Sports Media Digest- June 25, 2012

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ NBA Draft on ESPN This Thursday- For the tenth straight year, ESPN will be providing live coverage of the NBA Draft. The draft takes place this Thursday beginning at 8:00p.m. ET. Rece Davis will serve as host with analysts Jay Bilas, Jeff Van Gundy, Chris Broussard, college basketball reporter Andy Katz and NBA reporter Ric Bucher. In addition, Mark Jones will conduct interviews with Draftees once they’re announced and Heather Cox will interview players and their families in the NBA Draft green room. ESPN Radio will also have coverage of the draft, with Marc Kestecher serving as host with analysts Will Purdue and Doug Gottlieb. ESPN will televise a one-hour draft preview Wednesday at 7:00p.m. ET. Golf’s Biggest Newsmakers to Appear on Feherty- David Feherty will have a wide range of guests on his Feherty program the rest of this season. The next episode, tonight at 10:00p.m. ET on the Golf Channel, will feature golf super-agent Andrew “Chubby” Chandler, founder of England-based International Sports Management. Among the guests on the program between now and the end of July include Fuzzy Zoeller and legendary commentator Peter Alliss. ESPN has ESPY Nomination Special- ESPN will present the ESPY NOmination Special this Wednesday at 11:00p.m. ET. portsNation co-hosts Colin Cowherd and Charissa Thompson will host the one-hour show that will also relive some favorite ESPY moments of the past. Rob Riggle, host of this year’s ESPYS, will make a special guest appearance on the show to help Cowherd and Thompson debate and discuss the categories and nominees. Seattle at Washington WNBA Match-up Tomorrow- WNBA action returns to ESPN2 tomorrow night at the Seattle Storm visit the Washington Mystics. Game coverage begins at 7:00p.m. ET with Terry Gannon on play-by-play announcer with analyst Carolyn Peck. Cindy Brunson will anchor the halftime studio coverage from Bristol, Conn.