Tag: NBCUniversal

The cuts for CNBC come as Versant prepares to showcase its first-ever financial results next week. The company separated from NBCUniversal late last year.

"Costas will handle play-by-play alongside Collins and Fratello, with Gray reporting courtside, while Storm hosts NBA Showtime on Peacock with Thomas and Carlesimo serving as studio analysts."

"Sources indicate to The Athletic that NBC has discussed taking the show fully on the road more frequently next season, while also reducing the size of its studio roster."

"The window between 10:45 and 11 a.m. ET averaged 26.0 million viewers as play-by-play voice Kenny Albert delivered the decisive call that secured the United States’ first Olympic men’s hockey gold medal since 1980."

"I've done the gold medal game now three straight Olympics, but the NHL players weren't there the last two. So definitely a different feeling."

"The amount of work that was involved for that guy and the grace with which he handles himself is incredible."

"Maybe the new number one seed of sports broadcasters. Bob Costas had it back in the day. Then Jim Nantz, and now I think Mike Trico has the gold."

"If the league aggressively markets the rivalries born in Milan Cortina, the personalities that emerged on the Olympic stage and the playoff races about to heat up back home, this can become more than a two-week spike. It can become a bridge."

"NBC Sports didn’t change the games. It didn’t alter the rules, the athletes or the stakes. It simply changed the lens."

"Fanta will handle play-by-play duties next Tuesday night for the matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers."