NBC Sports Boston to present an entirely feminine broadcast for net Celtics celebrating the month of women’s history Originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
NBC Sports Boston is again associated with the Celtics of Connecticut Sun and Boston this year to produce its second entirely female television in honor of the month of women’s history when Boston welcomes Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden on Tuesday, March 18.
NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics Reporter Abby Chin Will be a game advertiser by game and will be joined by a renowned sports editor and author Jackie MacMullanas well as the Connecticut Solar Guard Diamond Deshields As an analysts for live coverage.
NBC Sports Boston Kayla Burton Host Celtics before the match live,, Celtics at half-time live And Live postgame celtics. President of Connecticut Sun Jen Rizzotti And Connecticut Sun Broadcast Analyst, Celtics Scout and Maine Celtics Assistant General Manager Ashley Battle Will be studio analysts surrounding the game.
Fans can watch the match on NBC Sports Boston and broadcast on the NBC Sports application. The game cover starts at 7 p.m. Celtics before the match live.
Get to know the fully female broadcasting team of NBC Sports Boston below:
Play-By-Play: Abby Chin
Abby Chin (@tvabby) is NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics Sideline Reporter, a role she occupied for the best of a decade since he joined the broadcast in 2013. She was also the host of Celtics pregame live, celtics postgame live And Post-Up of Celtics and regularly appears on the Boston Celtics’ See from the rafters Podcast, as well as Chris Forsberg Podcast of Celtics Talk.
Game analyst: Diamond Deshields
Diamond Deshields is one of the most dynamic wings of the WNBA, known for its explosive athletics, its notation capacity and its versatility. Former player of the year of the Lycée de Naismith and All-American from McDonald’s, she led Norcross High School to three state championships before starting her college career in North Carolina. As the first year, she was appointed recruit of the year of the ACC and national recruit of the USBWA of the year before the transfer to the University of Tennessee, where she became the best marker of Lady Vols and won the honors of the first All-Sec team.
Selected third in the general classification of WNBA 2018 WNBA by the Chicago Sky, Deshields had an immediate impact, winning the honors of the All-Rookie team and solidifying as one of the highest young stars in the League. She became an all-star of the WNBA in 2019 and played a key role in the Chicago Championship race in 2021, helping to secure the very first title of the franchise. His career was marked by resilience – accusing vertebral tumor surgery in 2020 to return to court and continue to participate in the highest level. Deshields signed this off -season with Connecticut Sun.
Beyond basketball, Deshields is recognized as one of the most fashionable players in the league, with a separate style that merges haute couture and sportswear. It is also deeply engaged in philanthropy, founder The 3D Foundationwhich offers resources and opportunities for young people who are misconceptions confronted with adversity, with a particular emphasis on the health of vision and support for those who have eye conditions like Keratocconus.
With its mixture of domination in the field, cultural influence and community impact, Diamond Deshields continues to shape the game in a way far beyond basketball.
Game analyst: Jackie MacMullan
Jackie Macmullan recently retired as a television analyst and senior writer for ESPN. In April 2022, she finished a series of narrative podcast for the Ringer entitled NBA icons. She worked at Boston Globe for 19 years as a columnist, journalist and associate editor. She was the first full -time sports columnist in the history of the newspaper.
MacMullan also worked as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated from 1995 to 2000 covering the National Basketball Association.
She has won numerous national writing prizes for sports publishers of Associated Press, including first place for investigation reports, the writing of features and, in 2018, for special projects. She wrote several books: Bird watching (1999), Geno: in pursuit of perfection (2006), When the game was ours (2009) and Shaq not cut (2011). The last two were both New York Times bestsellers. She also collaborated in the 2018 book Basketball: a love storyAn oral story of the game associated with the famous ESPN film series of the same name.
MacMullan was inducted at the National Sportswriters Association (NSMA) fame in June 2022. In February 2019, Macmullan received the prestigious prize for the realization of American life from the lifespan in literary writing, becoming the first woman to be honored. In June of the same year, she was honored by the Association of Women In Sports Media (AWSM) as a winner of the Mary Garber Pioneer Award.
Pre / Postgame Live / Game Reporter: Kayla Burton
Kayla Burton (@ Kay_breezy22) joined NBC Sports Boston in 2024 after having worked for ESPN as a journalist on the touchline of university football. Kayla also spent two years at NFL Media, where she played a multi-palate-form role in NFL Network, NFL.com and the NFL application. Before his stay at the NFL Network, Burton served as a sports / news presenter, journalist and content producer for Western Mass News. Originally from Newton, in Mass., Burton was a four-year star in the Lehigh women’s basketball team.
Studio analyst: Jennifer Rizzotti
Jennifer Rizzotti (@Jenrizzotti) is the president of the Connecticut Sun team, supervising basketball and commercial operations. After a career abroad in Uconn from 1992 to 1996, Rizzotti played eight professional basketball seasons which included two WNBA titles with the Houston Comets. She spent more than 20 seasons as a coach at Hartford University (1999 to 2016) and George Washington (2016 to 2021) and was head coach of the 3 × 3 female team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She was induced in the temple of female basketball in 2013.
Studio analyst: Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle (@The_batt_zone) is a scout for the Boston Celtics and deputy director general of the team’s G subsidiary of the team, the Maine Celtics. She played five seasons for Uconn from 2000 to 2005, winning three national championships (2002, 2003 and 2004) and winning the honors of the defensive player of the year of Big East in 2003. Battle had a six -year career in WNBA with the Seattle Storm, New York Liberty and San Antonio Silver Stars (now Las Vegas Aces). It also provides color comments for Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty broadcasts.
