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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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  • Scott Moak Living The Dream

    Scott Moak Living The Dream0

    Scott Moak is the P. A. announcer for the Sacramento Kings and came into the job ready to fill some pretty hefty shoes.  He started out doing high school and college games before the Kings position came open when Fred Anderson left the job. Crowning Memories: Dream Job Becomes Reality for PA Announcer He tried

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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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  • 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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  • 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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