Tim Ryan (sportscaster)

Tim Ryan (born May 16, 1939 in Canada) is an American sportscaster. He lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Tim started his career at CFTO as an assistant sports director. While he worked there he called games for the Toronto Marlboros  as well as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts home games.

In 1977, Ryan began working at CBS. There Ryan called games for the NBA on CBS from 1977–1983, NFL on CBS from 1977–1993, College Football on CBS from 1996–97, and college basketball from 1982–1998. He also called alpine skiing at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Olympic Winter Games. From 1978–97, Ryan was a CBS tennis commentator.  He called nineteen U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

Ryan was also a lead boxing announcer during the 1970s and 1980s. Some notable fights Ryan called include Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, Floyd Patterson vs. Oscar Bonavena,http://www.caytonsports.com/list.pdf Monroe Brooks vs. Bruce Curry, Bernard Hopkins vs. Glen Johnson, and Thomas Hearns vs. Sugar Ray Leonard,

In 1986, Ryan won the Sam Taub Award for Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism.

In 1998 Ryan began to work for Fox and NBC. He covered NFL games and tennis for Fox and tennis, skiing, equestrian events, and boxing for NBC. From 2004-2006, Ryan called college football  and tennis for ESPN.

Ryan worked the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

References

Other websites
CBS News.com  - 04-Mar-1998
Idaho Mountain Express  - 11-Nov-2005 - Tim Ryan

Category:1939 births
Category:Living people
Category:National Hockey League broadcasters
Category:National Basketball Association broadcasters
Category:National Football League broadcasters
Category:College basketball broadcasters
Category:College football broadcasters
Category:Olympic Games broadcasters
Category:Tennis broadcasters