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Prime Video’s three-pack of Duke men’s basketball games this season now have a broadcast team. Play-by-play voice Ian Eagle will be joined by analysts Stan Van Gundy and John Wall for the three-game slate of Blue Devils games this season, according to an announcement from Prime Video on Wednesday. The trio are all under contract…
Ian Eagle isn’t quite sure what the future holds for him. In the immediate term, ‘The Bird’ will occupy CBS’s No. 2 NFL booth opposite Ross Tucker as the latest domino to fall from Tony Romo’s arrest and subsequent leave. At 57, Eagle now finds himself on his third booth partner in as many years,…
At every step of his media career, Stan Van Gundy has been a surprise. When he joined ESPN in 2018, Van Gundy was best known for his recurring role on The Dan Le Batard Show and as the brother of the sport’s lead game analyst. Yet Van Gundy proved to be an important studio voice at the Worldwide…
Ian Eagle has called NBA games at the highest level for the entirety of LeBron James’ career, and the Prime Video announcer doesn’t believe this is truly it for The King. James, as he has in the past several seasons, told reporters he would take time to meet with his family before making a decision…
Jason Benetti was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a group of permanent motor disorders that affect movement and posture, at just two years old, leaving him with an awkward gait, a lazy eye, and an upbringing where he had to navigate being so visibly different in a world that wasn’t designed to be accommodating for those…
A few days into Noah Eagle’s broadcasting career, he went for it. Eagle was in Las Vegas for NBA Summer League, working as a production assistant, when he ran into the star of his childhood team. It was Vince Carter. “I went into the meal room, and he was at a table by himself,” Eagle…
Amazon Prime Video streamed its first NBA playoff game on Tuesday night during the Eastern Conference play-in game between the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. It was a thrilling game as Charlotte’s Coby White hit an incredible three-pointer in the closing seconds to force overtime. With 48 seconds left in the OT period, the Hornets…
Prime Video’s NBA coverage has ramped up over the course of the season, and the streamer will take center stage this week as the league’s Play-In Tournament’s exclusive home. NBA on Prime will use the Ian Eagle-Stan Van Gundy tandem as its top NBA booth starting this week, while it also puts its “Prime Vision”…
The 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament concludes Monday night when the Michigan Wolverines meet the UConn Huskies for the national championship. Ian Eagle, Bill Raferty, and Grant Hill will be on the call, but we’ve heard from a handful of different announcing teams during the tournament. We asked Awful Announcing readers to weigh in on the…
Although it’s been a few days now, it’s still hard to believe what we all witnessed during Sunday’s Elite 8 game between the Connecticut Huskies and Duke Blue Devils. It was one of the wildest, most memorable endings to an NCAA Tournament game, and fittingly, it was lead announcer Ian Eagle who was at the…
Like the rest of us, the voice of the Final Four was nervous about the impact that NIL and the transfer portal would have on college basketball. That’s Ian Eagle, who calls the final rounds of the NCAA men’s tournament for CBS and TNT Sports each year, and who worried about the chaos this era…
Many shining moments later, the 2026 NCAA Men’s Tournament is almost over. Only four teams remain, which means only one broadcasting crew is still on the call. However, college basketball fans got to experience the calls and analysis from several different announcers, commentators, and reporters throughout March Madness. And now, we want to know how Read more... The post Grade the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament announcers appeared first on Awful Announcing.
The Connecticut Huskies erased a 19-point deficit to stun the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils with a 73-72 victory in the 2026 NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight on Sunday to advance to the Final Four. UConn’s Braylon Mullins nailed a last-second three-pointer from the logo on a chaotic possession that created an instant March Madness classic. UCONN Read more... The post CBS Sports studio crews went nuts during UConn’s stunning win over Duke appeared first on Awful Announcing.
The television schedule for the 2026 NCAA Tournament men’s Final Four was revealed on Sunday after the conclusion of the Elite Eight games. It’s rather simple for this round of games. Each Final Four game will be available on TNT Sports networks: TBS, TNT, and truTV. Additionally, the games will stream on NCAA March Madness Read more... The post Here’s the 2026 NCAA Tournament Final Four TV schedule appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Death, taxes and the legendary Bill Raftery sending social media into a frenzy with his over-the-top calls at the announce table. The former Fairleigh Dickinson–Madison and Seton Hall basketball head coach called today’s thrilling showdown between TCU and Ohio State, alongside Ian Eagle and Basketball Hall of Famer Grant Hill. Bill Raftery has developed quite …
