Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Mike Breen is currently the dean of television announcers for the NBA Finals — and he is about to enter rarified air space.
The ABC/ESPN announcer will reach another milestone on Monday night in Game 5 of the Denver-Miami series. It will be Breen’s 100th NBA Finals broadcast, making him the third basketball announcer on radio or television to reach that mark.
He'll be the sixth U.S. play-by-play voice to eclipse the mark, including the World Series and Stanley Cup Final. Breen missed the first two games of last year’s series due to COVID, which briefly delayed him from reaching the century mark. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mike Breen before Game One of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets on June 1, 2023 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. (Nathaniel S.
Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) "I knew how many years I had done the finals, but I never put it into a specific number of games," said Breen, who is calling his 18th championship series. "I would have never said 100.