Tom Crean making a welcome return to ESPN
Crean excelled in his first stint as an ESPN analyst back in 2017-18.
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ESPN announces new ACC/SEC Challenge, end of existing ACC/SEC challenges with Big Ten and Big 12
The fallout from Big Ten media deals without ESPN has now extended to the end of two existing interconference basketball challenges, and the launch of a new one.
Announcer drops Zach Wilson burn during basketball game
"They call that the Zach Wilson, I believe."
Big 12 signs deals with ESPN and Fox through 2030-31, with a 90 percent average annual value jump
The Big 12 is set to make much more money in media rights beginning in 2025-26.
Dick Vitale updates that he’s been released from hospital, and his post-op evaluation was successful
"He feels optimistic that if I follow his plan (which I will) that he will get me back court side to do what I truly love – talking college hoops for ESPN during the 2022-23 season."
Dick Vitale writes that he’ll need surgery for his vocal cords, won’t appear on ESPN the rest of this season
"While I’m heartbroken that I won’t appear on ESPN for the rest of this season, I’m encouraged by the progress."
“I’d like to tell you what’s happening, but that’s not currently possible”: technical difficulties hit ESPN2 Akron-Ohio State broadcast
With Jason Benetti and Jon Crispin calling this game remotely, they were just as in the dark as viewers when the cameras started to glitch.
Brian Custer moves from Fox Sports to ESPN, where he’ll call college sports and host SportsCenter, fulfilling a teenage dream
"When I was a teen, I was like, ‘Man, I want to be on SportsCenter.' When I started my broadcasting career it was without question on my vision board."
Holly Rowe filled in on play-by-play on WVU-Gonzaga after Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas’ remote booth lost power
Rowe did a terrific job of pinch-hitting on play-by-play here.
ESPN’s Andy Kennedy confuses Ron Jeremy with Ron Burgundy, Tom Hart cracks up laughing
"That's a whole 'nother channel."
Dick Vitale calls Kansas-Kansas State brawl “sickening,” calls for Silvio De Sousa to be banned for life for picking up a chair: “That’s...
"He's holding a chair! I mean, that's criminal! He's going to hurt somebody!"
Awful Announcing Podcast: ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks his basketball past, why he became an analyst, the NCAA’s California actions, and more
Bilas spoke to AA's Ben Heisler about changes in basketball, his past as a player and coach, what it takes to be a good TV analyst, his Young Jeezy tweets, the NCAA's recent actions, and much more.
