Steve Buckhantz was in the hospital when the dagger came. The decision itself was only so surprising. Really, Buckhantz had a strong suspicion that he’d called his final Wizards game in the ...

Three years since they last broadcast a Washington Wizards game together, Steve Buckhantz and Phil Chenier are reuniting for a podcast series to share stories from their two decades as on-air ...

Announcer Steve Buckhantz has known for some time that Chenier’s 33-year run was coming to a close, but that didn’t stop him from getting emotional while paying tribute to his on-air partner ...

Tuesday’s announcement that NBC Sports Washington would replace veteran Wizards’ play-by-play announcer Steve Buckhantz (who’d held that role for the past 22 years with the Wizards and their ...

Steve Buckhantz — Chenier’s longtime partner and close friend — has known about the move for months, so he wasn’t surprised. Still, he understood the reaction. “I’m sad I’m going to ...

Steve Buckhantz is wondering whether he should have gone to Winston-Salem. He didn’t, and he doesn’t have a firm reason, though to hear him describe his current setup — on a beach in ...

(Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press) Some Wizards baskets prompt a “Dagger!” call from Steve Buckhantz, but some require a decibel-raising “DAGGER!!” The play that won the game for ...

Last night’s missed shot by Trevor Ariza fooled just about everyone on the planet, and led to the first ever retracted “dagger” by Steve Buckhantz in D.C. sports history. From Dan’s post ...

Steve Buckhantz was only minutes away from calling Phil Chenier a “motherfucker.” Chenier, the Wizards’ former color commentator who worked alongside Buckhantz in the booth for 20 years ...

Kutcher will replace Steve Buckhantz, who called Wizards games for the past 22 years and whose return has been in doubt since the network opted not to exercise his contract option in March.

Former Washington Wizards play by play announcer Steve Buckhantz and color analyst Phil Chenier will be together for an alternate broadcast of tonight’s Wizards vs. Bulls game. You can watch ...