Author: Jake Baskin

Jake Baskin is a student at Dean College majoring in sports broadcasting. He does play-by-play for Northeast Sports Network and previously wrote about hockey for various SB Nation blogs. He loves the history and evolution of sports broadcasting and dreams of being a national-level announcer.

On ESPN, Bill Clement’s hockey was solid; 2022 Foster Hewitt Award winner; His voice filled the room

By Jake Baskin 06/22/2022 0

Bill Clement, who worked as a color commentator and studio host on 22 consecutive Stanley […]

ABC to run entire NHL Stanley Cup Finals, starting tonight; All talent are listed, U.S. and Canada

By Jake Baskin 06/15/2022 0

It’s here. The NBA Finals are about to finish and the NHL Stanley Cup […]

The Stanley Cup: NBC out, ESPN back in, Turner debuts; Canada’s Sportsnet, Full list of 50 + voices

By Jake Baskin 05/05/2022 0

The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs started on Monday, the first postseason of the new […]

2022 – MLB complete announcer listing, team-by-team, radio and TV, play-by-play and analysts

By Jake Baskin 04/08/2022 0

Some teams will broadcast games remotely, others are committed to covering games from road […]

2022 MLB announcer changes; Networks; All teams; Radio and TV; Play-by-play voices and analysts

By Jake Baskin 04/07/2022 1

It’s still a little nippy up north. Hardly ideal baseball weather! Yet the warm weather […]

NBA: FULL list of NBA voices for 2021-22; All 30 teams; Off-season changes, ESPN and Turner

By Jake Baskin 10/27/2021 0

The NBA tipped off its 2021-22 schedule last week. As for broadcasters, the off-season was […]

NHL faces off tonight; Full listing of voices; New networks and off-season changes at team levels

By Jake Baskin 10/12/2021 1

The National Hockey League’s regular season begins tonight Tuesday, October 12th and concludes next […]

Hall of Famer Chuck Kaiton provides an invaluable tutorial on how to call an NHL game on radio

By David J. Halberstam and Jake Baskin 09/27/2021 0

Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Kaiton is a decorated National Hockey League play-by-play announcer […]

Turner releases its top talent for its NHL debut; Viewers anticipate how Gretzky gamble goes

By Jake Baskin 09/17/2021 0

Turner Sports has announced the talent roster for its upcoming NHL coverage, a seven-year […]

NFL week #2: Fox’ Buck team off on Sunday; Manning siblings were good but the production incompatible

By David J. Halberstam and Jake Baskin 09/16/2021 1

Time generally flies during the NFL season. I saw a chunk of the Mannings ESPN2 […]

Week #2 on 20th anniv of 9/11; Full schedule and all TV voices; Brees debuts as analyst doing ND

By David J. Halberstam and Jake Baskin 09/09/2021 0

It’s hard to believe that it’s twenty years since the terrorist attacks. In recognition […]

NFL Week #1 Voices; News heading into season; Fox’ GB-Saints and CBS’ KC-Cleve go to 85% of US

By David J. Halberstam and Jake Baskin 09/08/2021 0

NBC’s Dallas vs. Tampa Bay launches 2020-21 season Thursday night! Pre-season news and notes, […]