Steve Wyche announces partnership with Atlanta Falcons Apr 13, 2021 at 09:58 AM
Sort of…
Beginning now, through the draft, through the preseason and through the regular season – and maybe postseason - I will be a contributor to the Falcons digital and broadcast teams.
To say that I am excited to join such a great group of people and bring you, the fans, national – and
inside – information and perspective, is an understatement.
I won t be moving back to The A – I ll still reside in Los Angeles – and I will still be full-steam ahead at the NFL Network. But you will see, hear and read plenty from me in this multi-media platform journey that brings me back to where so much of me still resides.
CELEBRITY JEWS: Deni Avdija s yizkor sneakers; Hank Azaria is sorry; etc – J
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Sorry Deni: It s ESPN s fault The rookie is doing just fine despite the hype
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Whatever you make of Washington Wizards TV analyst Drew Gooden’s commentary and analysis, the former number four pick dishes out some occasional insights. Take Washington’s Wednesday night win against the Orlando Magic. After play-by-play announcer Justin Kutcher enlightened us to the heavy heart Deni Avdija was playing with by giving us some backdrop on the importance of Yom HaShoah to Israelis/Jewish brethren, Drew served up the following nugget:
“Deni had high expectations coming in,” Gooden said. “There were folks talking about him possibly being a number 1 pick.”
Right, he was. And we believed those folks. Some of us did, anyway. “Shades of Luka Doncic,” we were told during the pre-draft process. And when Deni fell to us at number 9, we agreed with ESPN’s Mike Schmitz when he projected: