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  • Staying Warm When Announcing Hockey

    Staying Warm When Announcing Hockey0

    Every winter there are thousands of hockey parents across North America who trudge to ice cold arenas to take their kids to practices and games, hoping to stay warm. There’s a much smaller number who do it to help entertain those in the stands along with those on the ice putting themselves in the middle

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  • Sometimes It’s OK to Be A Fan

    Sometimes It’s OK to Be A Fan0

    When Alex Ovechkin scored his 500th career NHL goal last Sunday, I was working the game and had to follow certain rules which include “no cheering”.  We’ve all, at some point, have seen or heard “No cheering in the pressbox” but the position that I work from is in the seats and surrounded by fans. 

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  • Announcing For Rivals

    Announcing For Rivals0

    In the sports world, there are rivalries.  Red Sox-Yankees, Bruins-Canadians, Cowboys-Redskins, etc.  In amateur sports, some of these rivalries can really get nasty between the schools as the battles go back over 100 years.  For announcers who work high school, college or minor pro sports, you can run into these rivalries several times a season. 

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  • It’s Our Responsibility

    It’s Our Responsibility2

    One of the responsibilities of the P. A. announcer is the disseminate information for the crowd in a quick and concise fashion.  Fans don’t want to wait a long time to hear a basket, penalty, foul, play recap, etc. and it’s on the announcer to properly communicate the information fans need to know. “My whole

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  • New Year’s Resolutions

    New Year’s Resolutions0

    We all set New Year’s Resolutions, so here are some of ours: Get to at least 10 different college sports events to hear the announcers and see how they run their promotions.  Make contacts with all of those schools and offer to assist with an announcer if needed. Maintain an average of one new post

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  • Happy New Year, Please Be Safe

    Happy New Year, Please Be Safe0

    One of my most lasting memories of being a kid was going to see the Binghamton Whalers play at the Broome County Memorial Arena, or “The Arena” as it said on the side of the building.  Typically, my dad would take me, and once my cousin Chad came along.  The Whalers were a split affiliate

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