ESPN’s Hubie Brown, 91, retiring after calling one more game in legendary career

Legendary basketball announcer Hubie Brown, 91, is calling it quits after this year.

The longtime coach first started broadcasting games after he was fired by the Hawks in 1981.

“We are going to give Hubie one last sH๏τ on a game,” ESPN Burke Magnus said on Jimmy Traina’s “SI Media” podcast.

Hubie Brown coached the Knicks in the mid-1980s.
Hubie Brown coached the Knicks in the mid-1980s.

“He deserves that. We think the world of him. I think it’s absolutely remarkable the level he still calls games at age 90-plus.”

It is unclear when that last game will take place, but it seems like a celebratory final game is in the works for Brown.

“I don’t mean to be purposely mysterious here, but we’re going to honor Hubie this year during the regular season at some point to be determined and send him off in style,” Magnus said.

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