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  • After 56 Years, Bailey Retires

    After 56 Years, Bailey Retires0

    Herb Bailey has been announcing longer than most P. A. announcers have been alive, and now he’s ready to click off the microphone one last time as the 80-year-old is ready to call it a career for this South Carolina announcer. When people hear Georgetown, they think of the basketball powerhouse in Washington D. C.,

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  • Philadelphia Announcers Inducted into Hall of Fame

    Philadelphia Announcers Inducted into Hall of Fame0

    Two long-time Philadelphia P. A. announcers were inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame last month, along with several great athletes. NJ.com: Philly athletes to be inducted into city’s Sports Hall of Fame Lou Nolan, the current Philadelphia Flyers P. A. announcer, along with the late Dave Zinkoff, former P. A. announcer for the

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  • Marriage Proposals, Birthdays, Forgiveness???0

    When you announce long enough, you’ve had the chance to announce birthday’s, anniversaries, and maybe even a marriage proposal (even your own!).  But this one comes out of Ireland where apparently a gentleman upset his wife, in a big way.  So what did he do to apologize? Yeah, he turned to the P. A. announcer

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  • Spencer Bowen Takes Mic at Cal

    Spencer Bowen Takes Mic at Cal0

    Spencer Bowen is the new voice of basketball at UC Berkeley, taking over from Eddy Kleinhans who’d served in the role for the last 15 years. Normally, we don’t report firings or dismissals from jobs, however linking to this article could have been confusing, so we posted the original article below.  We will, however, post

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  • Jeff K of the Dallas Stars Talks With Fans

    Jeff K of the Dallas Stars Talks With Fans0

    The internet is a great place, and it allows people to connect in ways they couldn’t before.  Jeff K, the announcer for the Dallas Stars, in-stadium host for the Dallas Cowboys, and long-time Dallas-Fort Worth DJ took some time about three weeks ago to talk with Dallas Stars fans via Reddit for an ask me

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  • Announcer, Scorekeeper and Cookie Baker

    Announcer, Scorekeeper and Cookie Baker0

    It’s not uncommon for an announcer to keep score, run the scoreboard, or even open a penalty box door when needed, but bake cookies?  Yes, that’s what Diana Thomas was asked to do by current NHLer Tanner Pearson upon receiving a penalty.  Well, kind of. “Tanner would lean over and have a bite so the

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