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The Crossover NBA Show

ESPN and NY Knicks broadcaster Mike Breen

The Crossover NBA Show

SI NBA

Basketball, Sports

4.6641 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Joining Chris Mannix on The Vertical this week is the great ESPN and New York Knicks broadcaster Mike Breen. Mike and Chris talk about his start in the broadcasting world, what it was like filling for Marv Albert and how much Bill Walton means to him and Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:45.0

Hey, everybody.

0:45.9

I'm Chris Mannix from the Vertical, and welcome to the Vertical podcast with Chris Manix.

0:50.0

I check in with some of the top players, coaches and analysts covering the NBA.

0:57.2

Joining me this week is one of the most well-known voices of the NBA,

1:01.5

Mike Breen, the longtime broadcast for MSG Network, and of course ABC.

1:05.5

I asked Mike about his relationship with Nick's owner James Dolan.

1:10.1

He's very friendly when you see him, but he has his own side where he sticks to himself. And how his time spent covering Jeff Van Gundy helped form a career spent working with him.

1:14.8

He probably has taught me as much about the NBA as anybody.

1:18.7

All that more coming up next on the vertical podcast with Chris Maddox.

1:23.8

All right, so my guest this week is a familiar name and perhaps a more familiar voice to those who've watched or listened to the NBA for much of the last quarter century.

1:33.4

He has been the voice of the Knicks on radio or TV since the early 1990s and has been calling NBA games for ABC and ESPN since 2006.

1:41.0

He's Mike Brain and Mike is kind enough to join me here in studio for the podcast. How are you,

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