Fox Sports is adding a familiar name to its Premier Boxing Champions coverage tomorrow night. In other news, Paul Pierce will replace Magic Johnson on ABC’s NBA pregame this week, and outgoing Fox Sports host Jay Onrait is expected to return north of the border.
Holyfield Guest Analyst For Saturday’s PBC on FOX
- Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield serve as an analyst for tomorrow’s Premier Boxing Champions telecast on FOX, it was announced yesterday. Holyfield will work alongside blow-by-blow voice Brian Kenny and analysts Abner Mares and Virgil Hunter. (Fox Sports 2.23)
Pierce Filling Magic Vacancy on ABC This Week
- Clippers F Paul Pierce will serve as a guest analyst for Saturday’s NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC, according to Sports Illustrated reporter Richard Deitsch, appearing alongside Sage Steele and Michael Wilbon. Pierce will fill the vacancy left by Magic Johnson, who departed ESPN earlier in the week to serve as Lakers president of basketball operations. Pierce previously served as a guest analyst for show during last year’s NBA Finals and early in the 2015-16 season. (Richard Deitsch/Twitter 2.24)
Onrait Expected to Return to TSN
- Outgoing Fox Sports 1 host Jay Onrait is expected to return to his former TV home, the Canadian sports network TSN, according to “These Guys Have All the Fun” author Jim Miller. The Toronto Globe & Mail reported yesterday that an announcement from TSN could come as soon as today, though that did not come to fruition. Onrait and his longtime co-host Dan O’Toole remain under contract with Fox Sports through March. (Jim Miller/Twitter 2.23, Globe & Mail 2.23)
