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  • Jack Lloyd, Voice of Notre Dame Passes Away

    Jack Lloyd, Voice of Notre Dame Passes Away0

    John “Jack” Lloyd, who was the longtime P. A. announcer for University of Notre Dame basketball and football, passed away on September 17.  He was 79. We recently ran a story about current football announcer Mike Collins who just announced his 200th Irish football game. SportsAnnouncing.com: Notre Dame’s Mike Collins to Announce 200th Home Game

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  • Father’s Day in August

    Father’s Day in August0

    Every announcer has that name that they’ve looked forward to announcing for one reason or another.  I’ve announced for Cal Ripken and Brooks Robinson.  Ripken was coaching a game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards that I was announcing, and until earlier this summer, was the highlight of my announcing career. In June, my son,

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  • Lane Grindle Makes Debut for Nebraska

    Lane Grindle Makes Debut for Nebraska0

    Lane Grindle made the transition from play-by-play booth to P. A. booth in Nebraska’s hope opener on September 5.  Grindle, a radio man by nature, hadn’t done P.A. since his high school days in Hastings, Iowa. With short preparation for his new gig, he studied two to three hours of old HuskerVision game film that

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  • Meeting the Voice of the Fargodome

    Meeting the Voice of the Fargodome0

    Dan Michaels is the voice of the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota.  Recently, Josh Francis of the Grand Forks Herald had the chance to sit down with Michaels to get an inside look at this 17-year announcing veteran. Grand Forks Herald: The voice of the Fargodome speaks Question that Francis posed to Michaels include, “How

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  • Longevity and Tradition in Elk Grove, IL

    Longevity and Tradition in Elk Grove, IL0

    Some schools have to find a new P. A. announcer every year or two.  Some get lucky and find someone who can be the voice of the team for half a decade or more, but Ken Grams of Elk Grove (IL), he’s been at is half a century. Grams has had plenty of experiences behind

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  • Notre Dame’s Mike Collins to Announce 200th Home Game Tonight

    Notre Dame’s Mike Collins to Announce 200th Home Game Tonight0

    Congratulations to Mike Collins, the voice of the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, who will be announcing his 200th football game tonight when Texas visits Notre Dame Stadium. The Observer: Mike Collins to announce 200th ND home game Collins began his Notre Dame announcing career on September 19, 1982, when the Irish defeated Michigan in

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