In an offshoot from this week’s Sports Media Weekly podcast, Ian Eagle has provided Fang’s Bites with the analysts he has worked with over his 20 year broadcast career. It’s hard to believe that The Bird has been around for that long, but yes, he’s been doing this for quite some time starting as a producer for Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN, then eventually becoming the Voice of the New York Jets and moving to CBS Sports.
With his bulk of games coming in basketball and football, it’s only natural that most of his partners from those arenas. But Ian has also called boxing, golf, tennis and track and field for CBS, NBA TV, Tennis Channel and YES. Interesting to see the names spanning from Bill Raftery to Mike Fratello to Jim Spanarkel to Phil Simms to Solomon Wilcots to Ato Boldon to John McEnroe. Overall, I count 106 names here.
With Ian’s permission, I provide you with this list. It’s quite interesting and I thank Ian for allowing me to publish it here.
Basketball
- Bill Raftery
- Jim Spanarkel
- Kelly Tripucka
- Buck Williams
- Mike O’Koren
- Bernard King
- Doc Rivers
- Quinn Buckner
- Clark Kellogg
- Jon Sunvold
- Doris Burke
- Calvin Murphy
- Jack ‘Goose’ Givens
- Dan Bonner
- Tim Capstraw
- Mark Jackson
- Kenny Smith
- Dr. Jack Ramsey
- Jerome Williams
- Jay Williams
- Eric Murdock
- Rick Mahorn
- Dee Brown
- Nancy Lieberman
- Bill Frieder
- Mike Fratello
- Greg Anthony
- Kevin Grevey
- Pete Gillen
- PJ Carlesimo
- Reggie Miller
- John Thompson
- Wally Sczcerbiak
- Alaa Abdelnaby
- Steve Smith
- Chris Webber
- Cheryl Miller
- John Salley
- Steve Kerr
Football
- Solomon Wilcots
- Mark May
- Dave Jennings
- Ed Cunningham
- Sam Wyche
- Randy Cross
- Dan Dierdorf
- Craig James
- John Riggins
- Greg Buttle
- Wesley Walker
- Freeman McNeil
- Glenn Parker
- Scott Brantley
- Andre Ware
- Doug Graber
- Boomer Esiason
- Rod Woodson
- Ken Norton Jr.
- Shannon Sharpe
- Rodney Peete
- Phil Simms
- Dennis Green
- Mark Malone
- Rich Gannon
- Steve Tasker
- Dan Reeves
- Tony Boselli
- Trent Green
- Sean Landeta
- Jason Taylor
- Chad Pennington
- Dan Fouts
Track and Field
- Dwight Stones
- Carol Lewis
- Larry Rawson
- Ato Boldon
-
Dan O’Brien
Boxing
- Wally Matthews
Tennis
- Patrick McEnroe
- Joanne Russell
- Pam Shriver
- Mary Joe Fernandez
- John McEnroe
- Martina Navratalova
- Justin Gimelstob
- Barry MacKay
- Chanda Rubin
- Katrina Adams
- Rennae Stubbs
- Thomas Blake
- Corina Morariu
- Leif Shiras
- Mary Carillo
- Jimmy Connors
- Jim Courier
- Roger Rasheed
- Lindsay Davenport
- Tracy Austin
- Ashley Fisher
- Mark Knowles
Golf
- Matt Gogel
- Bill Kratzert
- Bobby Clampett
- Mike Hulbert
- Steve Flesch
- Billy Ray Brown
Once again, thanks to Ian Eagle for allowing me to post this list.
