In a move that's partially news because of how outrageously long it's been since it last happened, veteran announcer Beth Mowins will call the second game of ESPN's "Monday Night Football" doubleheader on September 11. "As lifelong fans of the NFL "Monday Night Football" franchise, we want to bring the same passion to the broadcast as our predecessors have all done". Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated first reported the news.
Mowins joined ESPN in 1994 and has called college football for the network since 2005 and has done play-by-play for locally broadcast Oakland Raiders preseason games.
"She deserves this opportunity".
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The last woman to call a televised game was Gayle Sierens, on the December 27, 1987, clash between the Seahawks and Chiefs. "I'm so very happy for her, because she is the ideal person to carry that torch, not me - my torch was just like a little lighter, hers is a full-fledged torch; because she is a great example of when given the opportunity and when you have the capacity to want something and work hard like she has, that good things can happen for women in this field". Mowins has also done preseason broadcasts for the Oakland Raiders since 2015. The game's analyst will be former Jets and Bills coach Rex Ryan. I'm so happy for Beth. "They're doing this because she knows her stuff inside out, and she will be fabulous when she does this game".
Ryan, who agreed to a contract with ESPN to serve as an National Football League studio analyst after he was sacked by the Bills, previously called the Florida State spring game with Mowins, a Syracuse native who graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School and earned a master's degree from Syracuse University in 1990. There is no reason not to do it now. "It is one of things where people are making progress and that would be seen as there is no limit".
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