Doris Burke and Doc Rivers named to ESPN and ABC’s top NBA crew

FILE - NBA ESPN announcer Doris Burke looks on before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, March 4, 2020. ESPN let NBA analyst Mark Jackson go Monday, July 31, 2023, with two years remaining on his contract. With Jeff Van Gundy also being laid off in late June, ESPN is expected to replace them with Burke and Doc Rivers, people close to the move told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)Doris Burke will become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues.

ESPN announced Monday that Burke and Doc Rivers will join Mike Breen on…