EPL Commentators on NBC: March 18 to March 20

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   Tony

   March 20, 2022 at 2:10 pm

   What a lovely Sunday morning watching Forest and Liverpool ……….. And then came Twellman ! That spoiled that !!

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   Dave Churchman

   March 20, 2022 at 2:08 pm

   Arlo is so toxic these days they hid his deployment then slid him in the back door.

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   fishlipsmcgee

   March 20, 2022 at 2:02 pm

   ESPN+ Commentators from Nottingham Forest v Liverpool:

   English: Jon Champion and Taylor Twellman

   Spanish: Ricardo Ortiz and Mario Kempes

   Both off monitor (off tube) from Bristol, Connecticut

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     Tony

     March 20, 2022 at 2:07 pm

     Why can’t Twellman just say short sentences rather than going on and on and on and on about jibberish bullsh** !!!

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     Total Bummer

     March 20, 2022 at 2:25 pm

     Who the **** is running ESPN+ (US) these days?

     ESPN Chile, ESPN Colombia, ESPN Peru and ESPN Dos Mexico/Central America viewers get Juan Manuel “Bambino” Pons and Daniel Angulo for Nottingham Forest v Liverpool.

     (ESPN Argentina is airing an extended SportsCenter pre-match prior to River-Boca superclásico in order to sell “Pack Fútbol” subscriptions in Argentina instead of Nottingham Forest v Liverpool. Viewers in Argentina have to pay US$13 to watch FA Cup quarterfinals via Star+.)

     ESPN+ (US) viewers got stuck with Ricardo Ortiz and the unintelligible mumbling of Mario Kempes despite having to pay an extra $6.99/month on top of expensive cable/satellite TV bundle.

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   fishlipsmcgee

   March 20, 2022 at 12:59 pm

   Commentators for River Plate v Boca Juniors “Superclásico”

   AFA Play / Torneos y Competencias Spanish-language “world feed” to be taken by Fanatiz, PrendeTV & Paramount+ US:

   Raúl Taquini, Juan José Buscalia & Bárbara Roskin

   English-language commentators on Paramount+ are TBA

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     fishlipsmcgee

     March 20, 2022 at 5:48 pm

     English-language commentators for River Plate v Boca Juniors on Paramount+ US:

     PxP: Juan Guillermo Arango (off monitor from South Florida)

     Analyst: Peter Coates (off tube from Buenos Aires, Argentina)

     I recommend watching “El Superclásico” in Spanish even if your Spanish-language comprehension is limited.

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   fishlipsmcgee

   March 20, 2022 at 12:55 pm

   ESPN+ commentators for “El Clásico” – Real Madrid v Barcelona:

   English: Ian Darke & Steve McManaman (don’t know yet how Kasey Keller will be deployed)

   Spanish: Fernando Palomo & Hugo Sánchez

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   fishlipsmcgee

   March 20, 2022 at 12:28 pm

   NBC Sports will use Arlo White and Stephen Warnock for Tottenham v West Ham

   Source: Arlo White via Twitter

   twitter(dot)com(slash)arlowhite(slash)status(slash)1505534786990923783

   Telemundo will use Andrés Cantor and Manuel Sol if you are looking for another legal commentary option

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   John

   March 20, 2022 at 12:25 pm

   It certainly feels more like the Premier League on a weekend when Rebecca Lowe is back hosting on NBC. And wow, Arlo is calling the Spurs v West Ham match starting soon with Stephen Warnock

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8. 

   Bummer

   March 20, 2022 at 11:07 am

   @Se_encienden_las_pasiones:

   What a bummer.

   ESPN+ (US) ended up using its own Bristol, Connecticut-based Spanish-language commentators, Richard Méndez and Andrés Agulla, for Southampton v Man City instead of taking ESPN Sur (Buenos Aires, Argentina) broadcast with Juan Manuel “Bambino” Pons and Jorge Baravalle.

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   ESPN+ (US) is taking English-language world feed for Southampton v Man City: Steve Banyard and Stewart Robson.

   That means ESPN+ (US) will use Jon Champion and co-comm TBA for Nottingham Forest v Liverpool.

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   Red Devil Ed

   March 19, 2022 at 8:31 am

   Becks is back!

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    Se encienden las pasiones

    March 19, 2022 at 7:04 am

    FA Cup on ESPN+ Saturday March 19:

    1:30pm ET – Middlesbrough vs Chelsea

    English – Kay Murray will host from Bristol, CT. Pundits and reporters TBA. Commentators: Jon Champion & Taylor Twellman (off monitor from Bristol, CT)

    (Champion and Twellman will also call an FA Cup match on Sunday TBA.)

    Spanish – Jesús Humberto “Yisus” López & Francisco “Paco” Gabriel de Anda (off monitor from Mexico City)

    (ESPN Mexico will assign commentators to all 4 FA Cup quarterfinals. ESPN Sur in Argentina will only assign its own commentators for Nottingham Forest v Liverpool. ESPN+ US will NOT have its own Spanish-language commentators for the FA Cup quarterfinals, as Fernando Palomo is in Madrid to call El Clásico with Hugo Sánchez and Martín Ainstein.)

    Yisus’ signature kickoff catch phases:

    1st half: “Señoras y señores, damas y caballeros y niños y niñas… ¡Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee encienden las pasiones!”

    2nd half: “Señoras y señores, damas y caballeros y niños y niñas… ¡Se reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-encienden las pasiones!”

    Yisus also calls San José Earthquakes MLS games in Spanish for ESPN+ (US) and Star+ (Spanish-speaking Latin America), La Liga for ESPN+ (US), and the “B” game of any Liga MX Femenil back-to-back doubleheaders on ESPN Deportes (US) and ESPN+ (US) with his “duo dinámico” partner Eugenio Diaz.

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      MarkB

      March 19, 2022 at 1:49 pm

      I was just about to say how nice it is to be able to listen to John Champion without having to hear: “Tell you what, John” followed by some more of Twellman’s diarrhea of the mouth. Also, an Arlo less weekend is enjoyable.

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    cmasia

    March 18, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    Watching USA on DirecTV…

    Does anyone else notice the poor sync between video and audio?

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12. 

    Jon

    March 18, 2022 at 2:17 pm

    Sparse Premier League-wise but I’ll enjoy the FA Cup games this weekend (and Spurs/West Ham)

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