The Arizona Cardinals have announced another addition to their broadcast team, although it is only for the preseason. They announced Wednesday that Sam Acho would be the analyst for the TV broadcast of the team’s three preseason games.
This comes on the heels of the announcement that former Cardinals offensive lineman A.Q. Shipley would be the team’s new radio analyst for game broadcasts.
Ron Wolfley was previously the radio analyst and, for preseason games, the analyst for the team’s television broadcasts, but he stepped down after 20 years, wishing to have more time with his family on weekends.
Acho was a fourth-round pick of the Cardinals out of Texas in 2011 and played nine years in the league, the first four with the Cardinals. He is also an ESPN analyst, focusing mostly on college football.
The Cardinals will broadcast all three of their preseason games on television on CBS-5. Dave Pasch, the team’s radio play-by-play announcer, will call play-by-play for the first two preseason games on television with Acho. Dani Sureck will be the sideline reporter for the TV broadcasts.
Pasch, who also is a college football announcer for ESPN, will not be available for the Aug. 23 preseason finale against the Las Vegas Raiders, so Paul Calvisi, normally the sideline reporter for the radio broadcast team, will call play-by-play with Acho as the analyst.
While Pasch is working the TV broadcast, Calvisi will call play-by-play on the radio for the first two preseason games with Shipley. Craig Grialou will replace Calvisi on the radio for the game against the Raiders.
2025 Cardinals preseason schedule
- Kansas City Chiefs at Arizona Cardinals: Saturday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. Arizona time)
- Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncos: Saturday, Aug. 16, 9:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. Arizona time)
- Las Vegas Raiders at Arizona Cardinals: Saturday, Aug. 23, 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Arizona time)
The Cardinals-Broncos and Raiders-Cardinals preseason games will also air on NFL Network.
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