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ESPN Splits NFL Play-by-Play, Adds Global Game Broadcasts

6/12/2026

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ESPN will split play-by-play for eight non-Monday Night Football games between Dave Pasch (play-by-play) and Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), while Joe Buck (NFL play-by-play) and Troy Aikman (analyst) stay as ESPN’s NFL duo.
Chris Fowler (commentator) will leave NFL play-by-play while Laura Rutledge (host) moves to NFL duties for Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles next February.
Five games—including the Colts-Commanders game in London—will air on NFL Network in London, Paris and Madrid.

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ESPN will split play-by-play for eight non-Monday Night Football games between Dave Pasch (play-by-play) and Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), while Joe Buck (NFL play-by-play) and Troy Aikman (analyst) stay as ESPN’s NFL duo.
Chris Fowler (commentator) will leave NFL play-by-play while Laura Rutledge (host) moves to NFL duties for Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles next February.
Five games—including the Colts-Commanders game in London—will air on NFL Network in London, Paris and Madrid.