The Milwaukee Bucks hired Lisa Byington as the lead announcer for their television broadcasts on Bally Sports Wisconsin… making her the first full-time female play-by-play announcer for a major men’s professional sports team.

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Byington has worked as a play-by-play announcer, studio host and reporter for CBS, Turner Sports, Fox and the Big Ten Network during her broadcasting career.

This past spring, she became the first woman in the history of CBS and Turner Sports to do play-by-play for men’s NCAA Tournament games.

Byington also does play-by-play work for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky.