Geno Auriemma Lets 'Pazzi' Slip with Paige Bueckers During ESPN Broadcast

Geno Auriemma lets 'Pazzi' slip with Paige Bueckers during ESPN broadcast

Credit: ESPNIntentional or not, Geno Auriemma made a subtle reference to the relationship between Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd. Auriemma was uniquely on the call for ESPN’s broadcast of the Dallas Wings’ 88-77 win over the New York Liberty Tuesday night alongside Robin Roberts and Beth Mowins. The throwback broadcast was part of the WNBA’s ongoing celebration of its 30th season, with Auriemma and Roberts having teamed up to call the league’s fir…

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Geno Auriemma, Robin Roberts Voice True Feelings On Reuniting After 30 Years for Wings vs Liberty Broadcast

Thirty years is long enough for a league to go from an experiment to an institution. And it is also long enough for the people who introduced it to a national audience to still be around to watch it grow. That’s what made Tuesday night different. Geno Auriemma and Robin Roberts, the pair who called the WNBA’s very first ESPN broadcast in 1997, sat back down together for the Dallas Wings-New York Liberty game. The reunion said as much about how f…