Awful Announcing
"By the time Saturday the 14th hit, Adrian, I was so tired. I tried to get out of bed from Saturday the 14th through Tuesday the 17th, Saint Patrick's Day. I kid you not, I could not get out of bed for five minutes without needing to go back to bed and lay down."
"I think that the league has some influence over teams, and I would like them to exert that influence."
The scoreboard and speakers were swaying in the arena at Thomas & Mack Center.
When the United States women’s national team takes the field this afternoon against England as part of the...
"She will be the lead analyst some day. I don’t know when. But whoever does get to work with her at some point whether it is me or someone else is going to be very fortunate."
Why won't ESPN give the people what they want?
ESPN would never have let one of its most popular employees walk.
Why have an in game interview when you can't ask any prying questions?
"That is no Phantom of The Process. That is a man of The Process."
"My contract ends Oct. 31. It’s very anxiety-producing."
"I promise you I'm not having plastic surgery. I'm 52. I've earned every wrinkle on my face. I actually like my wrinkles. And guess what? There are a lotta 60-year-old men who have wrinkles, no hair, glasses, and nobody gives a damn. It's about time that a woman my age or above, if she chooses to go into her 60s as an announcer, she should be allowed to do just that."
Burke will replace the departed Doug Collins in ESPN's rotation.
Burke has overcome a lot to earn a high-profile broadcasting job, and paved the way for others in the process.
