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Message: [QUOTE="JavaMan, post: 2705824, member: 5562"] [FONT=Arial]By Noam Scheiber New York Times April 28, 2018 [I][/I] [I]PHILADELPHIA — [I]…But [B]Mr. Antetokounmpo[/B], known around the league as the “Greek Freak,” had other thoughts on his mind. Sitting courtside …the Freak noticed an athletic woman in workout clothes a few yards away.[/I][/I] [I]“Oh, that’s Doris,” he blurted, with all the self-control of a celebrity gawker. “Hey, Doris!”[/I] [I]“Doris” would be [B]Doris Burke[/B], the longtime ESPN basketball personality, who, 27 years into her career, last September became the first woman to land a regular job as an N.B.A. analyst on national television — cracking what many consider one of the highest, hardest glass ceilings in broadcasting.[/I] [I]Members of the basketball intelligentsia routinely describe her as one of the game’s top analysts. When asked on a podcast about a recent Burke-called game, [B]Kevin Durant[/B], the most valuable player of last year’s N.B.A. finals, interrupted the interviewer to proclaim, “Doris is the greatest.” The Dallas Mavericks’ coach, [B]Rick Carlisle[/B], said she comes across as having played and coached at a high level, “yet has the gift for making the complex simple.”[/I] I really miss Doris and Dave calling the UConn games. I know there are others here who do not, but I enjoyed them as announcers and their appreciation and recognition of Geno and the teams that he crafted. I never really understood why some were so critical of her. :( Here is the [B][URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/business/doris-burke-nba.html'][LINK][/URL] [/B]to the full, and enjoyable, NY Times story for any who may be interested. :) And don’t even start with the comporting! [/FONT]:eek: [INDENT][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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