1 hr. ago
Mike Breen's dream New York summer isn't over yet. Breen was on the call when his beloved New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals, winning their first championship in 53 years. He also emceed the Knicks' championship ceremony.
Breen continued healing his inner child when he crashed SNY's broadcast of the New York Mets' loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field on Wednesday night.
"I can't believe I'm sitting here," Breen said while sandwiched by Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez in the Mets' broadcast booth. "I'm like a kid in a candy store."
“I can’t believe I’m sitting here. I’m like a kid in a candy store.”
– Mike Breen pic.twitter.com/NizhANmjpw
#breen #METS #championship #broadcast
Breen continued healing his inner child when he crashed SNY's broadcast of the New York Mets' loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field on Wednesday night.
"I can't believe I'm sitting here," Breen said while sandwiched by Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez in the Mets' broadcast booth. "I'm like a kid in a candy store."
“I can’t believe I’m sitting here. I’m like a kid in a candy store.”
– Mike Breen pic.twitter.com/NizhANmjpw
#breen #METS #championship #broadcast
17 days ago
The last time that Berlin Little League sent a team to the Little League Mid-Atlantic regional tournament at Breen Field in Bristol, Conn., they battled their way to the 2018 championship game by winning three elimination games.
This time out, Berlin manager Anthony Torreullas reminded his players that there is still plenty of baseball left to play, even after a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to Washington DC on Aug. 9.
Berlin led 5-1 and 6-3 before Capitol Hill Little League manufactured four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning thanks to two walks, two hits and two Maryland errors to have a 7-6 lead going into the sixth inning.
Berlin had the tying run on when Jonah Isett was hit by a pitch, but Everett Choi struck out the last two hitters to end the game. Berlin will play either Pennsylvania or Delaware on Monday at 5 p.m. in an elimination game.
"We said to just keep their heads up," Torreullas said. "They played a great game against a really great team and came out not on the victorious end, but I am proud of them. They showed a lot of fight. We fought all the way to that last pitch.
#league #game
This time out, Berlin manager Anthony Torreullas reminded his players that there is still plenty of baseball left to play, even after a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to Washington DC on Aug. 9.
Berlin led 5-1 and 6-3 before Capitol Hill Little League manufactured four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning thanks to two walks, two hits and two Maryland errors to have a 7-6 lead going into the sixth inning.
Berlin had the tying run on when Jonah Isett was hit by a pitch, but Everett Choi struck out the last two hitters to end the game. Berlin will play either Pennsylvania or Delaware on Monday at 5 p.m. in an elimination game.
"We said to just keep their heads up," Torreullas said. "They played a great game against a really great team and came out not on the victorious end, but I am proud of them. They showed a lot of fight. We fought all the way to that last pitch.
#league #game
1 month ago
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 16: Jordan Clarkson (L) #00 and Tyler Kolek #13 of the New York Knicks celebrate after Clarkson hit a 3-pointer against the San Antonio Spurs in the fourth quarter of the championship game of the Emirates NBA Cup at T-Mobile Arena on December 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The reaction to the signing of a 10th man should be near silence, but New York celebrates a key return of a piece of the championship team. Last week, Jordan Clarkson agreed to the veteran minimum with the Knicks, which keeps adding depth to a group that was able to separate themselves from the competition with their volume of talent.
The interesting part about the story of Clarkson is that he is the embodiment of sacrifice for a team that had several players willing to play whatever the team ultimately asked of them. Walking into the season Clarkson was destined to play behind Brunson and enhance a bench that had a tendency to frustrate with stagnancy. Under Tom Thibodeau it was customary for the bench to feel underwhelming and underutilized.
Clarkson came into the season with plenty of talent and accolades— he won the Sixth Man of the Year award in 2020-21 and he has averaged over 15 points per game in his career. Yet, Knicks fans may also have been a little hesitant of his arrival based on the game that the Utah Jazz had played against the New York Knicks during the 2024-25 season where his shot selection was lightly criticized by Mike Breen.
He proved his worth to the Knicks in several different ways over the past season. There are a few things that will be highly valuable to continue to showcase in order for him to maintain a consistent role in the rotation.
The reaction to the signing of a 10th man should be near silence, but New York celebrates a key return of a piece of the championship team. Last week, Jordan Clarkson agreed to the veteran minimum with the Knicks, which keeps adding depth to a group that was able to separate themselves from the competition with their volume of talent.
The interesting part about the story of Clarkson is that he is the embodiment of sacrifice for a team that had several players willing to play whatever the team ultimately asked of them. Walking into the season Clarkson was destined to play behind Brunson and enhance a bench that had a tendency to frustrate with stagnancy. Under Tom Thibodeau it was customary for the bench to feel underwhelming and underutilized.
Clarkson came into the season with plenty of talent and accolades— he won the Sixth Man of the Year award in 2020-21 and he has averaged over 15 points per game in his career. Yet, Knicks fans may also have been a little hesitant of his arrival based on the game that the Utah Jazz had played against the New York Knicks during the 2024-25 season where his shot selection was lightly criticized by Mike Breen.
He proved his worth to the Knicks in several different ways over the past season. There are a few things that will be highly valuable to continue to showcase in order for him to maintain a consistent role in the rotation.
2 months ago
Tim Legler has a pretty good explanation for why ESPN’s NBA Finals broadcast didn’t give De’Aaron Fox’s crucial late-game decision the scrutiny it deserved at the time: the pandemonium that followed.
Legler was a guest on the Awful Announcing Podcast last week and addressed the criticism that the ESPN/ABC broadcast crew of Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson, and Legler barely examined Fox’s decision to go for a breakaway layup rather than hold the ball and force a foul in the closing seconds of Game 4 of the Knicks-Spurs series. The layup was blocked by OG Anunoby, helping set the stage for New York’s stunning comeback victory, and the debate over whether Fox should have taken the foul instead immediately consumed the collective sports media, with First Take, Get Up, and social media all piling on the next morning.
Legler acknowledged the play deserved more attention and said he wished the broadcast had gotten a comment in. But he was also clear about what made that difficult. The moment Fox’s layup was blocked, the Knicks were already racing the other direction, and the broadcast had to immediately reckon with whether the Spurs could take a game-winning shot.
“You got a chance potentially to be calling a game-winning shot right there going the other direction,” Legler told host Brandon Contes. “So it’s like a lot was going on in that moment.”
Then came a bizarre sequence in which Jose Alvarado was fouled at half court with both feet in the front court and the ball in the back court, which had viewers convinced it was a backcourt violation.
Legler was a guest on the Awful Announcing Podcast last week and addressed the criticism that the ESPN/ABC broadcast crew of Mike Breen, Richard Jefferson, and Legler barely examined Fox’s decision to go for a breakaway layup rather than hold the ball and force a foul in the closing seconds of Game 4 of the Knicks-Spurs series. The layup was blocked by OG Anunoby, helping set the stage for New York’s stunning comeback victory, and the debate over whether Fox should have taken the foul instead immediately consumed the collective sports media, with First Take, Get Up, and social media all piling on the next morning.
Legler acknowledged the play deserved more attention and said he wished the broadcast had gotten a comment in. But he was also clear about what made that difficult. The moment Fox’s layup was blocked, the Knicks were already racing the other direction, and the broadcast had to immediately reckon with whether the Spurs could take a game-winning shot.
“You got a chance potentially to be calling a game-winning shot right there going the other direction,” Legler told host Brandon Contes. “So it’s like a lot was going on in that moment.”
Then came a bizarre sequence in which Jose Alvarado was fouled at half court with both feet in the front court and the ball in the back court, which had viewers convinced it was a backcourt violation.
2 months ago
Olympic champions Emma Finucane and Matt Richards, former world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and Paralympic sprinter Olivia Breen will compete for Team Wales at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games between 23 July and 2 August.
The 114 athletes include Paralympic champion Aled Sion Davies and world silver medal artistic gymnast Ruby Evans.
The team will compete across 10 different sports with 66 female and 48 male athletes with ages ranging from 16 to 73 years old.
Twenty-two Para-athletes are selected with Glasgow hosting more para-events than in any other Games.
"This group represents the very best of Welsh sport - dedicated, ambitious and proud to wear the red jersey," Team Wales' chef de mission Gethin Jones said.
The 114 athletes include Paralympic champion Aled Sion Davies and world silver medal artistic gymnast Ruby Evans.
The team will compete across 10 different sports with 66 female and 48 male athletes with ages ranging from 16 to 73 years old.
Twenty-two Para-athletes are selected with Glasgow hosting more para-events than in any other Games.
"This group represents the very best of Welsh sport - dedicated, ambitious and proud to wear the red jersey," Team Wales' chef de mission Gethin Jones said.
2 months ago
The Knicks have tapped legendary ABC play-by-play voice Mike Breen, who is also the team’s local play-by-play voice on MSG, to be the emcee of the championship ceremony at New York’s City Hall.
The news comes from Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. According to Bondy, Breen will also be part of the larger parade down New York’s “Canyon of Heroes.”
Breen grew up a Knicks fan in Yonkers, New York, just north of the Bronx. He would go on to attend Fordham University in the Bronx.
He has been ******* ociated with Knicks broadcasts since 1991, when he was hired on Knicks radio on WFAN. He moved to the television booth in the 1997–98 season, replacing Marv Albert after Albert’s firing. Breen later returned to radio from 1999 to 2004 before rejoining the television booth, where he has remained ever since.
Nationally, Mike Breen worked with NBC as a backup play-by-play announcer and primary WNBA voice from 1998 to 2002 before joining ESPN in 2003. He became ESPN’s lead NBA voice in 2006 and has called every NBA Finals since.
The news comes from Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. According to Bondy, Breen will also be part of the larger parade down New York’s “Canyon of Heroes.”
Breen grew up a Knicks fan in Yonkers, New York, just north of the Bronx. He would go on to attend Fordham University in the Bronx.
He has been ******* ociated with Knicks broadcasts since 1991, when he was hired on Knicks radio on WFAN. He moved to the television booth in the 1997–98 season, replacing Marv Albert after Albert’s firing. Breen later returned to radio from 1999 to 2004 before rejoining the television booth, where he has remained ever since.
Nationally, Mike Breen worked with NBC as a backup play-by-play announcer and primary WNBA voice from 1998 to 2002 before joining ESPN in 2003. He became ESPN’s lead NBA voice in 2006 and has called every NBA Finals since.
2 months ago
Mike Breen has had quite the year, and he’s starting to feel it.
Asked by Puck’s John Ourand whether he envisions scaling back his workload, Breen acknowledged that the pace, as many as 110 games in a single season between his ESPN national ***** ignments and his role calling Knicks games for MSG, has become difficult to sustain.
“I’ve cut it back a little bit,” Breen said. “But I’m going to have to cut it back a little bit more.”
He wasn’t talking about walking away from either job, though.
“Clearly, I still love it so much, and there’s nothing better than doing the big national games,” he said. “Madison Square Garden is like a second home to me. Calling games there for the local team, it’s a wonderful thing. And if you ask any national broadcaster who’s had a chance to go and do some local telecasts as well, there’s something so wonderful about being around a team and watching how they develop on a day-in and day-out basis. You really get to know the team and the personalities, and that makes you a better broadcaster. So, yes, I might cut back soon, but I still love it too much. As long as the people at ESPN and MSG still want to hear me yapping away, I’m good with that.”
Asked by Puck’s John Ourand whether he envisions scaling back his workload, Breen acknowledged that the pace, as many as 110 games in a single season between his ESPN national ***** ignments and his role calling Knicks games for MSG, has become difficult to sustain.
“I’ve cut it back a little bit,” Breen said. “But I’m going to have to cut it back a little bit more.”
He wasn’t talking about walking away from either job, though.
“Clearly, I still love it so much, and there’s nothing better than doing the big national games,” he said. “Madison Square Garden is like a second home to me. Calling games there for the local team, it’s a wonderful thing. And if you ask any national broadcaster who’s had a chance to go and do some local telecasts as well, there’s something so wonderful about being around a team and watching how they develop on a day-in and day-out basis. You really get to know the team and the personalities, and that makes you a better broadcaster. So, yes, I might cut back soon, but I still love it too much. As long as the people at ESPN and MSG still want to hear me yapping away, I’m good with that.”
3 months ago
Bill Simmons has called out Shaquille O’Neal as the weak link in TNT Sports’ Inside the NBA cast. I don’t know what coverage the Sports Guy is watching. But in my book, Diesel is bringing the heat to his ****** ysis of this year’s NBA Finals for the legendary studio show, which is now licensed to ABC/ESPN.
While other ****** ysts are ripping Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs for their allegedly “dirty” play, O’Neal praised them for playing the aggressive, physical basketball they needed to climb out of a 2-0 series deficit against the red-hot Knicks.
O’Neal had several strong moments during ABC/ESPN’s coverage of Game 3 coverage Tuesday night.
With the Knicks holding a 64-57 lead at halftime, O’Neal zeroed in on a pivotal play where the 7’4” Wembanyama threw 6’2” Knicks star Jalen Brunson to the hardwood like a rag doll.
Charles Barkley thought it was a “dirty” play. So did ABC’s announce crew of Tim Legler, Richard Jefferson and Mike Breen. But O’Neal—one of the most dominating centers in NBA history at 7’1”, 325 pounds—begged to differ. The Alien was effectively punking the smaller Brunson on his own home court. The passive Knicks didn’t fight back.
While other ****** ysts are ripping Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs for their allegedly “dirty” play, O’Neal praised them for playing the aggressive, physical basketball they needed to climb out of a 2-0 series deficit against the red-hot Knicks.
O’Neal had several strong moments during ABC/ESPN’s coverage of Game 3 coverage Tuesday night.
With the Knicks holding a 64-57 lead at halftime, O’Neal zeroed in on a pivotal play where the 7’4” Wembanyama threw 6’2” Knicks star Jalen Brunson to the hardwood like a rag doll.
Charles Barkley thought it was a “dirty” play. So did ABC’s announce crew of Tim Legler, Richard Jefferson and Mike Breen. But O’Neal—one of the most dominating centers in NBA history at 7’1”, 325 pounds—begged to differ. The Alien was effectively punking the smaller Brunson on his own home court. The passive Knicks didn’t fight back.
3 months ago
Donald Trump became the first sitting United States president to attend an NBA Finals game on Monday at Madison Square Garden, and as expected, ESPN and ABC ultimately did show the president during the broadcast.
The first view of Trump came during the pregame national anthem, when ABC cut to the glass-enclosed, Secret Service-protected suite where the president was sitting. Inside the arena, the production team appeared to show the same shot at the same time, as the MSG crowd could be heard loudly booing the Queens native as he smiled back at them.
Later, coming out of a timeout during the second quarter, lead ESPN on ABC NBA announcer Mike Breen noted Trump’s presence at the game alongside Knicks owner James Dolan.
“Tonight, President Donald Trump becomes the first United States president to attend an NBA Finals game,” Breen said. “Longtime Knick fan. Certainly liked what he saw here.”
Then, Breen teed up a highlight for game **** yst Tim Legler to break down.
The first view of Trump came during the pregame national anthem, when ABC cut to the glass-enclosed, Secret Service-protected suite where the president was sitting. Inside the arena, the production team appeared to show the same shot at the same time, as the MSG crowd could be heard loudly booing the Queens native as he smiled back at them.
Later, coming out of a timeout during the second quarter, lead ESPN on ABC NBA announcer Mike Breen noted Trump’s presence at the game alongside Knicks owner James Dolan.
“Tonight, President Donald Trump becomes the first United States president to attend an NBA Finals game,” Breen said. “Longtime Knick fan. Certainly liked what he saw here.”
Then, Breen teed up a highlight for game **** yst Tim Legler to break down.
3 months ago
When Knicks’ star Jalen Brunson exited Game 1 of the NBA Finals in the first quarter with a knee injury, it seemed for a brief moment like the worst-case scenario.
On the ABC broadcast, Mike Breen called it a potential “nightmare scenario” for the Knicks.
Brunson then returned in the second quarter only to suffer an apparent ankle turn.
But none of that mattered in the end as Brunson took over in the second half and finished with 30 points on 12-of-31 shooting as the Knicks overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to steal Game 1 in San Antonio, 105-95.
The Knicks out-scored Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs, 29-19, in the fourth quarter to win their 12 straight playoff game and seventh in a row on the road.
On the ABC broadcast, Mike Breen called it a potential “nightmare scenario” for the Knicks.
Brunson then returned in the second quarter only to suffer an apparent ankle turn.
But none of that mattered in the end as Brunson took over in the second half and finished with 30 points on 12-of-31 shooting as the Knicks overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to steal Game 1 in San Antonio, 105-95.
The Knicks out-scored Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs, 29-19, in the fourth quarter to win their 12 straight playoff game and seventh in a row on the road.
