30 Facts About Doris Burke

Doris Burke is an American sports announcer and analyst for NBA on ESPN, NBA on ABC, College Basketball on ESPN, and College Basketball on ABC games.

Doris Burke formerly worked as an analyst for WNBA games on MSG and has worked on New York Knicks games.

Doris Burke played college basketball for the Providence Friars, finishing her career as the school's leader in assists.

Doris Burke became the first woman to serve as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major North American professional men's sports leagues.

The youngest of eight children, Doris Burke started playing basketball in the second grade.

Doris Burke played as a point guard at Manasquan High School and was recruited by several eastern colleges.

Doris Burke spent her summers on the Jersey Shore where she gained local lore during her rise to basketball fame, frequenting still popular haunts such as The Parker House, Leggetts, and Osprey.

Doris Burke competed as a member of the Providence Friars women's basketball team as the point guard for four years.

Doris Burke finished her career averaging 17.6 points and 7.2 assists per game.

Doris Burke was twice named to both the All-Big East and Big East all-tournament teams, both in 1986 and 1987.

Doris Burke left Providence as its all-time leader in assists with 602, and as of 2012 was still second in that career category.

Doris Burke was later inducted into the Providence College Hall of Fame in 1999, the fifth woman so honored.

Doris Burke began her broadcasting career in 1990 as an analyst for women's games for her alma mater on radio.

That same year, Doris Burke began working in the same role on Big East women's games on television, and in 1996 she began working Big East men's games.

Doris Burke has been working for ESPN in various positions since 1991.

Doris Burke has been a part of ESPN's coverage of the WNBA.

For many years, Doris Burke was the primary radio and television voice of the New York Liberty.

In 2000, Doris Burke became the first woman to be a commentator for a New York Knicks game on radio and on television; she is the first woman to be a commentator for a Big East men's game, and the first woman to be the primary commentator on a men's college basketball conference package.

From 2009 to 2019, Doris Burke served as a sideline reporter for the NBA Finals on ABC, and worked as an analyst in select regular season and playoff games until 2017.

In 2010, Doris Burke was featured as the new sideline reporter for 2K Sports's NBA 2K11 video game.

Doris Burke has appeared in each edition since, including the latest in the series, NBA 2K25.

In October 2013, Doris Burke signed a multi-year contract extension to serve as an NBA commentator for ESPN.

In 2017, Doris Burke became a regular NBA game analyst for ESPN, becoming the first woman at the national level to be assigned a full regular-season role.

Doris Burke replaced Doug Collins, who left ESPN for a job with the Chicago Bulls, but continued sideline reporting for the conference finals and the NBA Finals until 2019.

In 2020, Doris Burke began calling the Conference Finals and the NBA Finals on ESPN Radio, making her the first woman to call the conference finals and NBA Finals on radio.

Doris Burke is divorced from Gregg Doris Burke, with whom she has two children.

In 1999, Doris Burke was inducted into the Providence College Hall of Fame.

In October 2006, Doris Burke was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.

In January 2012, Doris Burke received the Silver Anniversary Award in recognition of her athletic and professional accomplishments from the NCAA.

In 2012, Doris Burke called the Big East tournament and was a reporter during the championship game.