Two Great Calls By Ian Darke Involving USA Soccer
People are still buzzing over the USA’s dramatic come from behind win over Brazil in the Women’s World Cup that puts the Americans in the semifinals against France on Wednesday. Some questionable...
View ArticleWomen’s World Cup Semifinal Announcing Assignments Set
ESPN has set the announcing assignments for the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup on Wednesday as well as Sunday’s Final. Ian Darke & Julie Foudy will call USA-France starting at 11:30 a.m. ET...
View ArticleSome Wednesday Linkage
I’m somehow stuck in this bad work stretch where my blogging has suffered. I know I’ll be out of the office for most of the day tomorrow which sucks. But I’ll do what I can for you. Let’s get cracking...
View ArticleOur Mid-Week Links
Any time I put “Quick” in the title, it appears I find more linkage than I set out to. Nothing wrong with that. Again, I ended up being outside of the office for an extended time and it looks like that...
View ArticleLet’s Get Back To The Linkage
I owe you some links having not been able to do them either Monday or Tuesday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about the ratings for LSU-Alabama not being as high as the previous #1 vs. #2 college...
View ArticleESPN Unveils Announcers for Euro 2012 Soccer Championships
ESPN has tapped popular announcer Ian Darke to be its lead play-by-play man for the Euro 2012™ soccer tournament this summer. Also calling games will be Adrian Healey and Derek Rae. All three called...
View ArticleA Few Tuesday Sports Media Thoughts
Time for some sports media thoughts. These have been percolating in my head all day Monday. It’s fine time to pour them out and have you peruse through them. As always, they’re in bullet form. Monday’s...
View ArticleLooking at the Next Generation of Olympic Announcers
As we go into the second week of the 2012 London Olympics or the Games of the XXX Summer Olympiad, I thought I would take the opportunity on this middle Sunday to look ahead for the next set of Games...
View ArticleESPN’s Farewell to the EPL and Ian Darke and Steve McNanaman Complete with...
ESPN2 said its goodbyes today to the English Premier League. In its three years, ESPN2 has had a few good matches and most of them called by the great Ian Darke and Steve McNanaman. In the final...
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Ian Darke Will Be Lead Announcer for ESPN on 2014 World Cup; Martin Tyler Out
Simultaneous announcements from ESPN. The network says the popular Ian Darke who became a breakout star in the United States during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, will be the lead announcer for...
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ESPN Unveils Play-by-Play Men for 2014 World Cup
We know that Ian Darke will be ESPN’s lead announcer for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The network has now unveiled its play-by-play lineup for the month-long tournament that begins in June. Among the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Assignments for 1st Week of 2014 World Cup on ESPN
As the World Cup prepares to kickoff in São Paulo on Thursday as host country Brazil takes on Croatia, ESPN will be ready to start its last Copa do Mundial until at least 2022. Ian Darke will call five...
View ArticleWorld Cup Announcing Assignments for June 16, 2014
With three games today including the USA vs. Ghana, ESPN/ESPN Radio and Univision/Univision Deportes will have a tripleheader beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET. Here are the announcers for each of the games....
View ArticleWorld Cup Announcing Assignments for June 18, 2014
Another tripleheader of games for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Games in Group A and B today. games are spread from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro to the steambox that is Manaus. Here are the...
View ArticleWorld Cup Announcing Assignments for June 19, 2014
We go to Day 2 of the second round of Group Play. Once again, it’s a tripleheader on ESPN and Univision. Games will be played in Brasilia, São Paulo and Natal and be in Group C and D. As they did in...
View ArticleESPN TV and Radio World Cup Announcing Assignments Through June 26
We have the announcing assignments for the ESPN Family of Networks from Friday, June 20 through Thursday, June 26. This will mark the end of Group Play as on Monday, there will be simultaneous games...
View ArticleWorld Cup Announcing Assignments for June 22, 2014
The second round of Group Play ends on Sunday with a tripleheader on ABC/ESPN and Univision/Univision Deportes. On Monday, the third round begins with simultaneous games in one window. And it can lead...
View ArticleWorld Cup Announcing Assignments for June 24, 2014
Once again, four games in two windows for the last matches in Group Play. Italy vs. Uruguay and Costa Rica vs. England make up the games in Group D. In Group C, it’s Japan vs. Colombia and Greece vs....
View ArticleWorld Cup Announcing Assignments for June 26, 2014
Well, we conclude Group Play with the last four matches before we go to the Knockout Round on Saturday. The big game is of course USA vs. Germany which will air on ESPN, Univision and Univision...
View ArticleESPN/ABC World Cup Announcing Assignments for World Cup Round of 16
The Round of 16 in the 2014 FIFA World Cup begins on Saturday. The all-South American matchups of Brazil vs. Chile and Colombia vs. Uruguay kickoff the Knockout Round of the World Cup on ABC. Then ESPN...
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