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[bmfc1]

SI.com has learned Fox Sports has constructed a new NFL announcing team for the 2013 season. SportsNet New York broadcaster Kevin Burkhardt will call play by play with current Fox Sports staffer John Lynch serving as his analyst. (Credit Newsday ace Neil Best for first reporting Fox would likely use Burkhardt, who has done terrific work as a reporter and announcer for the Mets, somewhere on its football coverage.) Erin Andrews is also likely to serve as a sideline reporter on a handful of NFL games this fall and very likely with this group, though her first priority is hosting Fox's college football studio show. When contacted Sunday afternoon by SI.com, Fox Sports president Eric Shanks declined to comment on any NFL broadcasting moves. The broadcasting depth for the NFL on Fox needed upgrading, so the hiring of Burkhardt -- who currently serves as the radio play-by-play voice for the Cowboys' national broadcast on Compass Media Network -- is a smart move. Shanks and other Fox executives have previously said they view every NFL announcing group below Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver as the potential No. 2 team at the network.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20130602/espn-nba-countdown-bill-simmons-vs-tnt-inside-the-nba/?sct=hp_wr_a3&eref=sihp

[Ceetar]

bmfc1 wrote: Shanks and other Fox executives have previously said they view every NFL announcing group below Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver as the potential No. 2 team at the network. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20130602/espn-nba-countdown-bill-simmons-vs-tnt-inside-the-nba/?sct=hp_wr_a3&eref=sihp

shame because I consider that their no. last team. Screw 'em.

good for Kevin.

[TransMonk]

Good for Kevin, indeed.

He should aim for Buck's job.

[Lefty Specialist]

TransMonk wrote: Good for Kevin, indeed. He should aim for Buck's job.

I don't think he'd be good at blocking the plate, but I'm willing to bet Kevin's wished he could smash a whipped-cream pie in Jordany Valdespin's face on occasion.

[Edgy MD]

I'm guessing he won't be lasting much longer as the Mets' sideline reporter.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm guessing he won't be lasting much longer as the Mets' sideline reporter.

we'll see I guess, but he was doing the radio broadcasts on Sunday's for the Cowboys anyway, so..