Michael Breen was born on May 22,1961 and is an American play-by-play sports commentator.
18 Facts About Mike Breen
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Mike Breen has been the lead announcer for NBA games on ABC and ESPN since 2006, including the NBA Finals.
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Mike Breen is the lead announcer for New York Knicks games on the MSG Network.
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Mike Breen previously called NFL regular season games for both NFL on Fox and NFL on NBC, as well as New York Giants preseason games.
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Mike Breen is a 1979 graduate of Salesian High School, and a 1983 graduate of Fordham University.
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Mike Breen started doing play-by-play for the Marist College Red Foxes basketball team in 1985.
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Mike Breen did play-by-play for WNBA games during his tenure at NBC, most notably Game 2 of the 1999 WNBA Finals when New York Liberty guard Teresa Weatherspoon made a half-court shot at the final buzzer to beat the Houston Comets.
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In February 2006, with the departure of Al Michaels from the network, ABC announced that Mike Breen would take over as the lead broadcaster for the NBA, including the NBA Finals.
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Mike Breen then decided to test the saying out in the booth when announcing games; he got an immediate positive reaction and stuck with it all throughout his career, making it his trademark.
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Mike Breen did voice along with Van Gundy in the NBA Live series beginning with NBA Live 14 through NBA Live 18.
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In Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals, as well as the first two games of the 2022 NBA Finals, Mike Breen sat out of the broadcasting team due to a positive COVID-19 test, and was replaced by Mark Jones.
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In 2023, following a wave of layoffs which included his partners Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, Mike Breen was the only remaining commentator in the lead broadcast team, with Doris Burke and former NBA coach Doc Rivers joining the lead team.
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Mike Breen has announced in five Olympic Games during his career, one Winter Olympics and four Summer Olympics.
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Mike Breen called basketball, handling play-by-play for both the men and the women.
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At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Mike Breen called ski jumping.
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Mike Breen served as a play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports coverage of men's and women's Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Mike Breen began his professional radio career as a sportscaster on WNBC radio in the early 1980s, and frequently substituted for Dave Sims as host of "SportsNight" on the station.
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Mike Breen became noted for his deadpan delivery of false sports news, such as in the mid-1990s reporting that in the previous night's Mets game, "Felix Millan went 4-for-4 with 3 runs scored".