Fox’s John Strong had notable call and lay out in USMNT Gold Cup quarterfinal penalty kicks win
Strong introduced Damion Downs, called his goal with emotion, and then let the crowd tell the story.
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Stephen A. Smith on Thunder-Nuggets three-point shooting: ‘It’s all lowlights’
"It's a horrible brand of basketball that we've been witnessing."
Caitlin Clark’s return to Iowa saw remarkable ‘Touchdown!’ and ‘From beyond the logo!’ Ryan Ruocco calls
"Touchdown! Clark to Bonner!"
ESPN UFL announcer says ‘the over somehow hits!’ on game-ending pick-six
"And the over somehow hits on the pick-six from 100 yards away!"
Wizards’ announcer Chris Miller works ‘LET’S! GO! HOME!’ into call of Bub Carrington’s season-ending game winner
"YES! YES! BUB CARRINGTON ENDS THE SEASON WITH A GAME-WINNER! OFF GLASS! LET'S! GO! HOME!"
Jon Miller compared Jung Hoo Lee’s Yankee Stadium HRs to Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Reggie Jackson
San Francisco Giants’ outfielder Jung Hoo Lee had quite the road trip to Yankee Stadium this weekend. Lee...
ESPN announcers went crazy for No. 5 Tennessee’s buzzer-beating three against No. 6 Alabama
Saturday marked the first day of March, and that saw plenty of madness in college basketball. Some came...
‘OH MY GOD! OH MY GOODNESS!’ Announcer went crazy for half-court buzzer-beater to end wild HS losing streak
After each team missed a shot in the last 25 seconds, Lyons Township's Owen Carroll got one more chance from long range, and drained it.
Ryan Ruocco had great call of Nets’ six points in four seconds in crazy comeback
"RUSSELL! YOU BET! HE GOT IT!"
‘Oh my goodness!’ Back-to-basket buzzer-beater from Seton Hall WBB’s Faith Masonius stunned announcers
"Flips it up and in!" "Oh my goodness!" "The Seton Hall Pirates keep the Faith!"
Scott Hanson and ESPN’s Drew Gallagher discuss unique ‘mix of both worlds’ ManningCast
ESPN beat NBC/Yahoo in Comscore digital traffic in Olympics months for first time
The NBC/Yahoo partnership has usually bested ESPN's digital numbers in Olympic months, but not this time.
ESPN CFB YouTube highlights approach questioned over lack of Toledo-Mississippi State video
NFL Zone returns to Roku with new features, including highlights for every game
The NFL Zone on Roku is back, and is adding more content, including highlights for every game.
Joe Tessitore’s ‘pot of gold’ call of Georgia Tech’s upset of Florida State praised
"They found themselves a pot of gold at the end of their Irish rainbow!"
Crucial Euro 2024 save from Mert Günok got an amazing Turkish call
The call here needed no translation.
ESPN blasted for showing other games’ highlights during critical Marlins-Phillies moment
"Hey ESPN, what is this BS clipping in of other action?"
Gus Johnson’s ‘Nebraska makes chicken salad!’ was a great start to CFB Week 1
"IT'S A TOUCHDOWN! WOW! ALEX BULLOCK! WIDE OPEN! NEBRASKA MAKES CHICKEN SALAD!"
Jays’ broadcasters loved George Springer’s web gem: ‘One of the best you’ll ever see.’
"A tremendous catch, one of the best you'll ever see. The ball is behind him, and he has to reach behind him to make the catch, and cradles the ball against his body once he hits the turf. Terrific effort by Springer."
CFL announcer Dustin Nielson’s ‘Are you kidding me!’ call on wild interception draws attention
This isn't the first time Nielson has used "Are you kidding me!", or the first time this season there's been a ridiculous interception in an Elks' game.
Nikola Jokic’s title win had many looking back at the time ESPN ran Jusuf Nurkic highlights around his extension
In 2018, ESPN accompanied discussion of Nikola Jokić's contract extension with highlights of the Blazers' Jusuf Nurkić.
IBM teams with the Masters for ‘generative AI commentary,’ says AI will provide ‘detailed golf narration’ for clips
A partnership between IBM and the Masters looks to create AI commentary for more than 20,000 clips from this year's tournament, which will be viewable on the Masters' app and its associated digital platforms.
Curastory CEO Tiffany Kelly talks athlete commentary partnership with Pac-12 and Tempus Ex
"Audiences just love mic’d up content. They just love when the athletes are their own commentators."
Hornets’ broadcaster Eric Collins’ scream and ‘Are you kidding me? Hum-diddly-dee!’ on Kai Jones dunk goes viral
Collins is again getting attention for his high-energy dunk calls.
Twitter’s David Herman talks Opendorse highlights deal: ‘We’re in the business of supporting student-athletes.’
"Twitter's your microphone; let the world know what you're thinking, what you care about, what you want to say. And then let the world take the conversation from there."
