He began his hockey career when he played with the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. He later played with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL, and then played with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. He was signed by the Anaheim Ducks and played for their AHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks for two seasons. The Ducks didn't resign him and he signed a contract with the Nashville Predators where he mainly played on their AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. After he was named the captain of the Admirals he was called up to the Predators. He played 3 games with the Predators before he was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2007. He was waived by the Blue Jackets and was later claimed off waivers by the New Jersey Devils on October 2, 2007. After playing 44 games with the Devils, he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks on February 3, 2009.
He played 4 seasons with the Ducks before signing a free agent deal with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 1, 2012. On June 24, 2013, He won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals.
Turkish lira
The Turkish lira (Currency sign: (until 1 March 2012: TL); ; ISO 4217: TRY) is the currency of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognised only by Turkey). The Turkish lira is subdivided into 100 "kuruş".
Gus Johnson
Augustus Cornelius "Gus" Johnson, Jr. (born August 10, 1967) is an American sportscaster. He is employed by Fox Sports, Showtime, and the Big Ten Network.
He is well known for his yelling and screaming on exciting plays. He was employed by CBS Sports. He was also a play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He called Big East basketball for ESPN Plus, college basketball and college hockey for ESPN. He hosted Black College Sports Today in 1991. Johnson called Canadian Football League games for ESPN. He also called NFL games for CBS until 2011. Johnson was first paired up with Steve Tasker, then Brent Jones. He got back together with Steve Tasker in 2005 until his departure for Fox Sports in 2011.
He had sports anchor stints on KXXV-TV, WAAY-TV, WXII-TV, and WTTG-TV. He called college basketball tournaments for CBS for many years. He had many partners including Dan Bonner, Len Elmore, and Bill Raftery. He was also the radio voice and back-up television play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks. He was well known for calling Allan Houston's game winning buzzer beater to knock off the top seeded Miami Heat.
He called boxing for MSG as well as hosting Knicks GameNight and Yankees Scorecard. He was the studio host for New York Rangers telecasts. Johnson was a preseason voice in 2006 for the Buffalo Bills and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was the preseason voice of the Detroit Lions for the Detroit Lions Television Network in 2008.
Johnson replaced Steve Albert as lead play-by-play announcer for Showtime Championship Boxing and called Strikeforce for CBS Sports Spectacular. He also called games for the defunct arena football New York Dragons. He calls NFL and college football games on Fox with Charles Davis. Johnson also calls college basketball games for the Big Ten Network and worked a few road games for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee (July 22, 1965) is an American sportscaster. He is the current studio host for Fox "NFL Sunday" with Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson and Jay Glazer. He also called play-by-play for NFL Europe on NFL Network and Fox and regional NFL games for Fox. He also calls Seattle Seahawks preseason games and did the same for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the host of "The Curt Menefee Show" and "Unnecessary Roughness". Menefee was a sports anchor for KTVT-TV, WNYW-TV, and WTLV-TV. He made an appearance with Jose Mota on MLB on Fox on the May 24, 2008 game between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Chicago White Sox. He also hosted three UEFA Champions League Final matches for Fox; 2010, 2011, and 2012. Menefee also is the host of UFC on Fox. He has also provided play-by-play for "TopRank Boxing" and "ShoBox: The New Generation".
Charissa Thompson
Charissa Thompson (born May 4, 1982) is an American television host, sportscaster and model. , she worked for ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network). She has worked for Fox Sports, Fox Sports Net, and the Big Ten Network doing sideline reporting for the NFL, the BCS, college football, and college basketball. Thompson was the host of Rockies All Access and WNBA Weekly and covered sports for the Denver Pioneers. Thompson also hosted The 2007 MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade and The Baseball Report. She also hosted BCS Breakdown, Toughest Cowboy, the BCS Show, and Friday Night Tailgate for FSN as well as a co-host for Big Saturday Night for the Game Show Network as well as Big Ten's Best for the Big Ten Network. She also did reporting for Shaq vs. as well as an ice-level reporter for the NHL on Versus with Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk. Thompson hosted NFL Now Updates and Fast Track to Fame. She replaced Michele Breade as co-host of SportsNation with Colin Cowher. after when she left for NBC Sports.
Eric Clemons
Eric Clemons is a freelance sportscaster. He worked for SportsCenter as an anchor and reporter. His other jobs include:
Nick Halling
Nick Halling is a British sportscaster. He used to be an NFL broadcaster. He called NFL Europe and NFL games on Fox, making the first non-American to call an NFL game for an American television network. He also called NFL games for Sky Sports. He also does play-by-play for Channel Five's coverage of the National Hockey League. For Sky Sports, he currently does boxing and ten-pin bowling. He is a narrator for Goalissimo, The Football League Show, and The World's Strongest Man.
Krista Voda
Krista Voda (born May 31, 1974) is an American sportscaster. She is the pit reporter for NASCAR on Fox. She replaced Jeanne Zelasko. She also is the host for Speed Channel's coverage of the NASCAR Camping Truck Series as well as host of "Trackside". She was an anchor for "Totally NASCAR" as well as "NASCAR Nation". Voda has also done sideline reporting for FSN's coverage of college football and basketball as well as Fox's coverage of the BCS and the National Football League. In 2008, she was paired with Chris Rose and John Lynch for Weeks 12 and 17 of the NFL. This included the game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers.
Frank Glieber
Frank John Glieber (April 5, 1934 - May 1, 1985) was an American sportscaster. He called college football games for CBS Radio, the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns on CBS, and the Texas Rangers. While working for CBS, Glieber called National Football League, National Basketball Association, college football, college basketball, soccer, tennis, bowling, and golf. He died of a heart attack in May of 1985.
Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a machine which carries loose grain such as wheat to higher levels. It is used to get the grain into grain silos. Before grain elevators, the grain had to be carried in sacks. In some parts of the world such as Canada, the term grain elevator means more than just the lifting machine, and includes all the grain handling buildings.
Whit Watson
Whit Watson is a personality currently with Golf Channel as studio host,play-by-play announcer and reporter/interviewer for the European Tour, LPGA Tour, and PGA Tour. He also worked for Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida as a studio host and sideline reporter for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida State Seminoles and Florida Gators football. He was also the first host of In My Own Words. Watson also called high school football and basketball games for Sun Sports and FSN Florida as well as Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles football and basketball. Watson was a freelance studio host for ESPN Plus as well as anchoring SportsCenter.
Terry Gannon