ESPN Director Kyle Brown Dies At NCAA Baseball Tournament At Age 42
Kyle Brown, ESPN’s award-winning director, died Saturday following a medical emergency at an NCAA baseball super regional in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was 42.
Brown was stricken before Alabama was to play Wake Forest, delaying the game for two hours, USA Today reported.
ESPN reporter Kris Budden echoed a sports network statement on Sunday, saying Brown “was a deeply admired member of our production team — and highly accomplished, having captured two Sports Emmy Awards while working a multitude of sports from baseball and basketball to ‘Monday Night Football’ and college football.”
She added that Brown, who worked for the network for than 15 years, was a former Ohio State pitcher “who cherished the opportunity to have a career in sports.”
ESPN offered condolences to his wife and four children, ages 6 to 14.
NCAA Baseball coverage across ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU began at noon today with this tribute to Kyle Brown from @KrisBuddenpic.twitter.com/l4B7uuXcJT
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) June 11, 2023
Brown said in 2003 that he gave up his goal of being an orthopedic surgeon when he accompanied a neighbor, who was a director at ESPN, to an Ohio State football broadcast.
“I sat in the television truck and said ‘Man, that’s cool how they do that’ and ever since then I fell in love with it,” Brown told the school’s website.
Brown had a record of 4-0 his freshman season for the Buckeyes in 2000 and eventually pitched in 55 games, compiling an 11-3 record, an NBC affiliate reported.
