Bleed Cubbie Blue · Dec 27, 2019
A few more words about the Marquee Network, which will launch in less than 2 months
Eight weeks from tomorrow, Saturday, February 22, 2020, the Marquee Sports Network is supposedly going to be carrying the Cubs’ first spring-training game, against the Athletics at Sloan Park, at 2:05 p.m. CT.
And yet, there has been no official announcement of the channel’s launch date and little information on who will be on its air, save for Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies calling games when they happen. Last week, this information surfaced on one possible on-air host:
Chicago media news: hearing NFL Network anchor Cole Wright is expected to be the face of Cubs studio coverage on the new Marquis network. Wright grew up in the Chicago area.