He was born in Qin, Shanxi province, China. Wen became regarded as the first truly distinctive writer of "ci", the song-verse style of poetry that dominated Chinese poetry during much of the late Tang dynasty and the Song dynasty. Most of his poems are "boudoir"-style verses that described the opulent furnishings and gardens of solitary women and their hidden desires. This style of poetry was commonly used for romantic communications between men and women in the entertainment districts of the Chinese capital Chang'an during the Tang dynasty.
Jill Arrington
Tiffany "Jill" Arrington (born July 27, 1972) is an American sportscaster. She works for Fox Sports.
Arrington was the feature reporter on "Fox NFL Sunday" and co-hosted "NFL Under the Helmet". For the Arena Football League, she was the studio host and field reporter for the TNN Network. Arrington also worked at CBS Sports. She was the sideline reporter and court reporter for "Tennis on CBS" and "SEC on CBS" and was a feature reporter on "The NFL Today" a pregame show for the "NFL on CBS". Then she worked with Mike Tirico and Kirk "Herbie" Herbstreit for "ESPN College Football" as lead sideline reporter. Arrington has hosted programs for FOX Sports such as "Totally NASCAR", "Verizon NFL Mobile Updates", "College Football Saturday Preview," and "FoxSportsFlash". She was added to the "NBA on TNT" in 2012.
Arrington was born in Conyers, Georgia. She studied Journalism and Political Science at the University of Miami. In 2001, Arrington was voted the "Sexiest Sportscaster" by "Playboy" magazine. Arrington is the aunt of actresses Dakota and Elle Fanning.
Tim Brando
Tim Brando (born February 27, 1956) is an American sportscaster. He works for CBS Sports. He is the current preseason voice of the New Orleans Saints with Solomon Wilcots. Brando called basketball games for the LSU Tigers and LSU Lady Tigers.
He is also one of the studio hosts for College Basketball on CBS and serves the same capacity for College Football on CBS/SEC on CBS with Spencer Tillman and Tony Barnhart. He also does play-by-play for College Basketball on CBS, College Basketball on FSN, College Basketball on Raycom (formally Jefferson-Pilot) and formally with Jefferson-Pilot.
On the professional basketball side, he provided play-by-play for the Atlanta Hawks, TNT, and Turner Sports. He currently hosts "College Football Preview", "Football Saturdays in the South," and "The Tim Brando Show." He has provided play-by-play for College Football on CBS and NFL on CBS and serves the same capacity with the New Orleans Saints. Before working for CBS and Raycom, he was an anchor for SportsCenter as well as a studio host for college basketball and football on ESPN as well as providing some play-by-play for ESPN's coverage of college football. In addition to football and basketball, Brando also called Atlanta Braves games.
Gary Bender
Gary Nedrow Bender (born September 1, 1940, Ulysses, Kansas) is a retired American sportscaster. Bender has worked for CBS, ABC and TNT. While working at CBS, he covered 27 different sports. His play-by-play jobs include:
Bonnie Bernstein
Bonnie Bernstein (born August 16, 1970) is a sportscaster. She is best known for her works at CBS Sports and ESPN.
Mike Emrick
Michael "Doc" Emrick(b. August 1, 1946) is a sportscaster. He is best known for calling ice hockey games especially for the NHL. He is called The Voice of Ice Hockey.
Emrick has been a sportscaster professionally since 1973. He was hired by the Port Huron Flags. In 1977 he started to work for the Maine Mariners. Emrick then was the Devils first voice in New Jersey. He was there from the 1982–83 NHL season until 1986. In 1993, he returned to the team to replace Gary Thorne. He continued to be the team's voice until July 2011. He announced the team's 1995 Stanley Cup victory.
Emrick became the lead play-by-play announcer for the "NHL on Fox" Game of the Week. He called regular-season games and Stanley Cup Finals from 1995 to 2000. He has called eight NHL All-Star Games. He called the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
Emrick has worked on many Olympic Games. He has called both ice hockey and water polo.
He also called some National Football League and men's NCAA basketball tournament games. He called the National Lacrosse League All-Star Game and Championship Game.
Emrick received the NHL's Lester Patrick Award in 2004. He was the first of three people to get the award for media work. He got the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008. Emrick was the first member of the media to be in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. This was on December 12, 2011.
In 2011, Emrick won the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Sports Personality - Play by Play."
Dick Enberg
Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg (January 9, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American sportscaster. He was the voice of the San Diego Padres. He also announced or hosted the Tournament of Roses Parade for many years, sometimes with the help of family members.
Enberg was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan. He began his career calling games for UCLA Bruins basketball, Los Angeles Rams football and California Angels baseball.
In the 1970s, Enberg hosted the television game show "Sports Challenge". He co-produced the Emmy Award-winning sports-history series "The Way It Was" for PBS.
He broadcast for many sports and events for NBC, including the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the U.S. Open golf championship, college football, college basketball, the Wimbledon and French Open tennis tournaments, heavyweight boxing, Breeders' Cup and other horse racing events, and the Olympic Games.
Enberg received many awards and honors in his lifetime. These include 13 Sports Emmy Awards (as well as a Lifetime Achievement Emmy), nine National Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (and is in that organization's Hall of Fame), five Sportscaster of the Year awards from the American Sportscasters Association, the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Curt Gowdy Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Enberg is the only sportscaster so far to win Emmys in three categories (broadcasting, writing, and producing). In 1973, he was the first U.S. sportscaster to visit the People's Republic of China.
Curt Gowdy
Curtis Edward "Curt" Gowdy (July 31, 1919–February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He was well known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox.
In 1949 Gowdy began his Major League Baseball broadcasting career working as an announcer with Mel Allen for New York Yankees games on radio and television. In 1951 he began working for the Red Sox. He left the Red Sox after the 1965 season.
He covered the first five seasons of the American Football League with broadcast partner Paul Christman. Other sports he has called include:
Gowdy made cameo appearances in the movies "" (1988) and "Summer Catch" (2001), and his voice can be heard in "Heaven Can Wait" (1978) and "BASEketball" (1998).
In 1970, Gowdy became the first sportscaster to get the Peabody Award. He was elected to the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1985, he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. He was given the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. He received the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. He got a lifetime achievement Emmy in 1992. He was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995. He is also in many local Hall of Fames.
On October 12, 2006, the United States Postal Service building in Green River, Wyoming, was named the "Curt Gowdy Post Office Building".
A state park in Wyoming was named for Gowdy on March 27, 1972. The Curt Gowdy State Park is halfway between his highschool hometown of Cheyenne and his college town of Laramie.