NBC Sports

Latest Stories

Colorado Rockies television announcer Jenny Cavnar, right, jokes with Vinny Castilla, center, special assistant to the Rockies general manager, and Denver Broncos fullback Andy Janovich, June 11, 2019, in Denver. Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC Sports California. The company made the announcement Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Jenny Cavnar makes history as Oakland A’s primary play-by-play announcer

Associated Press

United States team captain Paul Azinger waves to spectators while speaking at the Ryder Cup opening ceremonies at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 18, 2008. Paul Azinger will no longer be the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports, ending his five years with the network at the Ryder Cup without even knowing that was his last event. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Azinger and NBC don’t renew contract. Now the question becomes who’s next in the booth

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

The green flag starts a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

NASCAR moves Atlanta and Watkins Glen into the playoffs on 2024 schedule

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jackson Rutledge, making his debut in the majors, delivers during the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

LOVERRO: The Nationals sale is stalled and suddenly the Lerners don’t sound much like sellers

By Thom Loverro

This photo provided by Align Media/Feld Motor Sports shows Justin Barcia in Nashville, Tenn., on April 29, 2023. The debut of SuperMotocross World Championship this year keeps Barcia in the mix for a title. With the points he earned in supercross and a chance to return early in the motocross season, the 31-year-old rider can still qualify for the SuperMotocross playoff rounds and possibly win a world championship. (Align Media/Feld Motor Sports via AP)

Supercross, motocross collaboration allows SuperMotorcross to take off

By John Marshall - Associated Press

People watch a baseball game at Oakland Coliseum between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif., July 23, 2022. The Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new retractable roof stadium in Las Vegas after being unable to build a new venue in the Bay Area. Team president Dave Kaval said Wednesday, April 19, 2023, that the team finalized the deal to buy the 49-acre site last week close to the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Oakland A’s broadcaster out after on-air racial slur

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

Bronze statues of Negro League greats including pitcher Satchel Paige, front, play their positions on the Field of Legends, which is the centerpiece of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 27, 2005. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is embarking on a fundraising campaign to raise $25 million for a new building in Kansas City, Missouri, to house its education center and what has become one of the world's unique collections of baseball memorabilia. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Oakland A’s play-by-play announcer suspended for using racial slur on air

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Earvin Magic Johnson arrives at the Governors Awards on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Magic Johnson joins Josh Harris’ bid for Commanders: Report

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Austin Cindric (2) takes the checkered flag in front of Bubba Wallace (23) to win the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. As Kevin Harvick prepares to depart, the stage is open to be seized by Noah Gragson, watermelon farmer Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez, the only Mexican-born winner in NASCAR history. There’s also Cindric, a Team Penske fixture who won last year’s Daytona 500 as a rookie on Roger Penske’s 85th birthday, or Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver competing at NASCAR’s top level. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) **FILE**

NASCAR kicks off 75th season at Daytona with changes, challenges

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

St. Louis Cardinals' Corey Dickerson rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

LOVERRO: Cash-starved, payroll-shedding Nationals primed for miserable season

By Thom Loverro

Founder &amp; CEO of Monumental Sports &amp; Entertainment and owner of the Washington Wizards and the Washington Capitals Ted Leonsis appears at a ribbon cutting for the William Hill Sportsbook at Monumental Sports &amp; Entertainment's Capital One Arena in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Monumental Sports & Entertainment purchases full ownership of NBC Sports Washington

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Boston Celtics center Al Horford (42) celebrates during the second half of Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Horford’s success with Celtics reminds fans of Wizards’ failures

By Thom Loverro - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Kyle Schwarber runs the bases on his three-run home run during the fourth inning of the second baseball game of the team's doubleheader against the New York Mets, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Phillies to sign former Nationals slugger Schwarber

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 19, 2017, file photo NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya reports before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)

Michele Tafoya leaves sports, jumps into politics

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Bob Costas attends the Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award ceremony honoring Billy Crystal in New York on Nov. 12, 2018. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Bob Costas: Olympics returning to China is shameless

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Houston Rockets' Kevin Porter Jr., front second from right in front, celebrates with his teammates after making the game-winning 3-point shot in the team's NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) **FILE**

Wizards analyst Consor apologizes to Houston’s Porter for comment

Associated Press

(Associated Press)

NBC news crew robbed at gunpoint in Oakland

D.C. United midfielder Yamil Asad (11) and Nashville SC midfielder Dax McCarty (6) head the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

D.C. United enters two-year TV deal with NBC Sports Washington, TeleXitos

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

File-This Feb. 7, 2010, file photo shows New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) celebrating with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Saints' 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami. Brees, the NFL’s leader in career completions and yards passing, has decided to retire after 20 NFL seasons, including his last 15 with New Orleans. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Next play: Brees joins NBC Sports after retiring from NFL

Associated Press

Washington Wizards general manager Wes Unseld announces the trade of Chris Webber to the Sacramento Kings for Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe at the MCI Center in Washington Thursday, May 14, 1998. (AP Photo/Brian K. Diggs) **FILE**

Wes Unseld legacy deserves recognition

By Thom Loverro