![Feb 20, 2025; Boston, MA, USA; [Imagn Images direct customers only] Team Canada forward Connor McDavid (97) celebrates scoring in overtime to win with defenseman Devon Toews (5) and defenseman Cale Makar (8) and forward Mitch Marner (16) against Team USA during the 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey championship game at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images](https://cdn1.thecomeback.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2025/02/USATSI_25469200-scaled.jpg)
Sean McDonough says 4 Nations Face-Off ‘right there with anything I have called’
ESPN's Sean McDonough says the 4 Nations Face-Off was among the greatest sporting events that he has ever called.
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Jay Bilas nails impersonations of Sean McDonough, Bill Raftery
Bilas shared a tale of how he, McDonough and Raftery met for lunch, doing great impersonations of both men.
![Feb 20, 2025; Boston, MA, USA; [Imagn Images direct customers only] Team USA goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) talks with the referee during the first period against Team Canada during the 4 Nations Face-Off ice hockey championship game at TD Garden.](https://cdn1.thecomeback.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2025/02/USATSI_25467531-scaled-e1740517723219.jpg)
Sean McDonough on navigating politics at 4 Nations Face-Off: ‘I felt like I had to say something’
"There needed to be some acknowledgment."
Sean McDonough pays tribute to late Penguins announcer Mike Lange with perfect call
"Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"
Sean McDonough on Americans booing Canadian anthem: ‘Let’s be better than that’
"...let's be better than that and be respectful of their anthem and cheer like hell for our own."
Sean McDonough out for USA-Finland game due to flu
ESPN's lead NHL play-by-play voice hopes to be back for USA-Canada on Saturday.
Sean McDonough ‘felt bad’ for panning Indiana during ESPN CFP broadcast
“What I said was, because they didn’t play well and the game was so one-sided, that I do think it was going to spur on debate. Which maybe I started.”
Greg McElroy says Drew Allar ‘not likely a guy that’s gonna put the ball in harm’s way’ right before ruinous interception
"I trust him, I think he can do it."
ESPN criticized for focus on Georgia walk-on who committed sideline penalty
Given everything else that happened in the game, that penalty was the least of Georgia's problems.
Alabama’s ReliaQuest Bowl performance made ESPN’s college football pundits look silly
ESPN’s College Football Playoff coverage makes for a miserable, negative experience
Titans’ QB Will Levis roasted after bashing ESPN Fortnite branding for CFP
Will Levis criticized ESPN's "Fortnite OG Kickoff" branding, but then took criticism himself.
Sean McDonough calls out Indiana, questions CFP’s Big Ten bias
"I think they need to lose the assumption that the SEC and the Big Ten are clearly head and shoulders above everybody else, particularly the Big Ten."
Curt Cignetti boasts Indiana beats ‘s***’ out of Top 25 teams, then punts game away
"We don’t just beat Top 25 teams, we beat the s*** out of them!" Well, about that...
Sean McDonough couldn’t believe text from Verne Lundquist following Clemson-SMU thriller
"The gist of it was, 'I hope you're basking in the glow of all the praise being lavished on you, and you should be because it's richly deserved.'"
ESPN reveals broadcast teams for College Football Playoff
The network will deploy six broadcast teams for the postseason.
Sean McDonough earns praise for call of SMU-Clemson thriller
ESPN's Sean McDonough was at his very best during the call of Clemson's thrilling ACC Championship victory against SMU.
Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy strongly stump for SMU’s inclusion in CFP: ‘A very dangerous precedent that could be set’
Sean McDonough blasts officials in Clemson-Pitt game: ‘I don’t know how they missed that’
"It's clear as a bell to everybody in the stadium."
Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy rip ‘ridiculous’ penalty
"It's football. It's absurd."
Ben McDonald made a textbook announcer jinx during Orioles-Royals
"If you are a Royals fan, you are blaming Ben McDonald and the announcer jinx."
Red Sox radio booth cackles uncontrollably at ‘threesome’
"How about a little threesome?"
Stanley Cup Final Game 7: TV, radio calls of final seconds, celebration
"The Florida Panthers have won the Stanley Cup!"
Sean McDonough ‘bothered’ by criticism after calling Stanley Cup Final while sick
"I hope the people who have heard me over the years know that's not the way I usually sound."
ESPN confirms Sean McDonough fighting through illness during Stanley Cup Final
"Sean has been under the weather, and we’re grateful for him pushing through and giving it his all last night."