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Dan Shulman

MLB, Men’s College Basketball, NBA Play-by-Play Commentator   Dan Shulman is an ESPN play-by-play commentator for Major League Baseball, NCAA Men’s College Basketball and NBA telecasts. Shulman is the voice of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball (since 2011) with analysts Orel Hershiser and Terry Francona. Shulman began working for ESPN in 1995 and has previously served as [...]

Jon Barry

ESPN NBA Game/Studio Analyst Jon Barry, a 14-year NBA veteran, joined ESPN as a game and studio analyst prior to the 2006-07 season after retiring from the league.  Barry primarily works ESPN game telecasts and as a studio analyst on ABC’s GMC NBA Sunday Countdown pregame show.   Additionally, Barry provides analysis for a variety of ESPN [...]

Mike Breen

NBA Play-by-Play Mike Breen Veteran NBA play-caller Mike Breen is the lead voice for the NBA on ESPN and ABC, including The Finals.  He joined ESPN’s NBA team in October 2003 and now works primarily with Jeff Van Gundy.  Prior to the 2011-12 season, analyst Mark Jackson was also part of ESPN’s lead NBA commentator [...]

Hubie Brown

NBA Analyst Hubie Brown joined ABC in December 2004 as an analyst for NBA on ABC.  Brown was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., September 2005.  Brown retired as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2004-05.  He had returned to coaching on November 2002 after a 16-year [...]

Ric Bucher

NBA Reporter, ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer Ric Bucher joined ESPN in January 1999 as a San Francisco-based senior writer covering professional basketball for ESPN The Magazine, and as an NBA reporter for ESPN’s SportsCenter and NBA studio shows. Bucher joined ESPN and ESPN The Magazine, a sports biweekly magazine, after covering the NBA’s Washington Wizards for [...]

Doris Burke

Basketball Analyst & Reporter  Doris Burke Doris Burke, a versatile basketball commentator who calls both men’s and women’s college and pro contests, has covered basketball for ESPN since March 1991. She works a variety of ESPN assignments, including the NBA, women’s basketball regular-season and NCAA Championship, men’s basketball regular-season and Championship Week, ESPN Regional Television [...]

Jim Durham

Play-by-Play Commentator Jim Durham joined ESPN in 1992, and serves as lead play-by-play commentator for the NBA on ESPN Radio, a role he received in January 1996 when the network’s game coverage debuted. He has also called college basketball games and ESPN Major League Baseball games for ESPN. Durham had been the television voice of [...]

Tim Legler

NBA Studio Analyst Former NBA player Tim Legler joined ESPN in 2000 as a studio analyst for ESPNEWS, and his role with the network has grown each year.  For the 2004-05 season, he added NBA Shootaround, the pre-game show prior to ESPN’s Friday night doubleheader, to his assignments.  He also continues to appear regularly as [...]

Scoop Jackson

Columnist, ESPN.com & ESPN The Magazine Robert “Scoop” Jackson joined ESPN in March 2005 and provides written commentary on a weekly basis for both ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.  In addition, he appears on ESPN Radio and ESPN TV shows such as Jim Rome Is Burning. Before joining ESPN, Jackson worked as a copy writer [...]

Mark Jones

Play-by-Play Commentator    |    Photos Mark Jones Mark Jones has worked a wide variety of assignments for ESPN since his debut in 1990.  He is a play-by-play commentator for NBA, WNBA, college football and men’s and women’s college basketball telecasts.  He also contributes as host of ESPN’s Kia NBA Countdown pregame show.   Jones hosted the network’s [...]