Burke began her broadcasting career in 1990 as an analyst for women's games for her alma mater on radio. That same year, she began working in the same role on Big East Women's games on television, and in 1996 she began working Big East men's games. Burke has been working for ESPN one way or another since 1991. She has been a part of ESPN's coverage of the WNBA. And for many years, she was the primary radio and television voice of the New York Liberty. In 2003, Burke was named to ESPN's top men's basketball team working with Dick Vitale on the men's games and began working the sidelines for ESPN and ABC for their coverage of the NBA. In 2000, Burke became the first woman to be a commentator for a New York Knicks game on radio and on television; she is also the first woman to be a commentator for a Big East men's game, and the first woman to be the primary commentator on a men's college basketball conference package. Since 2009, she has served as a sideline reporter for the NBA Finals for ABC Sports.