Longtime Rockets broadcaster Bill Worrell will reduce his schedule to home games and selected road games on Root Sports Southwest this season, and radio broadcaster Craig Ackerman will assume TV play by play duties for most Rockets road games, the network said Wednesday.
Worrell, 72, said the schedule change will enable him to lighten his travel responsibilities while continuing his association with the pro team with which he has most been identified across five decades as a broadcaster in Houston.
"I want to continue my association with the Rockets, because I think they're close to getting back to being a force in the league and I would like to be a part of that," Worrell said.