Doris Burke moved from ESPN/ABC's No. 1 NBA broadcast team to the network's No. 2 team and agreed to a multiyear contract extension. Burke began with ESPN in 1991 and became the first woman to call a championship television broadcast in a major American men's professional sports league during the 2024 NBA Finals. She will be paired with play-by-play voice Dave Pasch, with the sideline reporter to be determined. Tim Legler will join Mike Breen and Richard Jefferson on ESPN's No. 1 team, with Lisa Salters remaining as sideline reporter. ESPN's top broadcast team has undergone several changes since 2023, including the departures of Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Doc Rivers and JJ Redick.
Burke, a former Providence College basketball star and 1987 graduate, had been a color analyst on ESPN/ABC's top team since the 2023-24 season. She began working for ESPN in 1991. During the 2024 NBA Finals, she became the first woman to call a championship television broadcast in a major American men's professional sports league. Burke, who entered the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 as the Curt Gowdy Media Award winner, now will be paired with play-by-play voice Dave Pasch on ESPN's No. 2 team.
Burke was elevated to the top team after their dismissal, and former Celtics coach Doc Rivers was hired as the other analyst. But Rivers left in the midst of the 2023-24 season to take the Bucks' coaching job. JJ Redick was promoted in-season to replace Rivers, but he stuck around just through the Celtics' NBA Finals victory over the Mavericks, departing ESPN to become coach of the Lakers.
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