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Evolution’s clients work in and around the sports media industry on television, on radio, online and across other digital platforms. Recent activity includes…
Melanie Newman, Baltimore Orioles broadcaster and AppleTV Friday Night Baseball play by play announcer, will host several editions of “MLB Tonight” on MLB Network during December.
Sam Gore will host The 5th Set, ESPN’s first ever “whip around” show covering all the various action in the first two rounds of the 2022 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament.
Jenn Hildreth will be on the call for ESPN’s coverage of the 2022 Women’s College Cup — i.e. NCAA soccer’s semi-finals and Championship games.
Chris Doering heads to Atlanta to cover the SEC Championship Game for ESPN’s SEC Network and SiriusXM’s SEC Radio.
Steve Lappas, former head basketball coach at Villanova, UMass and Manhattan, returns to CBS Sports for the 2022-23 college basketball season on Veterans Day with the Veterans Classic featuring Houston vs. St. Joseph’s and Navy vs Princeton in a double-header.
Jenn Hildreth will be on the call for the NWSL Championship Game (CBS, Saturday 10/29/22) for the women’s pro soccer 2022 title.
Drew Goldfarb, sports gambling host/contributor, will again appear on Pittsburgh Penguins pre-game shows this NHL season on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh.
Casey Stern debuts “October Unfiltered” featuring daily live podcasts (with guests) at 12p ET during MLB Postseason on the Bleav Podcast Network.
Melanie Newman to serve as an on-site reporter for MLB Network’s coverage of the American League Wildcard.
Scott Kaplan, sports radio host at ESPN 710 in LA and Mightier 1090 in San Diego, fills-in for Jim Rome on the ROME radio show and its TV simulcast on CBS Sports Network.
Melanie Newman calls the play-by-play for the BBC’s international broadcast of the rivalry match-up between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, Saturday 9/24/22.
Jenn Hildreth is on play-by-play for ESPN’s broadcast of the US Women’s National Soccer Team friendly vs Ghana
Sam Gore begins his fall season as play-by-play announcer of Women’s College Volleyball across ESPN’s networks.
Ruben Brown, retired NFL All-Pro, joins the Bleav Podcast Network (pronounced Believe) to co-host their Buffalo Bills NFL podcast, “Bleav in Bills.”
Chris Doering returns to SEC Network’s coverage of SEC college football. In addition to studio work for the SEC Now and SEC Football Final shows, he will work opening weekend in the booth as a game analyst for South Carolina’s debut vs Georgia State. Doing will continue his work on SiriusXM’s SEC Radio, including the TV simulcast of SEC This Morning on Mondays and Fridays.
Alexandra Stevenson again joined ESPN’s talent roster for its coverage of the tennis US Open, serving as a booth commentator, studio analyst, and court-side reporter. She also appeared on First Take, This Just In, Jalen & Jacoby and ESPN Digital’s “Courtside Live” shows.
Sam Gore returns to the US Open for ESPN, where he will host DirecTV’s studio coverage, call play-by-play for ESPN and appear on its studio coverage.
Jenn Hildreth to serve as a play-by-play announcer for ESPN’s international soccer coverage of the Women’s Euros 2022 in July and the Women’s International Champions Cup in August.
Sam Gore and Alexandra Stevenson head overseas to cover Wimbledon for ESPN. Gore will host DirecTV coverage while Stevenson will be an analyst on matches and studio shows for ESPN’s linear broadcasts.
Casey Stern launches a new podcast “Unfiltered with Casey Stern” on the Bleav Podcast Network.
Melanie Newman joins AppleTV and MLB Network, and will serve as the play-by-play announcer for Friday Night MLB on AppleTV+ plus studio work for MLB Network. Newman continues with her role as a member of the Baltimore Orioles broadcasting roster.
Jenn Hildreth returns in 2022 as play-by-play announcer for the women’s pro soccer league NWSL, airing on CBS Sports.
Chris Doering renews with SiriusXM as co-host of the weekday morning “SEC This Morning” show on SEC Radio and will contribute to other programming on ESPNU Radio and NFL Radio.
Drew Goldfarb will return this baseball season to AT&T SportsNet-Pittsburgh, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain and MASN, bringing sports gambling content to respective MLB pre-game shows for the Pirates, Rockies, Orioles and Nationals.
Anna Logan will appear on ESPN platforms as host/reporter of USPA Polo series, including the US Open Polo Championship and NCAA Championship.
Jenn Hildreth renews with Raycom Sports to call play-by-play on their coverage of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Sam Gore renews with ESPN and will continue to serve as host or play-by-play announcer for various sports, including Grand Slam Tennis and NCAA basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and softball.
Melanie Newman renews with the Baltimore Orioles and will return to the broadcasting roster in various roles that include radio & TV play-by-play, host of the MASN-TV pre/post-game shows and reporter. Newman joined the Orioles in 2020 and became the first female play by play announcer in franchise history.
Sam Gore will be hosting the NCAA Women’s College Volleyball Selection Show on ESPN2, .
Jenn Hildreth will be announcing various soccer championships as the fall seasons wrap up, including the ACC Championship, NCAA College Cup and NWSL Championship.
Steve Lappas, former head basketball coach at Villanova, among other schools, returns to CBS Sports for the 2021-22 college basketball season.
Anna Logan joins the US Polo Association and will appear on their shows as a reporter/co-host.
Drew Goldfarb, sports gambling host/contributor, renews with AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and will appear on Pittsburgh Penguins hockey pre-game shows this season and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball pre-game shows in 2022.
Melanie Newman, Orioles radio play by play announcer and MASN studio host, joins ESPN to call two “Wednesday Night Baseball” MLB games on 9/22/21 and 9/29/21, the latter will make history as ESPN’s first all-female booth for MLB, NBA or NFL when she’s joined by analyst Jessica Mendoza
Jenn Hildreth, re-signs with ESPN and will continue to call play-by-play for various sports including soccer, basketball and softball.
Chris Doering, returns to ESPN’s SEC Network as a college football analyst and will again appear on the Friday and Saturday network coverage. Additionally, “CD” and co-host Peter Burns will host “SEC This Morning,” the television companion of the SiriusXM radio show, on Mondays and Fridays throughout the season.
Jenny Hazelwood, former Mississippi State Women’s Volleyball Head Coach, returns to ESPN as a women’s college volleyball analyst
Sam Gore wraps up his US Open Tennis studio hosting duties for ESPN and DirecTV but quickly jumps right into the college volleyball season as play by play announcer.
Alexandra Stevenson, 1999 Wimbledon semi-finalist and former top 20 women’s tennis pro, joins the ESPN coverage of the 2021 US Open and will be in the studio and booth for the action in both the Qualifiers and Main Draw.
Melanie Newman, Orioles radio play by play announcer and MASN studio host, follows up her recent MLB You Tube Game of the Week by joining MLB Network where she will call the play by play for their cable television broadcast of Cubs-White Sox game on 8/27/21.
Anna Logan joins Bally Sports Florida as co-host of their weekly HS Football show, “Under the Lights.”
Jenn Hildreth calls the 2021 Women’s International Champions Cup (women’s soccer tournament) on ESPN networks and internationally.
Melanie Newman, Orioles radio play by play announcer and MASN studio host, returned to call the MLB You Tube Game of the Week again on 7/20/21, which featured the first all-female broadcast team on a national MLB platform. This historic telecast received substantial media attention, including television interviews on such outlets as the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, ESPN’s SportsCenter and MLB Network’s “MLB Central.” Print coverage included the NY Times, ESPN.com, Yahoo Sports, and many more.
Chris Doering heads to SEC Media Days in Hoover, AL and will host “SEC This Morning” on SEC Network (TV) and SiriusXM (Radio) with interviews and talk about the upcoming SEC football season.
Alexandra Stevenson, 1999 Wimbledon semi-finalist and ESPN tennis analyst who just returned from covering the “Fortnight,” joins Evolution as a new client.
Jenn Hildreth joins NBC Sports for their coverage of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Jenn will call women’s and men’s soccer.
Melanie Newman, Orioles radio play by play announcer and MASN studio host, was hired to call play by play on the MLB You Tube Game of the Week — Oakland vs Texas on 6/22/21. She becomes the first female announcer since Susan Waldman in 1995 to call an MLB game for one of its national partners.
Sam Gore heads to London to cover Wimbledon for ESPN and will serve as primary studio host for DirecTV’s coverage.
Melanie Newman returns to the Baltimore Orioles broadcast roster in 2021, calling radio play by play, and hosting pre/post-game shows. Newman also appeared on MLB Network’s MLB Now just before Opening Day.
Drew Goldfarb joins MASN-TV to host gambling segments on their pre-game shows for both the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals, adding to his other baseball work on Pirates and Rockies pre-game shows (see below).
Jenny Hazelwood was recently tapped to call CUSA volleyball tournament action for ESPN+. She has also continued her volleyball analyst work with ESPN’s coverage of college volleyball spring competition, including the postponed NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament.
Sam Gore continues to cover the gamut in 2021 as he bounces from Australian Open tennis to college basketball, gymnastics and volleyball, including hosting the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Selection Show. Sam also served as the designated back up for all first and second round games of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and was recognized by The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch. [https://theathletic.com/2469967/2021/03/23/nfl-amazon-espn-fox-nbc-cbs-tv-rights/]
Chris Walker, former NCAA basketball coach and Villanova point guard, moves into the studio for CBS Sports Network’s coverage of Conference Tournaments and March Madness, after calling a full schedule of regular season games.
Jenn Hildreth is set to call NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament games for ESPN, before sliding over to college softball and NWSL soccer.
Steve Lappas returns to the NCAA Tournament and will call 1st and 2nd round games for CBS Sports/Turner Sports coverage, in addition to working the CBS Sports Network studio coverage for the rest of the Tournament, including Final Four.
Jim Nagy, Executive Director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, is back with ESPN for its 2021 NFL Draft coverage.
Scott Kaplan moves into the afternoon drive slot at ESPN 710 in LA, joining Jorge Sedano and LZ Granderson for “Sedano, LZ & Kap,” weekdays 4-7pm
Drew Goldfarb returns to AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain to host gambling segments on their pre-game shows for the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins, MLB Pittsburgh Pirates and MLB Colorado Rockies.
Jenn Hildreth, play by play announcer at ESPN and the ACC Network, shifts gears from fall soccer to winter basketball.
Steve Lappas, college basketball analyst at CBS Sports and former head coach at Villanova, UMass and Manhattan, returns to SiriusXM as a radio host/contributor.
Sam Gore, play by play announcer, enters another year with ESPN and will again cover tennis’ upcoming Australian Open, among other sports/events.
Jenn Hildreth renews with ESPN as play-by-play announcer, and will primarily cover women’s soccer, basketball and softball on the ACC Network and other ESPN platforms. [https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1311690235361853447]; Hildreth also returns to call the NWSL 2020 Fall Series schedule airing on CBS Sports.
Chris Doering, former NFL and Florida Gator WR, re-ups with ESPN and returns to the SEC Network where he’ll break down the action for SEC football on “SEC Now” and “SEC Football Final” during Friday and Saturday coverage, and will appear Monday mornings on SEC Network’s television simulcast of SiriusXM’s “SEC This Morning.” [https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/1309553311939526659]
Jenny Hazelwood, former Mississippi State women’s volleyball coach and player, returns to ESPN as a TV analyst for the 2020 women’s college volleyball season.
Melanie Newman’s 2020 regular season MLB debut in the Orioles broadcast booth cemented her place in history as the first female booth announcer in team history and one of only four women overall in MLB [One of the others, Jenny Cavnar (Colorado Rockies), is also an Evolution client.]
Scott Kaplan joins ESPN-710 in Los Angeles to host weeknights, 7p-10p, and returns to the San Diego airwaves with the re-launch of the Mightier 1090AM, which will now air his San Diego based show in afternoon drive, 3p-7p. Kaplan will now be heard regularly in these two major southern California markets.
Drew Goldfarb signs with AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain to host sports gambling content during the Penguins (NHL), Pirates (MLB) and Rockies (MLB) pre-game shows.
Jenn Hildreth will call the action for the CBS Sports coverage of the NWSL’s upcoming return-to-play tournament, the women’s professional soccer league’s month-long event to be held in Utah during June-July 2020, following the suspension of play due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Melanie Newman gets called up to the majors, joining MASN and the Baltimore Orioles broadcasting roster after paying her dues as a host, reporter and play-by-play announcer in the minors. Melanie will have multiple roles with the team’s television, radio and digital coverage.
Jim Nagy, Executive Director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, returns to ESPN as an NFL Draft analyst.
Sam Gore renews with ESPN for play-by-play and/or hosting duties on tennis, college basketball, college gymnastics, college volleyball, etc.
Drew Goldfarb joins AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh as a contributor to their Penguins pre-game show where he will provide gambling analysis for games around the NHL.
Bobbie Bohlig joins Fox Sports North as a reporter and social media host in addition to her role as football host/reporter for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Kevin Knocke, an ESPORTS industry veteran, has launched a new podcast on the Westwood One Podcast Network: Esports 30 with Kevin Knocke (http://www.westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/esports-30-with-kevin-knocke/)
Ashley Stroehlein joins WCNC-TV in Charlotte as a sports anchor/reporter, following a five-year run at Charlotte’s WBTV. Ashley will also serve as a sideline reporter for NFL Network’s coverage of CUSA college football this fall.
Chris Doering, ESPN/SEC Network college football analyst and SiriusXM SEC/ESPNU Radio personality, returns to SECN for the 2019 college football season, and adds weekly Monday morning appearances on “SEC This Morning,” the TV simulcast of SiriusXM’s SEC Radio morning drive show (7a-10aET).
Jenny Hazelwood, former Mississippi State player and head volleyball coach, returns to ESPN and SEC Network as a women’s college volleyball analyst.
Casey Stern renews with Turner Sports, where he will continue as a studio host for NBA TV, MLB Postseason on TBS and March Madness.
Jenn Hildreth expands her role at ESPN by joining ESPN’s new ACC Network, where she will call play by play for various sports, including college soccer, basketball and softball.
Andy Pollin, long-time DC sports radio personality, joins WMAL, the new ESPN Radio station in Washington, DC.
Jenn Hildreth rejoins the broadcast booth as play by play announcer for the women's professional soccer league, NWSL, which will move from Lifetime to ESPN in 2019.
Jenn Hildreth returns to FOX Sports for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup as a play by play announcer, a role she also held in 2015.
Ashley Stroehlein of WBTV in Charlotte has been honored for a second consecutive year with the 2019 GRACIE Award by the Alliance of Women in Media for local sports news feature.
Jim Nagy, Executive Director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, joins ESPN as an NFL Draft analyst.
Jenn Hildreth joins ESPN to call women’s softball in the spring of 2019.
Steve Lappas, CBS Sports college basketball analyst and former head coach of Villanova etc, returns to call the 2019 NCAA Basketball Tournament for CBS and Turner Sports.
Anna Logan, a sports anchor/reporter most recently with KGWN in Cheyenne, WY, has joined WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, FL in the same capacity. She makes a giant leap in market size, moving up from #197 to 37.
Chris Doering returns to ESPN with a new multi-year deal, serving as a college football studio analyst on the SEC Network. Chris will be front and center on Friday nights and Saturday for all the college football action before, during and after the games. Chris also begins his first college football season with SiriusXM as host for SEC Radio and ESPNU Radio.
Ashley Stroehlein, sports anchor/reporter from WBTV in Charlotte has made live appearances on CBS Sports Network’s TOPS NFL pre-game show, reporting on the Carolina Panthers match-ups.
Jenn Hildreth re-upped with ESPN for it’s college soccer coverage. Jenn will continue her role as play by play announcer on SEC Network and ESPNU, plus she’ll call the action for the women’s college soccer national championship— the College Cup.
Jenny Hazelwood renews her contract with ESPN and will again serve as a women’s college volleyball analyst for SEC Network and ESPNU. Jenny is the former head volleyball coach at Mississippi State.