• 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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  • Cancer Not Holding Back Thompson

    Cancer Not Holding Back Thompson0

    Bobby Thompson got news he didn’t want to hear on Valentine’s Day in 2014, that he has colon cancer.  The following September he was told it wasn’t curable.  That hasn’t stopped him from his role with Garden Plain High School as the P. A. announcer for basketball and football. The Wichita Eagle: Bob Lutz: Garden

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  • UMass Football Has A New Familiar Voice

    UMass Football Has A New Familiar Voice0

    Experience is important for announcers, and spending 10 years as the play-by-play voice of Leominster High School football has led to an NCAA football P. A. announcer position for Todd Robbins when the Minutemen of UMass were looking for a new voice behind the mic. Sentinel & Enterprise: Leominster native lands job with UMass football

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