Behind The Mic: Carmelo Anthony to Join NBC Sports as NBA Studio Analyst; Dick Vitale Calls First Game in Two Years for ESPN

Behind The Mic: Carmelo Anthony to Join NBC Sports as NBA Studio Analyst; Dick Vitale Calls First Game in Two Years for ESPN NBC has hired to serve as one of the networks top studio analysts when it begins broadcasting NBA games next season, .

Anthony, 40, retired from playing in May 2023 and is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame nominee this year.

NBC, along with Amazon Prime Video, joins incumbent ABC/ESPN as NBA partners under the leagues new 11-year, $76 billion broadcast deal.

Besides Anthony, NBC does not yet have the rest of its studio team.

The Athletic reports that NFL and college football host is under consideration to lead the networks NBA pregame show.

UFL coverage across ESPN platforms for the 2025 season will be led by three teams featuring a lineup of returning voices from the UFLs inaugural season, alongside signature college football personalities making their spring football debuts.

In addition to a play-by-play commentator and analyst in the booth, each team will feature a pair of sideline analysts, providing key insights from the unique vantage point and in-the-moment interviews with players and coaches immediately after key plays, bringing fans even closer to the action.

The sideline teams offer high-level playing and coaching experience at both the college and professional levels.

Teams will cover ESPNs full across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

These games will also be available on ESPN+.

Select games in Spanish will air across ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ with schedule and commentator team details, featuring rotating two-person teams, to be announced soon.

says, The UFL on ESPN takes fans inside the game in innovative and engaging ways, led by unprecedented sideline communication with players and coaches, halftime access, going inside play calls and the review process in real time, ESPN BET integration and so much more.

Working closely with the league, we look forward to another season of showcasing the high level of play, while redefining whats possible in live sports production across our platforms.

Premier ESPN and ABC college football play-by-play voice will be joined by former Vanderbilt QB and SEC Network analyst in the booth, both making their UFL debut.

College football insider and 2001 XFL Championship-winning QB coach , and NFL veteran and college football analyst will return as sideline analysts.

Both are spring football experts who contributed to ESPNs 2024 UFL and 2023 XFL coverage.

Veteran ESPN college football and NBA voice will split play-by-play duties in his debut UFL season with returning commentator .

They will be joined by former Georgia Tech standout and ESPN college football analyst in the booth.

From the field, former Auburn offensive lineman/captain and SEC Network analyst and 10-year NFL veteran bring a deep level of collegiate and NFL expertise as they return to their UFL analyst roles for the 2025 season.

Spring football experts lead the call from the booth with play-by-play voice alongside analyst and NFL veteran , returning for their third and second seasons of spring football coverage on ESPN, respectively.

The duo will be joined on the field by former college football standouts at Clemson and Georgia, respectively, with returning UFL analyst, ACC Networks , and SEC Networks , making his spring football debut.

ESPNs schedule gets underway during on Sunday, March 30, with a doubleheader featuring the Michigan Panthers at the Memphis Showboats (12 p.m.

ET), followed by the defending UFL Champion Birmingham Stallions traveling to take on the D.C.

Defenders (3 p.m.).

ABCs 12-game slate begins Week 2 on Saturday, April 5, when the Defenders host the Showboats under the lights in primetime at 8 p.m.

It all culminates with ABC and ESPN+s inaugural presentation of the UFL Championship in primetime (June 14 | 8 p.m.).

Dick Vitale Calls First Game for ESPN in Two Years Legendary ESPN broadcaster for Saturdays matchup between No.

2 Duke and Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum.

It will be the first time in nearly two years that Vitale is on a broadcast amid a battle with cancer in his vocal cords thats lasted for more than three years.

The longtime broadcaster, whom many consider the voice of college basketball, originally intended to return on Jan.

25, when Duke played Wake Forest.

However, those plans changed due to new health challenges and near-term physical limitations that prevented him from working the game.

He will call the game with play-by-play broadcaster and fellow analyst .

ESPN to Present More Than 550 Womens College Lacrosse Games During the 2025 NCAA Season.

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