Kevin Calabro

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Kevin Paul Calabro (born June 27, 1956) is an American sportscaster based in

Westwood One Sports
, including NCAA tournament action.

Career

Calabro is a 1974 graduate of

Kansas City Kings in the 1983–84 season
.

In the 1987–88 season, Calabro came on board with the SuperSonics alongside the SuperSonics original play-by-play announcer Bob Blackburn. He became the team's sole play-by-play announcer in 1992, following the retirement of Blackburn.[3] Calabro reached a milestone 1,500 games in 2006.[4] Calabro had an option with the SuperSonics for the 2008–09 season.[5] However on April 11, 2008, Calabro stated he would not continue with the team should they relocate to Oklahoma City, which they ultimately did.[6]

The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named him "Sportscaster of the Year" for the state of

Washington in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2006.[citation needed
]

Calabro became lead play-by-play personality for the Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer franchise, in its first year.[7]

Calabro was honored with the 2016 Keith Jackson Sports Media Excellence Award during the 81st Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards.

Calabro has done work on the national level with

TBS, ESPN Radio, and NBA TV. He has also lent his voice to several Microsoft games, including NBA Inside Drive, NBA Full Court Press, and NFL Fever and more recently has been the play-by-play voice of the Sony PlayStation
NBA game franchise.

Calabro's brother, David Calabro, is a sportscaster and the sports director with the NBC-affiliate station WTHR in Indianapolis, as well as the public address announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

References

  1. ^ "NBA Veteran Broadcaster Kevin Calabro Becomes New Trail Blazers Television Play-By-Play Voice". Portland Trail Blazers. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Portland Trail Blazers officially announce return of play-by-play announcer Kevin Calabro". The Oregonian. August 17, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  3. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  4. ^ Pelton, Kevin. 1,500th Game a Milestone for Calabro, SUPERSONICS.COM, 2006-04-03. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
  5. ^ Calabro Signs Five Year Deal With Supes, SUPERSONICS.COM, May 2003. Retrieved on 2006-07-15.
  6. ^ "Kevin Calabro: Sonic leave, I stay – Blogger KING Sports". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Sounders FC Blog - Clarifying Sounders FC's play-by-play duties, and introducing Arlo White - Seattle Times Newspaper". Retrieved June 22, 2016.
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