Dallas Stars broadcaster Dave Strader will return to NBC for a game next week. In other news, the late Craig Sager has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and Fox Sports has hired a new MLB analyst.
Strader to Work Bruins/Stars For NBC
- Dallas Stars play-by-play voice Dave Strader, who is calling the team’s current five-game homestand during a break in his cancer treatment, will work next Sunday’s Bruins/Stars game for NBC, it was announced today. He will work alongside his Stars broadcast partner Daryl Reaugh, with NBC’s Brian Boucher as the Inside the Glass analyst. Strader was originally set to work the game on radio, as NBC has exclusive television rights. He is of course no stranger to NBC, having served as the network’s secondary NHL play-by-play voice for many years. (NBC Sports Group Press Box 2.19)
Sager, Araton, Inducted to Hall of Fame
- The late Turner Sports reporter Craig Sager will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September as a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Media Award, it was announced Saturday. It is the latest honor for the famed NBA sideline reporter who passed away in December after a three-year battle with cancer. Last year, he was presented the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPY Awards and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Also receiving the Gowdy award this year is longtime The New York Times columnist Harvey Araton, who retired from the paper in September. (NYT 2.18)
Fox Sports Hires Swisher
- Fox Sports has hired former Yankees 1B Nick Swisher as a Major League Baseball analyst, it was announced Friday. Swisher will serve as a studio analyst for the MLB on FOX pregame show and MLB Whiparound on Fox Sports 1. (Fox Sports)
