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">becomes the 28th MLB broadcaster with 300 national appearances as he reports from the field on the Mets-Angels Sunday Night game with Karl Ravech, David Cone and Eduardo Perez in the booth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, June 13</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Jeff Van Gundy ties Tim McCarver with his 807th national telecast as an analyst, which joins the men at sixth on the U.S. master list and 10th including the Canadian NHL commentators. The game in question is Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Warriors with Breen, Jackson and Salters; Van Gundy completes the pass on Wednesday, June 15, with Game 6 involving the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, June 18 – David Amber</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Al Morganti for 18th place on the joint American-Canadian NHL rinkside reporters list when he covers Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Lightning and Avalanche alongside Cuthbert, Simpson and Bukauskas. He will complete the pass three nights later on Game 3 of the series with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, June 20</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Verducci again ties Smoltz for 11th place on the MLB total list, this time with 465 games, as he calls Cardinals-Brewers with Brandon Gaudin. He completes the pass with Nationals-Rangers, also alongside Gaudin, on Saturday the 25th, only for Smoltz to re-tie him with Dodgers-Braves later that evening.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, June 24 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">–</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kaplan moves up the U.S. NHL sideline reporter list into ninth place, tying Scott Wahle with game number 53 (Game 5 of the Lightning-Avalanche series in Colorado) and passing him with game number 54 (Game 6 of the same series two nights later in Tampa). McDonough and Ferraro were the booth crew for each game.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, July 2 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Verducci passes Smoltz for #11 on the total MLB list with game number 466, an Athletics-Mariners contest in Seattle paired with Aaron Goldsmith. Smoltz ties him with game 467, Padres-Dodgers, later that evening with Davis and Rosenthal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, July 9 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Verducci passes Smoltz for #11 on the total MLB list again, this time with game number 467 alongside Alex Faust for a Rays-Reds game in Cincinnati. Smoltz has the night off.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wednesday, July 13 – JP Morosi</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Tim Kurkjian for seventh on the list of MLB national-telecast sideline reporters when he makes his 115th appearance in that category, a Dodgers-Cardinals game with Matt Vasgersian and Tom Verducci. He completes the pass with a Dodgers-Giants game alongside Vasgersian and Pence on Aug. 4.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, July 16 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Verducci ties Red Sox announcer Dave O’Brien with his 471st national MLB telecast, a Tigers-Guardians game with Kenny Albert on the weekend before the All-Star break. The pair enter the break tied for 10th until Verducci breaks the tie by reporting from the field at the All-Star Game three days later with Davis, Smoltz and Rosenthal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, July 21</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Olney becomes the second MLB sideline reporter to reach 300 national telecasts when he handles the Giants-Dodgers game along with Ravech and Perez. He’s also the 11th sideline reporter to reach that plateau in the four major U.S. sports and the 20th including Canadian NHL reporters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, July 30 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Rosenthal ties Joe Buck for the last spot in baseball’s top 5 national commentators, working his 637th game alongside Goldsmith and Verducci as the Cardinals visit the Nationals. He finishes the pass a week later on a Yankees-Cardinals game with Goldsmith and Smoltz.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, July 30</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Kenny Albert calls his 400th game of national MLB play-by-play, becoming the 10th person with those credentials, when the Pirates meet the Phillies on Fox’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Baseball Night in America</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. Eric Karros is the analyst.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, Aug. 11</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Lead Fox MLB analyst </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">John Smoltz</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> calls his 471st national telecast as the Cubs and Reds square off at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, tying him with O’Brien for number 11 on the MLB total list. Joining Smoltz are Davis, Rosenthal and Verducci. His 472nd game, passing O’Brien, is Saturday, Aug. 20 as the Braves host the Astros with Amin on play-by-play alongside Rosenthal on the field.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, Aug. 15</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Verducci’s 247th game as an MLB color commentator matches Steve Lyons for 12th on that list. Gaudin joins Verducci for an Astros-White Sox tilt at the oldest active MLB stadium, Fenway Park. Verducci passes Lyons the following Saturday on a Mets-Phillies affair with Don Orsillo.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, Aug. 18 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Less than four weeks after his Baseball Hall of Fame induction, Kaat ties Orel Hershiser with his 228th national MLB broadcast as an analyst. With Bob Costas in COVID protocols, Matt Vasgersian handles play-by-play of the Blue Jays-Yankees game with Morosi on the field. The morning of the game, Kaat announces that the broadcast will be his last, ending a major-league career that started in 1959 with the Washington Senators.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Aug. 20</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – While finishing his pass of Dave O’Brien (see Aug. 11), Smoltz ties Phil Simms for the 19th-most color-commentary appearances across the four major U.S. pro sports with his 472nd game, Astros-Braves with Amin and Rosenthal. He finishes the pass of Simms a week later on a Braves-Cardinals game with Goldsmith and Rosenthal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wednesday, Aug. 24 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Verducci becomes the 12th person to handle color commentary for 250 national MLB telecasts when he breaks down the White Sox-Orioles game on FS1 alongside Gaudin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Sept. 2 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– The Marlins-Braves telecast on Apple TV+, helmed by Melanie Newman with Carlos Pena, Russell Dorsey and Tricia Whitaker, is the 6,000th national (as opposed to regional) MLB telecast in our database.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, Sept. 8</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – The NFL’s season opener provides the platform for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Cris Collinsworth</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> to facilitate a tie for fifth place on the football analyst list, calling his 427th game to match Paul Maguire’s mark. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Mike Tirico</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> calls the Bills-Rams game with Melissa Stark on the sidelines, with Tirico passing Charlie Jones for #20 on the master U.S. play-by-play list of the four major pro sports in his 527th appearance. Three nights later, Collinsworth passes Maguire with his 428th game, working with the same crew on Buccaneers-Cowboys.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Sept. 11 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– A season-long game of leapfrog kicks off as Kenny Albert calls the Saints-Falcons game for Fox alongside Jonathan Vilma and Shannon Spake. The Sunday afternoon game is his 459th, tying Troy Aikman for #13 on the total NFL list. On Monday night, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Aikman</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> breaks the tie as he calls the Broncos-Seahawks game on ABC with Joe Buck and Salters. The tie-untie proceeds to happen every week through Jan. 1-2 with Albert leveling the score and Aikman pulling back ahead. I’m not going to note it every time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Sept. 11</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kevin Harlan</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> passes Phil Simms for no. 11 on the list of NFL telecast announcers, pulling ahead of him at 473 games with the Raiders-Chargers tilt alongside Trent Green and Melanie Collins.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, Sept. 12 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">–</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">The newly-minted voice of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday Night Football</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Joe Buck</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, ties Harry Neale with his 1,074th game in all of our listings, the Broncos-Seahawks tilt on ABC with Aikman and Salters. He finishes the pass the next week on Vikings-Eagles with the same crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, Sept. 15</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – In the opening NFL game on Amazon Prime, play-by-play voice </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Al Michaels</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> breaks a tie with Gallivan for 17th place on our master total list and 12th place on the master play-by-play list when he calls his 1,018th game. Michaels worked with Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, Sept. 22</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – The other regional game on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Baseball Night</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> is Red Sox-Yankees, where Rosenthal’s 645th national MLB telecast ties Joe Garagiola for fifth overall. Amin and Smoltz hold down the booth. Rosenthal will pass Garagiola on Saturday, Oct. 1, with a Mets-Braves game also called by Goldsmith and Smoltz.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Sept. 25 – Tracy Wolfson</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the fifth NFL sideline reporter to work 200 games on national television, reaching that plateau with the lead CBS booth of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo as the Chiefs visit the Colts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Sept. 25 – Eduardo Perez</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> matches Kaat and Hershiser with his 228th national MLB telecast as an analyst, briefly creating a three-way tie for 14th place on that list. The ESPN </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday Night Baseball</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> crew of Ravech, Cone and Olney joins Perez on both the tying game, Red Sox-Yankees, and the passing game, Mets-Braves a week later.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Sept. 25 – Chris Myers</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> becomes the 22nd NFL commentator to appear on 350 national telecasts when he calls Falcons-Seahawks in Seattle. Myers has, of course, split time between play-by-play and sideline reporting; he is doing the former here, alongside Robert Smith and Jen Hale.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 8</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Olney ties Ahmad Rashad for the 10th-most sideline appearances across the four major U.S. pro sports and the 19th-most including Canadian NHL reporters when he covers the first game of the Padres-Mets wild card playoff, his 314th career appearance, alongside Ravech, Cone and Perez. Game 2 the next day marks his 315th sideline gig and completes the pass.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Oct. 9</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Erin Andrews</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> pulls into a tie for 16th place with Brian McFarlane on the overall sideline reporter list with her 377th game, a Cowboys-Rams game on Fox with Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen and Tom Rinaldi. She completes the pass with a Jets-Packers game a week later.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, Oct. 11 – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ray Ferraro uses the occasion of ESPN’s 2022-23 NHL season opener to slide into 15th on the list of U.S. NHL color commentators, tying Mike Milbury and A.J. Mleczko with his 108th such game. Play-by-play voice McDonough is alongside him with Kaplan downstairs at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, for a Lightning-Rangers affair.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wednesday, Oct. 12 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– In the second half of TNT’s season-opening NHL doubleheader, lead play-by-play voice Kenny Albert calls his 400th national telecast of that sport, becoming the 10th announcer and fifth PBP person to reach that mark in the U.S.; including Canada, he’s the 13th play-by-play voice to reach 400 NHL games. He narrates a Blackhawks-Avalanche game alongside Olczyk and Jones in analyst chairs and Jackie Redmond rinkside.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thursday, Oct. 13</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Because two NHL milestones in two nights was not enough, Ferraro eases past Milbury and Mleczko as he picks up his 109th U.S. analyst credit, reaching 14th place where he promptly creates another tie with Jim Schoenfeld. Buccigross calls play-by-play and Kaplan is rinkside for Devils-Flyers in Philadelphia.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 15</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – DeBrusk ties Dornhoefer for 12th on the Canadian NHL colour listing with his 312th game, a Flames-Oilers contest in Edmonton alongside Singh and Scott Oake. In his next game, Sabres-Oilers the following Tuesday alongside Jack Michaels and Gene Principe, he passes Dornhoefer and ties Ferraro at 313. Finally, on Oct. 22, DeBrusk pulls clear of Ferraro into 11th place outright with game 314 alongside Michaels and Principe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 15</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Rosenthal becomes the fifth MLB commentator to call 650 games when he reports from the field of Game 4 in the Braves-Phillies National League Division Series. Davis and Smoltz round out the crew. His 650th </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">sideline</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> appearance comes three days later on Game 1 of the Phillies-Padres NLCS with Davis, Smoltz and Verducci. The difference between those two milestones is a MLB Network telecast of the Padres-Athletics game on Aug. 4, 2021, where Rosenthal appeared in the network’s studio and is credited with an analyst appearance. The sideline mark is also the second-best in the four major U.S. pro sports, trailing Craig Sager, and fourth-most including Canadian NHL listings, also trailing Scott Oake and Dave Hodge.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Oct. 16</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Harlan calls his 1,309th game in our listings, which ties Jim Hughson for sixth across the board and fourth on our list of play-by-play announcers. He effects the tie by calling Patriots-Browns on CBS with Trent Green and Melanie Collins, then finishes the pass on the later half of TNT’s NBA season-opening doubleheader, Lakers-Warriors, two days later with Miller and Stephanie Ready.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Oct. 16 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– The dean of NFL sideline reporters, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Pam Oliver</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, works her 492nd national telecast as the Buccaneers-Steelers game with Gaudin on the call and Daryl Johnston doing color. That pulls Oliver into a tie with Dick Enberg for ninth on the NFL total list. She passes Enberg on the Packers-Commanders game with Amin and Johnston a week later.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, Oct. 18</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – We managed to go four days without an American NHL milestone, albeit all days with no national telecasts scheduled. As the Flyers hit the road and visit the Lightning, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">A.J. Mleczko</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> calls her 109th national telecast, breaking a tie with Milbury for no. 16 on the analyst list and joining Ferraro and Schoenfeld in a tie for no. 14.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Wednesday, Oct. 19</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Jeff Van Gundy ties Tim McCarver for 18th on the master U.S. total list with an 809th national appearance, which comes on a Knicks-Grizzlies opener alongside Breen and Salters. Two days later, he works a Celtics-Heat game with Ryan Ruocco and Cassidy Hubbarth and passes McCarver while tying Brian Engblom on the same list with 910. Finally, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, a Nets-Bucks game with Mark Jones and Monica McNutt gives Van Gundy 17th place outright.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Oct. 21</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Ferraro’s 110th American NHL telecast leaves him alone in 14th place, passing Mleczko and Schoenfeld on a Battle of Florida between the Lightning and Panthers. On the same telecast, Kaplan ties Billy Jaffe for eighth on the rinkside reporter list with her 58th appearance. Buccigross handles play-by-play. Kaplan completes the pass of Jaffe with her 59th game, Ducks-Red Wings, alongside Steve Levy and Boucher two days later.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Oct. 21</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Jeff Van Gundy matches Craig Sager’s career total of 810 national NBA telecasts, which stands as a tie for fifth on record behind Marv Albert, Hubie Brown, Breen and Harlan. The Celtics-Heat telecast on ESPN comes with play-by-play man Ruocco and sideliner Hubbarth. He completes the pass of Sager on Oct. 26’s Nets-Bucks game between Jones and McNutt.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Oct. 21</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Verducci ties Bob Harwood for the 13th-most sideline appearances in the four major U.S. pro sports with his 240th such appearance, Game 3 of the Padres-Phillies National League Championship Series. Davis, Smoltz and Rosenthal are also on hand.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 22 – Jack Edwards</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> hits 300 on the Canadian NHL play-by-play list, making him the 17th person to that milestone. His Bruin linemates, color commentator Andy Brickley and rinkside reporter Sophia Jurksztowicz, join him as Sportsnet lifts the NESN feed of a Bruins-Wild visit to St. Paul.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 22 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– On the same night that DeBrusk completes his pass of Ferraro (see Oct. 15), rinkside man </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Gene Principe</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Al Trautwig for 15th on the binational NHL rinkside list with his 190th game, Blues-Oilers. Michaels handles play-by-play. Michaels and DeBrusk are also on the call for the Penguins-Oilers game two nights later that sees Principe complete the pass.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 22 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Game 4 of the Phillies-Padres National League Championship Series is Verducci’s 497th national MLB telecast, which ties Costas for ninth-most on record. It’s also his 241st sideline appearance, passing Bob Harwood for the 13th-most in the four major U.S. pro sports. Game 5 the following night marks his 498th game, passing Costas. Davis, Smoltz and Rosenthal are also on hand.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 22 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Veteran </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Hockey Night in Canada</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> reporter </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Scott Oake</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> handles rinkside reporting duty for his 1200th national telecast in that country. He is the fifth commentator to reach that mark in some flavor in Canada, the sixth including U.S. NHL listings and the 10th across the five major listings. Oake also becomes the first sideline/courtside/rinkside reporter across all of our listings to get to that plateau. The Sabres host the Canucks with John Shorthouse and John Garrett in the booth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Oct. 23 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greg Gumbel</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> calls his 426th NFL telecast, working with Adam Archuleta and A.J. Ross to tie Paul Maguire for the number-18 spot on the NFL total list as the Raiders host the Texans. He completes the pass a week later with an AFC South matchup between the Texans and Titans.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, Oct. 24 – Dan Murphy</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Al Trautwig to reach 16th place on the list of NHL rinkside reporters between the U.S. and Canada with his 190th game, a Hurricanes-Canucks tilt with Shorthouse and Garrett in the booth. Murphy finishes the pass four nights later when the Penguins visit with the same broadcast crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Oct. 28 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– Boucher reaches a tie with Levy for no. 11 on the total American NHL listing, working on color for the Jets-Coyotes contest in Arizona alongside Buccigross and Hextall. That game is his 370th; the 371st, passing Levy for 11th place outright, comes in the Nov. 4 entry below. Serendipitously, that same number allows Boucher to tie and then pass Davidson for no. 16 on the two-country NHL analyst list.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 29</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Another HNIC stalwart hits a big number as Cuthbert calls his 1100th NHL telecast to the Canadian audience, becoming the third person to that mark behind Bob Cole and Jim Hughson. Craig Simpson and Shawn McKenzie join Cuthbert for the Maple Leafs’ visit to Hollywood to meet the Kings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Oct. 29</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Verducci calls his 500th national MLB telecast, Game 2 of the Phillies-Astros World Series, which makes him the ninth person to reach that plateau. Davis and Smoltz anchor the booth with Rosenthal also reporting from the field.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Oct. 30 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– CBS sideline reporter </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Evan Washburn</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> ties Suzy Kolber for ninth on the NFL sideline list with his 159th appearance, coming alongside Ian Eagle and Charles Davis at the Patriots-Jets affair. He completes the pass a week later with another Jets home game, this time against the Bills.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Monday, Oct. 31</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Buck calls his 1,083rd game in the four major U.S. pro sports, which ties Mike Emrick for sixth-most on record. The game is a Bengals-Browns Battle of Ohio with Aikman and Salters. He passes Emrick with the next week’s game, Ravens-Saints with the same crew. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, Nov. 1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – A Bruins-Penguins contest at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh allows Ferraro to tie Dale Tallon as the 13th-most-common national NHL color commentator in the U.S. market. His 113th game comes alongside McDonough and Kaplan, while the 114th (which gives him 13th place outright) is Bruins-Rangers two nights later with Wischusen and Kaplan.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Nov. 4 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">– The Sabres-Hurricanes matchup in North Carolina’s Research Triangle is Brian Boucher’s 371st national NHL telecast, which breaks his tie with Steve Levy and gives him 11th place outright on the total list. Serendipitously, that same number allows Boucher to pass Davidson for no. 16 on the two-country NHL analyst list. The other analyst in the 3-person booth, A.J. Mleczko, calls her 110th game, moving into 15th place on the color listing and leaving Schoenfeld in a sort of donut hole between her and Milbury. Buccigross calls play-by-play.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Friday, Nov. 4 – </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Breen</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">is the third NBA announcer to call his 1,000th national telecast, handling a Bulls-Celtics contest in Boston alongside Doris Burke and Hubbarth. Only Marv Albert and Hubie Brown have worked more games, and Brown is an analyst.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Nov. 5 – Craig Simpson </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">becomes the 11th NHL commentator of any flavour to call 1,000 national telecasts between the U.S. and Canada when he handles analysis of a Bruins-Maple Leafs clash in Toronto. He is the 20th person to reach 1,000 games across all five of our major listings. Cuthbert and Bukauskas round out the crew.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Saturday, Nov. 12</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Cuthbert calls his 1,350th NHL telecast between rinkside work and play-by-play when he leads a Sportsnet crew of Simpson and Bukauskas for a Canucks-Maple Leafs game. He is the third NHL broadcaster to that plateau, joining Bob Cole and Pierre McGuire (plus Ron MacLean if you count his studio work), and fifth person to reach 1,350 games in our five major listings (also joining Dick Stockton and Marv Albert). Simpson handles his 1,000th game of NHL colour commentary between the U.S. and Canada, which makes him the fifth person to reach the millennial mark in that category and the sixth when you include the other U.S. sports. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Kyle Bukauskas </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">becomes the 26th person in our records to call 300 national NHL telecasts for Canada and the ninth person to reach that clip as a rinkside reporter; on the latter list, he also ranks 10th between American and Canadian telecasts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sunday, Nov. 13</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> – Levy extracts a measure of revenge on Boucher, coming from behind to tie him for no. 11 on the total U.S. NHL listing with his 372nd game (Capitals-Lightning in Tampa). Ferraro and Kaplan round out the crew.</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-04314612-7fff-8a2a-ce3b-cf5b02f2dda4"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We’ll return shortly after the first of the year with the last seven weeks worth of announcer milestones; although the balance of the year is largely scheduled at this point, we’ll wait to post the milestones until after the fact in case there are last-minute substitutions.</span></p>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-76207083688976683122020-12-06T07:45:00.007-05:002020-12-06T07:45:01.333-05:00Statistics Behind Joe Buck's 400 NFL Games<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-t3YJYYXPFEyxrVD0tcdMqcgzL8MKz2nSEQK1l9DvGNElWy7xTSXqi6b0QHScG841kyX3NQ_CpLRsDVj6Y4KeG9LPKUZ8TG6UvOcrJ0Yofp9lrpVdxnlHmfkdsR0B7ogZoZuLvrS82o/s727/Joe-Buck_727x727.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="727" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-t3YJYYXPFEyxrVD0tcdMqcgzL8MKz2nSEQK1l9DvGNElWy7xTSXqi6b0QHScG841kyX3NQ_CpLRsDVj6Y4KeG9LPKUZ8TG6UvOcrJ0Yofp9lrpVdxnlHmfkdsR0B7ogZoZuLvrS82o/w200-h200/Joe-Buck_727x727.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /> A pair of NFL broadcasting stalwarts and Fox Sports originals
hit career milestones in Weeks 12 and 13 as late November turns to early December.
Joe Buck became the 18th person and 10th play-by-play announcer to call 400 NFL
telecasts on Thanksgiving, while Sunday, Dec. 6, will be Kevin Harlan’s 450th NFL
telecast, making him the 12th person and seventh play-by-play announcer to that
point.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This post will focus on Buck; Harlan’s will come soon after,
once we see that he did in fact work a game this week in the age of COVID.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Yes, this Buck post is a week or so after the fact. We were
thinking about how Buck calls Thursday Night Football and the Thursday night
game between Pittsburgh and Baltimore was postponed; of course, on Thanksgiving,
the TNF crew calls a game in the <b>afternoon</b>.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buck is 51 and has been with Fox since 1994, which means
that his 27 seasons as an NFL and/or MLB announcer constitute the majority of
his life. In truth, he’s probably closer to 22 NFL seasons, having called just
16 games total between 1996 and 2001, and Fox didn’t gain MLB rights until
1996, which means he has 25 years under his belt there.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buck spent two seasons (1994-95) working alongside <b>Tim Green</b>
before pairing with <b>Bill Maas</b> for part-time duty in 1996 and 1997. In
2001, he partnered <b>Brian Baldinger</b> for four games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2002 brought the semi-retirement of <b>Pat Summerall</b> and
saw Buck elevated to Fox’s lead team with <b>Troy Aikman</b> and <b>Cris
Collinsworth</b>. The Buck-Aikman duo has covered 19 years of Thanksgiving
games and 18 years of playoffs, with the 19th set coming here in a month or so.
Collinsworth moved to NBC and NFL Network in 2005, while <b>Pam Oliver</b> gave
way to <b>Erin Andrews</b> as the A-team sideline reporter in 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Through Thanksgiving 2020, Buck and Aikman have called 352
games together, the most of any NFL pairing except Summerall and <b>John Madden</b>.
Collinsworth joined them for 55 games.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buck’s 60 NFL playoff games are the joint third-most by a
play-by-play announcer (Summerall 82, <b>Al Michaels</b> 61 and Dick Enberg
60). Aikman has worked each of those games; he also called the final game at old
Soldier Field, the Bears-Eagles divisional tilt in January 2002, alongside <b>Dick
Stockton</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 19 years, Buck and Aikman have called six Super Bowls (XXXIX,
XLII, XLV, XLVIII, LI and LIV). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buck has seen the Packers the most in his career, calling 93
of their games, closely followed by the Cowboys with 90. The Giants (72) and Eagles
(64) make up the rest of his Mount Rushmore. He’s done every team’s game at
least twice, but has never worked a Dolphins game on Sunday afternoon and didn’t
get the Bills between Nov. 20, 1994, and Oct. 19, 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Among the 52 stadiums in which Buck has worked, Lambeau
Field (34) is the most common followed by Cowboys/AT&T Stadium (51). Five of
his top 10 facilities are in the NFC East (including Giants Stadium and Texas
Stadium but not FedEx Field) and three others are in the NFC North.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">While the NFL TV contracts come up for rearrangement after the 2022 season, which makes it tough to do much micro-level predicting past that point, Buck should pass Paul Maguire by then to move into the top 16 NFL announcers overall. Moving up on the charts is kind of difficult when the two men immediately ahead of him are Aikman, who works just as many games, and Jim Nantz, who has the same workload at another network.</p><p class="MsoNormal">That will do it for this Joe Buck statistics post. If you're in Oregon, southern California, New England or Buffalo, tune in to CBS for Kevin Harlan's 450th game in the late slot today.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Until next time, good night, good luck and don't run with scissors.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Photo above is a Fox publicity photo so that this shows up with an image on the social media sites.)</i></p>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-39683437289292005182020-10-17T00:13:00.005-04:002020-10-17T00:18:44.173-04:00Joe Buck's 1000th Game And Other Stories<p> Has it really been most of a month since we did the announcer milestones update? Well, things have to slow down now, with all three tennis majors over for the year and a maximum of 10 MLB games left.</p><p>And since we do these in chronological order, consider the lead (the big round number of the day) buried.</p><p>Announcer totals here are complete through end of day Friday, Oct. 16.</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b>September 23:</b> <b>Mark Jackson</b> calls his 550th national NBA telecast in Game 4 of the Celtics-Heat series. He's the ninth person to that milestone overall and the fourth color commentator to get there, trailing Hubie Brown, Jeff Van Gundy and Doug Collins.</li><li><b>September 23:</b> <b>Mike Emrick</b> calls his 1,074th national NHL telecast between the U.S. and Canada, tying longtime Hockey Night in Canada analyst Harry Neale for the seventh-most appearances on the sport between the two countries. Emrick passes Neale two days later with game number 1,075.</li><li><b>September 24:</b> With Game 4 of the Lakers-Nuggets series, <b>Brian Anderson</b> calls his 117th national NBA telecast, passing Dan Shulman for no. 16 on the PBP announcer list.</li><li><b>September 25: </b>The Cubs-White Sox game is <b>Rick Sutcliffe</b>'s 577th national MLB telecast as a color commentator, which passes John Madden for 12th-most among the four major U.S. sports. Including Hockey Night in Canada, Sutcliffe is 17th among analysts.</li><li><b>September 25:</b> <b>Jim Hughson</b> calls his 1,300th telecast in our records (this includes a bunch of Canadian NHL games, several American NHL games and a solitary MLB telecast). He's the fifth person to get to the 1,300 plateau (trailing Bob Cole, Dick Stockton, Marv Albert and Pierre McGuire).</li><li><b>September 26:</b> The Phillies play the Rays on the last weekend of the MLB regular season, but more importantly <b>John Smoltz</b> calls his 400th national MLB telecast. He's the 17th person to reach that mark (more on 400 below) and the fifth color man to get there (behind Joe Morgan, Tim McCarver, Tony Kubek and Sutcliffe).</li><li><b>September 26:</b> The Stanley Cup Final plays on back-to-back days and <b>Jim Hughson</b> calls his 1,300th NHL game in our records between the U.S. and Canada. The only other two people to have done that are Bob Cole and Pierre McGuire.</li><li><b>September 27:</b> The Moose gets loose and <b>Daryl Johnston</b> breaks down his 350th NFL game as the 49ers play the Giants on Fox. He's the 21st NFL game-caller to reach the 350 mark and the seventh analyst to get there (Madden, Dierdorf, Simms, Maguire, Aikman and Collinsworth got there first).</li><li><b>September 27:</b> For the first time, the Las Vegas Raiders make an appearance in these pages as they play the Patriots in Massachusetts. CBS play-by-play man <b>Jim Nantz </b>handles the play-by-play of his 400th NFL game, the ninth PBP man and 16th person overall to do that. (Michaels, Stockton, Criqui, Summerall, Jones, Enberg, Harlan and Kenny Albert were the first eight PBP men. If you knew that ... wow.)</li><li><b>September 27:</b> The final game of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals ends in a tie ... in the announcer listings. <b>Jeff Van Gundy</b> calls his 708th national game, all as an NBA color man, tying Gary Green of hockey fame for 12th-most in our aggregated color commentator rankings. JVG finishes the pass with Game 1 of the Finals on Sept. 30.</li><li><b>September 28:</b> The last game of the NHL season sees <b>Ed Olczyk</b> call his 771st national telecast, matching the number handled by Pat Summerall in our records. They share 19th place on our American big-four-sports list until next season starts (or we adjust some historical records). </li><li><b>October 4:</b> <b>Pam Oliver</b> becomes the first NFL sideline reporter to work 450 games when the Browns play the Cowboys. Only 10 people have appeared on more NFL telecasts than Oliver.</li><li><b>October 5:</b> Here's how long Pam Oliver has been a fixture on NFL sidelines. <b>Tracy Wolfson </b>is CBS's lead sideline reporter and has been since 2014. That includes a couple of years where she double-dipped on Sunday and Thursday, and she was with CBS before she moved up to the top team. Wolfson is barely a third of the way to Oliver's total. Her 159th game, the Monday Evening Football special between the Patriots and Chiefs, ties her with Suzy Kolber for fifth-most in NFL history by a sideline reporter (trailing Oliver, Michele Tafoya, Laura Okmin and Armen Keteyian). She finishes the pass with her 160th game, Giants-Cowboys, on Oct. 11.</li><li><b>October 8:</b> Baseball decides to show up on this list again. <b>Matt Vasgersian</b> calls Game 3 of the Dodgers-Padres series on MLB Network, tying Steve Physioc for the 13th-most national telecasts by a play-by-play announcer. They both have 311. They both will for the foreseeable future as this was Vasgersian's last game of the season.</li><li><b>October 8:</b> In that same Dodgers-Padres game 3, <b>John Smoltz</b> calls his 403rd national MLB telecast, matching Gary Thorne for 16th-most on record. The series ended that night, so he wouldn't complete the pass (with game no. 404, matching Atlanta's classic area code) until the NLCS opener on Oct. 12.</li><li><b>October 11:</b> Farther down the NFL sideline reporter list, <b>Jennifer Hale </b>ties Bonnie Bernstein with her 141st game as a reporter, Panthers-Falcons. They share ninth place on that list until Sunday, unless something weird happens.</li><li><b>October 11:</b> One of Fox's original NFL announcers, <b>Kenny Albert</b>, ties Paul Maguire for 13th on the NFL telecasts list with his 428th game as the Eagles meet the Steelers. Albert will break that tie on Sunday, unless something weird happens.</li><li><b>October 12:</b> In addition to the John Smoltz/Atlanta area code thing mentioned in item no. 15, the NLCS opener between the Dodgers and Braves is <b>Tom Verducci</b>'s 400th MLB telecast. He's the 18th person to get to that point.</li><li><b>October 13:</b> <b>Tom Verducci</b>'s 196th game as a sideline reporter, Braves-Dodgers game 2, ties Heather Cox for 16th on our list in the four major pro sports. He passes her the next night in Game 3.</li><li><b>October 16:</b> Game 5 of the Dodgers-Braves series is the 1,000th time <b>Joe Buck </b>has handled play-by-play for a network NFL or MLB telecast. He is the ninth person overall and seventh PBP man to get there in the U.S.; including Canada he's 17th and 11th respectively.</li><li><b>October 16:</b> Game 5 of the Dodgers-Braves series is also <b>John Smoltz</b>'s 408th MLB telecast, tying Curt Gowdy for 15th all-time.</li></ol><p></p>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-89681169685541162682020-09-22T20:13:00.006-04:002020-09-22T20:13:56.369-04:00Twenty-Five National Television Announcer Milestones From Aug. 23 to Sept. 22<div>Somewhere around Aug. 23, it looks like we quit updating the Twitter feed as new announcer milestones got reached. That happened for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the unprecedented month-long convergence of all four major pro sports plus MLS.</div><div><br /></div><div>The record-keeping hasn't stopped, though, and now we present a 24-pack of announcer milestones that happened since then. Plus a bonus one at the end because there were actually 25.</div><div><br /></div><div>(I really should knock the dust off this blog more often rather than trying to compress everything into 280 characters on Twitter...)</div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Totals updated through the close of the day on Sept. 20, 2020, and also include Monday Night Football on Sept. 21.</i></b></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>1. August 24:</b> Ed Olczyk becomes the sixth person to call 750 American national telecasts of National Hockey League games.<div><br /></div><div><b>2. August 24:</b> Pierre McGuire calls his 1,300th national NHL telecast between the U.S. and Canada. He's the second person to reach that milestone, trailing Bob Cole. Widening the scope to all four major professional sports, Cole and McGuire are joined in the 1300 club by Marv Albert and Dick Stockton (with Jim Hughson approaching).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3. August 24:</b> McGuire's 1300th game between the U.S. and Canada was also his 909th American national telecast. That tied him with Mike Breen for the 11th-most in our records. (McGuire passed Breen outright with Canucks-Golden Knights on Aug. 25, although "passed" is relative because Breen is very much still active,)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>4. August 25:</b> With the Canucks-Golden Knights game, Louie DeBrusk makes his 204th appearance as an NHL colour commentator on a Canadian network. That ties Mickey Redmond for 15th in our records. DeBrusk completes the pass with his 205th game, Avalanche-Stars, the next day.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>5. </b><b>August 26:</b> The Lightning-Bruins game was Olczyk's 750th American national telecast of an NHL game as a color commentator. (The difference between this and no. 1 is that the former listing includes two games as a sideline reporter.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>6. August 26:</b> With Lightning-Bruins, Mike Emrick calls his 1,074th game on our overall master list — all three flavors of announcer, all four major pro sports, including Canada. That ties Harry Neale for 12th on that list. Emrick completes the pass when the two teams meet on Aug. 29.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>7. August 26:</b> The Flyers' game against the Islanders is the 894th time that team has appeared on an American network, matching the Red Wings for the most by an NHL team. Philadelphia completes the pass three days later.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>8. August 29:</b> The NBC hockey analyst of the present ties NBC's baseball analyst of a generation ago. Ed Olczyk analyzes his 766th game (Lightning-Bruins), matching the number of MLB telecasts with which Tony Kubek is credited. That's tied for 10th-most on our list of analysts across the U.S. and Canada. Edzo completes the pass with Flyers-Islanders the next night. (This milestone counts games on both sides of the international border. There is about to be another, similar milestone counting only U.S. telecasts.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>9. August 30:</b> Baseball breaks into a list that has thus far been a bunch of hockey. Ron Darling becomes the tenth man to call 250 national MLB telecasts as an analyst when he breaks down the Yankees and Mets on TBS.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>10. August 30:</b> The Avalanche-Stars game double-dips on the milestone tracker. Kenny Albert calls his 300th NHL telecast for the United States, becoming the 13th person overall and seventh play-by-play announcer to reach that milestone. The game is also his 1,138th on the overall master list (all three flavors of announcer, all four major pro sports, including Canada), tying Scott Oake of Hockey Night in Canada for 10th place. Albert completes the pass of Oake later that night with Golden Knights-Canucks.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>11. August 30:</b> Sunday Night Baseball hits the City of Brotherly Love and Matt Vasgersian calls his 300th national MLB telecast as the play-by-play man. He's the 14th man to reach that plateau.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>12. September 5:</b> John Forslund becomes the fifth man to handle play-by-play of 350 NHL telecasts for an American national audience when he calls Islanders-Flyers. He's the 14th person to get there if you include Canada, and the 11th person to get to 350 American NHL games in any flavor of commentary.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>13. September 5:</b> With no regard for human life, the Nuggets-Lakers game is the 1,200th appearance by Kevin Harlan on our American master list (all three flavors of announcer, all four major pro sports, but not including Canada). All of those appearances are as the play-by-play announcer, and he's the third person to reach that milestone, behind Dick Stockton and Marv Albert. If you expand to Canada, he's fifth, also trailing Bob Cole and Jim Hughson. If you expand to color/colour commentators <b>and</b> include Canada, Pierre McGuire also tops him (see no. 2).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>14. September 7:</b> Craig Simpson calls his 850th NHL telecast in Canada, all as the colour commentator. The game in question is Islanders-Lightning. He's the third colour man to 850, trailing Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, and the eighth to 850 in Canada overall.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>15. September 9:</b> Jeff Van Gundy analyzes his 700th NBA national telecast, becoming the sixth person to broadcast 700 NBA games and the first person not named Hubie Brown to do color on that many.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>16. September 11: </b>John Forslund ties Dave Randorf for 13th on the NHL play-by-play list combining the U.S. and Canada. His 353rd game, bringing him level, is Lightning-Islanders on the 11th. His 354th game, completing the pass, is Golden Knights-Stars the next night.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>17. September 11: </b>Reggie Miller ties Mike Fratello for the fifth-most appearances on national television as an NBA game analyst, working his 517th game when the Nuggets play the Clippers. With the break between series, it takes him a week to finish the pass, until the 18th, by which time the Nuggets are playing the Lakers. Fratello was also holding down the no. 10 spot on the NBA's overall leaderboard, which Reggie now holds as well.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>18.</b> <b>September 13:</b> With her first NFL game of the season, Cardinals-49ers at Levi's Stadium, Laura Okmin passes Al Trautwig for 18th place on our master American sideline reporter list (all four major pro sports). The appearance is Okmin's 191st and also allows her to tie Tom Verducci for no. 17; she passes Verducci with the Rams-Eagles game a week later.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>19. September 13: </b>The leading lady of Sunday Night Football, Michele Tafoya, makes her 492nd appearance on our American sideline reporter list (all four major pro sports). That ties Jim Gray for fourth-most, trailing Craig Sager, Ken Rosenthal and Lisa Salters. Tafoya passes Gray a week later with Patriots-Seahawks.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>20: September 14:</b> Lisa Salters ties Bonnie Bernstein for the seventh-most sideline appearances in NFL TV records with her 141st on the Titans-Broncos game. She finishes the pass with the second week of Monday Night Football on Sept. 21.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>21. September 15:</b> Brian Boucher ties Joe Micheletti for sixth place on the American NHL analyst list with his 267th game. He passes Micheletti two days later. Both games are Islanders-Lightning.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>22. September 17:</b> Combining totals between the U.S. and Canada, Ed Olczyk ties former Hockey Night in Canada lead man Bill Hewitt with his 780th national telecast. Olczyk equalizes with the final Islanders-Lightning game, then passes Hewitt for 16th outright on Sept. 19 ... speaking of which ...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>23. September 19:</b> The opener of the Stanley Cup Final is Mike Emrick's 1050th game as a play-by-play announcer on our master list (all four major pro sports including Canada), He's the ninth person to get there.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>24. September 22:</b> With Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference Final, Brian Anderson calls his 116th national NBA telecast. That ties Dan Shulman for 16th among play-by-play announcers.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>25. September 22:</b> Rick Sutcliffe, ESPN's most experienced MLB analyst, calls his 576th national telecast; John Madden also called 576 national NFL telecasts during a career that spanned all four major broadcast networks from 1979-2008. The two men are tied for 12th on the analyst leaderboard across all four major pro sports and will be until Sutcliffe works again. Sutcliffe's total is also fourth-most among MLB color guys, falling in a big gap between Tony Kubek (766) and John Smoltz (398).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Regular Twitter service will now resume.</b></div>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-79176130357093056412019-09-01T22:20:00.000-04:002019-09-01T22:20:24.705-04:00The Week That Was: September 1, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where we feel like it was August as recently as yesterday.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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<u>Tuesday, Aug. 27</u> saw <b>Bob Costas</b> call his 450th national MLB telecast as a play-by-play announcer when the Cubs visited the Mets in Flushing Meadows. Jim Kaat and Joe Girardi rounded out the telecast's crew. Costas is the fifth person to 450 play-by-play appearances, trailing Jon Miller, Joe Buck, Dave O'Brien and Dan Shulman.<br />
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Later that same evening, <b>Eric Karros</b> called his 225th game as an MLB analyst, passing Maury Wills for 13th among color commentators. Justin Kutcher handled the play-by-play for the Rangers-Angels telecast from Orange County.<br />
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<b>This Day In History:</b><br />
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<u>September 5:</u> As of Thursday night, it will have been 47 years since the infamous day in Munich. I yield the balance of my time to Jim McKay, who delivered this summary at 10:24 p.m. EDT:<br />
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"When I was a kid, my father used to say our greatest hopes
and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized
tonight. They have now said that there were 11 hostages. Two were killed in
their rooms this m—yesterday morning. Nine were killed at the airport tonight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">"They’re all gone."</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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The second week of the year's fourth major at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Quarterfinals begin Tuesday, with the women wrapping up Thursday-Saturday and the men Friday-Sunday.<br />
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<b><a href="https://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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On hiatus because our time is being taken up by tennis and football; will return on Tuesday, Sept. 10.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
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<u>Monday, Sept. 2</u><br />
1:00 -- ESPN -- Rangers at Yankees<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- Astros at Brewers<br />
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<u>Tuesday, Sept. 3</u><br />
12:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
2:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
8:00 -- ESPN2 -- USWNT vs. Portugal at St. Paul, Minn.<br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
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<u>Wednesday, Sept. 4</u><br />
12:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
1:00 -- YouTube -- Mets at Nationals<br />
2:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- US Open quarterfinal<br />
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<u>Thursday, Sept. 5</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- US Open women's semifinal (Tuesday winners)<br />
7:00 -- YouTube -- Blue Jays at Rays<br />
8:20 -- NBC -- Bears at Packers<br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- US Open women's semifinal (Wednesday winners)<br />
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<u>Friday, Sept. 6</u><br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- US Open men's semifinal (Tuesday winners)<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- US Open men's semifinal (Wednesday winners)<br />
8:30 -- FS1 -- USMNT vs. Mexico at East Rutherford, N.J.<br />
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<u>Saturday, Sept. 7</u><br />
3:30 -- Univision/TUDN -- NYCFC vs. Revolution<br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- Yankees at Red Sox<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- US Open women's final<br />
7:00 -- FS1 -- Phillies at Mets<br />
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<u>Sunday, Sept. 8</u><br />
1:00 -- TBS -- Phillies at Mets<br />
1:00 -- Fox -- Rams at Panthers<br />
1:00 -- CBS -- Titans at Browns<br />
1:00 -- CBS -- Chiefs at Jaguars<br />
1:00 -- CBS -- Ravens at Dolphins<br />
1:00 -- Fox -- Falcons at Vikings<br />
1:00 -- CBS -- Bills at Jets<br />
1:00 -- Fox -- Redskins at Eagles<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- US Open men's final<br />
4:05 -- CBS -- Colts at Chargers<br />
4:05 -- CBS -- Bengals at Seahawks<br />
4:25 -- Fox -- Lions at Cardinals<br />
4:25 -- Fox -- Giants at Cowboys<br />
4:25 -- Fox -- 49ers at Buccaneers<br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Red Sox<br />
8:20 -- NBC -- Steelers at Patriots<br />
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(Monday night: Texans at Saints, Broncos at Raiders)Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-56016124647129797662019-08-26T00:05:00.001-04:002019-08-26T00:05:57.685-04:00The Week That Was: Aug. 25, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where we have just experienced our last weekend until February with neither the NFL nor Grand Slam tennis.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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FC Dallas, formerly known as the Dallas Burn, played its 200th nationally-televised MLS game on Sunday night against the Houston Dynamo.<br />
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Dallas is the sixth or seventh team to that milestone; ironically, Houston is the team in question, depending on whether you count the Dynamo (2006-present) as an expansion team or the successor to the 1996-2005 San Jose entry.<br />
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Please send help as we have devolved into bookkeeping minutiae.<br />
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<i>(This section eagerly awaits the return of football season, where every game is televised and we are two weeks from invoking the name of Frank Gifford.)</i><br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
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<u>Oct. 18, 1987:</u> Dave Lapham replaces Dave Casper on the Browns-Bengals telecast for NBC. Jay Randolph was the PBP man. 506sports user <i>ak482</i> does the digging here.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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The year's fourth major begins in Flushing Meadows, New York, and the grounds are pretty much packed for the first four days with 64 matches per day. Novak Djokovic is guaranteed the no. 1 men's ranking at the end of the fortnight while any one of four women could do the deed.<br />
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Serena Williams vs. Maria Sharapova is the marquee first-round match; ESPN is plugging that coverage for 7:45 Monday night.<br />
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ESPN has the television rights. Daytime coverage is on the mothership every day except Saturday, while primetime is split between ESPN2 (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday) and ESPN (Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday).<br />
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<b><a href="https://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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We move to 1912. Boston and Chicago meet in the American League while Chicago and Pittsburgh play out the string for the right to meet the New York Giants.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
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<u>Monday, Aug. 26</u><br />
3:00 -- YouTube -- Braves at Rockies<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Cardinals at Brewers<br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Mariners<br />
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<u>Tuesday, Aug. 27</u><br />
7:00 -- MLBN -- Cubs at Mets<br />
10:00 -- FS1 -- Rangers at Angels<br />
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<u>Wednesday, Aug. 28</u><br />
<i>None scheduled.</i><br />
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<u>Thursday, Aug. 29</u><br />
7:00 -- FS1 -- USWNT vs. Portugal at Philadelphia<br />
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<u>Friday, Aug. 30</u><br />
7:00 -- MLBN -- Athletics at Yankees<br />
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<u>Saturday, Aug. 31</u><br />
6:00 -- FS1 -- Mets at Phillies<br />
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<u>Sunday, Sept. 1</u><br />
1:00 -- TBS -- Athletics at Yankees<br />
6:00 -- FS1 -- Sounders vs. Galaxy<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Mets at PhilliesUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-21270407325242505312019-08-18T22:54:00.000-04:002019-08-18T22:54:57.245-04:00The Week That Was: Aug. 18, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where we're two weeks away from the beginning of the only sport where every game makes the databases.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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The Brewers-Pirates game on Wednesday, Aug. 7, was the <b>11,500th MLB telecast </b>in our database. Jon Sciambi, David Ross and Ryan Howard called it for ESPN.<br />
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On Saturday, Aug. 10, <b>Eric Karros</b> was the analyst for his 224th MLB national telecast, a Phillies-Giants game from San Francisco on FS1 with Eric Collins. That broke a tie with Bob Brenly and Jeff Torborg for 14th on the MLB analyst list, but created a new tie for 13th with Maury Wills.<br />
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Less than 24 hours later on Sunday, Aug. 11, <b>Ron Darling</b> took hold of #11 on the same analyst list, breaking a tie with Orel Hershiser as he broke down the Angels and Red Sox from Fenway Park. Ernie Johnson was the play-by-play man on TBS.<br />
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Friday, Aug. 16, was <b>Jon Morosi</b>'s turn in the spotlight for the second straight post. He handled field-reporter duties for an Indians-Yankees game in New York, moving him past Chris Myers into 10th place on the list of MLB field reporters. It was his 74th such game.<br />
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<b>Kenny Albert </b>assumed the title of 15th-most-frequent MLB commentator on Saturday, Aug. 17, with the Brewers-Nationals game on FS1. With Albert's 405th national MLB game, he passed Gary Thorne to take that spot, working alongside Joe Girardi and Ken Rosenthal.<br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
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<u>Dec. 4, 1990:</u> Ron Thulin and Hubie Brown move from guesses to confirmations on the Suns-Bulls game.<br />
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Thursday, Aug. 15</u> marked the 29th anniversary of Terry Mulholland's no-hitter, called for ESPN by Steve Zabriskie and Bob Gibson.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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Nothing this week as the tours play low-level events in New York and Winston-Salem ahead of next week's US Open.<br />
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<b><a href="https://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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The 1911 World Series began Saturday between the Tigers and Giants.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
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<u>Monday, Aug. 19</u><br />
<i>None scheduled.</i><br />
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<u>Tuesday, Aug. 20</u><br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Athletics<br />
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<u>Wednesday, Aug. 21</u><br />
3:30 -- YouTube -- Rockies at Diamondbacks<br />
8:00 -- TUDN-UDN -- DC United vs. Red Bulls<br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Athletics<br />
10:30 -- TUDN-UDN -- LAFC vs. Earthquakes<br />
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<u>Thursday, Aug. 22</u><br />
9:30 -- ESPN -- Sporting KC vs. Minnesota United<br />
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<u>Friday, Aug. 23</u><br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- Orlando City vs. Atlanta United<br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- Timbers vs. Sounders<br />
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<u>Saturday, Aug. 24</u><br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- Yankees at Dodgers<br />
7:00 -- FS1 -- Rockies at Cardinals<br />
7:00 -- ESPN2 -- NYCFC vs. Red Bulls<br />
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<u>Sunday, Aug. 25</u><br />
2:00 -- TBS -- Nationals at Cubs<br />
6:00 -- FS1 -- Cincinnati vs. Crew<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Dodgers<br />
8:00 -- FS1 -- Dallas vs. Dynamo<br />
10:00 -- FS1 -- LAFC vs. GalaxyUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-67186689434048078212019-08-05T00:24:00.000-04:002019-08-05T02:25:12.097-04:00The Week That Was: Aug. 4, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where last week had an off night and this week has two.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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On Monday night, <b>Jon Morosi</b> handled MLB field-reporting duties for the 73rd time as the Angels hosted the Tigers on YouTube. Morosi's 73rd game in that capacity matched Chris Myers for the 10th-most on record.<br />
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Tuesday night's Cubs-Cardinals tilt was a double milestone, as <b>John Smoltz</b> passed Buck Martinez for sixth on the list of MLB color commentators with his 353rd game and <b>Bob Costas </b>tied Dan Shulman for 10th on the total list with his 454th game. Jackie Redmond was the field reporter.<br />
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Costas went on to pass Shulman on Friday night with the Red Sox-Yankees game.<br />
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Finally, on Sunday, <b>Ron Darling</b> worked the Brewers-Cubs game at Wrigley Field alongside Brian Anderson for TBS. His 228th game as a national color commentator tied Orel Hershiser for 11th on that list.<br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
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<u>Oct. 25, 1979:</u> Don Meredith, not Fran Tarkenton, worked Monday Night Football with Frank Gifford and Howard Cosell at the Oakland Coliseum.<br />
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Friday, Aug. 9</u> is the 31st anniversary of the first official night game at Wrigley Field. While you may have seen the YouTube footage of the first night game's pomp and circumstance on Aug. 8, that game was rained out and the one that counted was 24 hours later. Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola called it and Marv Albert hosted on site.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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We return to the men's Masters 1000 events and the women's Premier tier in the Rogers Cup at Toronto and Montreal.<br />
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<b><a href="https://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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Beginning on Saturday, it's the 1911 League Championship Series.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
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<u>Monday, Aug. 5</u><br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- Athletics at Cubs<br />
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<u>Tuesday, Aug. 6</u><br />
<i>None scheduled.</i><br />
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<u>Wednesday, Aug. 7</u><br />
3:00 -- YouTube -- Cardinals at Dodgers<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Brewers at Pirates<br />
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<u>Thursday, Aug. 8</u><br />
9:30 -- YouTube -- Phillies at Giants<br />
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<u>Friday, Aug. 9</u><br />
<i>None scheduled.</i><br />
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<u>Saturday, Aug. 10</u><br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- Phillies at Giants<br />
8:30 -- FS1 -- Rockies at Pirates<br />
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<u>Sunday, Aug. 11</u><br />
1:00 -- TBS -- Angels at Red Sox<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- Atlanta United vs. NYCFC<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Phillies at Giants<br />
7:30 -- FS1 -- DC United vs. Galaxy<br />
10:00 -- FS1 -- LAFC vs. Red BullsUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-54804424180899209582019-07-28T20:54:00.001-04:002019-07-28T20:54:47.412-04:00The Week That Was: July 28, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where we'd really like to know where the summer has gone as August arrives this week.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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Thursday night marked <b>John Smoltz</b>'s 350th game as an MLB national-telecast analyst, making him the 21st person to reach that point. Since all of Smoltz's national appearances in the booth have been as an analyst, he also became the seventh analyst to reach the 350 mark.<br />
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<b>Tom Verducci </b>served as the field reporter for that Yankees-Red Sox affair, calling his 355th game overall to match Buck Martinez for 19th-most on record. Bob Costas was the play-by-play man.<br />
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Thursday's game was also the 300th MLB Network-produced telecast.<br />
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On Saturday, both ends of the FS1 doubleheader included milestones. <b>Smoltz </b>called the Yankees-Red Sox game with Joe Davis and Ken Rosenthal, tying Buck Martinez for sixth on the MLB analyst list with his 352nd game. Three hours later, <b>Kenny Albert </b>worked his 404th MLB telecast (Astros-Cardinals with Tom Verducci), tying Gary Thorne for 15th on record.<br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
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The good news is that we're up to 2018 in our effort to put a Retrosheet ID on each game in our MLB listings. The bad news is that, in the process, we're catching a number of errors. The good news is that those errors are getting fixed.<br />
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<u>May 15, 1994:</u> The Blue Jays' visit to Fenway Park was rained out. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan were slated to call the game for ESPN.<br />
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<u>July 4 and 27, 1994:</u> ESPN lost a pair of alternate telecasts — Pirates-Braves and Indians-Oriolesm respectively — with Dave Sims and Jim Rooker standing by.<br />
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<u>August 5, 1995:</u> The Phillies and Reds were rained off of ABC; George Grande and Chris Wheeler were to split the call under the banner of The Baseball Network.<br />
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<u>September 22, 1995:</u> NBC lost two of its Friday night games, Tigers-Yankees and Blue Jays-Red Sox, due to rain. The slated talent was Bobby Murcer and Lary Sorenson on the former game and Gary Thorne with Bob Montgomery on the latter.<br />
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<u>October 20-21, 1996:</u> Adjusted the dates of games 1 and 2 of the World Series, which didn't begin until Sunday due to a rainout.<br />
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<u>July 16, 2000:</u> The Athletics and Rockies were washed out in Denver. This was to have been an ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game called by Jon Miller and Joe Morgan with Alvaro Martin on the field.<br />
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<u>July 19, 2000:</u> The Braves-Marlins telecast met a similar fate in Miami, depriving Dave Barnett and Rick Sutcliffe of their credit for this game.<br />
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<u>October 5, 2001:</u> The Phillies-Reds telecast on ESPN2 was rained out. Dan Shulman and Brian McRae were due to call it, which accelerates an upcoming milestone ever so slightly.<br />
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<u>April 27, 2005:</u> The Orioles-Red Sox telecast on ESPN was called off; this was to have been called by Dan Shulman, Steve Phillips and Steve Stone with Gary Miller.<br />
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<u>August 19, 2007:</u> The Cardinals-Cubs game on Sunday night on ESPN was rained out, which means Jon Miller and Joe Morgan did not call it with Peter Gammons.<br />
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 31</u> marks the 12th anniversary of Joe Morgan passing Tony Kubek for the lead on the MLB analyst list. Kubek had held the record since 1978.<br />
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<u>Saturday, Aug. 3</u> is the sixth anniversaty of Tim McCarver passing Kubek for second on the same list.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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Washington hosts the Citi Open, the only 500-point (third-level) men's event on U.S. soil, while the women play in the Silicon Valley Classic at San Jose, California.<br />
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<b><a href="https://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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The Tigers meet the Giants in the 1910 World Series, having both been granted entry into the playoffs as division champions even though they didn't have the best record in their league.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
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<u>Monday, July 29</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Nationals at Braves<br />
10:00 -- YouTube -- Tigers at Angels<br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 30</u><br />
8:00 -- MLBN -- Cubs at Cardinals<br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 31</u><br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- Cubs at Cardinals<br />
8:00 -- FS1 -- MLS All-Star Game vs. Atletico Madrid<br />
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<u>Thursday, Aug. 1</u><br />
<i>No national telecasts (of regular-season games; the NFL Hall of Fame game doesn't count)</i><br />
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<u>Friday, Aug. 2</u><br />
7:00 -- MLBN -- Red Sox at Yankees<br />
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<u>Saturday, Aug. 3</u><br />
1:00 -- FS1 -- Red Sox at Yankees<br />
4:30 -- Fox -- Atlanta United vs. Galaxy<br />
7:00 -- FS1 -- Angels at Indians<br />
10:00 -- ESPN2 -- Women's soccer: USA vs. Ireland at the Rose Bowl<br />
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<u>Sunday, Aug. 4</u><br />
2:00 -- TBS -- Brewers at Cubs<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- Minnesota United vs. Timbers<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Red Sox at Yankees<br />
7:30 -- FS1 -- DC United vs. Union<br />
10:00 -- FS1 -- Sounders vs. Sporting KCUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-31020617509917043622019-07-22T00:34:00.000-04:002019-07-22T00:34:35.766-04:00The Week That Was: July 21, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where we hope you have a happy Reciprocal Pi Day on Monday. (Monday's date is 7/22, the reciprocal of which is 22/7, which is 3.14 to two decimal places.)<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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As sometimes happens in the summer when only baseball is adding to its list, there were no milestones to report this week. (In the proto-database stage, no MLS milestones of note, either.)<br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
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Moved Broncos-Chiefs of October 6, 1974, forward from 4:00 ET to 2:00 ET based on the <i>Montreal Gazette</i>.<br />
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The analyst for the Broncos-Raiders game on December 26, 1982, has been corrected from <b>Merlin Olsen</b> to <b>Gene Washington</b>. 506sports user <i>49ersrock </i>has the tape.<br />
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Made several updates to NBA sideline reporters, thanks to <a href="http://www.classictvsports.com/">Classic TV Sports</a> honcho Jeff Haggar watching YouTube:<br />
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<ul>
<li>May 7, 1989: Added Tim Brant to Sonics-Lakers</li>
<li>May 20, 1989: Replaced Pat O'Brien with James Brown on Suns-Lakers</li>
<li>May 21, 1989: Replaced James Brown with Lesley Visser on Bulls-Pistons</li>
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Added Canadiens-Islanders to the Canadian NHL listings on Jan. 30, 1988, per a promo on Penguins-Canadiens the previous week. It was a CBC regional telecast, in other words <i>Hockey Night in Canada</i>, with Dick Irvin and Brian McFarlane. 506sports user <i>sew091472</i> with the find.</div>
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Added Canadiens-Penguins to the Canadian NHL listings on Oct. 14, 1989. The CBC regional telecast was called by Dick Irvin and John Garrett with Chris Cuthbert on intermissions. 506sports user <i>garretta </i>with the find.</div>
<b><br /></b>The Mets-Reds game on May 28, 1990, was rained out. We have removed this from our database, subtracting one game each from Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.<br />
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The ESPN baseball doubleheader of August 3, 1990, was listed on August 2 in our database. This has been corrected.<br />
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The Expos-Mets game on Sept. 19, 1990, was rained out. Gary Thorne and Norm Hitzges are no longer credited with this game.<br />
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The Reds-Mets game on Aug. 20, 1991, was rained out. Bob Carpenter and Billy Sample were the scheduled announcers.<br />
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The Angels-Rangers game on Sept. 18, 1991, and the Red Sox-Orioles game a week later were both rained out. Paul Olden and Bill Robinson have been removed from the announcer listings.<br />
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
<b><br /></b><u>Thursday, July 25</u> will mark 15 years since <b>Jon Miller</b> passed Dizzy Dean for the most national MLB telecasts by a play-by-play announcer. Dean had held the record from 1953 until that day in 2004. Rick Sutcliffe and Sam Ryan rounded out the crew for that Yankees-Red Sox game on ESPN; Joe Morgan was at the Hall of Fame induction.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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The BB&T Atlanta Open, in exactly the city you'd expect to host the Atlanta Open.<br />
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<b><a href="http://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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The 1910 League Championship Series get underway with the Giants meeting the Cubs and the Athletics facing the Tigers.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
<b><br /></b><u>Monday, July 22</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Red Sox at Rays<br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 23</u><br />
12:30 -- YouTube -- Indians at Blue Jays<br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 24</u><br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Twins<br />
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<u>Thursday, July 25</u><br />
7:00 -- MLBN -- Red Sox at Yankees<br />
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<u>Friday, July 26</u><br />
7:00 -- MLBN -- Red Sox at Yankees<br />
7:30 -- FS1 -- NYCFC vs. Sporting KC<br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- LAFC vs. Atlanta United<br />
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<u>Saturday, July 27</u><br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- Yankees at Red Sox<br />
7:00 -- FS1 -- Astros at Cardinals<br />
10:30 -- FS1 -- Timbers vs. Galaxy<br />
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<u>Sunday, July 28</u><br />
1:30 -- TBS -- Dodgers at Nationals<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Yankees at Red SoxUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-17036543263800371502019-07-14T20:43:00.000-04:002019-07-14T20:43:27.363-04:00The Week That Was: July 14, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where we'd like to remind you that you aren't supposed to eat the little packets of silica gel that come in your shoes.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
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A pair of ESPN commentators hit milestones this week on the same games as <b>Matt Vasgersian </b>and <b>Buster Olney</b> double-dipped (Thursday and Sunday) for ESPN. Thursday night, the Astros visited the Rangers, and Sunday night, the Dodgers met the Red Sox. Jessica Mendoza and Alex Rodriguez were the analysts in both cases.<br />
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Vasgersian called his 275th and 276th national MLB telecasts, passing Josh Lewin (274) for 15th place and Vin Scully (275) for 14th among known play-by-play men. (Please note that Matty V did not pass Vin Scully on the Being Vin Scully scale, just ... numerically.)<br />
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Olney handled field-reporter duties for his 240th and 241st MLB games, tying and then passing Bob Harwood of OLN and Versus for the 12th-most field reporter credits among the four major U.S. sports.<br />
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In between those appearances, <b>Eric Karros</b> pulled into a tie for 13th among MLB color commentators on Saturday. The White Sox-Athletics game he called with Justin Kutcher was his 223rd, matching Bob Brenly and Jeff Torborg on that list.<br />
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From the Department of Round Numbers: the Thursday game was the Rangers' 600th national TV appearance and the Saturday game was the Athletics' 700th.<br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>The Padres-Phillies game on May 21, 1983, was rained out. Bob Costas and Tony Kubek are no longer credited with this appearance.<br />
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The Royals-Yankees game on July 21, 1983, was also rained out. We have removed that from the database, but it does not affect any top-16 lists.<br />
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 16</u> is the 25th anniversary of Joe Buck's network telecast debut. He called a Cardinals-Rockies game on this date in 1994, pairing with Dave Campbell on an ABC regional game. His first NFL game was that fall.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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The Hall of Fame Classic at Newport, Rhode Island. (For the next two weeks, we're claiming home-court advantage and tracking U.S.-based tournaments that don't fit our usual criteria.)<br />
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<b><a href="http://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
<br />
The 1910 League Championship Series get underway with the Giants meeting the Cubs and the Athletics facing the Tigers. (This is last week's summary as well. We got sort of tied up watching tennis.)<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
<b><br /></b><u>Monday, July 15</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Dodgers at Phillies<br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 16</u><br />
7:00 -- MLB Network -- Dodgers at Phillies<br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 17</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Rays at Yankees<br />
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<u>Thursday, July 18</u><br />
12:30 -- YouTube -- Dodgers at Phillies<br />
7:00 -- MLB Network -- Rays at Yankees<br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- FC Cincinnati vs. DC United<br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- Timbers vs. Orlando City<br />
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<u>Friday, July 19</u><br />
10:00 -- ESPN -- Galaxy vs. LAFC<br />
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<u>Saturday, July 20</u><br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- Mets at Giants<br />
7:15 -- FS1 -- Nationals at Braves<br />
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<u>Sunday, July 21</u><br />
1:00 -- TBS -- Rockies at Yankees<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- Atlanta United vs. DC United<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Nationals at Braves<br />
7:30 -- FS1 -- Orlando City vs. Red Bulls<br />
9:30 -- FS1 -- Timbers vs. GalaxyUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-33353197717256382622019-07-07T17:36:00.002-04:002019-07-07T17:51:00.795-04:00The Week That Was: July 7, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where nothing is made up but you can still argue that some of the points don't matter.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
<b><br />Bob Costas </b>called the 450th national MLB telecast of his career on Tuesday, July 2, in a Subway Series game between the Mets and Yankees. He's the 11th person to hit that plateau. The mark also comes in his 442nd game as a play-by-play announcer, matching Dizzy Dean for fifth-most on record. Analyst Jim Kaat and reporter Tom Verducci were on hand for the historic moment.<br />
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<b>Tom Verducci</b>, meanwhile, made his 350th national MLB appearance on Saturday in the Angels-Astros tilt. He becomes the 20th person to hit that mark, doing it with 186 games of color commentary and 164 games as the field reporter. Play-by-play man Don Orsillo and reporter Jon Morosi rounded out the telecast.<br />
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(We may again have as many as four milestones in this space next week, despite the All-Star Break.)<br />
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<b>Database Updates:</b><br />
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In the process of scrubbing our MLB database to remove games that were scheduled but never played, we have removed four rainouts.<br />
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<ul>
<li>August 21, 1954: Phillies-Dodgers on ABC (Dizzy Dean, Buddy Blattner) </li>
<li>July 13, 1957: Reds-Dodgers on CBS (Dizzy Dean, Buddy Blattner)</li>
<li>September 23, 1961: Orioles-White Sox on CBS (Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese)</li>
<li>May 6, 1962: Dodgers-Pirates on NBC (Bob Wolff, Joe Garagiola)</li>
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This drops Dean's total from 442 play-by-play games to 439 and from 445 total games to 442. Garagiola's figures fall by one, to 390 color and 645 total. Reese also decrements a single game to 335 appearances.</div>
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 10</u> saw two teams carry no-hitters into the seventh inning on national MLB telecasts in 2016. The Mets' Stephen Matz went 7.1 innings without allowing a National to reach safely on TBS; that evening, Madison Bumgarner blanked the Diamondbacks for 7.1 innings in Phoenix.<br />
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This week also has two no-hitters broken up in the ninth: Nolan Ryan on July 13, 1979, in a Yankees-Angels game on ABC, and five Padres pitchers against the Dodgers on July 9, 2011, on Fox.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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Second-week action at Wimbledon. The Big Three of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal lead the men's field, which is guaranteed an American in the quarterfinals. Six of the top 11 seeds are left on the women's side where the story has been 15-year-old phenom Coco Gauff.<br />
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<b><a href="http://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
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The 1910 League Championship Series get underway with the Giants meeting the Cubs and the Athletics facing the Tigers.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
<b><br /></b><u>Monday, July 8</u><br />
<i>No official national telecasts. Wimbledon round of 16 on ESPN and ESPN2. Home Run Derby on ESPN.</i><br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 9</u><br />
8:00a -- ESPN and ESPN2 -- Wimbledon: women's quarterfinals<br />
10:00a -- ESPN and ESPN2 -- Wimbledon: women's quarterfinals<br />
8:00 -- Fox -- MLB All-Star Game<br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 10</u><br />
8:00a -- ESPN and ESPN2 -- Wimbledon: men's quarterfinals<br />
11:00a -- ESPN and ESPN2 -- Wimbledon: women's quarterfinals<br />
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<u>Thursday, July 11</u><br />
8:00a -- ESPN -- Wimbledon: women's semifinal<br />
10:00a -- ESPN -- Wimbledon: women's semifinal<br />
8:00 -- ESPN -- Astros at Rangers<br />
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<u>Friday, July 12</u><br />
8:00a -- ESPN -- Wimbledon: men's semifinal<br />
11:00a -- ESPN -- Wimbledon: men's semifinal<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- DC United vs. Revolution<br />
9:00 -- UniMas and UDN -- Dynamo vs. LAFC<br />
11:00 -- UniMas and UDN -- Galaxy vs. Earthquakes<br />
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<u>Saturday, July 13</u><br />
9:00a -- ESPN -- Wimbledon: women's final<br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- White Sox at Athletics<br />
7:15 -- Fox -- Dodgers at Red Sox<br />
7:15 -- Fox -- Giants at Brewers<br />
7:15 -- Fox -- Nationals at Phillies<br />
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<u>Sunday, July 14</u><br />
9:00a -- ESPN -- Wimbledon: men's final<br />
1:00 -- TBS -- Nationals at Phillies<br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- Sounders vs. Atlanta United<br />
6:30 -- FS1 -- Red Bulls vs. NYCFC<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Dodgers at Red SoxUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-11151042279043383892019-07-01T02:16:00.002-04:002019-07-01T02:16:38.512-04:00Wimbledon Schedule: July 1, 2019<a href="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/OOP/0701WImbledonOOP.pdf"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" src="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/images/2019/0701WimbledonOOP.png" width="640" /></a><br />
32 men's singles first-round matches (88 hours)<br /><u>32 women's singles first-round matches (53.3 hours)</u><b>64 matches (141.3 hours) of tennis</b><br /><div>
17 initial warmups (2.8 hours)<br />47 changes between matches (15.7 hours)<br /><br /><b>159.8 hours of court activity</b><br />(Wimbledon does its post-match interviews off court.)<br /><br /><u>Men's singles:</u> 16 seeds, 4 Americans<br /><u>Women's singles:</u> 16 seeds, 12 Americans<br /><br /><b>Weather:</b> Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime. High of 70.<br /><br /><b>Sunset:</b> 4:21 p.m. EDT<br /><br /><b>TV:</b> ESPN, 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.</div>
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<b>My guesses as to ESPN's featured matches:</b></div>
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6 a.m. - Keys/Kumkhum</div>
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8 a.m. - Djokovic/Kohlschreiber</div>
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10 a.m. - Zverev/Vesely</div>
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(Osaka/Putintseva if needed to fill a gap here)</div>
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1 p.m. - V.Williams/Gauff</div>
Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-76842157180234454322019-06-30T22:46:00.001-04:002019-06-30T22:46:53.031-04:00The Week That Was: June 30, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, where nothing is made up but you can still argue that some of the points don't matter.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Matt Vasgersian</b> called play-by-play of his 274th MLB national telecast on Sunday when the Yankees beat the Red Sox in London. That ties him with Josh Lewin, who was working Red Sox radio that day, for 16th-most on record.<br />
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(We may have as many as four milestones in this space next week.)<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 2</u> is the sixth anniversary of <b>Homer Bailey</b>'s 2013 no-hitter, which aired nationally on MLB Network with Vasgersian, Sean Casey and Sam Ryan on the call.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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The year's third major begins at Wimbledon, with 10 hours a day of coverage (6 a.m. to about 4 p.m.) on the ESPN linear networks. Almost 160 hours of action each of the first four days!<br />
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<b><a href="http://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
<b><br /></b>Philadelphia leads New York 2-0 in the 1909 World Series after vanquishing the Tigers in the ALCS.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
<b><br /></b><u>Monday, July 1</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- MLB: Cubs at Pirates<br />
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<u>Tuesday, July 2</u><br />
3:00 -- Fox -- Women's World Cup semifinal: USA vs. England<br />
7:00 -- MLB Network -- MLB: Yankees vs. Mets<br />
10:30 -- FS1 -- Gold Cup semifinal: Haiti vs. Mexico<br />
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<u>Wednesday, July 3</u><br />
3:00 -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup semifinal: Netherlands vs. Sweden<br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- MLB: Yankees vs. Mets<br />
9:30 -- FS1 -- Gold Cup semifinal: Jamaica vs. USA<br />
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<u>Thursday, July 4</u><br />
4:00 -- ESPN -- MLB: Cubs at Pirates<br />
7:20 -- ESPN -- MLB: Phillies at Braves<br />
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<u>Friday, July 5</u><br />
<i>This date intentionally left blank.</i><br />
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<u>Saturday, July 6</u><br />
11:00a -- Fox -- Women's World Cup third place match<br />
7:15 -- Fox -- MLB: Cubs at White Sox<br />
7:15 -- Fox -- MLB: Phillies at Mets<br />
7:15 -- Fox -- MLB: Angels at Astros<br />
10:00 -- FS1 -- MLB: Rockies at Diamondbacks<br />
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<u>Sunday, July 7</u><br />
11:00a -- Fox -- Women's World Cup final<br />
1:00 -- TBS -- MLB: Rays at Yankees<br />
2:00 -- Fox -- MLS: Atlanta United vs. Red Bulls<br />
6:30 -- FS1 -- MLS: NYCFC vs. Timbers<br />
9:15 -- FS1 -- Gold Cup final<br />
<i>No Sunday Night Baseball due to All-Star Break</i>Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-53491849217548653062019-06-23T19:04:00.000-04:002019-06-23T20:29:16.154-04:00The Week That Was: June 23, 2019Welcome back to The Week That Was, a feature that I do actually intend to run weekly.<br />
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<b>Milestones:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Not much going on this front last week -- the slow season on this front is late June through Labor Day, and look where we are now. My best guess at this point is that we get our next milestone, defined as a round number or someone passing someone else in a top 16, late next week.<br />
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<b>John Farrell</b> became the 514th commentator and 288th color analyst in the MLB database on Saturday, when he called Tigers-Indians with <b>Justin Kutcher </b>on FS1.<br />
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<b>This Date In History:</b><br />
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<u>Sunday, June 23</u>, is the 35th anniversary of the <b>Ryne Sandberg</b> game, when two late home run from the Cubs second baseman and eventual Hall of Famer powered the Cubs to a 12-11 win over the Cardinals in 11 innings at Wrigley Field. <b>Bob Costas</b> and <b>Tony Kubek</b> called the game on NBC.<br />
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<u>Monday, June 24</u> is the 57th anniversary of CBS cutting off a Yankees-Tigers game at 5 p.m. because the game's broadcast window was ending and CBS didn't want to delay its primetime lineup. The game went 22 innings and finished at 9:14 p.m. with <b>Dizzy Dean</b> and <b>Pee Wee Reese</b> on the call.<br />
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<u>Tuesday, June 25:</u> Next season's NHL schedule drops at noon EDT, according to a league announcement from Friday. Last year, the national TV schedule came out in mid-August.<br />
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<u>Wednesday, June 26</u> is the 37th anniversary of the NBC truck losing power in the middle of the ninth inning at Fenway Park in Boston. The Brewers were playing the Red Sox and <b>Joe Garagiol</b>a and Kubek were left to finish the game with one camera.<br />
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On <u>Saturday, June 29</u>, the <b>Baseball and the Media Committee</b> of the <b>Society for American Baseball Research</b> meets in San Diego. Good luck and pleasant wishes to all involved and I hope to join you in person the next time you're in a Central Division city.<br />
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That meeting will start at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time (5:30 Pacific), which places it squarely in the middle of ESPN's no-hitter doubleheader on that date in 1990. At 7:30 EDT, the Worldwide Leader in Sports showed <b>Dave Stewart</b>'s no-no in an Athletics-Blue Jays game called by <b>John Sanders </b>and <b>Tommy Hutton</b>. At 10:30, it was <b>Fernando Valenzuela</b>'s turn in a Cardinals-Dodgers game called by <b>Gary Thorne </b>and <b>Norm Hitzges</b>.<br />
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<b><a href="http://blog.unnecessarysportsresearch.com/p/week-of-dec.html">This Week in the Tennis Section:</a></b><br />
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At Eastbourne, England, the Nature Valley International is a WTA Premier event and an ATP 250 event.<br />
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<b><a href="http://playoffofdreams.wordpress.com/">This Week on the Playoff of Dreams:</a></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
Philadelphia and New York look to close out 2-0 leads in the 1909 MLB playoffs.<br />
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<b>The Week That Will Be:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<u>Monday, June 24</u><br />
12:00 -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup R16: Spain vs. USA<br />
3:00 -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup R16: Canada vs. Sweden<br />
9:45 -- ESPN -- Rockies at Giants<br />
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<u>Tuesday, June 25</u><br />
12:00 -- NHL schedule release<br />
12:00 -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup R16: China vs. Italy<br />
3:00 -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup R16: Japan vs. Netherlands<br />
9:45 -- ESPN -- Rockies at Giants<br />
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<u>Wednesday, June 26</u><br />
8:00 -- MLB Network -- Braves at Cubs<br />
9:00 -- FS1 -- Gold Cup: USA vs. Panama<br />
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<u>Thursday, June 27</u><br />
3:00 -- Fox -- Women's World Cup quarterfinal: Norway vs. England<br />
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<u>Friday, June 28</u><br />
<i>Wimbledon singles draws made today</i><br />
3:00 -- Fox -- Women's World Cup quarterfinal: Spain/USA vs. France<br />
8:00 -- UniMas/UDN -- Red Bulls vs. Fire<br />
10:00 -- UniMas/UDN -- Rapids vs. LAFC<br />
<br />
<u>Saturday, June 29</u><br />
9:00 a.m. -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup quarterfinal: Netherlands/Japan vs. Italy/China<br />
12:30 p.m. -- FS1 -- Women's World Cup quarterfinal: Sweden/Canada vs. Germany<br />
1 p.m. -- Fox -- Yankees vs. Red Sox at London<br />
4 p.m. -- FS1 -- Nationals at Tigers<br />
4 p.m. -- ESPN -- Minnesota United vs. FC Cincinnati<br />
7 p.m. -- FS1 -- Gold Cup quarterfinal: Costa Rica/Haiti winner vs. Mexico, Canada or Martinique<br />
8:15 p.m. -- Fox -- Mariners at Astros<br />
8:15 p.m. -- Fox -- Dodgers at Rockies<br />
8:15 p.m. -- Fox -- Pirates at Brewers<br />
10 p.m. -- FS1 -- Gold Cup quarterfinal: Mexico, Canada or Martinique vs. Costa Rica/Haiti loser<br />
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<u>Sunday, June 30</u><br />
10 a.m. -- ESPN -- Yankees vs. Red Sox at London<br />
5:30 p.m. -- FS1 -- Gold Cup quarterfinal: Jamaica, El Salvador or Curacao vs. USA/Panama loser<br />
7 p.m. -- ESPN -- Braves at Mets<br />
8:30 p.m. -- FS1 -- Gold Cup quarterfinal: USA/Panama winner vs. Jamaica, El Salvador or Curacao<br />
11 p.m. -- UniMas/UDN -- Timbers vs. FC Dallas<br />
<br />
<u>Monday, July 1</u><br />
6:30 a.m. -- First ball at WimbledonUnnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-67879260920105720312019-05-27T21:10:00.001-04:002019-05-27T21:10:27.182-04:00French Open Schedule: Tuesday, May 28, 2019<a href="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/OOP/0528FrenchOpenOOP.pdf"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" src="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/images/2019/0528FrenchOpenOOP-1.png" width="640" /></a><br />
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20 men's singles first-round matches (55 hours)<br />20 women's singles first-round matches (33.3 hours)<br /><u>16 men's doubles first-round matches (44 hours)</u><b>56 matches (132.3 hours) on the original schedule</b><i>. 1 men's singles match (~0.1 match, 0.3 hour) held over from Monday<br /><u>. 1 women's singles match (~0.4 match, 0.7 hour) held over from Monday</u></i><b>58 matches (133.7 hours of tennis)</b><br /><br />15 initial warmups (3 hours)<br />43 changeovers between matches (14.3 hours)<br /> 9 on-court interviews (0.75 hours)<br /><br /><b>150.9 hours of court activity</b><br /><u>Men's singles:</u> 9 seeds, 2 Americans, plus a seed held over<br /><u>Women's singles:</u> 10 seeds, 3 Americans, plus a seed held over<br /><br />Men's #25 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew, so there are only 31 seeds. This is the day he would have played.<br /><br /><b>Weather: </b>Cloudy, high 76, winds 6-9 mph<br /><br /><b>Sunset: </b>9:42 local (3:42 EDT)<br /><br /><b>TV:</b> Tennis Channel, 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-73923237389337759622019-05-26T21:00:00.000-04:002019-05-27T21:17:11.317-04:00French Open Schedule: Monday, May 27, 2019<a href="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/OOP/0527FrenchOpenOOP.pdf"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" src="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/images/2019/0527FrenchOpenOOP-1.png" width="640" /></a><br />
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28 men's singles matches (77 hours)<br />
<u>28 women's singles matches (4</u><u>6.7 hours)</u><br />
56 matches (123.7 hours) on the original schedule<br />
<u style="font-style: italic;"> 2 women's singles matches (1 hour) held over from Sunday</u><br />
58 matches (124.7 hours of tennis)<br />
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14 initial warmups (2.3 hours)<br />
46 changeovers between matches (15.3 hours)<br />
<u> 9 on-court interviews (0.75 hours)</u><br />
142.4 hours of court activity<br />
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<u>Men's singles:</u> 11 seeds, 5 Americans<br />
<u>Women's singles:</u> 12 seeds, 8 Americans, plus one of each in holdovers<br />
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<b>Weather </b>(from Meteo France): Cloudy, high 78, winds 6-12 mph<br />
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<b>Sunset:</b> 9:39 local (3:39 EDT)<br />
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<b>TV:</b> Tennis Channel, 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.; NBC, noon to 3 p.m.<br />
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<b>TV Commentators:</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />
<b>Tennis Channel:</b><br />
<u>Studio:</u> Brett Haber, Chanda Rubin<br />
5:06 a.m. -- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Veronika Kudermetova -- Bill Macatee, Tracy Austin<br />
7:23 a.m. -- Rafael Nadal vs. Yannick Hanfmann -- Ian Eagle, Jim Courier<br />
9:49 a.m. -- Novak Djokovic vs. Hubert Hurkacz -- Ted Robinson, Paul Annacone, Martina Navratilova<br />
11:48 a.m. -- Serena Williams vs. Vitalia Diatchenko -- Ted Robinson, Lindsay Davenport<br />
1:38 p.m. -- Dominic Thiem vs. Tommy Paul -- Ted Robinson, Paul Annacone<br />
3:03 p.m. -- Kyle Edmund vs. Jeremy Chardy -- Robinson, Annacone<br />
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<b>NBC:</b><br />
12:02 p.m. -- Serena Williams vs. Vitalia Diatchenko -- Mary Carillo, John McEnroe<br />
1:36 p.m. -- Dominic Thiem vs. Tommy Paul -- Mary Carillo, John McEnroe</div>
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Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-83646528152830274332019-05-25T21:00:00.000-04:002019-05-26T20:28:25.564-04:00French Open Schedule: Sunday, May 26, 2019<a href="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/OOP/0526FrenchOpenOOP.pdf"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" height="492" src="https://tmiller2462.firstcloudit.com/images/2019/0526FrenchOpenOOP-1.png" width="640" /></a><br />
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16 men's singles matches (44 hours)<br />
<u>16 women's singles matches (26.7 hours)</u><br />
32 matches (70.7 hours of tennis)<br />
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8 initial warmups (1.3 hours)<br />
24 changeovers between matches (8 hours)<br />
<u> 9 on-court interviews (0.75 hours)</u><br />
80.75 hours of court activity<br />
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<u>Men's singles:</u> 9 seeds, no Americans<br />
<u>Women's singles:</u> 8 seeds, 6 Americans<br />
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<b>Weather </b>(from Meteo France): Cloudy to very cloudy, high 72, winds 6-12 mph<br />
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<b>Sunset:</b> 9:39 local (3:39 EDT)<br />
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<b>TV:</b> Tennis Channel, 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
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Studio hosts - Brett Haber, Chanda Rubin<br />
5:08 a.m. - Garbine Muguruza vs. Taylor Townsend (SM) - Bill Macatee, Martina Navratilova<br />
7:12 a.m. - Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Maximilian Marterer (PC) - Mary Carillo, Paul Annacone<br />
8:49 a.m. - Roger Federer vs. Lorenzo Sonego (PC) - Ted Robinson, Jim Courier<br />
10:48 a.m. - Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Mahut (SM) - Mary Carillo, Tracy Austin<br />
11:22 a.m. - Elina Svitolina vs. Venus Williams (SM) - Mary Carillo, Tracy Austin<br />
1:35 p.m. - Goffin/Berankis and Kohlschreiber/Haase - Ian Eagle, Jim Courier<br />
2:01 p.m. - Jennifer Brady vs. Ivana Jorovic - Ian Eagle, Lindsay Davenport<br />
3:05 p.m. - Sign-off</div>
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Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899765790377156495.post-61585076774994288412019-05-20T01:35:00.000-04:002019-05-24T22:57:14.555-04:00The Week That Was: May 19, 2019Welcome to The Week That Was, a new feature at Un/Necessary Sports Research that solves <strike>all of our problems</strike> a couple of our problems.<br />
<br />
First of all, there's fresh content on the blog side of things.<br />
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Second of all, the cable and Internet went out in our bunker <i>(well, our below-street-level apartment)</i> on Monday night before Trusty Laptop 2.0 passed into the great beyond on Thursday evening. All of our announcer data is backed up in the cloud, so that was never in danger, but we haven't been able to access it and tweet nuggets in almost a week.<br />
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Third, when we do tweet nuggets, they don't really get archived. (TW)^2 can serve as a one-stop shop for all that went down in the world of esoteric sports ... discoveries over the previous half of a fortnight.<br />
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So, as they say over at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw">the Hydraulic Press Channel</a>, with Trusty Laptop 3.0 acquired, here we go.<br />
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<b>Sunday, May 12</b><br />
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<li><b>Craig Simpson</b> ties Greg Millen for #8 on the Canadian NHL commentators list with his 783rd game, the second game of the Hurricanes-Bruins series.</li>
<li><b>Ed Olczyk</b> works his 700th American NHL national telecast in the same game 2. (Two of these were as a sideline reporter, setting up something on Thursday.)</li>
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<b>Monday, May 13</b></div>
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<li><b>Kenny Albert</b> handles play-by-play for his 1,050th American national telecast across the four major sports. At this time of the year, he's doing hockey, specifically game 2 of the Blues-Sharks series.</li>
<li><b>Pierre McGuire</b> makes his 821st appearance on a U.S. national telecast of the four major pro sports, matching Curt Gowdy for 14th-most all-time.</li>
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<b>Tuesday, May 14</b></div>
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<li>Simpson passes Millen for #8 on the Canadian NHL commentators list with his 784th game in game 3 of the series.</li>
<li>Simpson matches Tim McCarver with his 804th appearance as a color man on the four major pro sports. Only six men have more.</li>
<li>Game 3 is <b>Mike Emrick</b>'s 1000th American national telecast as a play-by-play announcer, encompassing every major pro sport except the NBA. He's the sixth person to reach this milestone.</li>
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<b>Wednesday, May 15</b></div>
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<li>McGuire worked his 822nd game, passing Gowdy after tying him on Monday.</li>
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<b>Thursday, May 16</b></div>
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<li>Simpson finishes the pass he started on Tuesday, eclipsing McCarver for seventh on the list of color men across all four sports.</li>
<li>Olczyk works his 700th American national NHL telecast as a color commentator, becoming the third person to accomplish that behind McGuire and Bill Clement.</li>
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<b>Friday, May 17</b></div>
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<li>The Red Sox played the Astros in a game that still sends up the "interleague" flag in my brain. <b>Bob Costas</b>, who remembers when the Astros didn't exist in either league, calls his 445th national MLB telecast, tying Dizzy Dean for #11 in our database.</li>
<li><b>Garry Galley</b> calls his 473rd national NHL telecast in Canada, matching John Garrett for the eighth-most by a color analyst.</li>
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<b>Saturday, May 18</b></div>
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<li><b>Jeff Van Gundy </b>calls his 650th national NBA telecast, all of them as a color analyst. He's the third analyst to reach that mark, trailing Doug Collins and Hubie Brown, and the seventh person overall.</li>
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<b>Sunday, May 19</b></div>
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<li>Galley passes Garrett with his 474th appearance after having been tied since Friday.</li>
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<b>The Week Ahead...</b><br />
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<i>Below is the national broadcast schedule for the four major pro sports; MLS, the U.S. national soccer team; and major professional golf and tennis tournaments. Asterisks denote "if necessary" games.</i><br />
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<u>Monday, May 20</u><br />
8:00 -- MLBN -- Phillies at Cubs<br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- Warriors at Blazers, game 4<br />
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<u>Tuesday, May 21</u><br />
7:00 -- ESPN -- Phillies at Cubs<br />
8:00 -- NBCSN, CBC, SN -- Sharks at Blues, game 6<br />
8:30 -- TNT -- Bucks at Raptors, game 4<br />
9:45 -- ESPN -- Braves at Giants<br />
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<u>Wednesday, May 22</u><br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- *Blazers at Warriors, game 5<br />
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<u>Thursday, May 23</u><br />
1:00 -- French Open singles draws.<br />
<i>We get excited over tournament brackets. We will not apologize for this.</i><br />
8:30 -- TNT -- Raptors at Bucks, game 5<br />
9:00 -- NBCSN, CBC, SN1 -- Blues at Sharks, game 7<br />
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<u>Friday, May 24</u><br />
7:00 -- UniMas, UDN, Twitter -- Orlando City vs. Galaxy<br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- *Warriors at Blazers, game 6<br />
9:00 -- UniMas, UDN, Twitter -- Real Salt Lake vs. Atlanta United<br />
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<u>Saturday, May 25</u><br />
3:30 -- Univision, UDN, Twitter -- Fire vs. NYCFC<br />
4:00 -- FS1 -- Diamondbacks at Giants<br />
7:15 -- Fox regional -- Red Sox at Astros<br />
7:15 -- Fox regional -- Dodgers at Pirates<br />
7:15 -- Fox regional -- Braves at Cardinals<br />
8:30 -- TNT -- *Bucks at Raptors, game 6<br />
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<u>Sunday, May 26</u><br />
5:00 a.m. -- Tennis Channel -- French Open, first round<br />
12:00 -- ESPN -- USWNT vs. Mexico at Harrison, N.J.<br />
12:00 -- NBC -- Indianapolis 500<br />
<i>Green flag at 12:45 after "Back Home Again in Indiana" at 12:36.</i><br />
6:00 -- FS1 -- Sounders vs. Sporting Kansas City<br />
7:00 -- ESPN or ESPN2 -- Braves at Cardinals<br />
9:00 -- ESPN -- *Blazers at Warriors, game 7Unnecessary Sports Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379966171308004191noreply@blogger.com0