Chicago Blackhawks Archives - Awful Announcing

Local Networks

Blackhawks’ play-by-play voice Pat Foley said “I might have put a bullet in my head” on air, then “I’m sorry if I offended”

"Had I been traveling with the team this year, I might have put a bullet in my head. ...I wish I didn’t say that. I’m sorry if I offended some folks. Apparently I did, so I apologize."

NBC

NBCSN will feature all-female crew to broadcast and produce Blues-Blackhawks game

The broadcast will be on March 8, celebrating International Women's Day.

Local Networks

Blackhawks’ announcer Pat Foley says “Ortega, who sounds like he ought to be a shortstop,” apologizes two days later

This remark from Foley drew a lot of blowback.

NBC

Mike Tirico’s NHL play-by-play debut was very well-received

Tirico called Wednesday night's Blackhawks-Red Wings game on NBCSN.

Local Networks

Cubs prepare to launch “Marquee” RSN, reportedly with Sinclair, while White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks re-up with NBC Sports Chicago

The Cubs are with NBC Sports Chicago through the 2019 season, but then seem set to go their own way.

NHL

The hockey world has rallied together in the aftermath of the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crash that killed 15

The hockey world rallied together in the aftermath of this crash, raising over $2 million for the families of those impacted.

NBC

Eddie Olczyk returns to NBCSN broadcast booth while battling cancer, receives standing ovation in St. Louis

'Tonight is the best medicine I've had in such a long time."

The Locker

Blackhawks’ fan tells Chicago’s WGN “they’ve got black people loving hockey”

You never know what you’re going to get when you interview fans live on camera after a win,...

2013

Rob Parker isn’t the only one to blame over RGIII comments, and we may not have seen the last of him

For many, the Rob Parker saga may seem like a trilogy; he arrived on the national scene with...