P. A. Announcement: National Anthem
- PA Announcements
- January 21, 2015
There are some things, as game ops people, that bother us when others do or say something but not mean any malice when all they’re trying to do is be helpful. Nothing bothers me more than when I do a mic check and someone shouts out, “IT WORKS”. Oh, so many sarcastic comments run through
READ MOREThe majority of the events we all as announcers work, have some sort of organized media area. Be it a scorers table or pressbox, there’s typically a place for us to set-up and feel official. What happens when you arrive to a location that doesn’t have anything set-up and you’re left fending for yourself? If
READ MOREAnnouncements for every little aspect of a game can seem daunting. Thanks to our experience, we’ve put together a vlog piece below on how to deal with just that. It takes some prep time, but in the end it’s worth it to create a cheat sheet and keep it close.
READ MOREIn 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.
READ MOREWelcome to the world of sports announcing, where hockey is played indoors, football outdoors, and the announcer resides comfortably in a pressbox out of the elements, or courtside in a nice comfy chair. But what happens when that isn’t the case. In almost 25 years of sports announcing, I’ve announced in some pretty interesting places,
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