
Richard Deitsch
Writer at The Athletic
Father of twins; fan of Toronto, NYC and Buffalo; Writer @theathletic; host of Sports Media Podcast; SI/Prime Time Sports alum.
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3 days ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Sarah Jean Maher |Richard Deitsch
NBC Sports has hired Grant Hill to join its NBA coverage as a game analyst for the 2025-26 season. Hill will continue to work for TNT Sports as a college basketball analyst for the men's NCAA Tournament. NBC is beginning its 11-year media rights deal with the NBA. “I’m incredibly excited to join NBC Sports as part of their NBA coverage.
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3 days ago |
nytimes.com | Sarah Jean Maher |Richard Deitsch
TNT Sports analyst and former NBA player Grant Hill will join NBC Sports’ NBA coverage as a game analyst for the 2025-26 season. “I’m incredibly excited to join NBC Sports as part of their NBA coverage. The NBA has been such a meaningful part of my life, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue sharing the game I love with fans across the country,” Hill said in a release.
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Richard Deitsch
The NBA viewership story was bailed out by the two most beautiful words in sports: Game 7. Oklahoma City’s 103-91 win over Indiana on Sunday night averaged 16,353,000 viewers on ABC and ESPN+ and peaked with 19,281,000 viewers from 9:45-10 p.m. ET. That made Sunday night’s game the most-watched NBA Finals game since Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Raptors and Warriors, which drew 18.3 million viewers.
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Richard Deitsch
The NBA season ended less than 24 hours ago, but there is no offseason for sports television transactions. Maria Taylor has been named NBC Sports’ lead NBA and WNBA studio host for the company’s upcoming NBA coverage on NBC and Peacock, an industry source briefed on the move said Monday. NBC Sports will make the news official later Monday. Taylor will host NBA studio shows on Sunday and Tuesday nights as part of a group that includes Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter.
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4 days ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Richard Deitsch
Maria Taylor has been named NBC Sports’ lead NBA and WNBA studio host for the company’s upcoming NBA coverage on NBC and Peacock. Taylor previously hosted NBA Finals coverage, as well as NBA Countdown during her time with ESPN. Taylor left ESPN for NBC in 2021. Since arriving at NBC, Taylor served as the lead host of “Football Night in America,” the “B1G College Countdown” and various roles for NBC’s Olympics coverage.
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I mean, this series is incredible. Onto Game 5 in 🇨🇦.

The people not watching the Stanley Cup Final — and the first three games have had brutally low viewership in the States — are missing an incredible series. I'll keep banging the drum. The SCF not being on network television is such a miss. This kind of theater should get the

The people not watching the Stanley Cup Final — and the first three games have had brutally low viewership in the States — are missing an incredible series. I'll keep banging the drum. The SCF not being on network television is such a miss. This kind of theater should get the

Live TV is a nightmare dressed like a daydream so I thought this was well done.

How did I do Swifties !? 😅 Also, if you don’t drop TTPD lyrics in your Taylor Swift report at the #StanleyCup Final IN Florida, are you even a real fan !? 😛 #TimeToHunt #LetsGoOilers https://t.co/31XizV3DXP