Broadcasting

VIDEO: Scott Agness talks Pacers free agency on FOX 59

FOX 59 in Indianapolis had me on their sports program Friday evening for a discussion on the Pacers and NBA free agency. The segment, with reporter Dave Griffiths, aired at 10:30pm ET. And, if you missed it, no worries. The interview can be seen below. During the interview with Griffiths on the special Red Couch, I discussed the Pacers adding Al Jefferson,…

ESPNEWS to televise its first live NBA Playoff game Friday: Pacers-Raptors Game 6

About 30 hours before the Pacers hosted the Toronto Raptors for Game 6 of their first-round series, we finally learned the tip time and what television network would have the broadcast. The league took longer than usual to announce the start times for a trio playoff games. On Twitter, fans with tickets reached out and needed to know in order to plan their…

Mark Boyle voted 2015 Indiana Sportscaster of the Year

Mark Boyle, now in his 28th season as the Radio Voice of the Indiana Pacers, was named Indiana Sportscaster of the Year (for 2015) by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. It is the second year in a row Boyle has won, and the fourth time over his very successful broadcast career. (Also: 1995, 1999, 2014.) It is particularly special…

Jalen Rose named co-host of primetime ESPN radio show, ‘Jalen & Jacoby’

It’s been fascinating for me to track former Indiana Pacers players, particularly from the 2000 Finals team. So many of them are successful in their chosen route … and a half-dozen of them went into sports broadcasting. Austin Croshere, Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin, Jalen Rose. Then, there’s Antonio Davis, who wanted to be traded and was before the Finals season….

Chris Denari, Quinn Buckner calling NBA Africa exhibition game for World Feed

The Pacers television broadcast duo of Chris Denari and Quinn Buckner have the honor of traveling to South Africa to be on the worldwide call of the NBA’s first-ever game in Africa. The world feed will be seen in more than 250 countries. ESPN, however, has the rights to the United States. Marc Kestecher and Doris Burke will call the…