Matt Vasgersian (born September 28, 1967) is an American sportscaster. He works for MLB Network. He is the new pregame/postgame show host for MLB on Foxreplacing Chris Rose in the MLB Network studios. He does occasional play-by-play for Fox Saturday Baseball. He is also the lead play-by-play for Thursday Night Baseball for MLB Network. He also called baseball games for the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB on TBS, Tucson Toros, High Desert Mavericks, and baseball & softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics on NBC. His trademark was: Santa Maria! on a walk off hit, a great play, a no hitter, or a perfect game. He is also the host of Baseball IQ, MLB Network's first ever game show. He has also hosted other shows for Fox Sports Net such as Celebrity Blackjack, Sports Geniuses, Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and the International World Championships of Rock Paper Scissors. In addition to baseball, poker, and game shows, he has called Olympic games and football. Vasgersian was the announcer for ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC and anchored the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics for the NBC family. Vasgersian called one season for NBC's coverage of the XFL before it folded. He also called BCS games for Fox most notably with Terry Donahue and Pat Haden and sideline reporter Laura Okmin. Vasgersian also called NFL games for Fox from 2005 until 2009 when MLB Network launched. However, he returned for Week 17 of the 2009 NFL season. Vasgersian also called USC Trojans men's basketball for Fox Sports Net and has been a fill-in voice for UFC on FSN when Mike Goldberg was studio hosting for college football.
Dave O'Brien
Dave O'Brien is an American sportscaster for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network and ESPN. He is an announcer for college basketball games and Major League Baseball games. He was the play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves, Georgia Bulldogs football and basketball, Miami Hurricanes football and basketball, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets. He also called NBA games and MLB on ESPN Radio postseason games as well. He also called the FIFA World Cup, Major League Soccer, and the National Basketball Association for ESPN.
Al Michaels
Alan Richard "Al" Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American sportscaster. He was best known working for ABC Sports for nearly three decades. He is the lead voice of NBC Sunday Night Football. He was the daytime anchor for two Olympics: 2010 Vancouver Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. He called games for many years for the National Football League games.
Michaels has won many awards during his career, including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality (Play-by-Play Host) five times, the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association three times, and "Sportscaster of the Year" once each from the American Sportscasters Association and the Washington Journalism Review. In October 2004, Michaels was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Michaels had an acting role in a 1970 episode of "Hawaii Five-O". He has appeared as himself in the movies "Jerry Maguire" and "BASEketball", as well as on several TV shows including "Coach" and "Spin City". His call of the U.S. hockey team's victory in the 1980 Olympics can be heard in the 2004 movie "Miracle".
Dan Shulman
Daniel "Dan" Shulman (born February 9, 1967, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sportscaster currently with ESPN. He currently calls games for MLB on ESPN, MLB on ESPN Radio, College Basketball on ESPN, and NBA on ESPN. He was the TV voice of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Blue Jays. He also called NHL games for The Sports Network, a sister network of ESPN. He was a host of Prime Time Sports, calling games for the Western Mustangs football and basketball before coming to TSN or ESPN. He was also with CTV covering the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1994 World Championships of Basketball.
When Shulman was working at a baseball game in 2011, he announced Osama bin Laden's death.
The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named him the "National Sportscaster of the Year" in 2011.
Sean McDonough
Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American sportscaster. He works for ESPN. He worked with CBS Sports before. He is the son of late "Boston Globe" sportswriter Will McDonough.
He has broadcast college basketball (including 10 NCAA tournaments), college football (including the prestigious Orange Bowl game), the College World Series, the NFL, US Open tennis, 3 Winter Olympics, and golf (including 4 Masters and PGA Championships).
Johnny Holliday
Johnny Holliday (born October 15, 1937) is an American sportscaster and former disc jockey. He is a personality with Mid-Atlantic Sports Network and the radio voice of the Maryland Terrapins football and basketball. He did the pregame/postgame show for Washington Nationals telecasts until 2020, and served as a fill-in play-by-play announcer for Bob Carpenter. He also called United States Football League games for ABC Radio. Holliday has also worked for the Washington Bullets/Wizards, San Francisco Giants, California Golden Bears football and basketball, Washington Senators (as a TV Studio Host), Stanford Cardinal football and basketball, Navy Midshipmen football, and George Washington Colonials. He also covered the Olympics, boxing, and The Masters for ABC Radio. He has hosted pregame/postgame shows for the San Francisco Giants and Washington Redskins for radio coverage.
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin born March 18, 1974 is a sportscaster. He currently calls games for the St. Louis Cardinals and college basketball games for the Missouri Tigers basketball, ESPNU, and Fox Sports Net. He also has called regional college football games for ESPN. McLaughlin was a play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Blues and was a regional NFL play-by-play announcer for Fox in 2006, some involving with the St. Louis Rams. He also calls occasional Cardinals games on Fox.
Gary Thorne
Gary Thorne (born June 9, 1948, in Bangor, Maine) is an American sportscaster. He works with MASN calling games for the Baltimore Orioles. He also calls Little League World Series games for ABC and ESPN and some Major League Baseball games for ESPN. His other jobs include:
Joe Castiglione
Joe Castiglione is a radio announcer currently for the Boston Red Sox. He works with Dave O'Brien. O'Brien is now the lead announcer with Castiglione with secondary. Castiglione has worked with Jerry Trupiano for Red Sox broadcasts for many years. He also has called games for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Massachusetts Minutemen football and basketball, and the Lafayette Leopards football and basketball.
Dave Sims
Dave Sims (born February 14, 1953) is an American sportscaster.
He is the voice of the Seattle Mariners, College Basketball on Westwood One/Dial Global, and the voice of Sunday Night Football on Westwood One/Dial Global with James Lofton. Sims was a play-by-play voice for the United Football League on Versus. He hosts "Basketball and Beyond with Coach K". He was a sports anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City. Sims called college football and basketball games for ESPN and ESPN Plus. He was the preseason announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He called Philip Humber's perfect game on April 21, 2012. He also called Major League Baseball games. Sims called another perfect game in 2012, this time by Felix Hernandez. Vin Scully has called four perfect games in his career.
Brad Johansen
Brad Johansen is a sportscaster. He was the voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, but in 2011 replaced Paul Keels as preseason play-by-play announcer which he continues to do. Brad Hoard was hired to replace Johansen in the radio booth. He is also the voice of the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team as well as high school football for Fox Sports Ohio. In 2012, Johansen will call college football games for the CBS Sports Network.