{"id":33854,"date":"2022-06-02T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/espn-without-van-gundy-woj-due-to-covid\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T17:55:01","slug":"espn-without-van-gundy-woj-due-to-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/espn-without-van-gundy-woj-due-to-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN without Van Gundy, Woj due to COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - NBA Finals: Can Celtics get their first win of the series on the road? | On Site\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors, two of ESPN&#8217;s most prominent faces are reportedly set to miss coverage because of COVID-19 complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the New York Post, analyst Jeff Van Gundy and NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski will both miss the broadcasts for Thursday night&#8217;s coverage of Game 1. They join play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, who missed Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals because he tested positive for COVID-19. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Breen was replaced by Mark Jones for the broadcast of that game, a 100-96 Celtics victory over the Miami Heat.  Van Gundy and fellow analyst Mark Jackson had worked alongside Breen throughout the series, though Van Gundy&#8217;s voice sounded hoarse during Game 7 and appeared to get progressively worse as the broadcast wore on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to the New York Post, ESPN will turn to a two-person team for Thursday night&#8217;s game, where Breen &#8211; if cleared to return &#8211; or Jones will team with Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wojnarowski is a reporter known for breaking news and appears on the network&#8217;s preview show before game broadcasts, &#8220;NBA Countdown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Post reported that the hope is for Van Gundy to rejoin the broadcast before Game 2, which is Sunday in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The broadcast for Game 1 is set to start at 9 pm ET on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/28\/USAT\/e0fd5043-69f7-404f-b538-2fc988488b81-2022-05-27_NBA2.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/28\/USAT\/e0fd5043-69f7-404f-b538-2fc988488b81-2022-05-27_NBA2.jpg?crop=2838,1596,x868,y169&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors, two of ESPN&#8217;s most prominent faces are reportedly set to miss coverage because of COVID-19 complications. According to the New York Post, analyst Jeff Van Gundy and NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski will both miss the broadcasts for Thursday night&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/espn-without-van-gundy-woj-due-to-covid\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESPN without Van Gundy, Woj due to COVID<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/12\/25\/USAT\/268daacf-6e25-49c4-8d3a-576433a41e48-USP_NBA__Los_Angeles_Lakers_at_Houston_Rockets.JPG?width=660&height=496&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}