Tag: Beth Mowins

Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 …

Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a “Monday Night Football” game. She will again be part of a network first when ESPN produces an NBA game announced and directed by all women. Mowins will work the Golden State Warriors-Utah Jazz game with analyst Doris Burke and reporter Lisa Salters on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). In addition, 33 other women will handle production roles on site in Salt Lake City and in the control room from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. “I think it’s exciting to kind of celebrate,” Mowins said. “There are a lot of the women that have been around the league for a while, and then others like me that are kind of new to it.”

Beth Mowins is breaking another …

Beth Mowins is breaking another barrier. The veteran play-by-play announcer will call Friday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers on ESPN alongside color commentator Jeff Van Gundy and sideline reporter Cassidy Hubbarth. In the process, she’ll become the first woman to call play-by-play for a regular-season NBA game on ESPN.

Gayle Sierens was first woman to do play-by-play on regular-season NFL game

Beth Mowins joined Gayle Sierens by doing pbp on a regular-season game

It had been a long time since a woman did play-by-play on a regular-season NFL game before Beth Mowins handled the role on Sunday’s Jaguars-Vikings contest that went to overtime.

In fact, the first woman to handle the play-by-play actually happened in 1987, some 33 years earlier.

Gayle Sierens did play-by-play for an NFL regular season football game when she called the Dec. 27 game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Kansas City Chiefs for NBC.

Sierens was going to have more opportunities but a contract dispute with WFLA prevented her from continuing in that role beyond her lone game. Having received good reviews, then-NBC Sports executive producer Mike Weisman offered Sierens six more games for the following season. But Sierens’ local NBC station did not want her to call more games and miss work. So Sierens never called another NFL game

Mowins was inspired by Sierens.

You can see Sierens on “NFL Live” in 1988 below and hear a clip of her play-by-play during the interview with Len Berman. It starts at 8:45.

Sierens’career started when she joined the Tampa NBC affiliate in 1977 as a weekend sports anchor and reporter after working with WFSU in Tallahassee while she was attending Florida State University. Sierens became the first female sportscaster in the Bay Area.

NFL reveals announcers’ schedule for Week 13

What announces have what assignments in NFL Week 13?

Week 13 of the NFL season sees a historic first as Beth Mowins will be on the call for the Jacksonville Jaguars game with the Minnesota Vikings. The week starts on Sunday and concludes on Tuesday.

Sunday. 1 p.m. ET

Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans

(CBS) Announcers: Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Charles Davis (analyst), Evan Washburn (reporter)

Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

(CBS) Announcers: Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Rich Gannon (analyst), Amanda Balionis (reporter)

Cincinnati Bengals at Miami Dolphins

(CBS) Announcers: Andrew Catalon (play-by-play), James Lofton (analyst), AJ Ross (reporter)

Las Vegas Raiders at New York Jets

(CBS) Announcers: Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Adam Archuleta (analyst)

Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings

(CBS) Announcers: Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Jay Feely (analyst)

New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

(FOX) Announcers: Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Jonathan Vilma (analyst), Shannon Spake (reporter)

Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears

(FOX) Announcers: Kevin Kugler (play-by-play), Chris Spielman (analyst), Laura Okmin (reporter) Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020 4:05 p.m.

New York Giants at Seattle Seahawks

(FOX) Announcers: Adam Amin (play-by-play), Mark Schlereth (analyst), Lindsay Czarniak (reporter)

Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals

(FOX) Announcers: Chris Myers (play-by-play), Greg Jennings (analyst), Jennifer Hale (reporter)

Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET

Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers

(CBS) Announcers: Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tony Romo (analyst), Tracy Wolfson (reporter)

New England Patriots at Los Angeles Chargers

(CBS) Announcers: Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Trent Green (analyst), Melanie Collins (reporter)

Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET

Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

(NBC) Announcers: NBC: Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), Michele Tafoya (reporter)

Monday

Washington Football Team at Pittsburgh Steelers (5 p.m.)

(FOX) Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play), Daryl Johnston (analyst), Pam Oliver (reporter) Monday,

Buffalo Bills at San Francisco 49ers, (8:15 p.m. ET)

(In Arizona, ABC/ESPN) Announcers: ABC/ESPN: Steve Levy (play-by-play), Brian Griese (analyst), Louis Riddick (analyst), Lisa Salters (reporter)

Tuesday, 8:15 p.m. ET

Dallas Cowboys at Baltimore Ravens

FOX/NFL Network: Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (analyst), Erin Andrews (reporter), Kristina Pink (reporter)

Beth Mowins to become first woman to do play-by-play on regular-season NFL game

Beth Mowins will become the first woman to do NFL play-by-play on a major network

History continues to be made by women in football.

First, it was Sarah Fuller kicking for Vanderbilt against Missouri last Saturday.

Then, Callie Brownson filled in as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Now, a time that should have come long ago. Beth Mowins will become the first woman to do play-by-play on an NFL game on a major network when she calls Sunday’s Jaguars-Minnesota Vikings game on CBS.

(Note: Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer called the 2018 Vikings-Rams game on Amazon Prime.)

 

Per Vikings.com:

Q: You will be the first female to provide play-by-play for a TV network in Vikings history – what does it mean to you to be able to break these barriers?

A: “It’s really rewarding and humbling at the same time to be able to pursue a career that you love and to be able to remember that little girl who dreamed about doing this and now being able to let it play out, and to be a part of the NFL on CBS and to call games in a place like Minnesota. When I was coming of age back in the late ’70s, early ’80s, [I was] watching the Purple People Eaters and Fran Tarkenton and Chuck Foreman, so it means a lot to be in a place that has such a rich tradition and history. And to be able to couple that with the excitement and the feel you get walking into [U.S. Bank Stadium] – the newness of it and the promise of the future. I was actually there for [Super Bowl LII], so it’s going to be real exciting for me to be able to go back there and call a game with Jay Feely.”

Q: When you called your first NFL regular-season game in 2017, Chargers-Broncos for ESPN, what were your emotions like during that experience?

A: “Oh gosh, it was really emotional. It was really exciting. To be honest with you, the build-up to the game from my perspective – my day-to-day has always been calling games and doing the research and preparing my game boards – so all of that was very much similar to any other game that I’ve done. You want to have everything ready to go and be prepared for anything so that when you get there, you can just relax and finish up your last-minute preparations and have a lot of fun with it. So that was the way that I approached it. There obviously was a lot more going on around the game with interviews and such, but I really didn’t spend a whole lot of time thinking about that until after it was over, and [I was] just feeling really good about the job our entire crew did and hoping that wouldn’t be the last time – and fortunately it wasn’t. So that was a great experience.”