"For three hours, I sat in my car. I arrived home --it's a 20-minute drive -- I arrived home, and I sat for three hours listening to callers be like 'blow up Lambeau!', 'get 12 (Rodgers) outta here!', 'we need to build a dome, this team isn't built for the outside', and that was the highlight of my NFL season. And I have no problem saying that."
“I'm ecstatic to join forces with some of my favorite journalists and be part of a publication I've been devouring for decades — in the greatest region on Earth,” Silver told The Chronicle.
The 67-year-old joined NESN in 2003 said he and his wife would be moving to California in October, when he'll turn 68, to be closer to his four-year-old twin grandchildren.
In addition to his role as the play-by-play announcer for Bison football and basketball, Hipp will also serve as the Director of Operations for Bison 1660.
"I couldn't be more excited to come back to the place where it all began for me, once upon a time, as a wide-eyed intern," he said in a tweet announcing the move.
"As talk radio hosts, we often try to hold the moral high ground and if you're going to hold that position, I can't help but feel integrity has to outweigh popularity. "
"NBC Sports’ return to the WNBA is paying off. The network averaged 1.8 million viewers across seven regular-season games, up 35% from comparable coverage last season."