Does this mean that coop will no longer be doing Westwood One games or will he still do those and no longer do his show on ESPN?
I wonder who made the desision. If it was Scotty Mas, then congrats...you FINNALY got something right. Chances are, it wasn't.
Another note, did ESPN ever get another Executive Producer/APD since Stennaford bailed?
> > > Didn't know if this was posted or not, but here it is:
> > >
> > >
>
http://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/2005_06_tv_schedule.html> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is the excerpt that pertains to us:
> > >
> > > "Calling all the action on both UPN-21 and FSNSW
> telecasts
> >
> > > are Bob Ortegel and Mark Followill. Ortegel begins his
> > 18th
> > > season as the Mavericks TV analyst and first season
> paired
> >
> > > with Followill. Followill joins the TV broadcast this
> > season
> > > doing play-by-play after spending four years as the
> > > play-by-play voice for the Mavericks on ESPN Radio 103.3
>
> > FM.
> > >
> > >
> > > New to the Mavericks broadcast crew is Chuck
> Cooperstein.
> > > Cooperstein enters his first season as the play-by-play
> > > voice of the team on ESPN 103.3 FM. He has been a
> regular
> > on
> > > the Dallas/Fort Worth sports scene since 1984 and has
> been
> >
> > > an anchor on ESPN 103.3 FM since the station’s inception
>
> > in
> > > 2001. For the last two years, he has hosted the
> Mavericks
> > > Insider and Mavs Talk. He will continue to host
> > > "SportsNight" weeknights on ESPN Radio. Brad Davis will
> > join
> > > Cooperstein on the radio broadcasts. He begins his
> eighth
> > > season as the color analyst."
> > >
> >
> > Makes sense since All Access reported today about Matt
> Pinto
> > moving to LA the story is as follows:
> >
> > CLEAR CHANNEL Talk KTLK-A (PROGRESSIVE TALK AM 1150)/LOS
> > ANGELES names MATT PINTO as radio play-by-play voice,
> > replacing MEL PROCTOR, who became the radio voice of the
> > WASHINGTON NATIONALS this Spring. PINTO has been serving
> as
> > TV voice of the DALLAS MAVERICKS for four seasons and did
> > the team's radio broadcasts before that; when a CLIPS game
>
> > is not televised, TV team RALPH LAWLER and MICHAEL SMITH
> > will move to radio and PINTO will get the night off.
> >
> >
> > So I congratulate the HIGH AUTHORITY Chuck Cooperstein,
> and
> > Mark Followill as they are both TICKET ALUMN and have
> moved
> > on-- and Mark will now prove most of totally wrong---
> since
> > he DOES have the face for TV-- and not just another pretty
>
> > voice-- (just kidding MARK)...
> >
> > Good move by the Mavs... Chuck is probably the BEST play
> by
> > play voice I have heard in many years, I know the networks
>
> > have used him for College basketball during March
> Madness..
> > and of course a couple of stints of TCU Hoops and other
> > teams in and around the metroplex...
> >
> > I applaud both of you!
> >
> > Just a thought!
> >
>
>
>
> Yeah I heard about it on the Ticket also, Pinto apparently
> applied for the LA Lakers Radio or TV gig (can't remember
> which one) and didn't get it, so he decided to do the part
> time gig with the LA Clippers.
>
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