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☆ Jenny Cavnar makes history as the first woman to serve as an MLB team’s primary play-by-play announcer
  + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
New York CNN —For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a woman will be the primary play-by-play voice of a major team. NBC Sports California said Tuesday it has chosen Jenny Cavnar, a broadcasting veteran with nearly two decades of baseball experience, for the prestigious role. “It is a dream come true to join the broadcast team for the Oakland A’s and their rich baseball history,” Cavnar said in a release. Doris Burke is among the NBA’s most well-respected color commentators, and she has been broadcasting national games for ESPN for 11 years. And in 2018, Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm called an NFL game for Amazon, the first all-woman booth for a professional football national broadcast.
Persons: Jenny Cavnar, ” Cavnar, Cavnar, ”, Jenny, Matt Murphy, “ She’s, who’s, Suzyn Waldman, Jessica Mendoza, Doris Burke, Andrea Kremer, Hannah Storm, Chanda Rubin, CoCo Vandeweghe Organizations: New, New York CNN, Major League Baseball, NBC Sports California, Oakland Athletics, Oakland, “, Colorado Rockies MLB, NBC, MLB, NBC Sports, Yankees, ESPN’s, ESPN, Amazon, Tennis Channel, English Premier League, Sky Sports Locations: New York, Bronx
☆ Jenny Cavnar Makes History as Oakland A's Primary Play-By-Play Announcer
  + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Associated Press | Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC Sports California. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history — set to be the voice for most of the A’s games during the upcoming 2024 season. She became the first woman in a quarter-century to handle play-by-play for an MLB game in 2018. “It is a dream come true to join the broadcast team for the Oakland A’s and their rich baseball history,” Cavnar said in a statement. “Growing up the daughter of a baseball coach, I have loved the game from a young age, along with the stories, history and relationships the game provides.
Persons: Jenny Cavnar, Cavnar, ” Cavnar, Dallas Braden Organizations: OAKLAND, — Veteran, Oakland Athletics, NBC Sports California, Colorado Rockies, MLB, Colorado State University, Oakland, Athletics Locations: Calif
☆ Oakland Athletics’ announcer apologizes for using racial slur
  + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Oakland Athletics play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper has apologized for using a racial slur during the team’s pre-game show prior to the A’s road game against the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Kuiper was discussing the “phenomenal” time he had visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri with A’s TV analyst Dallas Braden when he used a racial slur to describe the museum during the NBC Sports California broadcast. I just wanted to apologize if it sounded different than I meant it to be said. … I just wanted to apologize for that.”The Athletics called Kuiper’s language “unacceptable.”“The language used by Glen Kuiper during (Friday’s) pregame broadcast is unacceptable,” the team said in a statement. “The Oakland Athletics do not condone such language.
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