- Marv Albert: The TNT NBA play-by-play voice will serve as the announcer for the NBC reality show The Marriage Ref. (USA Today)
- Nick Charles: The Showtime boxing announcer will make his return to the network on Friday, following a battle with bladder cancer. Charles, who last called action for Showtime in July, told USA Today that he is 80% in remission. (USA Today)
- Mike Breen: The ESPN/ABC NBA play-by-play voice will call Wednesday’s Wake Forest/North Carolina college basketball game on ESPN — part of an ‘announcing swap’ that will result in college basketball analyst Dick Vitale calling an NBA game. This will be Breen’s first non-NBA assignment for ESPN.
NBA adds more broadcast TV games in second year of rights deal
The NBA continues to grow its broadcast television presence in year two of its new media rights deal.
