Monday’s Warriors game was a momentous one, but not because the Dubs snapped their four-game skid against the visiting Chicago Bulls. Over on the radio broadcast, for the first time ever, the Warriors’ call was led by a team of women.
Kerith Burke hosted the pregame, halftime, and postgame shows; Kate Scott and Mary Murphy called the game; Chiney Ogwumike was on the pregame Coach’s Show with Steve Kerr; Whitley Sandretto handled on-site reporting; and Taneka Smothers managed the production’s audio for the broadcast on 95.7 The Game and the Warriors Radio Network.
To tip it all off, Dub Nation heard form Tim Roye, the voice of the Warriors on the radio for the last 26 years, as he welcomed everyone to the groundbreaking broadcast. “Tonight, I’m taking a step back and not working the broadcast,” he said in a recorded message.
“But as I step back, we all take a step forward,” said Roye as the women took over the mic headed into Monday night’s production.
Following shootaround on Monday, Stephen Curry took a moment to congratulate the women on the “very awesome opportunity” and wished them good luck on their historic feat.
The women were locked in and ready to call the action, with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Kerith Burke opening the night. At tipoff, Kate Scott joined Mary Murphy on the mic for play-by-play analysis throughout the game.
“The Globetrotters got nothing on Stephen Curry,” Kate Scott declared as two-time MVP Stephen Curry posted 14 of his 32 points in the third frame.
It was a groundbreaking night at Chase Center as the Warriors featured an all female radio broadcast for the first-time ever, capping off Women’s Empowerment Month on Warriors Ground.