Doris Burke
Liberty Television and Radio Analyst

Doris Burke joined MSG Network in 1997 as radio analyst for the WNBA's New York Liberty alongside Gus Johnson. In 1998, Burke added the responsibility of television analyst to her resume and was part of the MSG team that was nominated for a New York Emmy award for "Outstanding Live Sports Coverage."

Burke has been and continues to be a female pioneer in the broadcasting world. On February 9, 2000, she became the first woman to serve as a an analyst for a New York Knicks game on MSG Network, and she continues to serve in a back-up capacity for TV and radio. In 1999-2000, she became the first woman hired as a regular commentator for a men's basketball package when she came on board the coverage team for the Atlantic-10. Burke is also a regular contributor to NBATV.com.

After her career as a player, Burke served as an assistant coach for her alma mater (1988-90). As assistant coach, her primary focus was player development, recruiting, conditioning, summer camps, and acting as a liaison to campus departments and offices. During her tenure, Providence College teams amassed a 49-16 record and won the Big East Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 1990. On June 13, 1999, Burke was inducted into the Providence College Hall of Fame.

In 1990, Burke moved to the corporate world while pursuing her master's degree in education. At the same time, Providence became the first New England school to broadcast women's basketball on commercial radio and the natural choice for the analyst spot was Burke.

Since then, her broadcasting career has moved upward. She began calling basketball games on New England Sports Network (NESN) in 1990. The following season she worked some men's games on NESN and was tabbed by ESPN for the NCAA Division II Championship. In 1992, she became the analyst of Big East women's basketball on television and called a pair of Providence men's games on radio as well. In 1993, Burke served as analyst for the Penn State Television Network and began to take on an expanded broadcasting role at ESPN. In 1995, she worked as analyst on the Atlantic-10's women's package and served as analyst for the ECAC men's and women's games of the week. That same year, she became the first woman ever to call a Big East Conference men's game while working the Big East Game of the Week from Providence.

In the summer of 1997, Burke was hired as the radio analyst of the New York Liberty and in the fall, she added the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's package and a number of MAAC men's games to her resume. She made her first CBS appearance that same year, working the Stanford/Oregon game. Over the past three years, Burke has called NCAA Tournament games, conference tournaments, All-American games, NIT games, and in-season games for ESPN. Last season, she called men's basketball on ESPN/ESPN Regional as well. In 1999, she worked as an analyst on ESPN's coverage of the WNBA Eastern Conference Playoffs.

Basketball has always been a constant for Burke, beginning as early as elementary school. In her senior season at Providence College, Burke was named Female Athlete of the Year, First Team All-Big East and District All-American, and was selected to the Big East and NIT All-Tournament Teams. For a second consecutive season, she led the Big East in assists and ranked 15th nationally. Over her stellar career at Providence, Burke was a two-time All-Big East Tournament choice, a two-time All-Big East player, a three-time league Player of the Week, and had recorded the most career assists and free throws in the Big East at the time of her graduation. For Providence College, she set marks in career assists and free throws and is currently ninth in total scoring (1,372 points).

Burke lives in Baltimore, MD, with her husband Gregg, daughter Sarah and son Matthew.