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In Praise of Doris Burke

batmagadanleadoff Jun 14 2019 01:17 PM

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/in-praise-of-doris-burke-basketballs-best-tv-analyst I'm glad she's getting the recognition she so deserves. The first time I ever heard her call a game was during an NCAA college contest years ago, well before she was on anyone's national radar. After just that one game, I came away thinking that I had just heard the best hoops announcer/analyst that there ever was. Who was that gal, I wondered to myself?

Centerfield Jun 14 2019 02:18 PM Re: In Praise of Doris Burke

Agreed. She is terrific. You should check out the videos of her in HS tearing up the competition. She was Doris Sable then. There is also a clip of her catching a ball on the sidelines and showing off her ball handling skills. It was on ESPN. She's a treasure.

G-Fafif Jun 14 2019 11:51 PM Re: In Praise of Doris Burke

I go back to Doris Burke calling Liberty games twenty years ago. Terrific then and now.

bmfc1 Jun 15 2019 08:32 AM Re: In Praise of Doris Burke

I wonder if ABC would put her in the #1 booth instead of Mark Jackson who has little to say after JVGundy has spoken but talks anyway.