• My Life In Minor League Baseball0

    I spent 8 1/2 years working in Minor League Baseball, and before that spent a lot of time hanging around Minor League Baseball stadiums.  My dad and I went on many trips during the summer months to various stadiums, sometimes my mom would join us.  This space, I will be sharing a story, anecdote, or

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  • P. A. Announcer Spotlight: Michael Gatien

    P. A. Announcer Spotlight: Michael Gatien4

    This week we meet a 23 year-old P. A. announcer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael “Mike on the Mic” Gatien. Mike started in 2006 while a student at Pioneer High School where he’s announced baseball, softball, basketball, football, lacrosse, field hockey and soccer and is currently filling in for varsity sports. His inspiration to become

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  • PA Announcement: September 111

    Ladies and gentlemen, as we come together tonight for this athletic event, we ask that all fans please rise to recognize a moment of silence.  On this date in 2001, the United States of America was attacked in an unprecedented fashion, leading to the deaths of over 3,000 men and women in New York City,

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  • Understanding the NFHS Basketball Rules3

    My big start came in high school.  It was in high school baseball where I had all kinds of freedom because there weren’t really rules for announcers so I set my own.  Be as professional as possible.  That seemed like a good rule.  But in the 23-plus years I’ve been announcing, I have come across

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  • September Events0

    We have many events coming up in September, however they have yet to be put into our Upcoming Events system as we work on many other updates behind the scenes.  Here are our September sporting events: September 2 South County vs. Yorktown Volleyball September 4 Centreville vs. Yorktown Volleyball September 5 W. T. Woodson vs.

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  • Playlists and Resources Now Available0

    Today, Thursday, August 14, we uploaded over 50 playlists and added 29 resource links along the right side of the screen.  To view the playlists, they can be found by clicking “Playlists” at the top of the screen.  The resources links take you to pages outside of SportsAnnouncing.com. Our next project will be to post

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  • Some Updates1

    A lot of updates have been made today, including putting in placemarkers for the playlists, updating the logos, editing the background, and a lot of coding work as well.  We’re going to be adding images and pictures eventually, but right now want to get the content set up.  Eventually we hope to add sample scripts

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  • Hire An Announcer or Sports DJ0

    If you are looking to hire a P. A. announcer and/or sports DJ for any kind of event, you’ve come to the right place.  Please call (703) 398-5343 or send an e-mail to dj@sportsannouncing.com and we’ll be happy to get back to you shortly.

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  • The New SportsAnnouncing.com0

    If you’ve been with us since the first web site went online back in 2002, you know that we like to make sure we do a lot for P. A. announcers, sports DJs and game operations professionals.  Here, you will notice a drastic change in what you’ve seen before.  Please allow us some time to

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