Jeff Agrest
Deputy sports editor
Jeff Agrest is deputy sports editor at the Chicago Sun-Times.
The network will air the Cubs-Rangers season opener exclusively, with the “Sunday Night Baseball” crew of Karl Ravech, analysts David Cone and Eduardo Perez and reporter Buster Olney on the call.
When a popular broadcaster is replaced, it’s usually because he retired or died. On Thursday, that popular broadcaster will be working in the same ballpark as his replacement.
“This was something that people around here used to dream about doing one time,” said Eanet, the radio voice for Northwestern basketball. “And now we’re doing it on a regular basis.” The Wildcats face Florida Atlantic on Friday (11:15 a.m., CBS 2, 720-AM).
King fell for a fake Adrian Wojnarowski account on the site formerly known as Twitter during the Wizards-Bulls game Saturday night. The mistake was King’s alone, and he apologized to the crew afterward. NBCSCH also addressed the matter.
He’ll be BTN’s analyst alongside Kevin Kugler for the first two quarterfinal games of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday, including Northwestern’s game against Wisconsin.
Yaklich went 47-70 (.402) overall, including 23-52 (.307) in conference play.
Clark’s rookie season could result in record viewership, putting the league in its best position ever to negotiate a new rights deal. Its current one expires after the 2025 season.
Marquee will use the game as a promotional tool, and Weigel will make it known that it’s available to air local teams’ games.
“I had a moment of frustration with the audio issue we were having,” Cronin told the Sun-Times on Saturday, “and I said something I shouldn’t have said, not realizing I had a live mic.”