NBC’s golf coverage will soon have a new look with Johnny Miller retiring effective early next year. In other news, NFL Network is assigning its studio team to a London game this month, and Carolyn Peck is returning to ESPN.
Johnny Miller Retiring Early Next Year
NBC Sports golf analyst Johnny Miller is retiring from broadcasting effective early next year, he told Golf Digest Monday. Miller will work his final event at next year’s Phoenix Open, which is airing on NBC and Golf Channel because of CBS Super Bowl commitments.
Miller has been NBC’s lead golf analyst since 1990.
According to Golfweek, NBC is expected to hire Paul Azinger to replace Miller. Azinger currently serves as the analyst for Fox Sports’ USGA coverage and will continue in those roles. [Golf Digest 10.15, Golfweek 10.15]
NFL Network Assigning Studio Crew to London Game
The NFL Network studio team of Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci, Kurt Warner and Michael Irvin will call the October 28 Eagles-Jaguars game from London, the league announced Saturday. It will mark Eisen’s first NFL play-by-play assignment.
The broadcast team will also include Melissa Stark and Peter Schrager, with Stark getting her first NFL assignment since she worked on ABC’s Monday Night Football in 2002. [NFL Communications 10.14]
Peck Returns to ESPN
Former ESPN WNBA and college basketball analyst Carolyn Peck is returning to the network after a stint as assistant coach of Vanderbilt, she said in a statement last week. Peck previously worked for ESPN from 2001-04 and then again from 2007-16. [Nashville Post 10.12]
