- Terry Gannon
Terry Gannon (born in
Joliet ,Illinois ), is a broadcaster forESPN on ABC andESPN . Gannon's work includes an extensive variety of sporting events for the network, includingcollege basketball , as well asfigure skating ,golf ,college football , and theWNBA .College Basketball Career
Gannon began his basketball career at
Joliet Catholic High School in Joliet, Illinois (where his father was a coach and where he also played baseball).cite news | last = O'Brien | first = Ken | title = Gannon gives back Salvation | work = The Herald News | date =2007-08-19 | url = http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/sports/516179,4_2_JO19_GANNON_S1.article | accessdate = 2007-09-12] Gannon playedcollege basketball atNorth Carolina State University , where he was a member of Jim Valvano's "Cardiac Pack" national championship-winning team in 1983.cite news | last = Glenn | first = David | title = Terry Gannon, More ACC-NBA, Etc. | work = WRAL.com | date =2007-06-27 | url = http://www.wral.com/sports/blogpost/1537979/ | accessdate = 2007-09-12 ] During his four-year career, (1981-1985), he was a two-time Academic All-American and NC State's all-time leading free throw shooter. In 1983, he was the #1 three-point shooter in the nation. cite web | title = Terry Gannon | publisher = ABC Medianet | url = http://www.abcmedianet.com/shows05/sports/commentators/gannon.shtml | accessdate = 2007-09-12] After a short basketball career inEurope , Gannon turned to broadcasting on the advice of his coach "Jimmy V."Early Broadcasting Career
* 1987-1994:
college basketball analysis forRaycom Sports ,Prime Network , Jefferson-Pilot Sports, Sports South and Home Team Sports.
* 1990-1994: announcer for the class AAAbaseball team theCharlotte Knights .
* 1991-1994: play-by-play announcer for Prime Sports and Jefferson-Pilot's coverage ofcollege baseball .Current broadcasting work
Gannon joined ABC Sports in 1991 as a commentator for college basketball, and has since announced for a wide variety of sporting events for the network. Gannon's main task is hosting ABC's
figure skating coverage. In addition, he handles play-by-play forcollege basketball andcollege football , a position he's held since 1993. Gannon is an announcer on ABC's coverage of thePGA Tour and theChampions Tour . Gannon served as the studio host forABC Sports ' coverage of the 2002FIFA World Cup and has hosted WTA Professional Tennis.Gannon has hosted the
Tour de France three times, theIndianapolis 500 andBelmont Stakes once, and three times called the play-by-play at theLittle League World Series . cite web | title = Chat wr]
On
ABC's Wide World of Sports , Gannon has covereddownhill skiing ,ski jumping , supercross motorcycle racing,beach volleyball ,mountain biking , theSpecial Olympics , theGoodwill Games and theTournament of Roses Parade .Currently, Gannon can be seen calling play-by-play for
WNBA games on ESPN2 andABC .His biggest influences in his career have been
Al Michaels andHarry Caray . Like Caray, Gannon strives to be "the ultimate fan. Ultimately, I've tried never to forget that aspect of broadcasting--that the average fan wants to hear the kind of questions asked that they would ask."References
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