Tag: Kevin Brown

Blue-chip offensive lineman ‘loves’ Florida, receives offer after recent visit

“Florida is definitely up there.”

A four-star offensive tackle made a visit to Gainesville during spring practices, and he liked what he had to see.

The Florida Gators are well into their spring practice sessions, which is the typical time for the football program to welcome in top recruits in hopes to reel them in as part of the 2025 recruiting cycle.

Four-star offensive tackle [autotag]Kevin Brown[/autotag] recently paid a visit to Gainesville from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and based on the interview conducted with On3, Brown seems very elated about an opportunity being available at UF.

Brown made his rounds on UF campus and even got a gander at all the facilities that are available to student-athletes.

“I was really just being toured around campus and loved that,” Brown said. “It’s a beautiful campus and I love how old school it feels; it feels homey like family. The weather was awesome too.”

“Their facilities, man,” Brown continued. “They’re top tier and you can tell they put a lot of money into it. It’s top-notch for Division I colleges, so that’s what stood out. Also, the weight room and their recovery stood out too, it’s crazy,

Brown was able to squeeze in a few conversations with members of the Florida coaching staff, including offensive line coach Rob Sale. The young recruit was overly impressed with Sale, and said he’d be interested in training under him.

The blue-chip recruit is still making his rounds to top colleges in the nation but Florida is apparently toward the top of Brown’s list.

“Right now, I’m still trying to see what D1 colleges are all (about),” Brown said. “What I’ve came up with, they are all nice enough and I’m trying to see where I fit in with these colleges.”

“Florida is definitely up there,” Brown concluded. “I love Florida.”

The prospect from Harrisburg High School (Pennsylvania) is a four-star offensive tackle according to both On3 and 247Sports, ranking as the No. 91 overall recruit in the nation and No. 13 at his position.

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Rutgers football recruiting: Pennsylvania offensive line standout Kevin Brown gets an offer

Rutgers football sent out an offer to Kevin Brown on Thursday.

An offer went out on Wednesday to Kevin Brown, an offensive tackle prospect from Pennsylvania.

Brown is a 16-year-old athlete who is coming off an impressive season for Harrisburg (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). The class of 2026 recruit already checks in at 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds.

This past fall, he was named to Pennsylvania’s 6A All-State football team.

Rutgers is the fifth Power Five program to offer Brown, who also holds offers from Penn State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia.

His impressive frame along with good movement and agility are a reason why Brown is already racking up significant offers. According to 247Sports, Brown is a four-star offensive tackle who is the No. 91 recruit in the nation in his class.

He is ranked the third-best overall prospect in Pennsylvania in the 2026 class.

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On Thursday evening, Brown posted on X (the social media formerly known as Twitter) about his offer from Rutgers. He tagged his high school coach as well as [autotag]Pat Flaherty[/autotag], who is the Rutgers offensive line coach.

 

Flaherty had been an offensive line coach in the NFL for over two decades. He won two Super Bowl rings while with the New York Giants.

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Flaherty’s time with the Giants was significant as his job coaching the unit was significant in turning the team into a Super Bowl champion.

Orioles announcer Kevin Brown’s call of team’s AL East win brought down the house

Kevin Brown was the perfect person to call his historic moment in Orioles history.

The Baltimore Orioles just clinched the AL East and earned the top seed in the AL playoffs in a 2-0 home win over the Boston Red Sox, and team broadcaster Kevin Brown was the perfect person to ring in the moment.

Brown, of course, earned one of the stupidest suspensions you’re likely to ever see from Orioles management this summer after he commented on a statistic about Baltimore’s previous losing streak to the Tampa Bay Rays during a broadcast.

The broadcaster got reinstated quickly after intense outcry, and he got to hit the nail on the head with the hammer with how he got Orioles fans excited for this important moment for the MLB franchise on Thursday night.

Brown also broke out his awesome Blink-182 impression as he celebrated with the Baltimore locker room.

For all the nonsense that Brown had to deal with in the summer with his ridiculous mini-suspension, it’s great to see him in his element as he delivered one of the most important broadcast calls in Orioles history.

Orioles announcer Kevin Brown perfectly sang like Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge during blowout loss

It’s so nice to have Kevin Brown back in the broadcast booth.

Baltimore Orioles play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Brown was in the news for an unfair suspension earlier this month, but now, it’s for much better reasons.

Brown was recently suspended by the Orioles for pointing out the franchise struggled against the Tampa Bay Rays. It was a dumb saga. Fans of the team and fellow MLB broadcasters around the league defended Brown, and he has now returned to the broadcast booth.

Fortunately back on the call, Brown is already providing gems even during games in which Baltimore is getting blown out. Here is Brown providing an incredible impression of Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge (while the Orioles trailed the Padres, 10-0) for color commentator Ben McDonald:

If you’re anything like me, once he got that lyric out, your brain already rushed to complete the rest of the song and you were shouting, “Don’t waste your time on me you’re already the voice inside my heeeeeead.”

Even if not, though, it’s just nice to have the announcer back. Brown, who paid tribute to the late Michael K. Williams from The Wire in 2021, is clearly equipped and ready with the best pop culture references.

But it’s fun to learn that he is also probably great at karaoke as well.

(Pro tip: Pop punk songs like Blink’s “I Miss You” are often crowd favorites during karaoke singalongs.)

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Kevin Brown releases statement before return from Orioles suspension: ‘We’re all good here’

The Orioles broadcaster spoke out after his awful suspension from the team’s broadcast.

The Kevin Brown saga in Baltimore is over, but won’t be forgotten.

The play-by-play announcer was suspended by the Orioles for the worst reason — for pointing out the franchise’s struggles against the Tampa Bay Rays before a MASN game. Fellow broadcasters spoke out immediately, rightfully ripping Orioles ownership for the move, and fans made sure to have their voices heard with “FREE KEVIN BROWN!” chants.

Brown will reportedly return for Friday’s game, and the broadcaster released a statement on X that told “everyone [to] disregard the distracting noise of the past few days,” and that reports of any bad relationship with the O’s are untrue.

Here’s what he said:

 

Orioles fans lead ‘Free Kevin Brown!’ chant at Camden Yard amid broadcaster suspension controversy

Orioles fans led a “Free Kevin Brown!” chant at Camden Yards on Wednesday night.

Baltimore Orioles fans are letting ownership know how badly they messed up after the organization suspended play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown for pointing out a baseball statistic on-air.

Yes, it was that stupid and absurdly petty for the Orioles to suspend Brown for literally doing his job, as he simply pointed out that the Orioles lost 15-straight road series to the Tampa Bay Rays before snapping the streak last month.

As you could imagine, the Orioles have received tons of criticism for the inexplicable move, with broadcasters across the MLB calling out the idiocy of suspending a broadcaster for stating a fact about the team they cover.

Well, Orioles fans have jumped into the conversation as they led a very loud “Free Kevin Brown!” chant at Camden Yards on Tuesday night during Baltimore’s evening tilt with the Houston Astros.

You could even hear it clearly on the game broadcast while the announcers discussed everything but the chant that was going on in the background.

For the Orioles to be having such a fantastic season, you’d really have to screw up royally to get the fans this upset. Well, suspending your play-by-play guy for stating a baseball fact will do that.

Brown will reportedly be back in the booth on Aug. 11, ending one of the most embarrassing controversies in sports this year.

However, hopefully the Orioles brass learns that you can’t just suspend someone that works for you because they point out an unflattering statistic about your team that has since gone away.

Doing something that silly will unite everyone in disgust and frustration.

MLB broadcasters across the league blast Orioles’ announcer suspension during Monday games

Multiple MLB broadcasters took shots at the Orioles during Monday’s games.

Broadcasters across Major League Baseball are taking shots at the Baltimore Orioles after the suspension of MASN announcer Kevin Brown.

On Monday, a report from Awful Announcing revealed that Brown — a reporter for the Orioles’ main broadcaster MASN — was apparently suspended indefinitely for factually reporting the team’s poor road record against the Tampa Bay Rays. Headed into late July, the Orioles had previously lost 15 straight road series to the Rays. The Orioles snapped that streak by taking three out of four games in their most recent series.

However, despite Brown reporting the facts — with the statistic in the team’s game notes and accompanied by a graphic the broadcasting team made — he was reportedly suspended indefinitely. MLB fans were furious at the news and not long after, broadcasters began to voice their frustrations with the Orioles and team CEO John Angelos.

Here is a running list of all the MLB announcers who blasted the Orioles’ decision to suspend Brown during Monday night’s slate of games.

Yankees broadcaster went off on the Orioles after announcer’s ‘disgraceful’ suspension

Michael Kay had some harsh criticism for the Orioles after broadcaster Kevin Brown’s suspension.

The Baltimore Orioles are catching a lot of flack from baseball fans at large after the erroneous suspension of MASN reporter Kevin Brown. And now New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay has jumped into the fray as well.

On Monday, a report from Awful Announcing revealed that Brown — an Orioles play-by-play broadcaster for the local broadcast MASN — was apparently suspended for pointing out Baltimore’s streak of road series losses to the Tampa Bay Rays. While the Orioles snapped the 15-series streak in late July, Brown was reportedly suspended indefinitely for the pregame comments, even though they were part of the team’s game notes and were accompanying a graphic made by MASN itself.

The outcry about Brown’s suspension has gotten so loud that even long-time Yankees announcer Kay had his feathers ruffled over the incident as well. On Monday’s episode of The Michael Kay Show, the announcer ripped into the Orioles for their “disgraceful” suspension of Brown.

It’s no wonder Kay’s so heated. All Brown did was do his job as a broadcaster for the Orioles, yet was suspended for stating actual facts about the team that were in the game notes, no less.

Here’s how MLB fans reacted to Kay’s passionate rant against the Orioles and CEO John Angelos.