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  • 12 Hours, One Game, Lots of Fun

    12 Hours, One Game, Lots of Fun0

    Ft. Dupont Ice Arena in Washington, D. C. is an anomaly.  Next door to a baseball facility in a neighborhood that would prefer basketball or football over a sport played with a stick and a puck, but it’s been there for 40 years serving the community in which it sits.  Providing a safe place for

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  • Dan Mowdy Replaced Half-Century Legend

    Dan Mowdy Replaced Half-Century Legend0

    Last week, we talked about Bob Matthews who is one of two P. A. announcers to take over for long time voices in the Patriot League.  This week, we take a closer look at Dan Mowdy who is behind the microphone at Lafayette following a man who announced 50 football and 48 basketball seasons in

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  • Illinois Basketball Has New Voice

    Illinois Basketball Has New Voice0

    Champaign, Illinois native Tim Sinclair has been selected as the new voice of Fighting Illini men’s basketball, the school announced at the beginning of the month. FightingIllini.com: Sinclair Named PA Announcer For @IlliniMBB Sinclair has already had the opportunity to get five games under his belt at the State Farm Center, however he not new

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  • Joe Wowk Earning Phans

    Joe Wowk Earning Phans0

    The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are one of the more interesting stories in the American Hockey League with how they came to wind up where they are today.  They started as the Philadelphia Phantoms, playing at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, which was located in the same parking lot as the home arena of their NHL affiliate,

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  • New Mexico Announcer Stu Walker Passes Away

    New Mexico Announcer Stu Walker Passes Away0

    Last month, Stu Walker, who could very easily be called the “Voice of Albuquerque” passed away from cancer at the age of 61. KOAT-TV: Long time Lobo PA announcer dies at 61 Walker, who was the voice University of New Mexico basketball, baseball and men’s soccer for nearly 20 seasons, was also the only voice

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  • Mattix Steps Down After 13 Seasons

    Mattix Steps Down After 13 Seasons0

    Thirteen seasons can seem like a short amount of time when compared to some of the announcers we highlight here.  We’ve seen 30, 40, and 50 years, but 13 years is nothing to sneeze at.  That’s how long most students spend in school before going off to college, but for Pete Mattix, he is stepping

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