- Roxy Bernstein
Roxy Bernstein (born
1972 ) is an American sports announcer.He was born in
San Francisco , grew up on the peninsula in the bay area and has been the voice of Cal basketball since 1997. Bernstein spent three years as a broadcaster with theFlorida Marlins (2005-2007), teaming with legendary broadcasterDave Van Horne , but left the Marlins to return to the bay area full-time. Prior to his stint with Florida, he called games for theSan Francisco Giants andMontreal Expos inMajor League Baseball , plus numerous minor league clubs. Bernstein can also be heard providing play-by-play of college football nationally on the Touchdown Radio Network with 1992Heisman Trophy winnerGino Torretta .After graduating from
Pinewood School in 1991, Bernstein went on to theUniversity of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1996 with a degree in American Studies. While at Cal, Bernstein broadcast football, men's and women's basketball and baseball and served as sports director ofKALX(FM) . Bernstein was hired by Cal at just 24 years of age to take over as the voice of Cal basketball in 1997 after serving as the back-up broadcaster and pre-game and post-game host the previous season.Along the way to the major leagues he worked for numerous minor league baseball clubs, including the
Sonoma County Crushers ,Solano Steelheads ,High Desert Mavericks andTacoma Rainiers . Bernstein has shown his versatility providing play-by-play for theSan Jose Sharks , Cal football,San Francisco Demons , NHL Radio,Westwood One and the NFL onSports USA Radio Network , as well as numerous events on television.Bernstein's ability to paint the picture through the radio and descriptions of on-field events are reminiscent of the all-time Bay Area broadcasting legend
Bill King .Florida Marlins 2006 Florida Marlins season
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