Tag: Jon Champion

Jon Champion absolutely nailed the call for the USWNT winning the Paris Olympics gold medal match

Jon Champion gave the USWNT the winning call it deserved.

The United States women’s national team won Saturday’s gold medal match over Brazil, cementing it as a historic day for American soccer.

It was such an electric match throughout, one where USWNT forward Mallory Swanson scored the lone goal for either team.

With this the first gold for the USWNT in 12 years, you had to hope the NBC Sports broadcast would bring it if the team was successful in bringing home the hardware.

Thankfully, broadcaster Jon Champion was up to the challenge.

He delivered such a memorable call of the closing moments, one that highlights how sweet it really was for the USWNT to finally get back to the gold medal match and win it outright.

While Swanson’s goal was easily the broadcast moment of the match, Champion’s outstanding call certainly deserves a ton of credit.

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Jon Champion named lead NBC play-by-play voice for Premier League

Champion will replace Peter Drury, who is taking over as Sky’s main Premier League commentator in the UK

NBC Sports has announced that Jon Champion will take over as the lead play-by-play voice for the network’s Premier League coverage.

Champion joins NBC after spending 14 years at ESPN, where he most recently served as lead commentator for the network’s coverage of MLS and the U.S. men’s national team. He has also called nine World Cups, including the 2022 event for ITV.

At NBC, Champion will be assigned to the highest-profile Premier League match of the week, which takes place in the 11:30 a.m. ET window across NBC, Peacock and USA Network.

“For decades, Jon has been a distinguished voice of football matches around the world,” Pierre Moossa, coordinating producer of NBC Sports’ Premier League coverage, said in a press release. “We are excited to welcome him to our NBC Sports team and back to the Premier League.”

Champion takes over from Peter Drury, who is replacing Martin Tyler as Sky’s main Premier League commentator in the UK. Drury will still work for NBC, calling the Saturday 12:30 p.m. ET matches on NBC and Peacock.

“I’m thrilled to join NBC Sports,” Champion said. “I’ve been an avid viewer of their Premier League coverage whilst living in the U.S. for the past four years, so it is with great excitement that I return to calling the weekly drama of the world’s most exciting football competition.”

The 2023-24 Premier League season kicks off on the weekend of August 11-13. It will be NBC’s 11th season as the exclusive U.S. media home of the Premier League.

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