Sean McDonough
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Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American
.Early life
The son of
Career
Early career
McDonough was an intern at the short-lived Enterprise Radio Network in 1981.
It was in
Boston Red Sox
Four years after graduating from Syracuse, he began broadcasting
McDonough continued announcing broadcast Red Sox games through the
He turned down an offer to become the New York Mets play-by-play man on television in 2005 before the Red Sox notified him that they would not pick up his option for 2005.[6]
In 2019, McDonough returned to Red Sox broadcasts as a part-time play-by-play announcer on the team's radio network, announcing 30-32 games that season and becoming a permanent part-time announcer alongside Joe Castiglione, Will Flemming, and Lou Merloni in 2020.[7]
CBS Sports
He began work for
In December 1999, CBS Sports President Sean McManus informed McDonough that his contract would not be renewed.[9] Once Dick Enberg, late of NBC was available, McDonough became the odd man out.[10]
Major League Baseball on CBS
Outside of
.Perhaps McDonough's most famous call is his emotional description of the
Line-drive and a base-hit! Justice has scored the tying run, Bream to the plate...and he is SAFE! Safe at the plate! The Braves go to the World Series![11] The unlikeliest of heroes wins the National League Championship Series for the Atlanta Braves. Francisco Cabrera, who had only ten at-bats in the major leagues during the regular season, singled through the left side, scoring Sid Bream from second base with the winning run. Bream, who's had five knee operations in his lifetime, just beat the tag from his ex-mate Mike LaValliere and Atlanta pulls out Game 7 with three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. This place is bedlam. There will be no second nightmare for Bobby Cox. Final score in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series: the Braves 3 and the Pirates 2.
He also called the final play of the subsequent 1992 World Series, in which the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-American based team to win the Major League Baseball's world championship:
Nixon bunts! Timlin on it! Throws to first . . . For the first time in history, the world championship banner will fly north of the border! The Toronto Blue Jays are baseball's best in 1992!
A
Three years later, while calling the College World Series for CBS alongside
.Now
College World Serieson a home run by Morris!
NCAA Basketball on CBS
McDonough's other major endeavor at CBS was his
In 1998, McDonough—with Raftery at his side—called one of the great buzzer-beaters in NCAA Tournament history, as
Spreading the court for El-Amin. Ten seconds remaining. El-Amin, off to Voskuhl. He was pushed, the shot wouldn't drop...Hamilton, no! Another tip, no! Hamilton, at the buzzer, yes! Yes! Connecticut wins!
ABC/ESPN
Since 2000, McDonough has announced
McDonough called NCAA basketball play-by-play on March 12, 2009 on ESPN between UConn and Syracuse which went into 6 overtimes, becoming the longest game in Big East history, clocking 3 hours and 46 minutes. The final score was 127–117 in favor of Syracuse. Also on the broadcast was color commentary from Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas.
On September 28, 2011, McDonough called the nationally televised game in which the Baltimore Orioles came back to defeat the Boston Red Sox 4–3 after Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon came within one strike of closing the game. McDonough called Baltimore's Robert Andino's walk-off single, which occurred only three minutes before Evan Longoria's walk-off home run against the New York Yankees in St. Petersburg gave the Tampa Bay Rays, who trailed the Red Sox by nine games on September 3, the American League Wild Card, as follows:
Lined to left, Crawford playing shallow dives...cannot make the catch! Reimold comes to the plate! He scores! And the Baltimore Orioles stun the Boston Red Sox!
College football, the NFL, and the NHL
McDonough was also behind the mic for the fumbled punt in the final seconds of the Michigan State-Michigan football game on October 17, 2015, that resulted in the game-winning touchdown for the Spartans.[13]
Whoa, he (Michigan punter Blake O'Neill) has trouble with the snap…and the ball is free! It's picked up by Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson…and he scores! On the last play of the game! Unbelievable! (pauses while the team celebrates) Michigan State is still the big boy on the block in the state of Michigan. A shocking ending to this rivalry game.
Starting in
McDonough was named the lead play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football (succeeding Mike Tirico, who departed for NBC Sports) beginning in the 2016 season.[14][15] In March 2018, ESPN announced that McDonough would be leaving Monday Night Football and would return to announcing college football games.[16]
On June 29, 2021, ESPN formally confirmed[17] that he would be its lead play-by-play voice for their forthcoming NHL coverage beginning in the 2021–22 season, when the league returned to ESPN and ABC, after 16 years at NBC. He was reportedly interested in an NHL role ever since ESPN reacquired the rights to the NHL in March, and ESPN reportedly considered him and Steve Levy for the #1 play-by-play announcer role before eventually choosing him.[18] In most games that he's called, he works alone in the booth, while former NHL center Ray Ferraro provides analysis from ice-level, being between the benches, and Emily Kaplan provides reports throughout the game.[19] Previously, he teamed up with Brian Engblom on ESPN2 NHL broadcasts from 1993–2004.[20] Initially, ESPN had McDonough and Ferraro together in the booth before the network decided to place Ferraro at ice-level.
Health
In 2012, McDonough had surgery for superior canal dehiscence syndrome which kept him from working for several months.[8]
Honors
In 2014, McDonough was named to the WAER Hall of Fame along with Bill Roth, Syracuse University's noncommercial radio station, where he began his sports broadcasting career as a student.[4] S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications also honored McDonough in July 2016 with the 4th annual Marty Glickman Award.[21][22] In May 2007, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Southern Vermont College.[23]
Career timeline
- 1982–1984: Syracuse ChiefsRadio Play-by-Play
- 1988–2004: Boston Red Sox TV Play-by-Play
- 1990–1999: College Basketball on CBSPlay-by-Play
- 1991–1993: NFL on CBS Play-by-Play
- 1992–1993: MLB on CBSLead Play-by-Play
- 1993–1994, 1999–2000, 2002–2004: NHL on ESPN Play-by-Play
- 1996–1999: College Football on CBSLead Play-by-Play
- 1996–1999: Masters Tournament Hole Announcer
- 1995–1999: College World Series Play-by-Play
- 1992–1994: Bobsled and Luge in Winter OlympicsPlay-by-Play
- 1998: Ice Hockey 1998 Winter Olympics Play-by-Play
- 2000–present: College Basketball on ESPNPlay-by-Play
- 2000–2003, 2009–2015, 2018–present: College Football on ABC Play-by-Play
- 2004–2015, 2018–present: College Football on ESPNPlay-by-Play
- 2010–2014: U.S. Open Hole Announcer
- 2010–2015: British OpenHole Announcer
- 2010–2011: NCAA Men's Lacrosse ChampionshipPlay-by-Play
- 2011–2012: ESPN Monday Night BaseballPlay-by-Play
- 2013–2015: NFL on ESPN RadioPlay-by-Play
- 2016–2017: MNF on ESPNPlay-by-Play
- 2019–present: Boston Red Sox Radio Play-by-Play[24]
- 2021–present: NHL on ESPN/NHL on ABC Lead Play-by-play
References
- ^ "Sean McDonough - ESPN MediaZone". espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Alumni Profiles: Sean McDonough '84 (Boston)". boston.syr.edu. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Schiff, Tyler (28 February 2022). "SU alumnus Sean McDonough shares experiences of calling variety of sports". The Daily Orange. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ a b Lee, Joe. "McDonough '84 Roth '87 Newest Hall of Fame Inductees". Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "ESPN's Sean McDonough: Dick MacPherson 'saved my life' (best moments from funeral service)". syracuse.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ a b "After losing his job with CBS, Sean McDonough thought about quitting broadcasting". Remy Report via Reddit. December 14, 2004.
- ^ Vautour, Matt (2020-01-17). "Red Sox Radio Broadcasts: Sean McDonough takes more permanent role with Joe Castiglione, Lou Merloni and Will Flemming". masslive.
- ^ a b Hiestand, Michael (14 June 2012). "ESPN's Sean McDonough to have surgery on bone near brain". USA Today. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ Sherman, Ed (December 17, 1999). "Mcdonough Out, And That's Odd". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Fang, Ken (May 16, 2016). "After losing his job with CBS, Sean McDonough thought about quitting broadcasting". Awful Announcing.
- ^ WavSource: Sports
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- ^ Yoder, Matt (17 October 2015). "VIDEO – MICHIGAN STATE BEATS MICHIGAN ON BOTCHED PUNT AS TIME EXPIRES". Bloguin. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Hofheimer, Bill (May 9, 2016). "Sean McDonough Joins ESPN's Monday Night Football" (Press release). ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Mandell, Nina (May 9, 2016). "ESPN confirms that Mike Tirico will leave network; will be replaced by Sean McDonough on MNF". USA TODAY Sports. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "McDonough moving off MNF, back to college football for ESPN". Boston.com. AP. March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ "Dynamic, Diverse and Accomplished Team to Present ESPN's NHL Coverage to Fans". ESPN Press Room U.S. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- www.boston.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Best, Neil (2022-06-03). "ESPN's ups and downs in Year 1 of hockey's return to the network". Newsday. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Nidetz, Steve (1994-04-18). "LITTLE WONDER PANG A TOP HOCKEY ANALYST". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "Sean McDonough '84 receives Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media (slideshow): Newhouse School - Syracuse University". Newhouse School. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "ESPN's Sean McDonough '84 Given Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media by Newhouse School". SU News. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Sportscaster tells grads nice is key". The Bennington Banner. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Red Sox announce 'more permanent and consistent' 2020 radio broadcast team". 17 January 2020.
External links
- The Sean McDonough Charitable Foundation, Inc.
- Bowl Championship Series - McDonough, Sean
- Odd man out of broadcast booth
- Chat wrap: From the gridiron to the diamond
- McDonough still being heard from - Boston Globe
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