"the 1996 World Snooker Championship final, although he briefly joined in the commentary for the 2005 World Championship final between Matthew Stevens and Shaun Murphy, which Murphy won. Lowe died, aged 90, in Bexhill-on-Sea, on the morning of the first session of the 2011 World Snooker Championship final. He is survived by his wife Jean, daughter Margaret and son Michael. Recalling Lowe after his death, multiple world champion Stephen Hendry, who was once described by Lowe as the ""wonder bairn of Scotland"", said: ""I remember playing ""Junior Pot Black"", I was only 12 and he was a complete gentleman. Me"
"top three commentators, alongside Jack Karnehm and the famous 'whispering' Ted Lowe. For many, he has become the 'voice of snooker' – particularly since the retirement of Lowe in the 1990s. Everton's style of commentary always tended towards the technical, as opposed to the more informal, conversational approach of his colleagues and the various 'player-commentators' of today. His analytical mind, combined with his clear love of the game and the many hours of dedicated research he has put in over the years, have given him an encyclopaedic knowledge of the game and the ability to recite obscure facts and statistics,"
"As part of ITV's World of Sport's original roster of commentators, he commentated on the first ever televised nine dart finish hit by John Lowe against Keith Deller on 13 October 1984. He commentated on all darts tournaments and World of Sport darts action broadcast on ITV from 1972 to 1988. He also commentated on speedway, a sport he knew well having been installed as the promoter of the West Ham team in 1966. He provided the commentary for ""The Indoor League"" and occasionally covered football for his home region of Southern Television in the mid-to-late 1970s. Lanning came out"
"the 1953 and 1955 finals, with commentary by Sidney Smith. Despite the launch of Pot Black in 1969 there was little coverage of the World Championship. There was some coverage of the 1973, 1974 and 1976 championships in Manchester on one or two Saturday afternoon ""Grandstand"" programmes each year. Commentary was by Ted Lowe. BBC TV coverage for the first Crucible championship in 1977 was increased but was limited to highlights of the semi-finals and some coverage of the final on Grandstand and a late night highlights programme. The commentator was Ted Lowe with the highlight programmes presented by Alan"
"the action on his television. Ted Darling Edgar Lee ""Ted"" Darling (June 9, 1935 – December 19, 1996) was a Canadian sports announcer best known as the original ""Voice of the Buffalo Sabres"" ice hockey team for twenty-two seasons, calling the team's games on television from the team's inaugural season in 1970 to 1991. Prior to his work with the Sabres, he hosted ""Hockey Night in Canada"" telecasts from Montreal. In October 1991, Darling was diagnosed with Pick's disease, an Alzheimer's-like degenerative illness, and thus, was on medical leave from October 16 to November 20. He returned to call 6"
"ESPN Radio, Mutual Broadcasting System, Westwood One, WFAN Radio in New York, Sports Fan Radio Network, Radio-Canada Montreal (French speaking network), and others. In 1977, Ted became the Public Address Announcer for the Pacific Hockey League's Long Beach Sharks. He also got his first professional play-by-play opportunities that season with the Sharks on local cable TV and on radio with the league’s Phoenix Roadrunners. He has completed 10 seasons of hockey play-by-play including five with the IHL Los Angeles/Long Beach Ice Dogs (until the league folded in 2000) on KPLS-AM and KMAX-FM in Southern California while also being the voice"
"an actress, she worked on graduation at TalkSport while looking for an agent. In November 2002, she won BBC Television's Talent Search for a football reporter. Lowe reported from a top Premier League match every Saturday for ""Final Score"", was regularly a reporter on interviews and features for ""Football Focus"", and was the presenter of a ""Football in the Community"" feature every Sunday morning on ""Match of the Day"" (all on BBC One). She was a regular contributor to BBC Television's ""Match of the Day 2"" and ""Grandstand"". She was also one of the main sports presenters on BBC News"
"Burns. That changed, however, in 1969, when longtime KDKA radio-and-TV newscaster Paul Long joined WTAE-TV, along with his KDKA meteorologist-sidekick Joe DeNardo. WTAE-TV was also known for the ""legendary"" news crew of Paul Long and Don Cannon from the late 1960s into the 1990s. Sports has also been a major division at WTAE-TV. In 1972, WTAE-TV sportscaster Myron Cope, thanks to a phone call from a local female fan, introduced the phrase ""The Immaculate Reception"" to describe Franco Harris' miraculous, running shoestring catch that gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a 13–7 playoff victory over the Oakland Raiders (Cope chuckled at the"
"expert summariser for BBC Radio alongside Max Robertson, before switching to television in 1951 with Freddie Grisewood. He would remain as the ""voice of tennis"" on the BBC until his retirement in 1991. When commenting on a particularly exciting piece of play or an outstanding shot, he sometimes used his most remembered and revered catchphrase ""Oh, I say!"". He was also the BBC commentator when tennis resumed as an Olympic sport, first as a demonstration sport in Los Angeles in 1984, and then as a full-medal sport in Seoul in 1988. The last Wimbledon match that he commentated on was"
"like this: Another notable game on the radio game he called was David Akers' 63-yard field goal for the 49ers' at halftime. They would go on to knock off the Green Bay Packers. Ted Robinson (sportscaster) Theodore ""Ted"" Robinson (born July 19, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an American sportscaster. He has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco 49ers since 2009, and will remain ""The Voice of the 49ers"" through at least 2018. Since 2000, Robinson has been with NBC as tennis play-by-play, Olympics, swimming/diving announcer and NBC Sports Network for college football/basketball. He also works"
"NBA coverage. Gould's approach to the sport has been that of passionate supporter, constantly learning from and bouncing opinions off his co-presenters on the five TV show. These included Todd Macklin, Josh Chetwynd (who later returned as the incumbent), David Lengel (who left for a job with mlb.com covering the New York Yankees) and Mike Carlson, the channel's regular NFL analyst. He made liberal use of catchphrases, such as """"Greetings fellow baseball nuts!"""", and """"It's the last chance saloon!"""" Gould is a fan of Chelsea F.C. and rarely missed an opportunity to use them as an analogy in his baseball"
"Ted Darling Edgar Lee ""Ted"" Darling (June 9, 1935 – December 19, 1996) was a Canadian sports announcer best known as the original ""Voice of the Buffalo Sabres"" ice hockey team for twenty-two seasons, calling the team's games on television from the team's inaugural season in 1970 to 1991. Prior to his work with the Sabres, he hosted ""Hockey Night in Canada"" telecasts from Montreal. In October 1991, Darling was diagnosed with Pick's disease, an Alzheimer's-like degenerative illness, and thus, was on medical leave from October 16 to November 20. He returned to call 6 more games before being relieved"
"Over the next 38 seasons, he called 416 football and 1,030 basketball games for the Rambling Wreck. In April 1985, when Georgia Tech switched coverage of its football games from WGST to WCNN, Ciraldo was removed as football announcer, allegedly at the behest of the Institute, but he was quickly hired by WCNN and reinstated as broadcaster amid a demonstration of public support. Ciraldo served as a color analyst in football to Jack Hurst in the late '50s and '60s and then took over as lead broadcaster when Hurst left that post. Ciraldo is often remembered for the phrase ""Toe"
"his introduction to each game, ""It's football time in Tennessee!;"" his touchdown call, ""Give ... him ... SIX! ... TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE!;"" asking, ""Did he make it?"", and answering, ""HE MADE IT!,"" after a made field goal; made extra points were ""GOOD-DAH!""; counting runners down toward the goal line, ""four...three...two...one..."" and enthusiastically saying, ""BOTTOM!"" after a made basket in basketball; and, wearing a light blue towel around his neck while broadcasting. After the 1998–99 football and basketball seasons, in which the Volunteers won the National Championship in football, Ward and Anderson retired, and were replaced by Bob Kesling and Tim Priest,"
"the conclusion of England's 1991–92 Rugby Football League season and during Australia's 1992 Winfield Cup premiership season, the tour led to friction between the Great Britain team's management and the Australian Rugby League over match scheduling and promotion. For the first time ever, a Lions tour was shown live on television in the United Kingdom through Sky Sports. The commentators for the tour were Eddie Hemmings and former Lions World Cup hooker Mike Stephenson who had a greater insight into the Australian game having spent most of the 1970s and 1980s, playing, coaching and commentating in the Sydney premiership. The"
"for his work for commentating play by play for the LA Clippers, Detroit Lions, and Pistons and the Ohio State basketball team. He also covered the Olympics. He also wrote eight books about network television sports and the experiences of coaches and players in the professional and college sport business. This included co-authoring 1979's ""Terry Bradshaw, Man of Steel"", a Christian-themed autobiography of the Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback. Diles was also the president of both the Football Writers of America, Michigan Chapter, and the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association. Outside of sports, Diles was a substitute host for Lou Gordon on occasion."
"broadcasters. In the United States, Westwood One carried the broadcast nationwide, with Kevin Harlan on play-by-play, Boomer Esiason and Mike Holmgren on color commentary, and sideline reports from Tony Boselli and James Lofton. The Westwood One broadcast was simulcast in Canada on TSN Radio. Each team's network flagship station carried the local feed: WBZ-FM for the Patriots (with Bob Socci and Scott Zolak announcing), and WZGC for the Falcons (with Wes Durham and Dave Archer announcing); under the league's contract with Westwood One, no other stations in the teams' usual radio networks were allowed to carry the local broadcast, and"
"to describe BC Place Stadium and ""Tempire Stadium"" to describe the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps temporary facility at Empire Fields. He also refers to Rogers Arena as the ""Idiot Box"" in reference to Rogers many holdings associated with Canadian television. He has worked in five continents and his voice was heard around the world by basketball fans from 1994-97 as the English play-by-play commentator for FIBA, the world governing body of basketball. Based in London, England he also hosted and co-produced ""FIBA SLAM"" a weekly magazine show on Eurosport and ESPN International. Some of his play-by-play was used in"
"writer who for years had denigrated the AFL. On-air, in contrast to his contemporary announcers of NFL games, he avoided their hyperbole and transparent adulation of players, and gave steady, nonpartisan, but colorful descriptions of AFL games. Gowdy was also known for the occasional malapropism, including a consoling comment just after the Red Sox lost the 1975 World Series: ""Their future is ahead of them!"" Over the course of a career that stretched into the 1980s, Gowdy covered pro football (both the AFL and NFL), Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball. He was involved in the broadcast of"
"television's play-by-play voice for eight teams in five different sports – the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons of the NBA as well as the New York Rangers of the NHL, the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins of MLB, the Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Browns of the NFL, and soccer's Tampa Bay Rowdies of the initial North American Soccer League. He was one of very few American play-by-play announcers to have covered each of the four major team sports leagues as well as soccer with Dale Arnold being the other, calling Boston Bruins, Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and Revolution. For"
"Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. She is the Author of the Lucy Tries Sports children's book series. www.lucytriessports.com Lisa Bowes Lisa Bowes is a Canadian sports personality. She began her career as an editorial assistant at TSN in 1989. She later became a reporter for TSN in Winnipeg and Calgary. From 1997-1999 she was a commentator for ""SportsCentre"" (then ""SportsDesk""). A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, she made Canadian broadcasting history when she became the play-by-play voice for the National Women's Hockey League. While working for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's ""Sports Journal"" she was nominated for a Gemini Award for"
"NBA, MLB, NHL and NCAA). They will often speak with Australian athletes with American connections, such as Australians who have played in the professional North American sports leagues. Occasionally, they will also speak with American sports journalists, usually those based on the west coast of the USA where Ed and Steve grew up. Outside of the Australian football season, the first hour (9pm-10pm) is usually designated as ""Above the Rim"" and is devoted mostly to talking about the NBL. Otherwise, during the AFL season, the show is often truncated to two hours to allow for additional AFL coverage. From 10"
"opinion on the outcome; however, this was streamlined for all but League or Tournament finals, where it was felt the extra ceremony was more appreciated. One noticeable resemblance to televised sport was in its soccer/football style commentary and pundit formats, though coverage also offered replay clips and highlights. Where appropriate, specialist commentators are brought in to contribute their own experience, such as national broadcaster and sports journalist, Trevor Harris. The Match (TV programme) The Match was the flagship show of the now defunct XLEAGUE.TV. It was a studio-based show which delivered highlights from tournament and league play from XLEAGUE.TV's club"
"first post-war tour of Australia. Returning home via the United States, he met Bob Hope, who alerted him to the success of televised sport. This is believed to have convinced him that television would be crucial for rugby league's long-term success. In the UK, he pushed this case harder with the BBC, having written to them as far back as 1931. After several rejections, he was given a chance as a broadcaster when the BBC began to cover the sport. Waring's commentary polarised opinion over the next decades. For some viewers he would be ""Uncle Eddie,"" the warm and friendly"
"closer to the sport and business of NASCAR. Her close relationships with drivers and vast knowledge of the sport enabled Clarke to chronicle NASCAR’s transition from regional obsession to national phenomenon; while also profiling the sport’s dynasties, the Allisons, Pettys and Earnhardts. While Clarke presently covers NASCAR, her knowledge of sports is wide-ranging. She spent four seasons as a Washington Redskins beat writer for ""The Post"", and has written extensively about the Olympics, tennis and college sports. Clarke is also a weekly ""side-chick"" on ""The Tony Kornheiser Show"", and serves as Mr. Tony's motorsports translator. She is an occasional panelist"
"Ted Robinson (sportscaster) Theodore ""Ted"" Robinson (born July 19, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an American sportscaster. He has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco 49ers since 2009, and will remain ""The Voice of the 49ers"" through at least 2018. Since 2000, Robinson has been with NBC as tennis play-by-play, Olympics, swimming/diving announcer and NBC Sports Network for college football/basketball. He also works for the Tennis Channel and the Pac-12 Network. Ted Robinson grew up in Rockville Centre, New York and attended Chaminade High School. He is a 1978 graduate of the University of Notre Dame,"
"Lay, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Nabisco, Kraft, the Bud Bowl campaign, Honda and currently for Chevrolet. In March 1986, Long told ""Inside Sports"", ""When I'm finished playing, I'd like to stay in touch with football, through broadcasting. I'm qualified to give a certain perspective and I'm articulate enough to handle it."" After his retirement, he began as a studio analyst for the Fox Network's NFL coverage where he often plays the ""straight man"" to the comic antics of co-host Terry Bradshaw and he writes a column for Foxsports.com. In addition, he hosts an annual award show on"
"remarks. She pled guilty to disorderly conduct. Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and newspapers in Canada. After failing at starting a major league baseball team in Toronto and being turned down to own a television station in Toronto, Cooke moved to the United States and built a business empire in broadcasting and professional sports franchises. Cooke was the owner of the Washington Redskins (NFL), the Los"
"a more specific writing job. In choosing sports to cover, Woodward felt that baseball, boxing, football, and horse racing were the most significant. Basketball was among those sports he did not favor; he called it the ""goonosphere"". Early in his tenure as the ""Herald Tribune's"" sports editor, Woodward continued to write in-season columns on college football. His knowledge of the sport earned him the nickname ""The Coach"" from other writers. Woodward served as the paper's sports editor through 1941, leaving to serve as a war correspondent before returning to his position in 1946. Among the military operations he covered during"
"American sports broadcasts often employed three-man booths, with two color commentators, one who is a former player or coach, and the other with a journalism or entertainment background; ""Monday Night Football"" was famous for this format, employing Howard Cosell as their ""outsider"" commentator for over a decade and later hiring comedian Dennis Miller and then newspaper columnist Tony Kornheiser for the same position. WWE is a primary example of the three-man booth, with main commentator Michael Cole, and two color commentators Corey Graves and Renee Young on the flagship show RAW. In the United Kingdom, the role of ""color commentator"""
"and those who complain to the station that he does not show highlights. To ""appease"" hockey fans, Ted would occasionally show a highlight clip of an NHL game, typically two enforcers squared off in a fight. If only one NHL game was being played on a given night, Leitner would claim that he was about to show every goal scored. The 3 or 4 goals would then be shown in rapidly edited fashion. Leitner has also dabbled in news and political commentary during his career and once did a news-oriented talk show for KFMB radio. One of his most notable"
"prominent alumnus William Rhoden, a track star, and ""New York Times"" columnist. The Bears enjoyed a 33-game winning streak from 1967-1970 when Sam Lacy, Afro-American newspapers, sportswriter George Taliaferro, a former star halfback and Big Ten All-American at Indiana (NFL Baltimore Colts), and Ralph Jones (son of Grambling president R.W.E. Jones) were color commentators in the broadcasting booth. Pinkney was the first black sportscaster to work a televised broadcast when he covered the famed Orange Blossom Classic, the Black college football spectacular set in Miami, Florida in the Orange Bowl arena. It was a closed circuit television production pitting the"
"was as a reporter on Middlesbrough F.C. on Radio Tees in the late 1970s. He was a sports presenter on London's LBC Radio ""Sportswatch"" programme in the early 1980s before moving to BBC Radio 2's weekend sports programme ""Sport on 2"", covering the Los Angeles and Seoul Olympic games. He later spent time as a sports newsreader at TV-am, Channel 4, Eurosport and British Satellite Broadcasting before moving to Sky in 1992 to present coverage of horse racing, snooker and darts. In 2003, he won a sports presenter special edition of ""The Weakest Link"". In 2004, Stelling was offered but"