• The Art of the Hot Timeout

    The Art of the Hot Timeout1

    The hot timeout.  The kind of timeout that takes the fans to the next level.  They’re on their feet cheering something great from the home team, the visiting team calls timeout and the fans are carrying the noise well into the timeout.  They’re quieting down, but you’ve got a hot timeout and you should have

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  • The Art of Holding A Microphone

    The Art of Holding A Microphone0

    Holding a microphone is the most important thing an announcer has to do in order to announce.  Without the microphone, well it’s hard to announce on an amplified sound system.  There are many options when it comes to using a microphone, but holding the microphone is an art.  Well maybe not an art, but important

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  • The Announcer’s Spotlight:  Dylon Field

    The Announcer’s Spotlight: Dylon Field1

    Professional athletes always say to start young with a sport so why not with P.A. Announcing?  I started announcing in seventh grade for my brother’s youth hockey team.  The rink always left the microphone out and I decided to try it out of curiosity. Getting Started I worked with the local youth hockey teams all

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  • The ABCs of P. A. Announcing

    The ABCs of P. A. Announcing0

    Back in 2011, Tom Lemery, a P. A. announcer in Morrisville, New York wrote this poem about being a P. A. announcer and it was posted on the original SportsAnnoucing.com blog, that very few people saw.  In going back through the old posts on the site, saw it, and decided we needed to republish it.

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  • Thank You Veterans

    Thank You Veterans0

    Today is Veterans Day and a day to celebrate the men and women who have secured our freedom in the United States with their service in the U. S. military.  Thank you to all of the men & women, and their families for your service to our country. P. A. Announcement: Veterans Day  

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  • Texas Crews Ready For New Season

    Texas Crews Ready For New Season0

    The two schools share the stadium and pressbox in Harlingen, Texas and are gearing up for another season and while Harlingen and Harlingen South share a lot of the same crews, they have their own P. A. Announcers gracing the sound system at J. Lewis Boggus Stadium. Valley Morning Star:  Boggus Stadium press box crew

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