Joel Meyers
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Joel Meyers is an American
Career
His professional
Meyers currently calls
Meyers called 1st Round games for the
Los Angeles Lakers
Meyers most notably started work for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association in 2003 as their radio voice, the year after Chick Hearn died.[4] Two years later, he was moved from radio to television where he was paired with Stu Lantz. Meyers replaced Paul Sunderland, who had succeeded Chick Hearn. Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010–2011 season when the team did not renew his contract. He was supposed to be replaced by Spero Dedes, but Dedes ended up choosing a contract with the New York Knicks instead. Eventually, Meyers would be replaced by Bill Macdonald.
Key and Peele skits
Meyers portrayed the play-by-play announcer Dave Stassen in two Key & Peele football skits, beginning in Season 2, airing in 2012.[5]
Accolades
In 2010, he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Personal
A St. Louis native, Meyers graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 1972.[6] He attended the University of Missouri, and served as the public address announcer at Busch Stadium II for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1980 until 1982, with the Cardinals winning the World Series in his final season.
References
- ^ New Orleans Hornets' new television broadcast team includes Joel Meyers and former NBA player David Wesley.
- ^ "Ravens vs. Saints, preseason 2014: Game time, TV schedule, online streaming and more". 28 August 2014.
- ^ "TNT's Extensive Coverage of the 2014 NBA Playoffs Begins Sunday, April 20". Sports Media News. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "Meyers, Thompson to broadcast Lakers". Sports Illustrated. AP. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ The Ultimate East/West Bowl Collection - Key & Peele, archived from the original on 19 December 2021, retrieved 30 May 2021
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni". Ladue Education Foundation and Alumni Association. Accessed 8 February 2018.