GameNight
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GameNight is a weekend sports talk radio show hosted by John Seibel
. GameNight is regarded as being the flagship series of ESPN Radio
, being the network's first longform program and airing every night since the network's 1992 debut until July 21, 2008. On that day the weeknight run was replaced by Football Tonight
and SportsCenter Nightly. Now the show airs Saturdays from 8pm ET to 12am and Sunday's from 10pm to 1am ET. The program features in-game updates, guests ranging from superstars to experts, and in-depth analysis on the day's sports stories. It is broadcast from ESPN Headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut
.
Guests on GameNight, include Mel Kiper Jr., John Clayton
, Chris Mortensen
, Ric Bucher
, Tim Kurkjian
and Eric Byrnes
. Jeff Rickard
currently is the Fill-In Host.The most notable former host is Chuck Wilson, who was on the program from its debut to July 2005, when his contract expired and was not extended. Other former hosts include sports personalities such as John Seibel
, Doug Gottlieb
, Keith Olbermann
, Tony Bruno
and Mike Tirico
.
ESPN Radio SportsCenter
airs every twenty minutes throughout GameNight. The anchor is Neil Jackson, who also is the update anchor for The V Show with Bob Valvano
.
with Doug Gottlieb, who left GameNight to host his own show.
In 2008, the show was removed from its 10pm ET to 2am ET on weeknights and replaced by Football Tonight and SportsCenter Nightly. The show now airs from 8pm to 1 am on Saturday & Sunday night with John Seibel hosting.
Throughout the program the hosts were also joined by contributors from around the nation giving live in-game updates of a variety odd sporting events. They were also joined by players after their games to discuss what happened in their game and what they are thinking.
John Seibel
John Seibel is an American broadcaster. He is currently the host of KDKA's afternoon drive show Seibel, Starkey and Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 93.7 The Fan from 2-6 PM.-Before Seibel and Starkey :...
. GameNight is regarded as being the flagship series of ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
, being the network's first longform program and airing every night since the network's 1992 debut until July 21, 2008. On that day the weeknight run was replaced by Football Tonight
Football Tonight
Football Tonight is a sports radio program that began airing on ESPN Radio July 21, 2008, and is run each weeknight from 7- 8 pm and 10pm to 1am on Saturday evenings during football season. The one-hour show is hosted by Freddie Coleman and Jon Siebel on a rotating basis and discusses what happened...
and SportsCenter Nightly. Now the show airs Saturdays from 8pm ET to 12am and Sunday's from 10pm to 1am ET. The program features in-game updates, guests ranging from superstars to experts, and in-depth analysis on the day's sports stories. It is broadcast from ESPN Headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut
Bristol, Connecticut
Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States southwest of Hartford. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 61,353. Bristol is primarily known as the home of ESPN, whose central studios are in the city. Bristol is also home to...
.
Guests on GameNight, include Mel Kiper Jr., John Clayton
John Clayton (sportscaster)
John Travis Clayton is a National Football League writer and reporter for ESPN. He is also a senior writer for ESPN.com.-Early career:...
, Chris Mortensen
Chris Mortensen
Chris "Mort" Mortensen , an award-winning journalist, provides reports for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio and ESPN.com...
, Ric Bucher
Ric Bucher
Ric Bucher is an NBA analyst for ESPN and ESPN.com. Bucher is also a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and a columnist for ESPN.com.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bucher is a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he played four years on the varsity soccer team. Bucher has covered the NBA since...
, Tim Kurkjian
Tim Kurkjian
Tim Kurkjian is a Major League Baseball analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter. He is also a contributor to ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com. He guests on Mike and Mike in the Morning on Thursdays at 7:44 AM, discussing the latest in happenings in Major League Baseball...
and Eric Byrnes
Eric Byrnes
Eric James Byrnes , is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He has played for the Oakland Athletics, the Colorado Rockies, the Baltimore Orioles, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Seattle Mariners...
. Jeff Rickard
Jeff Rickard
Jeff Rickard was the television host of Out of Bounds for the CN8 cable channel. Both the show and Rickard were nominated for Emmy Awards in 2008. He previously worked as sports talk radio host on ESPN Radio's GameNight. He joined ESPN Radio in February, 2006 after working at Sporting News Radio...
currently is the Fill-In Host.The most notable former host is Chuck Wilson, who was on the program from its debut to July 2005, when his contract expired and was not extended. Other former hosts include sports personalities such as John Seibel
John Seibel
John Seibel is an American broadcaster. He is currently the host of KDKA's afternoon drive show Seibel, Starkey and Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 93.7 The Fan from 2-6 PM.-Before Seibel and Starkey :...
, Doug Gottlieb
Doug Gottlieb
Douglas Michael Gottlieb is a former NCAA collegiate basketball player for the University of Notre Dame and Oklahoma State University, and the Russian Basketball Super League...
, Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
Keith Theodore Olbermann is an American political commentator and writer. He has been the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of Current TV's weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, since June 20, 2011...
, Tony Bruno
Tony Bruno
For Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
and Mike Tirico
Mike Tirico
Michael Todd Tirico is an announcer for ESPN's presentation of Monday Night Football, and second lead broadcaster for ESPN's presentation of the NBA. In addition, Tirico hosts a multitude of programming on ESPN/ABC. He was the host of ABC's golf coverage from 1996 to 2007, and continues in that...
.
ESPN Radio SportsCenter
ESPN Radio SportsCenter
ESPN Radio SportsCenter has sports updates two or three times an hour during key time slots, usually by separate anchors. Weekdays from 6am to 4pm Eastern, there are two updates an hour, at the top of the hour and 30 minutes past...
airs every twenty minutes throughout GameNight. The anchor is Neil Jackson, who also is the update anchor for The V Show with Bob Valvano
The V Show with Bob Valvano
The V Show with Bob Valvano is a sports talk radio show hosted by Bob Valvano and broadcast on ESPN Radio. Normally, the show is heard Saturdays and Sundays from 1am ET to 5am ET; however, in 2009, his Friday night shows were pre-empted, and his Saturday shows shortened by one hour, during football...
.
Personalities
- John SeibelJohn SeibelJohn Seibel is an American broadcaster. He is currently the host of KDKA's afternoon drive show Seibel, Starkey and Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 93.7 The Fan from 2-6 PM.-Before Seibel and Starkey :...
: (Regular, 2000-2006 & 2009-present) - Jeff RickardJeff RickardJeff Rickard was the television host of Out of Bounds for the CN8 cable channel. Both the show and Rickard were nominated for Emmy Awards in 2008. He previously worked as sports talk radio host on ESPN Radio's GameNight. He joined ESPN Radio in February, 2006 after working at Sporting News Radio...
: (Regular, 2006-2008 & Fill-In 2009-present)
Format
Beginning in late 2006, GameNight was cut back to four hours (and moved to a later timeslot) to make room for The PulseThe Pulse (radio)
The Doug Gottlieb Show is a weekday sports talk and debate radio show on ESPN Radio, that airs Monday-Friday from 4pm ET for three hours till 7pm ET. It replaced SportsNation on ESPN Radio and Gottlieb's former show, The Pulse...
with Doug Gottlieb, who left GameNight to host his own show.
In 2008, the show was removed from its 10pm ET to 2am ET on weeknights and replaced by Football Tonight and SportsCenter Nightly. The show now airs from 8pm to 1 am on Saturday & Sunday night with John Seibel hosting.
Segments
- Baseball Tonight, College GameNight, NBA Fastbreak and NFL Quick Hits: These are segments that that rundown all of the game scores and news from their respective leagues, such as college basketballCollege basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
, the NBA and the NFL. - What's Bugging Me?: A new segment in 2009 where John Seibel will talk about something that's bugging him in the world of sports.
- Choice Cuts: This segment is when the big calls and plays from the day's games are replayed over the air. Often during baseball season, they will play one of Ron SantoRon SantoRonald Edward Santo was an American professional baseball player and long-time radio sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1974, most notably as the third baseman for the Chicago Cubs. A nine-time All-Star, he was a powerful hitter who was also a good defensive...
's outburst to one of the Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
plays.
Personalities
- Keith OlbermannKeith OlbermannKeith Theodore Olbermann is an American political commentator and writer. He has been the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of Current TV's weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, since June 20, 2011...
: (regular, 1992) - Tony BrunoTony BrunoFor Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
: (regular, 1992-1995) - Mike TiricoMike TiricoMichael Todd Tirico is an announcer for ESPN's presentation of Monday Night Football, and second lead broadcaster for ESPN's presentation of the NBA. In addition, Tirico hosts a multitude of programming on ESPN/ABC. He was the host of ABC's golf coverage from 1996 to 2007, and continues in that...
: (regular, 1992-1996) - Chuck Wilson: (regular, 1992-2005)
- Doug GottliebDoug GottliebDouglas Michael Gottlieb is a former NCAA collegiate basketball player for the University of Notre Dame and Oklahoma State University, and the Russian Basketball Super League...
: (regular, 2003-2006) - Andy GreshAndy GreshAndy Gresh is an American sports broadcaster. He is a national and New England media personality and college football color analyst. He is host of The Gresh Show heard on Sirius XM satellite radio Monday-Friday 8 p.m.–1 a.m. He has also been seen doing work for SportsNet New York in New York City....
: (fill-in, 2007-2008) - Freddie Coleman: (regular, 2004-2008)
- Ryen RussilloRyen RussilloRyen Russillo is an American sports host. He has worked for ESPN Radio as the co-host of The Scott Van Pelt Show since May, 2009....
: (regular, 2006-2008) - Amy Lawrence: (fill-in, 2006-2008)
Format
Until late 2006, GameNight was heard every night from 7pm ET and lasted six hours till 1am ET. The program was featured full of segments including: The Starting Lineups at the top of every hour, GameNight Recycles at the top of the last hour, The Last Word at the end of the fifth hour, Studs and Duds at the end of the last hour, Tomorrow's Headlines Tonight at the end of the fifth hour, Sound Off in the middle of the fifth hour and Choice Cuts at the end of the last hour.Throughout the program the hosts were also joined by contributors from around the nation giving live in-game updates of a variety odd sporting events. They were also joined by players after their games to discuss what happened in their game and what they are thinking.
Segments
- Starting Lineups: This was when each host shares their views on the sports world. This segment occurs at the beginning of each hour.
- Recycles: In this segment, first five hours of the show were summarized in ten minutes. It usually included interviews with the day's biggest stars and experts with sound bites.
- The Last Word: This segment was near the end of the show when the hosts play discussions from earlier show like Mike and Mike in the MorningMike and Mike in the MorningMike and Mike in the Morning is an American sports-talk radio show hosted by Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio and simulcast on television, normally on ESPN2. If ESPN is broadcasting a live sporting event during the show's timeslot, Sportscenter will air on ESPN2, and the show's...
and The Dan Patrick ShowThe Dan Patrick ShowThe Dan Patrick Show is a syndicated sports talk show hosted by former ESPN personality Dan Patrick. It is currently produced by DirecTV Sports Group and is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. The three-hour program broadcasts live every day beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern/6 a.m. Pacific time on Fox...
and the hosts gave their take on how they feel about the subject. - Tomorrow's Headlines Tonight: In this segment the hosts ran down all of the big news whether sports or not that you would be reading about that next morning, whether it's in the Sports section, the Business section or the Money sections and more.
- Studs and Duds: This is when the hosts would review all of the studs of the day and all of the duds of the day. This occurred near the end of the show.
- Fast Break Trivia: This was a trivia game in which the hosts would ask three callers five different questions, which generallyed to a common theme. All of the contestants got ESPN Scene it and the player who gets the most correct answers wins a SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
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. - Champs or Chumps: A spin-off of Studs or Duds, in this segment the host(s) runs down some of the top players or teams and discusses why they are a champ or a chump.
- Freddie's Bold Prediction: Started by John SeibelJohn SeibelJohn Seibel is an American broadcaster. He is currently the host of KDKA's afternoon drive show Seibel, Starkey and Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 93.7 The Fan from 2-6 PM.-Before Seibel and Starkey :...
, each Friday night during the college football season, Freddie Coleman makes his bold prediction for an upset on Saturday. - Freddie Coleman's GameNight Challenge: This segment appears every Sunday night when Jeff RickardJeff RickardJeff Rickard was the television host of Out of Bounds for the CN8 cable channel. Both the show and Rickard were nominated for Emmy Awards in 2008. He previously worked as sports talk radio host on ESPN Radio's GameNight. He joined ESPN Radio in February, 2006 after working at Sporting News Radio...
will pose Freddie Coleman multiple trivia questions from the past week in sports with respect to history. - Monday Buzz: Somewhat of a spin-off of Tomorrow's Headlines Tonight, each Sunday Coleman and Rickard run down the top stories that your newspapers will be covering tomorrow.
- Sound Off: This segment is when the hosts will post questions or topics and ether read or respond to phone calls and e-mails from listeners.
- GameNight Guarantees: This segment is on Saturday night where Andy Gresh & Freddie Coleman make their Sunday NFL picks.