The Announcer Lisa Byington was named as the official voice of the Milwaukee Bucks franchise, reigning NBA champion, so that it relates all the team’s matches and thus became the first woman who will throughout a campaign within professional sports in the United States.
Byington will replace veteran Bucks announcer Jim Paschke, who retired after the 2020-21 season., after having broadcast the Bucks games during 35 years uninterruptednoted the official NBA website.
The president of Bucks, Peter Feigin announced the hiring of 45-year-old Byington, who noted: “I am excited about the opportunity from working with a world-class franchise and championship organization like Milwaukee. “
The new voice of the Bucks, who previously narrated Women’s World Cup matches on FOX in 2019, became the first woman to broadcast in the NCAA (college basketball) tournament as part of CBS coverage.
Subsequently, reported men’s and women’s soccer matches at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for NBC Sports, having been between 2017 and 2019 as a reporter on the edge of the playing field in the NCAA on CBS and Turner, and also has experience as a reporter in NBA and WNBA games, among other assignments.
Byington has broadcast games with FOX Sports, FS1, Big Ten Network, CBS, Turner Sports, Pac-12 Network, ESPN and SEC Network reporting and as a reporter, but from now on she will relate all the Bucks games.
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