GameNight


GameNight is a weekend evening sports talk radio show on ESPN Radio hosted by a variety of ESPN hosts and contributors, most notably hosted by John Seibel, until he left ESPN in 2009. GameNight is regarded as being the flagship series of ESPN Radio, being the network's first long-form program and airing every night since the network's 1992 debut until July 21, 2008. On that day, the weeknight run was replaced by Football Tonight and SportsCenter Nightly, which was later replaced by The Freddie Coleman Show, followed by Freddie and Fitz/Freddie and Fitzsimmons. Now the show airs weekends from 10pm–2am. The program features in-game updates, guests ranging from superstars to experts, and in-depth analysis on the day's sports stories. It is broadcast from ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.
Guests on GameNight over the years include Mel Kiper Jr., John Clayton, Chris Mortensen, Ric Bucher, Tim Kurkjian, ·and Eric Byrnes. Jeff Rickard currently is the fill-in host. The most notable former host is Chuck Wilson, who was on the program from its debut to July 2005, when his contract expired and was not extended. Other former hosts include sports personalities such as John Seibel, Doug Gottlieb, Keith Olbermann, Tony Bruno, and Mike Tirico.
ESPN Radio SportsCenter airs every thirty minutes throughout GameNight.
A local version of GameNight also airs on CHUM 1050, the flagship of TSN Radio, from Tuesday through Saturday nights.
Several ESPN Radio affiliates do not air this show but instead use GameNight as the brand of their own local evening shows, including:
Note: These shows don't air during play-by-play live coverage
StationTimeDayHosts
ESPN Chicago7 p.m.–10 p.m.WeeknightsJonathan Hood
ESPN Dallas6 p.m.–8 p.m.WeeknightsNathaniel Newton Jr., Tim MacMahon, Clarence Hill Jr., Mark Elfenbein, Matt McClearin, and DJ Ringgenberg
ESPN 92.91 hour before Grizzlies gamesWeeknightsGary Darby
ESPN 101.36 p.m.–7 p.m.WeeknightsBrady Farkas

Past

Personalities

Until late 2006, GameNight was heard nightly 7pm–1am ET. The program was featured full of segments including: "The Starting Lineups" at the top of every hour, "GameNight Recycles" at the top of the last hour, "The Last Word" at the end of the fifth hour, "Studs and Duds" at the end of the last hour, "Tomorrow's Headlines Tonight" at the end of the fifth hour, "Sound Off" in the middle of the fifth hour, and "Choice Cuts" at the end of the last hour.
Throughout the program, the hosts were also joined by contributors from around the nation giving live in-game updates of a variety of odd sporting events. They were also joined by players after their games to discuss what happened in their game and what they are thinking.
Beginning in late 2006, GameNight was cut back to four hours to make room for The Pulse with Doug Gottlieb, who left GameNight to host his own show.
In 2008, the show was removed from its 10pm ET to 2am ET on weeknights and replaced by Football Tonight and SportsCenter Nightly. The show now airs from 8pm to 1 am on Saturday & Sunday night with John Seibel hosting.

Segments