Chris Miller and Drew Gooden Set to Make Regular Season Debut Oct. 19 With Sideline Reporter Meghan McPeak
WASHINGTON, DC – NBC Sports Washington today announced its coverage of the 2022-23 NBA season of the Washington Wizards, highlighted by live coverage of 81 regular season games, comprehensive game day programs, the team’s upcoming preseason game at Charlotte and extensive multi-platform content on NBCSportsWashington. com and the MyTeams app.
Chris Miller begins his first year on a play-by-play duty after 15 years of Wizards coverage with NBC Sports Washington. Miller will be joined by color analyst Drew Gooden, who is entering his fourth year on the broadcast. Meghan McPeak will take over as the broadcast’s sideline reporter after four years of calling play-by-play action for the Washington Mystics and Capital City Go-Go’s on NBC Sports Washington and Monumental Sports Network. McPeak will continue her play-by-play duties for the 2023 Mystics season.
“We are excited to announce our new on-air talent team during this first season of Wizards basketball on NBC Sports Washington under Monumental Sports & Entertainment ownership,” said MSE President of Media & New Ventures Zach Leonsis. “Chris, Drew and Meghan are great ambassadors for our team and will be great hosts for the exciting, innovative and entertaining broadcasts we want our fans to enjoy.”
NBC Sports Washington will feature live coverage of 81 of the Wizards’ 82 regular-season games and two preseason matchups, beginning with Washington’s trip to Japan and a matchup with the Golden State Warriors on Sept. 30. The first national broadcast of NBC Sports Washington from the Washington. preseason will be Oct. 10, when the Wizards head to Charlotte to face the Hornets. Regular season coverage begins with the Wizards’ opener in Indiana against the Pacers on October 19 (7:00 p.m.).
This season, NBC Sports Washington will once again surround Wizards games with the live game programs Wizards Pregame Live and Wizards Postgame Live to provide news, analysis and commentary for half an hour before and one hour after each game. The shows will be hosted by Wes Hall and feature a stable of expert voices, including former Wizards Jason Smith and Tony Massenburg as well as longtime Wizards insiders Glenn Consor and Christy Winters-Scott. Miller, Gooden and McPeak will also appear on the pregame and postgame shows.
NBC Sports Washington’s live coverage, including pregame and postgame shows, will continue to be available to authenticated subscribers on the MyTeams app and NBCSportsWashington.com.
Extensive digital content covering the Wizards and the NBA will continue to be provided across NBC Sports Washington’s digital properties. Exclusive news, analysis, commentary and information will be available daily from Wizards reporter Chase Hughes and a team of multi-platform content creators.
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of NBCUniversal’s 67% stake in NBC Sports Washington from Comcast Corporation in September. MSE, which acquired 33% of NBC Sports Washington in 2016, now has full ownership of the regional sports network.
