Dan Shulman
Dan Shulman | |
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Toronto Blue Jays | |
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Born: Daniel Shulman February 9, 1967 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
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Daniel Shulman (born February 9, 1967) is a
.Shulman serves as the
Previously, Shulman served as the play-by-play announcer for ESPN's
Education
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Shulman graduated from the University of Western Ontario in actuarial science but moved into a career in sports broadcasting.[2]
Broadcasting career
Early career
Shulman began his broadcasting career at the
TSN
In 1995, he became the
ESPN
Shulman began working part-time for ESPN while still employed by TSN. In 2001, he moved to ESPN full-time to cover sporting events like
On July 27, 2007, Shulman called Barry Bonds's 754th home run for ESPN.[10]
From 2002 to 2007, he served as the lead play-by-play announcer for ESPN Radio's MLB coverage, teaming with Dave Campbell to call the network's Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts as well as the All-Star Game, Home Run Derby, and select postseason games. In 2008, Gary Thorne succeeded Shulman as the lead Sunday Night Baseball voice; however, Shulman once again teamed with Campbell to call that year's All-Star and postseason events and continued to fill in on occasional regular season broadcasts. Shulman also teamed with Orel Hershiser to call Monday Night Baseball for ESPN television from 2008 to 2010 and with Hubie Brown to call ESPN NBA coverage from 2007 to 2012.
On December 1, 2010, ESPN announced that Shulman, Hershiser, and
Shulman also teamed with Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine for the ESPN Radio broadcast of the 2011 World Series won in 7 games by the St. Louis Cardinals over the Texas Rangers.[15]
That same year, he teamed with Dick Vitale for the broadcast of the Indiana–Kentucky rivalry on December 10, 2011. His call for the game-winning three-pointer by Christian Watford was "Jones... Watford for the win… YES! YES!" with Vitale screaming "Unbelievable!" shortly after.
Shulman was named 2011 National Sportscaster of the Year by the
One year later, ESPN hired
On July 3, 2017, Shulman announced in a Sports Illustrated interview that he would step down from Sunday Night Baseball at the conclusion of the 2017 season, seeking to adjust his role at ESPN so he could spend more time with his family in Toronto. He continued to participate in ESPN Radio's coverage of the MLB postseason, as well as ESPN's college basketball coverage.[20]
In October 2022, it was announced that Shulman would step down as ESPN's lead radio broadcaster for the MLB postseason beginning in the 2023 season (with Jon Sciambi taking over for him), focusing solely on his college basketball role with the network.[21][22]
Sportsnet
In addition to his continued work with ESPN, on November 19, 2015, Shulman announced he would be joining the Sportsnet broadcast team for upwards of 30 Toronto Blue Jays games during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.[23] In March 2018 it was announced that he would be joining the Sportsnet Radio network for select Blue Jays games, in addition to calling up to 50 games on Sportsnet television.[24]
In April 2018, Shulman teamed up with Sportsnet to air the podcast Swing and a Belt with Dan Shulman where every week, he covers a different topic related to baseball and interviews different people such as Mike Trout and Aaron Boone.
He won the
Personal life
Shulman is
References
- ^ "Sunday Night Baseball will lose Dan Shulman after 2017". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Mayne, Paul. "Dan Shulman lending his voice to a generation". uwo.ca. University of Western Ontario. Retrieved 20 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Baysinger, Tim (April 18, 2011). "ESPN Anchor Hopes to Knock It Out of the Park". www.broadcastingcable.com.
- ^ "CJCL-AM". broadcasting-history.ca. History of Canadian Broadcasting. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Dan Shulman Bio". Sportsnet.ca. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Former Jays broadcaster Dan Shulman returning for 30 games in 2016". The Globe and Mail. November 19, 2015.
- ^ "TSN adds ESPN's Dan Shulman to network's baseball coverage". The Globe and Mail. February 15, 2011.
- ^ Kane, Michael (April 24, 2012). "An Interview with ESPN's Dan Shulman". americansportscastersonline.com. New York Post.
- ^ Houston, William (October 26, 2007). "Shulman tops best-paid Canadians list". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Blair, Jeff (July 28, 2007). "Broadcasters provide background to Bonds' chase". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Best, Neil (December 1, 2010). "Shulman, Hershiser, Valentine are ESPN's new Sunday night team". Newsday.
- ^ Pucin, Diane (May 2, 2011). "ESPN announcer Dan Shulman reports as Bin Laden news unfolds". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "ESPN Praised For Coverage Of Bin Laden News During "Sunday Night Baseball"". sportsbusinessdaily.com. May 3, 2011.
- ^ Hiestand, Michael (May 2, 2011). "ESPN's Dan Shulman: Announcing Osama bin Laden's death on live TV sports". USA Today. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ Jarvis, Kimberly (October 18, 2011). "ESPN Radio to Exclusively Broadcast Every World Series Game". espnpressroom.com. ESPN.
- ^ "Francona replaces Valentine as ESPN Sunday analyst". Yahoo Sports. 2011-12-06.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hudak, Kristen (December 3, 2012). "ESPN's John Kruk Joins Sunday Night Baseball". ESPN Press Room.
- ^ Lepore, Steve (March 5, 2014). "Curt Schilling needs additional surgery during ongoing cancer treatment". AwfulAnnouncing. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ Lucia, Joe (September 9, 2014). "Curt Schilling is returning to ESPN on Thursday". AwfulAnnouncing. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ a b "Dan Shulman leaving ESPN 'Sunday Night Baseball' broadcast, staying at network". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
- ^ "Dan Shulman picks Sportsnet over ESPN for next Blue Jays' playoff run | Offside". dailyhive.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (2022-10-17). "Jon Sciambi will take over ESPN Radio World Series calls next year". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ "Dan Shulman to join Blue Jays broadcast team on Sportsnet". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "The Sounds of Summer: Ben Wagner & Dan Shulman Join Sportsnet's Blue Jays Radio Broadcast Team". Rogers.com. March 27, 2018.
- ET Canada, April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Dan Shulman". Jewish Canadian Athletes Hall of Fame. 18 February 2007.
- ^ "Dan Shulman – Biography, Family, Facts About The Sportscaster". justrichest.com. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- syracuse.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (subscription required)
External links
- ESPN bio
- TSN bio
- Dan Shulman on Twitter