Noah Eagle | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1996-12-11)December 11, 1996 (age 28) Essex Fells, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Employers | |
| Father | Ian Eagle |
| Relatives | Jack Eagle (grandfather) |
Noah Eagle (born December 11, 1996) is an American sportscaster. The son of sportscasterIan Eagle, he is a play-by-play broadcaster forNBC Sports, calling primarily football games for theBig Ten Conference andNational Football League, as well as basketball for the Big Ten,Big East Conference,National Basketball Association, and at theSummer Olympic Games. He is also a play-by-play announcer for theTennis Channel,Brooklyn Nets, and NFL games airing onNickelodeon andNetflix.
Previously, Eagle was a play-by-play announcer for theFrench Open,CBS Sports,Fox Sports, and theLos Angeles Clippers.
Growing up, Eagle intended to follow in his father Ian's footsteps and pursue a career in broadcasting.[1] A basketball fan, Eagle would shadow his father when he called NBA games.[1]
Raised inEssex Fells, New Jersey,[2] Eagle graduated fromWest Essex High School in 2015 and attendedSyracuse University’sS. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, graduating in 2019.[1][3] At Syracuse, he showed promise as a play-by-play announcer when calling the Orange's basketball, football and lacrosse games.[1]
In April 2019, Eagle tried out for theLos Angeles Clippers TV play-by-play job, but did not get the role.[1] However, he was offered the radio play-by-play job for the Clippers, which he began in October 2019.[1]
In the summer of 2021, Eagle worked the play-by-play assignment of3x3 basketball forNBC Sports' coverage of the2020 Summer Olympics,[4] the first time the sport was played at the Olympic Games.
Eagle joinedCBS Sports in 2021 as the play-by-play broadcaster for their #2 broadcasting team for college football. His role consisted of calling games during theSEC on CBS doubleheaders and calling selectCBS Sports Network games.[5] Eagle worked in this role during the 2021 season due toCarter Blackburn, who had held that role from 2014 to 2015, and again from 2017 to 2020, being on sabbatical.
He has also called specialNFL broadcasts for CBS' sibling cable networkNickelodeon since 2021, teaming with fellow CBS sportscasterNate Burleson and Nickelodeon star Gabrielle Neveah Green on coverage of two Wild Card playoff games and aChristmas Day contest.[5] Eagle and Burleson again teamed up to call a Christmas Day game, as well asSuper Bowl LVIII during the2023 season, with Nickelodeon characters joining them in the booth.[6]
In 2022, Eagle was paired with his father's former announcing partnerDan Fouts forLos Angeles Chargers preseason games airing onKCBS-TV.[7] Eagle also moved over toFox Sports that same year, working as a play-by-play announcer for theircollege basketball coverage and later theircollege football coverage. Eagle has also spent time filling in onMLB games as a studio host for Fox. Eagle's first instance calling an NFL game on network television came in 2022 when he called a Week 6 matchup between the49ers and theAtlanta Falcons onFox, filling in for colleagueAdam Amin, who was coveringpostseason baseball for Fox.[8] On December 17, 2022, Eagle and Burleson worked the2022 Indianapolis Colts-Minnesota Vikings game forNFL Network. With the Vikings win, by a score of 39–36, in overtime, they came back from being down by 33 points at halftime for the biggest comeback in NFL history.
In February 2023,NBC announced that Eagle would be their play-by-play broadcaster for their newly acquiredBig Ten Saturday Night package, as well as their Big Ten basketball package on Peacock.[9] Eagle also returned as the Chargers preseason TV play caller in 2023.[10] In September 2023, it was announced that Eagle had joined theYES Network as an alternate play-by-play behind his father, Ian Eagle, andRyan Ruocco, thus leaving his role with the Clippers.[11] Eagle, alongsideTodd Blackledge, called theBengals-Steelers game for Week 16 on NBC, while Mike Tirico and the main NBC booth team called the Peacock exclusiveBills-Chargers game. The duo returned for the NFL playoffs on Wild Card weekend to call theBrowns-Texans game. They also called the first NFL game inBrazil between theGreen Bay Packers andPhiladelphia Eagles for Peacock on September 6, 2024.[12]
NBC announced in April 2024 that Eagle would take on play-by-play duties for theUnited States men's andwomen's basketball teams at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis. Eagle also handled the gold medal matches, which featured the United States defeating France on both the men's and women's side.[13]
Eagle was the lead play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports/Peacock at the2024 French Open tennis championships[14] and for aNetflix NFL game on Christmas Day.[15]
In February 2025, NBC announced that Eagle would be a play-by-play broadcaster fortheir NBA coverage beginning in the 2025–26 season.[16]
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | College Football on CBS Sports | Play-by-play | CBS |
| 2022–2023 | Fox College Hoops | Fox/FS1 | |
| 2023–present | College Basketball on NBC | Play-by-play (lead) | NBC |
| College Football on NBC (Big 10 Saturday Night) | |||
| Brooklyn Nets | Play-by-play (alternative) | YES Network | |
| 2024 | Tennis on NBC | Play-by-play | NBC |
| 2025–present | NBA on NBC (Peacock NBA Monday) | Play-by-play (secondary) |