Steve Physioc
Steve Physioc (; born December 28, 1954) is an American sportscaster who has called play-by-play for various baseball, basketball, and football teams. Early life and education. Physioc grew up as a Kansas City Royals fan in Merriam, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University in 1977. Career. He began his announcing career as Sports Director for KHAS radio in Hastings, Nebraska, covering local high school and Hastings College athletics. After that he went on to become the radio voice of Kansas State Wildcats football and basketball (1979–1982). Mitch Holthus took over after he left K-State. Physioc  was also a Sports Anchor on WIBW-TV in Topeka during the late 1970s and early '80s, and at WLWT in Cincinnati, where he worked alongside Jerry Springer. Professional sports announcing duties. Physioc began his major league play-by-play announcing career in 1983, broadcasting Cincinnati Bengals football and Cincinnati Reds baseball games, a position he held until 1987. He then served as the San Francisco Giants announcer for KTVU-TV from 1987 to 1988, followed by work for ESPN (1989–1995), announcing Major League Baseball, college basketball, baseball and Big Ten football. In 1995, he announced San Diego Padres games  and Pac-10 football games for Fox Sports West. Physioc's previous experience also includes radio play-by-play for the NBA's Golden State Warriors (1989–1990) and the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1994), and television play-by-play for the Warriors (1990–1991) and the Vancouver Grizzlies during their inaugural season (1995–1996) in the NBA. In 1996, Physioc was hired by the Anaheim Angels to announce baseball games for their local telecasts. In November 2009, he was released from the Angels' broadcast crew along with longtime partner Rex Hudler, ending his 13 years of service with the club. On June  27, 2010, Physioc handled substitute play-by-play duties for the "TBS MLB Sunday" telecast of the Detroit Tigers at the Atlanta Braves alongside David Wells and Ron Darling. In February 2012, Physioc was hired by the Kansas City Royals to call games part-time on television (he reunited with former Angels partner Hudler) and radio. College sports announcing duties. Basketball. During the baseball offseason, Physioc broadcasts other sporting events, primarily college basketball games (primarily in the West Coast Conference), on the ESPNU network. On January 7, 2006, Physioc made a guest appearance as a substitute play-by-play announcer  for the Los Angeles Lakers, taking the place of Joel Meyers for one game because Meyers was on assignment. Phsyioc also appears on Fox Sports Net for college basketball games for the Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences. In late 2008, Physioc was asked to fill in for his Angels broadcast partner Rory Markas, who was the lead announcer for USC Trojans Basketball, while Markas recovered from surgery to remove a blood clot. Physioc and fellow Cincinnati Bengals alum Pete Arbogast alternated play-by-play of Trojans basketball for a few weeks until Markas returned. In January 2010, Physioc and Arbogast  again were asked to take over the Trojans' broadcasts following the sudden death of Markas, with Physioc broadcasting one game, and Arbogast taking over the rest of the broadcast schedule. Physioc was featured on ESPNU Midnight Madness on October 16, 2009 along with Steve Lavin. Football. Physioc appears on Fox Sports Net for play by play of Pac-12 and Big-12 football games. Author. After a trip to Lucca, Italy in 2006, Physioc found himself inspired to write "The Walls of Lucca", a historical novel set in post-World War I Italy. The novel focuses on the families who live on  and run a struggling vineyard as they face the rise of fascism. The book was published in 2018. The sequel, "Above the Walls", out in early 2019, follows the same characters as World War II looms. "Walks with the Wind," published in 2021, is about the life and conflicts of Sam Cloud-Carson, an expert wildlife tracker and budding baseball phenom. Personal life. He is married to Stacey Physioc and has two children, a son Kevin, and a daughter, Ryan and three grandchildren. He is also known as Steve "The Phiz" Physioc. He is involved in church and charitable affairs