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NBA Broadcaster to Make ESPN History During Game

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FILE — This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for ESPN on a remote control, in Portland, Ore. The sports media giant announced Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2020, that it is cutting about 500 jobs from its global workforce and laying off approximately 300 employees. The company said the cuts are due in large part to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business and the “tremendous disruption in how fans consume sports.” (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, FIle)

Beth Mowins is doing what no one woman has done before her.

The play-by-play announcer will reportedly call tonight’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers on ESPN alongside color commentator Jeff Van Gundy and sideline reporter Cassidy Hubbarth.

Beth Mowins will become the first woman to call play-by-play for a regular-season NBA game on ESPN.

In 2017, she became the first woman to call a national broadcast of an NFL game when she did play-by-play for a Denver Broncos-Los Angeles Chargers “Monday Night Football” matchup alongside commentator Rex Ryan.

Mowins’ colleague Doris Burke became the first woman to work as a full-time NBA in-game analyst at ESPN during the 2017-18 season.

Sounds like some real progress is being made.

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