- Bob Miller (sports announcer)
Robert James Miller (born
October 12 ,1938 inChicago ,Illinois ) is an Americansportscaster , best known as theplay-by-play announcer for theLos Angeles Kings team of theNational Hockey League . Miller has held that post with the team since 1973 and has been partnered with Jim Fox for the last seventeen seasons.Miller received his degree in communication studies from the
University of Iowa . While there, he began his broadcasting career, covering the school's football and baseball games.After his graduation in 1960, Miller began working in television sports journalism in Wisconsin. He later would add announcing duties for the football, basketball and hockey teams at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison .Miller was hired by the Kings in 1973 and has been their play-by-play announcer since. He has performed
voice over and on-camera work for television shows and movies in scenes which included a hockey announcer. Among his credits are an episode of "Cheers " and the films "Rollerball", "Miracle on Ice ", and "The Mighty Ducks ". Nationally, he has worked for ESPN and FOX. He also called some games forFX during the1996 World Cup of Hockey .Miller was inducted into the broadcaster's wing of the
Hockey Hall of Fame as the 2000 recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/leg_broadcasters.htm Legends of Hockey - The Legends Search Splash page ] ] , into the Los Angeles Kings Hall of Fame, into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame and into the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Thepress box atStaples Center , the Kings' home arena, is named in his honor.He received the 2,319th star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 2, 2006. At the ceremony he noted, "My greatest fear is that I retire and the Kings win a Stanley Cup the next year." [ [http://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/nhl/kings/la-sp-miller3oct03,1,7669166.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nhl-kings] Dead link|date=March 2008] Although Miller was once given an honorary lifetime contract, his actual current contract runs through the 2008–09 season, with an option for 2009–10.In addition to Fox, Miller's broadcast partners have included
Dan Avey ,Rich Marotta , current Kings radio voiceNick Nickson and Pete Weber, the voice of theNashville Predators .Miller's first book, "Tales From the Los Angeles Kings", was published in October 2006.
Miller is married, and he and his wife Judy have two children and two grandchildren.
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