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Fantasy Football Pregame With Matthew Berry has been picked up by eleven NBC-owned stations across the United States and will begin airing in major markets this Sunday.
When Matthew Berry said that NBC was recruiting him hard and able to offer things other potential suitors couldn’t, he wasn’t exaggerating.
Fantasy Football Pregame With Matthew Berry has been picked up by eleven NBC-owned stations across the United States and will begin airing in major markets this Sunday.
For those already accustomed to catching the series on Peacock, there will be no need to worry as it will continue to be available there.
The series will, as schedules permit, also air at noon ET in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and six other metropolitan areas.
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“I’m not going to be selfish. When he does it, he does. It will be a bummer if YES is not covering it.”
In an interview with The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, YES Network announcer Michael Kay admitted what many already knew: he wants to be on the call for a potential Aaron Judge historic home run.
Judge currently sits at 57 homers on the season. The Yankees record is 61, hit by Roger Maris in 1961.
Kay might not get the opportunity, however. The Yankees begin a four-game series against the Red Sox next weekend, with only one of the four games airing on YES Network.
“I’ve thought about it,” Kay said. “I’m not going to be selfish. When he does it, he does. It will be a bummer if YES is not covering it. Forget about just me, but for YES, that would stink. It is what it is. And if he hits it on one of the days that we’re not doing the game and we just have to live with it.”
Kay told Marchand he hasn’t considered what he would say in the moment when Judge potentially delivers the record.
“You get a little nervous because you want to do it justice,” Kay said. “You don’t ever want to mess up his moment. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about putting my imprint on it. I just want to know 40 years from now when [Judge] watches this that you know, it’s not going to be a screwed up call for him. I just think about making the call, but certainly not what I’m going to say.”
No excuses, but you are doing tennis for 4 days. Serena’s matches took a ton of energy. It is the first time I’ve done that particular job in about 9 months, so I thought I sucked in certain places in that game in ways that you hope not too many viewers noticed, but I certainly noticed.”
In life, we all set high expectations for ourselves that are greater than what others expect from us. That holds true for Chris Fowler, who is not only the voice of tennis on ESPN, but the voice of college football as well.
Fowler was a guest on The Ryen Russillo Podcast and he told Russillo that he is always looking to improve, but that college football is also the most challenging sport to call because of how it has changed over the years.
“I think you always have to improve. I still want to get better at it. I still think I can. I think I need to. I felt it has been tough to improve in football the last few years because we had the COVID year with empty stadiums, no energy, no access to players and coaches like we had before. I felt it was impossible to meet that standard. I had to sort of modify it a bit. 2021, it got a little bit better.”
“It is totally different than covering tennis. Tennis, you prepare not having to relearn the personalities and the names. I think college football, personally, is the most challenging sport to call. The tempo offenses in college have made it different. We can’t have a broadcast sound like Keith Jackson sounded or Curt Gowdy or Brent [Musberger]. Things have changed so much that the audience has changed, the tempo of the sport has changed (faster and louder). Then, still trying to layer in, prepare better, be more efficient.”
Fowler has high expectations for himself and he even admitted that he didn’t live up to those standards during the broadcast of Notre Dame-Ohio State. Even though he was also calling likely the final matches of Serena Williams’ career during that week, he would not use that as an excuse.
“I didn’t meet my standard at Ohio State-Notre Dame. Just wasn’t good enough. Was bothered by it. No excuses, but you are doing tennis for 4 days. Serena’s matches took a ton of energy. It is the first time I’ve done that particular job in about 9 months, so I thought I sucked in certain places in that game in ways that you hope not too many viewers noticed, but I certainly noticed. I don’t know if Kirk [Herbstreit] felt to that degree, but I think we felt it could have been a lot better. It was cool to go back the next day and call tennis and cleanse the palate…I think I can do a pretty good job. I am trying to meet my own standard and that’s really what matters to me.”
In terms of calling both tennis and college football, Fowler said it’s easier to lay out for the crowd in tennis because it is not what he calls a see it, say it sport like football is.
“Part of it is it’s hard to yell over the crowd. At the US Open, it is so loud that if you try to talk right after a point or when they’re going crazy, you just get smothered….Football is a see it, say it sport. It moves so quickly. When you see it, you have only a split second to filter it. In tennis, when you watch a point unfold, if it’s a lengthy rally, you might have 10 things pop into your head but then it continues…You are constantly editing it in your head and sometimes you end up saying nothing at the end of a point because the point speaks for itself.
“I think the crowd largely speaks for itself and the pictures largely speak for themselves in tennis and I enjoy that piece of it.”
Ricky Keeler is a reporter for BSM with a primary focus on sports media podcasts and national personalities. He is also an active podcaster with an interest in pursuing a career in sports media. You can find him on Twitter @Rickinator555 or reach him by email at RickJKeeler@gmail.com.
“We just know each other so well. We’re now in our 21st year.”
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman began a new chapter on Monday night calling Monday Night Football on ESPN after two decades together at FOX.
For Aikman, he told The Musers on The Ticket in Dallas on Thursday that when the broadcast got going, it was business as usual.
“For Joe and I it was fantastic,” Aikman said. “A lot of people don’t understand that Joe has a spotter, Joe has a statistician. I’ve got a guy who stands next to me, and for the most part our booth feels like it did when we had been working all these years with FOX. So there’s been some real comfort in that.”
For things to go as smoothly as they have, Aikman said it comes down to the relationship he has with Buck and the two being so familiar with one another.
“We just know each other so well. We’re now in our 21st year,” he said. “It wasn’t our decision not to continue to work together. And so the fact that we were able to do that and continue with ESPN has been amazing.”
Troy did praise the fact that the Monday night game turned out to be the most competitive primetime game of Week 1. He considered themselves fortunate not to call a blowout in Seattle.
“All the other games, whether it was the Cowboys, or CBS’ game…that game wasn’t as competitive,” he said. “So it was good for us.”
Jordan Bondurant is a features reporter for Barrett News Media. He also works for ABC8 News and Newsradio WRVA and 910 The Fan in Richmond, Virginia. His prior experiences include working for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Danville Register & Bee, Virginia Lawyers Weekly and iHeartradio Richmond. He can be reached by email at Jordan.E.Bondurant@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @J__Bondurant.
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