Behind the Mic: Fox Sports Pencils In Broadcasting Lineup for MLB Season; Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey Joins March Madness

Behind the Mic: Fox Sports Pencils In Broadcasting Lineup for MLB Season; Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey Joins March Madness By Kristian Hernandez, Assistant Editor

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 8:00 am

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Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week's edition, Fox Sports reveals their MLB broadcasting teams for the 2019 season, University of Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey joins March Madness, Mike Tirico headlines the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, on-air personalities were announced for the FIFA Women's World Cup by Fox Sports and Telemundo Deportes, Danica Patrick is added to coverage of the 103rd Indy 500, NBC Sports Chicago scoops up White Sox legend Frank Thomas and former manager Ozzie Guillen, and Richard Sherman becomes the first brand ambassador of SportsCastr.

FoxSports announced its lineup of on-air broadcasters for the 2019 Major League Baseball season. Whether it's in the studio or at the ballpark, the network continues to elevate the game with signature voices and fresh faces that are synonymous with the sport's greatest moments. Today's announcement was made by Mark Silverman, President, Fox Sports National Networks.

Fox Sports' latest addition to the broadcast booth is three-time World Series Champion and former Manager of the Year, Joe Girardi. Far from a stranger to sports television, Girardi offers viewers a unique look inside the game, from a managerial standpoint to on-field experience. In addition to the new role, Girardi continues to work as an analyst for MLB Network.

First-Ballot Hall of Famer and World Series Champion John Smoltz reprises his role as the network's lead game analyst, while three-time Emmy Award-winner Tom Verducci brings his knowledge of the game into the broadcast booth during the regular season. Former National League Rookie of the Year Eric Karros and World Series Champion AJ Pierzynski round out the group of game analysts.

With an unprecedented 21 World Series under his belt, seven-time Emmy Award-winner Joe Buck returns as Fox Sports' lead play-by-play announcer. The versatile broadcaster Justin Kutcher returns, along with one of the fastest rising stars on the sports broadcast landscape, Joe Davis. In addition, Aaron Goldsmith, Len Kasper, and Don Orsillo all revive their broadcasting roles as play-by-play announcers for Fox Sports' game coverage in the coming season.

Highly acclaimed reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi contribute to Fox Sports' game coverage, keeping viewers up to date with exclusive inside information.

This off-season's most sought-after free agents, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, both make their national television debut on FS1, as the network's regular-season coverage leads off with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 30. Goldsmith, Smoltz, and Rosenthal take the call from Citizens Bank Park as the Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies at 4:00 PM ET, while Kutcher and Karros voice the San Francisco Giants matchup against the San Diego Padres at 8:30 PM ET.

On Saturday, June 29, Fox Sports broadcasts one of baseball's deepest rivalries in a historic setting with the inaugural Mitel & MLB Present London Series 2019 between the New York Yankees and World Series Champion Boston Red Sox live from London's Olympic Stadium. Pregame coverage begins at 12:30 PM ET with a two-time Emmy Award-winning group. Veteran studio host Kevin Burkhardt is joined by Hall of Famer Frank Thomas, three-time World Series Champion David Ortiz and World Series Champion Alex Rodriguez on-site in London. Following MLB on Fox's pregame show, Buck and Smoltz call the game beginning at 1:00 PM ET with reports from Rosenthal.

MLB Whiparound, the nightly in-season baseball-centric studio show, returns on Thursday, March 28 at 11:00 PM ET on FS1, as Burkhardt is joined by World Series Champions Nick Swisher and Dontrelle Willis who recap all the action from Opening Day.

Throughout the regular season, versatile broadcaster Chris Myers shares hosting duties with Burkhardt for MLB Whiparound. The aforementioned Karros, Pierzynski, Morosi, Thomas, Swisher, and Willis contribute regularly to the nightly studio show along with veteran Mark Sweeney

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have added University of Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey as a guest studio analyst for coverage of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship on Thursday, March 28, and Friday, March 29, on TBS and CBS, beginning at 6 p.m. ET. Brey will join the Atlanta studio team - host Ernie Johnson and analysts Brendan Haywood, Candace Parker, and Seth Davis - for Regional Semifinal coverage both days.

Brey is the all-time winningest men's basketball coach in Notre Dame history, where he just completed his 19th season (417-221 record and 12 NCAA Tournament appearances). He has a career 516-273 coaching record and made 14 NCAA appearances in 24 total seasons leading Notre Dame and Delaware

Mike Tirico will serve as play-by-play host for both the Augusta National Women's Amateur and - for the first time - the Drive, Chip, and Putt National Finals. Tirico has a well-established career of providing coverage from the biggest events in sports, including NBC's Olympics coverage, Football Night in America, marquee PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour events, The Open, Notre Dame Football and NBC Sports' inaugural coverage of the Indianapolis 500 this May.

Joining Tirico in the broadcast booth for the Augusta National Women's Amateur will be NBC Sports golf analysts Paige Mackenzie and Gary Koch. Mackenzie, a three-time All-American at the University of Washington and former top-ranked amateur in

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