Dave Cohen (sportscaster)

Last updated

David J. Cohen, also known as "Coney Island Dave Cohen" [1] (born 1951), is an actor and sportscaster.

Contents

Education

He attended Stuyvesant High School and Syracuse University, graduating in 1972. [2]

Career

Actor

He has appeared in HBO's Eastbound and Down series; films like Glory Road ; Trouble with the Curve ; Ruffian; and Amy & Isabelle. He also appeared as a sportscaster in an episode of One Tree Hill . [3]

TV Sportscaster

He was also a TV and Radio sportscaster, most notably with the New York Yankees on MSG Network and for three decades as an ESPN freelance play-by-play talent. Debuting in 1979 on ESPN he announced men's and women's college basketball; college football; lacrosse; soccer; boxing; wrestling; track and field; college baseball; softball and crew racing. He was the creator and original host of Mets Extra in 1986 and 87; an ABC Radio Network sports anchor; producer and announcer on Costas Coast-to-Coast as well as Jim McKay's Thoroughbred Connection. His TV anchoring includes WSYR and WIXT; WABC-TV and Fox Sports South in Atlanta where he also did Atlanta Braves hosting and play-by-play. [2]

Radio

At WSB radio he was the Braves pre and post-game host as well as a sportstalk host. Dave Cohen was also a topical promo voice of CNN; an image voice for NASCAR; and an NBA TV play-by-play voice of the Washington Bullets. His voice has appeared on hundreds of commercials and infomercials. [2]

Awards

He won an Emmy Award in 1996 for his commentary on Dwight Gooden's no-hitter. [4]

Personal life

Cohen is married to Kathleen. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greg Gumbel</span> American sportscaster

Greg Gumbel is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments for CBS Sports. The older brother of news and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel, he became the first African-American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001. Gumbel is currently a play-by-play broadcaster for the NFL on CBS as well as the studio host for CBS' men's college basketball coverage.

Sean McDonough is an American sportscaster, currently employed by ESPN and WEEI Red Sox Radio Network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ernie Johnson Jr.</span> American sportscaster

Ernest Thorwald Johnson Jr. is an American sportscaster for Turner Sports. Johnson is currently the television voice and a studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, hosts Inside the NBA for TNT, and NBA TV and contributes to the joint coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for Turner and CBS Sports. His father was Ernie Johnson Sr., a Major League Baseball pitcher and Atlanta Braves play-by-play announcer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred Hickman</span> American broadcaster (1956–2022)

Frederick Hickman was an American sports broadcaster with CNN, TBS, YES Network, and ESPN. He was later an anchor and managing editor for the evening newscast of the African-American cable news channel Black News Channel. Hickman was an original co-host of the CNN show Sports Tonight in 1980. He received CableACE awards in 1989 and 1993, and was a New York Sports Emmy Award Winner in 2004. Hickman died on November 9th, 2022 in Kissimmee, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Brando</span> American sportscaster

Tim Brando is an American sportscaster with Fox Sports. Formerly with CBS Sports, Raycom Sports, ESPN and SiriusXM, Brando has primarily covered NCAA football, basketball and the NBA. Along with radio duties, Brando has also served as a studio host for games, a play-by-play announcer, and halftime host.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Shulman</span> Canadian sportscaster

Daniel Shulman is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Curt Menefee</span> American sportscaster

Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster who is currently the play-by-play commentator for Seattle Seahawks preseason football, the USFL on Fox and is the host of the Fox Network's NFL pregame show Fox NFL Sunday.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Simpson (sportscaster)</span> American sportscaster

James Shores Simpson was an American sportscaster, known for his smooth delivery as a play-by-play man and his versatility in covering many different sports. In 1997, he won the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2000 he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dave O'Brien (sportscaster)</span> American sportscaster

David O'Brien is an American sportscaster who is a lead play-by-play announcer on the New England Sports Network (NESN) for telecasts of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB), and for college football and college basketball games aired on the ESPN Inc.-owned ACC Network. He has previously broadcast for MLB's Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets, and has announced other sports including basketball, football, and soccer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WAER</span> Radio station in Syracuse, New York, United States

WAER is a radio station in Syracuse, New York. It is located on the campus of Syracuse University, and is a part of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The station features a jazz music and National Public Radio format, with a news, Syracuse Orange play-by-play, and music staff providing programming around the clock.

Bob Neal is an American sportscaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Sciambi</span> American baseball broadcaster

Jon "Boog" Sciambi is an American sportscaster for ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network, currently the everyday play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs TV broadcasts. He has worked extensively as a baseball play-by-play announcer, calling games for ESPN television and on ESPN Radio. Sciambi's nickname, "Boog," was given to him owing to his physical resemblance to former major league player Boog Powell.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe D'Ambrosio</span>

Joe D'Ambrosio is an American sports broadcaster and play-by-play announcer.

Jeff Hullinger is a 21 time-Emmy Award-winning news and sports anchor from Atlanta. He has also been inducted into the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle. Jeff is now with WXIA-TV NBC Atlanta. He has worked as the morning drive news anchor on B98.5 WSB-FM, and the afternoon drive news anchor on News/Talk 750 WSB Radio. His career includes anchoring WAGA-TV, being a host for CNN’s TalkBack Live, calling games for ESPN and doing play-by-play for the Atlanta Falcons.

William B. Roth is an American television and radio sportscaster. Longtime play-by-play voice of Virginia Tech Hokies football and men's basketball from 1988 to 2015 and again starting in 2022 for Hokies Football, Roth also served as an announcer for the Richmond Braves from 1993–96, and spent 2015-16 with the UCLA Bruins before joining ESPN in 2016.

Dave Neal, son of Bob Neal and Melody Gadziala, is a two-time Emmy Award winning American sportscaster currently employed by ESPN. He has 2 sons, Sam and Lil Pete.

Steven "Goldie" Goldstein is the television play-by-play broadcaster for the Florida Panthers on Bally Sports Florida.

Blaine Luke Walsh was an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team in the National League from 1953 to 1961.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Caridi</span> American sportscaster

Tony Caridi is a children's book author and an American sportscaster for West Virginia University's Mountaineer Sports Network and West Virginia Radio Corporation's Metronews Radio Network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Amin</span> American television and radio sportscaster

Adam Amin is an American sportscaster. Amin joined Fox Sports in June 2020 as a play-by-play announcer for MLB and NFL games after previously working for ESPN from 2011-2020. He is also the television play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.

References

  1. ↑ "Screening: "Glickman"". syr.edu. S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Syracuse University. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Former Syracuse announcer Dave Cohen makes his home in Atlanta now" . Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Dave Cohen - IMDb". IMDb.com. IMDb, Inc. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Global Media Awards for College Sports Announced at Inaugural College Sports Video Summit : Sports Video Group". events.sportsvideo.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  5. ↑ Webb, Donnie. "Former Syracuse announcer Dave Cohen makes his home in Atlanta now". syracuse.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.