Sean Grande
Sean David Grande (born December 11, 1971) is an American television and radio sportscaster. He is primarily known as the voice of the Boston Celtics,[1] but has called virtually every sport over a 25-year career.
Grande provides play-by-play coverage alongside analyst Cedric Maxwell for all Boston Celtics radio broadcasts. The duo is known as “Grande and Max.” Only legendary Celtic radio voice Johnny Most and cable television voice Mike Gorman have called more Celtics games than Grande. On December 2, 2009 in San Antonio, Grande became the third man in NBA history to call 1,000 NBA games before age 40. He called his 2,000th in the NBA Playoff Bubble August 21, 2020. [2]
Biography
Grande's broadcast career included a seven-year stint at
Early career in Boston
Grande was born in
College hockey career
In the fall of 1989, Grande called his first on-air game; fittingly, it was a hockey game between Boston U and Providence. It was the start of a long-term relationship with college hockey. His college hockey work for Fox and the NCAA Tournament has garnered him three New England
ABC Sports and return to Boston
Grande was recruited back to Boston in 2001 after serving three years as the television voice of the NBA's
Film and television appearances
Sean Grande made his major motion picture debut with a cameo, as himself,[3] in the 2001 release Joe Somebody starring Tim Allen. His call of Ricky Davis' buzzer-beater in November 2005 was used in the soundtrack of the final season premiere of HBO's The Sopranos in 2006.
MMA and Boxing
In July 2015, Grande signed a multi-year deal as the lead play-by-play voice of Spike Sports. He took over as the announcer for Bellator MMA, the world's #2 mixed martial arts promotion.[4][5][6][7] After stepping down from Bellator full-time in 2017 to spend more time with his son, Grande continued to call occasional Bellator cards, as well as branching out into boxing with both PBC on FOX and Top Rank Boxing on ESPN. He returned to Bellator, now on Showtime, in 2021 to split the play-by-load with Mauro Ranallo.
Personal
In October of 2018, it was announced on CBS This Morning and Inside the NBA that Grande had become engaged to CBS News anchor and former ESPN host Dana Jacobson. According to CBS News, they were married on September 28, 2019 in New York. They live in Cambridge, MA with Grande's son Jack (born 2011).
References
- ^ "Sean Grande never expected to become a Celtics icon. Now it's hard to see the franchise without him". theathletic.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Sean Grande To Broadcast Milestone 1000th NBA Game". WEEI-FM. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Sean Grande". IMDb. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- MMAjunkie.com. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- Boston Globe. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Steve Juon (14 July 2015). "Bellator 140: Sean Grande in, Sean Wheelock out of Bellator MMA broadcast booth". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Dave Doyle (13 July 2015). "Sean Grande not worried about being 'the new guy' in Bellator's broadcast booth". MMAFighting.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.