Kudos to Canadian Sportscaster Dan Shulman, who recently signed a five-year deal to remain with ESPN. Shulman has quietly become one of the industry's best sportscasters, serving among ESPN’s top play-by-play voices for College Basketball and Major League Baseball. The signing of his new deal means Shulman can now add NBA play-by-play to his resume.
Shulman replaces Mike Breen as ESPN’s top-voice for professional basketball, and will work alongside analyst Hubie Brown. Syracuse University alum Mike Tirico (SU ’88) will also call his fair share of NBA games this season for the ESPN family of networks. ESPN's 2007-08 NBA schedule includes game coverage every Wednesday and Friday.
Shulman meanwhile is just the latest Canadian addition to ESPN’s NBA coverage joining studio host John Saunders and sideline reporter Mark Jones. Shulman lives in Toronto, making him among the highest paid Canadian-based Sports broadcasters.
Despite the increased workload, Shulman will continue to call College Basketball, including the Big East Tournament in March. Shulman told me through e-mail, that he has received his preliminary schedule for the upcoming season and it does not include a visit to Syracuse.
His new deal however does mean a reduced workload on the baseball front. Shulman will remain the voice of “Wednesday Night Baseball” on ESPN-TV, but he will no longer be the radio voice of “Sunday Night Baseball.”
Shulman meanwhile is just the latest Canadian addition to ESPN’s NBA coverage joining studio host John Saunders and sideline reporter Mark Jones. Shulman lives in Toronto, making him among the highest paid Canadian-based Sports broadcasters.
Despite the increased workload, Shulman will continue to call College Basketball, including the Big East Tournament in March. Shulman told me through e-mail, that he has received his preliminary schedule for the upcoming season and it does not include a visit to Syracuse.
His new deal however does mean a reduced workload on the baseball front. Shulman will remain the voice of “Wednesday Night Baseball” on ESPN-TV, but he will no longer be the radio voice of “Sunday Night Baseball.”
3 comments:
I like it. Not a sports fan, but I would read this article. I like that you contacted him about whether or not he would be coming to Syracuse. It was a good way to tie Syracuse into your piece. Good job!
I think you should link John Saunders and Mark Jones as well.
Good angle.
you know dan shulman...NO WAY!!...anyhow, an interesting piece, mr. raby...you would make a fine print journalist...dan shulman is one of the elite play-by-play guys of our day...
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