Michael Reghi

Michael J. Reghi
Born	June 5, 1953 (1953-06-05) (age 58) Detroit, Michigan
Occupation	Sportscaster. Play-By-Play Announcer
Years active	1980–present

Michael J. Reghi (pronounced /ˈreɪɡaɪ/ ray-gy) is an American television play-by-play announcer and radio sports talk show host. He is best known for being the former television play-by-play announcer of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (1997–2004), and the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (1993–2006).

Currently, he is the evening host for ESPN 850 WKNR Radio in Cleveland, Ohio. Reghi also hosts pre and postgame coverage of Washington Wizards home basketball games on Comcast SportsNet Washington and broadcasts Mid-American Conference football and basketball for the MAC Television Network and SportsTime Ohio.^[1]

Early life

Reghi attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan, and is a graduate of Arizona State University.

Early broadcast career

Reghi began his career in 1980, when he was hired by WLIO in Lima, Ohio as a sports anchor/reporter.^[2] He then briefly went on to (then) WDHO-TV 24 in Toledo, Ohio as a sports anchor (weekends) and reporter, and from 1983-1986 worked at Cleveland's WEWS-TV 5 as the weekend sports anchor (working under Cleveland sports media legends Gib Shanley and Nev Chandler). He then moved back to Toledo to become the sports director for WTVG-TV 13 from 1986-1991.

In 1991 returned to Cleveland to host a show on WKNR Radio (then at AM 1220) from 1991 to 1993. During this time, Reghi also served a pregame host for both the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers telecasts on Sports Channel Ohio (now known as FS Ohio).

1993-2007

From 1993-2006, Reghi was the television play by play voice for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and from 1997-2004 (during the basketball offseason), he was the TV play by play voice for the Baltimore Orioles.

He continued to work with FS Ohio as an announcer for MAC Basketball, and with ESPN Plus for MAC football until 2010, when the MAC television contract was picked up by SportsTime Ohio (STO). Reghi was then quickly signed by STO to continue his announcing duties. Reghi also hosts a live Cleveland Browns postgame show on STO.

During the 2007 (final) season of the now defunct NFL Europe (subsequently renamed NFL Europa), Reghi called several games for the NFL Network.

Reghi also called games for the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 that aired on NBA TV,and in 2008, he did play by play for the College Basketball Invitational on Fox College Sports and for the Cleveland Gladiators arena football team on FS Ohio.

Return to WKNR

In March 2007, Reghi returned to WKNR radio (since moved to AM 850) to first become host of their KNR Overtime Cavaliers post-game show, and nearly two years later (January 2009) became the afternoon drive time host of a show called Bring it Strong—taken from one of Reghi's catch phrases (the show has since been renamed Afternoon R & R, then Cleveland Sports Night after the move to evenings). Reghi is joined on the show by co-host Kenny Roda.

Signature calls

• See ya later! - after an Orioles home run
• Flight #23 about to take off! - when LeBron James scored on a fast break slam dunk
• Bang, Bang, Bang! - when a Cavalier (especially LeBron James) made a last second shot to give the Cavs the win.
• And you can book this one for the Cavaliers/Orioles! - when either of those teams secured the win for that game.

Personal life

Reghi has a son named Cal (born 2003).

References

1. ^ http://morningjournal.com/articles/2010/11/06/sports/doc4cd4e0c629aa0611840455.txt?viewmode=fullstory
2. ^ [1] Chat with Cavaliers Play-by-Play Announcer Michael Reghi. Accessed April 23, 2007.

External links

• Michael Reghi FSN Ohio Bio
• Michael Reghi Blog
• Michael Reghi Bio
• Michael Reghi Q&A
• Specs Howard Hall of Fame Profile
• Bring Back Reghi.com

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Name	Reghi, Michael
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Date of birth	June 5, 1953
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
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