Chicago Rush Announce Broadcast Talent for 2011
April 12, 2011 - Arena Football League (AFL)
Chicago Rush News Release
CHICAGO (April 12, 2011) - The Chicago Rush announced today the 2011 television broadcast team which will feature play-by-play announcer Mike Adamle as well as color analysts Doug Buffone and Ed O'Bradovich.
"You could not ask for a better team to broadcast our Rush games this year," said Chicago Rush President and GM, Gene Nudo. "This broadcast team is not only extremely knowledgeable of the intricacies of the AFL, but they are entertaining and fun to listen to."
Veteran broadcaster, Mike Adamle, will handle the play-by-play duties for the Rush. Adamle who is currently a sports anchor at WMAQ-TV in Chicago has a deep-rooted connection to Chicago sports. After playing football at Northwestern University, he went on to have a successful seven year career in the NFL (1971-1977). Adamle returned to Chicago and played for the Chicago Bears from 1975-1977. Following his time in the NFL, he joined NBC Sports where he hosted SportsWorld and covered three Super Bowls. He previously covered the AFL for ESPN in the early 1990's. Adamle has also worked for ABC Sports, ESPN2 and WLS-TV/Chicago throughout his broadcasting career.
"I am excited to be a part of the Rush broadcast team in 2011," said Adamle. "I have been around the '50-yard indoor war' for a long time, and have had the opportunity to see many great players come through the AFL. It is great to be back in the action."
Longtime broadcast partners Doug Buffone and Ed O'Bradovich will provide the color analysis for Rush broadcasts. Buffone played 14 seasons as linebacker with the Chicago Bears, and was an inaugural member of the Arena Football League office in 1987 -1988. He recently finished 14 seasons of The Doug Buffone Show on Fox Sports Net Chicago. Buffone co-hosts the Chicago Bears postgame show with Ed O'Bradovich on WSCR-AM. He was also involved with the United States Football League and provided color commentary for the first NFL game in Europe.
O'Bradovich is a former NFL defensive end, who spent his entire ten-year career with the Chicago Bears. Prior to playing for the Bears, he played in the Canadian Football League. O'Bradovich has delivered both Mike Ditka and Dan Hampton's induction speech to the NFL Hall of Fame.
Below is a detailed Chicago Rush broadcast schedule:
Saturday, April 30 @ 7 p.m. against New Orleans VooDoo - CLTV
Sunday, May 22 @ 3 p.m. against Dallas Vigilantes - Comcast SportsNet
Sunday, May 29 @ 3 p.m. against Tulsa Talons - Comcast SportsNet
Sunday, June 26 @ 3 p.m. against Iowa Barnstormers - CLTV
Saturday, July 23 @ 7 p.m. against Milwaukee Mustangs - Comcast SportsNet
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