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Meghan McPeak

Meghan McPeak

Canadian play-by-play broadcaster

Meghan McPeak is a Canadian basketball play-by-play broadcaster, currently calling games for the Washington Wizards of the NBA. She previously called games for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA and the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. She became the first female broadcaster to call an NBA game in over 30 years when she called a pre-season Washington Wizards game in October 2018.[1][2]

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Career

McPeak studied radio broadcasting at Humber College in Toronto, while playing as a point guard on the college's women's basketball team.[3][4]

In 2015, she became the first female play-by-play broadcaster in the NBA G-League when she was hired by the Raptors 905.[5] With the Raptors, she also hosted pre-game and post-game shows for the NBA team. In 2018, she was hired by the Washington Wizards to call games for their G-League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.[6]

In 2022, she joined CBS Sports as a play-by-play announcer for college football, calling UConn games. [7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Meghan McPeak has better grasp on role of trailblazer as female Black broadcaster". CBC. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. [2]
    Buckner, Candace. "'Women don't do this': Meghan McPeak becomes one of the first to call NBA play-by-play" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. [3]
    Ewing, Lori (23 February 2017). "Canada's Meghan McPeak is D-League's only female broadcaster with Raptors 905". The Globe and Mail.
  4. [4]
    "From Mac to the NBA: Meghan McPeak's journey in broadcasting". The Silhouette. November 29, 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Hamilton's Meghan McPeak makes her U.S. basketball broadcasting breakthrough". The Hamilton Spectator. October 17, 2018 – via www.thespec.com.
  6. [6]
    "WNBA broadcaster Meghan McPeak discusses the impact of athletes walking out on games". CBC. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  7. [7]
    "CBS SPORTS UNVEILS 2022 COLLEGE FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER LINEUP FOR CBS SPORTS NETWORK". Paramount Press Express. August 23, 2022 – via www.paramountpressexpress.com.


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