Ian Eagle enters his fifth year as play-by-play announcer for Dial Global’s Thursday Night Football coverage. For the past five years, Eagle has also called the action for Dial Global’s coverage of the SEC Basketball Championship and the Regional Semi-Finals and Finals of the NCAA Tournament. Eagle is primarily known for his work with CBS Sports, calling NFL games and NCAA Basketball games since 1998. He also has served as the play-by-play announcer for the NBA’s New Jersey/Brookyln Nets television broadcasts since 1995, after having called play-by-play for radio broadcasts the previous year. He was the play-by-play radio voice for the New York Jets in 1997 and hosted Jets pre- and post-game shows on WFAN from 1993 to 1996. Eagle joined WFAN Radio in New York in 1990 as a producer and debuted as host of his own show in 1992. Eagle was awarded the Bob Costas Award for Outstanding Sportscasting while attending Syracuse University.

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East Regional Final: (4) Syracuse 55 – (3) Marquette 39

03/30/2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the first time since winning the school's lone National Championship in 2003, the Syracuse Orange are headed back to the Final Four. With another suffocating defensive...

Marquette Interviews: Vander Blue and Buzz Williams

03/30/2013

WASHINGTON, DC - Marquette has a chance to lay down a marker for the new Big East on Saturday when they take on a conference rival that won't be one after this season in Syracuse. The Golden...

Syracuse Interviews: Jim Boeheim and Michael Carter-Williams

03/30/2013

WASHINGTON, DC - With Syracuse and Marquette taking the floor with a spot in the Final Four on the line, the East Regional will be all about the Big East on Saturday afternoon. The teams met only...

(3) Marquette vs. (4) Syracuse in Washington, D.C.

03/30/2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Elite Eight tips off Saturday at 4 PM Eastern as third-seeded Marquette squares off with #4 seeded Syracuse. The two longtime rivals won't be members of the same conference...

East Regional Semifinal: (4) Syracuse 61 – (1) Indiana 50

03/29/2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – They emerged atop what was widely considered the best conference in America this season, and enjoyed two separate stints as the nation's #1 team...but none of that could prepare...

East Regional Semifinal: (3) Marquette 71 – (2) Miami 61

03/29/2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under the brightest spotlight either team has played in years, one squad rose to the occasion, while the other came up woefully short. The 3rd-seeded Marquette Golden Eagles...

Miami-Marquette and Indiana-Syracuse in D.C.

03/28/2013

WASHINGTON, DC - Brackets were busted across America thanks to Florida Gulf Coast, La Salle and Wichita St. But at the East Regional, it’s all chalk. In action Thursda­y night, it’ll be #2 seed...

Indiana’s Tom Crean on taking on Syracuse in the Sweet 16

03/27/2013

WASHINGTON, DC - After beating Temple in Dayton last weekend, things don't look like they'll get much easier for the Indiana Hoosiers as the East Regional takes over the Verizon Center in...

Marquette’s Buzz Williams on buzzer-beaters and playing Miami

03/27/2013

WASHINGTON, DC - Suffice it to say, nobody pushed the easy button ahead of third-seeded Marquette’s exploits last weekend in Lexington. First, it was Vander Blue’s bucket at the buzzer that...

AFC Divisional Highlights: Patriots 41 – Texans 28

01/13/2013

FOXBORO, MA – Tom Brady threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns as the New England Patriots beat the Houston Texans 41-28 to set up an AFC Championship Game rematch with the Baltimore...

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