10-28-13
Jon Barry (pictured) has reached a multi-year agreement to become the lead analyst for the NBA on ESPN Radio, replacing Dr. Jack Ramsey. He will work more than 40 regular-season and playoff games. Kevin Calabro returns as the play-by-play voice to partner with Barry. PJ Carlesimo and Stan Van Gundy will also work select games.
Ramsay said, ?For the past 18 seasons, it was my pleasure to call NBA games on ESPN Radio alongside the late, incomparable Hall of Fame broadcaster, dear friend Jim Durham. I'll always treasure our time together and the great games we were privileged to call. Now I look forward to listening to Kevin Calabro and Jon Barry -- both outstanding broadcasters who know the game.?
Barry said, ?I am excited to expand my role with ESPN to include games on ESPN Radio. I know I can?t fill the shoes of Dr. Jack Ramsay, but I will do my best to inform and entertain our listeners.?
PJ Carlesimo, who joined ESPN during the 2013 playoffs, will work select games throughout the regular and post season, partnering with Marc Kestecher, who joined ESPN Radio in 1999 and has been part of radio?s Super Bowl, NFL, NBA, MLB, BCS, college football, and college basketball coverage.
ESPN has also reached an agreement with veteran NBA head coach Stan Van Gundy to join ESPN Radio?s NBA coverage team. Van Gundy will serve as a game analyst for 10 broadcasts during the 2013-14 NBA regular season. In addition, Van Gundy will continue to serve as one of the rotating guest hosts on the Miami-based The Dan Le Batard Show ? ESPN Radio?s new, national program ? which he did when the show was a local show.
