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Connecticut Sun announce partnership with NESN

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LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 9: WNBA analyst Rebecca Lobo reads "If You Hopped Like A Frog" to children during the Read to Achieve Caravan Event at Miles Elementary School on February 9, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and /or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 9: WNBA analyst Rebecca Lobo reads "If You Hopped Like A Frog" to children during the Read to Achieve Caravan Event at Miles Elementary School on February 9, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and /or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)

NESN will televise 23 Connecticut Sun games during the 2019 season

On May 17 the Connecticut Sun announced a partnership with NESN, who will televise 23 of the team’s games on NESN and NESNplus this season.

This additional coverage benefits both the Sun and NESN, who already broadcast Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins games.

“This new partnership is tremendous for the Connecticut Sun and its loyal fan base … With 23 games locally on NESN combined with our national coverage, we can now showcase our exciting brand of basketball in households across New England,” said Amber Cox, Vice President of the Connecticut Sun, in a press release.

Rick Jaffe, NESN’s Vice President of Programming and production, said in a press release, “We are excited to team up with the Connecticut Sun to add WNBA basketball as another staple to NESN’s summer programming lineup … By adding the Sun to our lineup this summer, we now have elite women’s sports on NESN 12 months a year.”

The games will be called by top-notch talent including Bob Heussler as play-by-play for all home games and Sarah Kustok, Rebecca Lobo, Kim Adams, and LaChina Robinson as color analysts.

This will be Heussler’s 17th season with the sun, though he has over 30 years of play-by-play experience.

Kustok is YES Network’s primary analyst for the Brooklyn Nets and this will be her third season with the Sun.

Lobo, an analyst for ESPN, wrapped up her playing career with the Sun in 2003, has served as an analyst frequently since her retirement.

Adams, who played at the University of Pennsylvania, is a national college basketball analyst and sideline reporter for Fox Sports, SNY and Westwood One Radio.

Robinson has served as an analyst with ESPN since 2009 and has also served as an analyst on Fox Sports one and NBA TV for both NCAA and WNBA games.

NESN’s first broadcast will be May 28 when the Sun host the Indiana Fever. The full broadcast schedule can be found below.
NESN’s first broadcast will be May 28 when the Sun host the Indiana Fever. The full broadcast schedule can be found below.

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