{"id":849791,"date":"2026-06-07T02:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/849791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T02:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T02:36:14","slug":"steve-levy-roasts-raiders-in-stanley-cup-final-game-3-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/849791\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Levy roasts Raiders in Stanley Cup Final Game 3 preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During halftime of Saturday\u2019s WNBA game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Las Vegas Aces, the ESPN on ABC broadcast went to Steve Levy and Erik Johnson to preview Saturday night\u2019s Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>It was recently revealed that Johnson has <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/erik-johnson-vegas-stanley-cup-final-games-3-4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">joined ESPN\u2019s coverage of the Stanley Cup Final<\/a> for Games 3 and 4 in Las Vegas. <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/erik-johnson-hired-game-analyst.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN hired Johnson as an analyst last October<\/a> after he spent 17 years as a player in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVegas just seems to have the winning formula,\u201d Johnson said, alongside Levy in Las Vegas. \u201cFour titles in the last four years between the Aces and the Golden Knights. All they do is win here in Vegas, it seems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levy, a veteran ESPN anchor, used that as an opportunity to clown the city\u2019s NFL team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo mention of the Raiders, of course,\u201d Levy quipped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Erik Johnson: \u201cVegas just seems to have the winning formula. Four titles in the last four years between the Aces and the Golden Knights. All they do is win here in Vegas, it seems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve Levy: \u201cNo mention of the Raiders, of course.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6326P3FxVU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6326P3FxVU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports TV News &amp; Updates (@TVSportsUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TVSportsUpdates\/status\/2063359347640430611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even the WNBA crew couldn\u2019t believe that the Raiders were \u201ccatching strays\u201d from Levy on an NHL report.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders are coming off being tied for the NFL\u2019s worst record at 3-14 in 2025 and have had losing seasons in four straight years. They have yet to win a playoff game in their seven seasons in Las Vegas (and last won a playoff game in the 2002 season, when they went to the Super Bowl as the Oakland Raiders).<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps having Tom Brady as a minority owner and 2026 No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza at quarterback will turn the Raiders around and prevent as many future jokes like the one Levy made.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During halftime of Saturday\u2019s WNBA game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Las Vegas Aces, the ESPN&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":849792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[344280,3107,18922,4144,535,293,62,305664,67,132,68,3116],"class_list":["post-849791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-2026-stanley-cup-final","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-erik-johnson","tag-las-vegas-aces","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-steve-levy","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116706501307517498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}