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First woman to call NFL game in nearly three decades

The Oakland Raiders will be making history on Friday night in the broadcast booth where Beth Mowins will become the second female play-by-play announcer in NFL history.

Mowins, who does play-by-play work for ESPN in nearly every sport including college football, will make the call on the local Bay Area broadcast of the Raiders-Chiefs preseason game, according to the Associated Press. It will later be broadcast on the NFL Network.

From the AP:

“I think most football play-by-play announcers would love to have that opportunity so certainly I’ll try to make the most of it,” said Mowins, who has been calling college football games on ESPN for a decade.