Joe Buck is sticking with Fox three additional years; NFL Network will not bring back a trio of suspended analysts; Andre Iguodala has joined TNT’s PGA Championship coverage; ESPN has added and extended a handful of analysts.
Buck Reaches Contract Extension With Fox
Fox Sports play-by-play voice Joe Buck has agreed to a three-year contract extension, the New York Post reported Friday. The deal adds three years onto Buck’s current contract, which does not expire until 2020. Buck will remain as the lead voice of Fox Sports’ NFL, Major League Baseball and golf coverage. As recently as two years ago, Buck had given indications that he would soon walk away from baseball coverage. [NYP 8.3]
Suspended NFL Network Analysts Not Returning
NFL Network analysts Marshall Faulk, Heath Evans and Ike Taylor, who have been suspended from the network since last year after being accused of sexual harassment, will not return to the network, according to the New York Post. The three were among several current and former NFL Network analysts named in a lawsuit by a former co-worker.
Faulk had been with NFL Network since 2006, Evans since 2011 and Taylor since 2015. [NYP 8.2]
Iguodala Appearing on TNT’s PGA Championship Coverage
NBA Warriors G Andre Iguodala will contribute to TNT’s coverage of the upcoming PGA Championship, Turner Sports announced this week. Iguodala, said to be an “avid golfer,” will serve as a special contributor on second round coverage of the tournament. [Turner Sports]
ESPN Adds, Extends, a Few
ESPN announced last month announced that it has hired former UCLA football coach Jim Mora as a college football studio analyst, one of a handful of recent moves by the network. It also extended college football analysts Joey Galloway and Emmanuel Acho, the latter of whom has been working for Longhorn Network. Galloway will continue in his current roles on ESPN studio coverage, while Mora and Acho will replace ABC-bound Jonathan Vilma and new UCLA coach Chip Kelly on ESPN2’s studio team.
More recently, ESPN announced Friday that it has hired former boxing champion Andre Ward as an on-site boxing analyst. Ward has previously made guest appearances on ESPN’s Top Rank coverage. [ESPN PR 7.24, 8.3]
