"Sam Mayes was an All-American offensive lineman while playing at Oklahoma State. He had a short stint in the NFL before beginning his broadcasting career in Oklahoma City."
The longtime ESPN personality tweeted that he would miss the rest of the week from his duties and thanked those "carrying the ball" for him while he was out.
"Greg Doyle of the Indianapolis Star obtained an internal email from David Wood. The operations manager for Radio One confirmed to his staff that Dakich was out."
"They got three people, two camera guys, a sound guy, and a producer. And she's got the whole thing storyboarded out. I added some of my own flairs to it."
"Through eight games, NBA on ESPN is averaging 1.9 million viewers, an 8% increase over the same point last season and the network's best start since the 2015-16 season, excluding 2020."