ESPN unveils 2026 College Football announcer lineup
ESPN has made several changes their 2026 college football announcers following the departure of Dave Flemming and Mark Jones.
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Sacramento Kings voice Kyle Draper announces departure
Sacramento Kings announcer Kyle Draper revealed on social media his contract with the team is not being renewed.
Mark Jones has emotional sign-off alongside Doris Burke after 36 years with ESPN
Doris Burke was very emotional in the final ESPN broadcast of her longtime NBA broadcast partner, Mark Jones.
Mark Jones plans to stay with Kings ‘a long, long time’ after leaving ESPN
Jones told the Sacramento Bee he isn't going anywhere, even if his future role with the Kings isn't fully defined yet.
Veteran announcer Mark Jones leaving ESPN
Mark Jones is leaving ESPN after being one of the network's primary play-by-play voices for the NBA and serving Bristol since 1990.
The Pop-Tarts Bowl broadcast was full of shenanigans
The Slammin' Strawberry Pop-Tart made a run for it in the 'Edible Mascots' ceremony.
ESPN, ABC finalize NBA Christmas Day broadcast teams
A lot of different faces for 2025.
UNC student shreds early Bill Belichick era in ESPN interview
"One of the saddest feelings I've had [at UNC] so far. I've failed midterms before, so that's saying something."
ESPN NBA announcer Mark Jones addresses Nikola Jokić bias claims
"...there's an alternate universe for everybody out there."
Mark Jones’ daughter Sophia lands WNBA announcing gig
Sophia Jones and Kevin Danna have been tapped as the radio voices of the Golden State Valkyries.
Jay Bilas gets first NBA playoffs broadcasting assignment
Bilas will join Mark Jones and Jorge Sedano on ABC for Timberwolves-Lakers.
Mark Jones makes 401(k) joke about stock market crash during UFL game
During a UFL broadcast on Sunday, ESPN's Mark Jones made a joke about the live betting total going down mimicking his 401(k).
Rapper AP Dhillon drops F-bomb during NBA Celebrity All-Star Game interview
"We can dribble. My bad. My bad."
Mark Jones confused, mislabeled Golden Gate and Bay Bridges during NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
"Mark Jones may need to brush up on his Bay Area bridges."
Mark Jones: Retiring analyst Hubie Brown ‘a walking Google of basketball’
"This guy, you're looking at Google of basketball right there, Hubie Brown."
ESPN’s Mark Jones explains the value of Black play-by-play announcers
"Your play-by-play announcer is the guy that drives a lot of the narratives, the predominant storyteller of a broadcast..."
Mark Jones calls out CFB officials for double standard on penalty
"At the moment where maybe we needed one against a coach, it didn't happen."
ABC’s Quint Kessenich witnesses Shane Beamer, Bret Bielema Citrus Bowl drama
"Shane just turned to me and said, 'You saw what he did?' I did see it!"
Kings announcers unknowingly roast Pelicans’ empty arena on live broadcast
"They should just invite everyone down from the upper balcony."
ESPN reveals broadcast teams for College Football Playoff
The network will deploy six broadcast teams for the postseason.
Kings announcers can’t believe Victor Wembanyama no-call ‘travesty’
In the last seconds of the Spurs victory over the Kings, Victor Wembanyama got away with an obvious over-the-back on Domantas Sabonis.
Mark Jones takes issue with Deion Sanders’ placement on top coach list
"Deion Sanders at 15? Really?"
Mark Jones experiences wide-ranging calls in Clemson-Virginia Tech game
"I tell you what, that turkey leg has been passed around, folks."
Florida State Book Guy returns after running into ESPN’s Mark Jones before FSU-Clemson
"He said, 'I think I'm going to try and get a ticket tonight for the Clemson game.'"
Mark Jones’ obscure references once again garner reactions
"Mark Jones is the Jackie Chiles of Broadcasting."
Mark Jones: Deion Sanders said reporter ‘Attacked his faith…went over the line’
"That's what he told us."
Rapper BossMan Dlow thanks ESPN’s Mark Jones for in-game shoutout
"In the words of BossMan Dlow on the sidelines, Colorado... pockets full of cheese and fresher than Febreze right now."
Mark Jones breaks out new calls for NBA Summer League game
"Oh wow … he was deep in his bag, like the fries were at the bottom."
Kings announcer Mark Jones breaks out thesaurus for ‘deleterious’ play
"That's going to be a pejorative, hurtful, deleterious turnover."
NBA fans stumped by Mark Jones’ bizarre stimulus check analogy
"He hit that like a stimulus check?"
The 2023 college football announcer rankings
Mark Jones had way too much fun calling Colorado-Colorado State
"It's a combination of the BET Awards, when you look at the luminaries on the sidelines, and a football game."
ESPN’s Mark Jones accidentally buried the ‘late great’ Larry Bird
While Bird certainly qualifies as "great," the 66-year-old Basketball Hall-of-Famer thankfully doesn’t fall into the "late great" category.
Stephen A. Smith fires back against being ‘called a sellout and a c**n’ over his Jerry Jones defense
"One can only be called a sellout and a c**n and all of this other stuff but so much before you feel compelled to respond."
Mike Breen to miss Game 2 of NBA Finals, Mark Jones gets the call
Jeff Van Gundy will be back on the call after missing Game 1 with COVID-19.
Mike Breen to miss Game 7 between Celtics & Heat due to positive COVID test
"Breen feels fine and the hope is for him to be available for Game 1 of the Finals."
Listen to radio calls for Deandre Ayton’s winning dunk in Suns’ Game 2 win over Clippers
Clippers' play-by-play broadcaster Noah Eagle did the best job describing the action.
“Zero Fox are given!” Kings analyst Doug Christie had a hilarious line for De’Aaron Fox’s block vs. Nuggets
"How many Fox are given? I say zero Fox are given!"
Mark Jones will be the Sacramento Kings’ primary TV play-by-play voice, will also continue at ESPN
Jones has been at ESPN and ABC since 1990, and will continue to work for those networks in addition to his duties with the Kings.
