ESPN’s Tim MacMahon: Dallas Stars fandom is ‘new-fangled hipster thing’ in Texas
"They don't know anything about real sports."
"They don't know anything about real sports."
Some of the VR tech from animated altcasts is now being used for regular broadcast commentator analysis.
But American viewership doesn't tell the whole story...
"The lack of emotion that I see, I would be pissed off. I would be sitting there dejected, at a loss for words as to how we just laid an egg..."
"Looking forward to joining Steve, Mark, and PK in the ESPN studio."
"I'm a free agent on July 1 and can't wait to dig in on my next ventures."
Stanley Cup Playoffs viewership across ESPN, ESPN2, and TBS is averaging 842,000 viewers, down 18% versus this point last season.
The league's regular season audiences averaged 445,000 viewers across its national broadcast partners.
Both TNT's NBA broadcast and ESPN's NHL one saw dives into the value of championship rings.
"Audio engineers need to figure it out!"
John Buccigross and Kevin Weekes will call Game 2 on ESPN2.
"I mean, we just can't sacrifice a round where these big markets can watch on their regional sports network."
When will Ovechkin pass Wayne Gretzky?
"Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"
The USA-Canada 4 Nations championship game surpassed all expectations by drawing 9.2 million viewers Thursday night on ESPN.
"I really believe that after this, we have to consider doing this or something like this in place of it."
Thursday's game between the United States and Finland drew 1.55 million viewers on ESPN.
ESPN's lead NHL play-by-play voice hopes to be back for USA-Canada on Saturday.
ESPN's tripleheader averaged just 381,000 viewers, down 11% from last year
The NHL will see the return of the popular Frozen Frenzy, with all 32 teams in action at staggered start times across the night.
The NHL season begins with an ESPN tripleheader in October.
Buccigross lobbied for the Red Wings to take Cole Eiserman, then said "Another year of missing the playoffs" after they picked Michael Brandsegg-Nygärd.
This was the NHL's second most-watched playoffs ever.