People & Personalities: Mariners Talking To Reynolds

Mariners VP/Communications Randy Adamack said that if former Harold Reynolds, who was recently fired from ESPN, “would be interested, he could add the Mariners to the list of companies with an interest in him.” Adamack said he spoke last week with Reynolds, who played 2B for the Mariners from ‘83-92, “on a personal level” and the two “agreed we’d talk again” (SEATTLE TIMES, 8/3).

BLACKHAWKS: The Blackhawks signed Dan Kelly to a four-year deal as their play-by-play announcer on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Kelly will team with analyst Eddie Olczyk. Kelly, who began his broadcasting career with the Blue Jackets in ’97, is the son of the late Dan Kelly Sr., who called Blues games for 21 years, and the brother of current Blues announcer John Kelly (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 8/3). Kelly will continue calling games for HDNet “on nights he doesn’t have a conflict with the Blackhawks, mimimized by the Hawks’ reluctance to televise home games.” Kelly replaces longtime play-by-play announcer Pat Foley as the club splits its TV-radio simulcast (DAILY HERALD, 8/3).

CAVALIERS: The Cavaliers bought out the remaining two years on the contract of TV play-by-play announcer Michael Reghi and hired former Pistons TV play-by-play announcer and WDIV-NBC sports anchor Fred McLeod as his replacement. Cavaliers President Len Komoroski said that TV analysts Scott Williams (FSN Ohio) and Austin Carr (WUAB-UPN) “will stay in their current roles.” In Cleveland, Roger Brown writes the hiring “represents the latest move by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, a Michigan native and longtime Pistons season ticket holder, to add Detroit influences to the Cavs organization” (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 8/3).

NOTES: Stephen Bardo of Chicago’s WBBM-CBS has signed a multi-year deal to join ESPN as a color commentator and studio analyst for college basketball (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 8/2)....Rogers Sportsnet hockey analyst Nick Kypereos, who has been with the network since its launch in October ’98, has signed a multi-year deal to remain as an analyst on “Hockeycentral” and “sportsnetnews” (Rogers Sportsnet).