Ari Wolfe

Last updated

Ari Michael Wolfe
Born
Ari Michael Wolfe

(1971-01-07) January 7, 1971 (age 53)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Emory University
University of Southern California
Occupation Sportscaster
Years active1998–present

Ari Michael Wolfe (born January 7, 1971) is an American sportscaster. Wolfe currently announces games on ESPN, Stadium Network, Tennis Channel, Pac-12 Networks, and NBC Sports, and serves as an anchor and reporter for the NFL Network. Additionally, he also announces for Kansas City Chiefs games.

Contents

Early life and career

Wolfe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Wolfe graduated from Emory University in 1994 and later earned his master's degree at the University of Southern California. As a student, Wolfe did both play-by-play and color commentary for the Trojans' basketball, football, and baseball teams on KSCR (104.7 FM) in Los Angeles. He also hosted the sports talk show Blackjack and the Wolfe Attack. [1]

Before moving into commentary, Wolfe worked out of Los Angeles as a Highlight Coordinator, creating highlight packages of NFL football games for Fox NFL Sunday .

Broadcasting career

Since graduating from USC in 1997, Wolfe has called games in college and professional sports. He calls events for NFL Network, ESPN, the Kansas City Chiefs, CBS Sports Network, Tennis Channel, Pac-12 Networks, NBC Sports and Stadium Network. Since 2009, he has also worked as an anchor and reporter for NFL Network. Wolfe is a two-time Emmy Award winner.

Wolfe currently calls college football and college basketball for ESPN and Stadium Network with games airing on Facebook. He joined Stadium in 2014 and his primary role is commentating on Mountain West Conference games. In 2009, marked the beginning of Wolfe's work for MTN and BTN. Wolfe served as the play-by-play announcer for football, and men's basketball games. [2] Wolfe left BTN following the 2010 season, while his work with the Mountain West Conference continued until the network ceased operations in 2012. Wolfe has since called Mountain West football games for Root Sports and the Mountain West Network. Wolfe won his 2nd Emmy for his work during the 2014 Mountain West college football season on Root Sports.

Wolfe began calling tennis for the Tennis Channel in 2017 and at the start of 2019, he agreed on a contract West Tennis lasting until 2022. For the 2019 Mountain West Tennis Championships, Wolfe served as the analyst on the Mountain West Digital Network.

In 1998, Wolfe began his play-by-play career as the voice of the Albany Firebirds, serving in that role for six seasons. When the Firebirds left the Arena Football League (AFL), Wolfe was hired to be the play-by-play voice for the Philadelphia Soul, where he remained until 2008. Leading up to the 2018 season, Wolfe called arena games for CBS Sports Network, OLN, ESPN, Versus, and the NFL Network. [3] [4]

From 2005 to 2009, Wolfe was the commentator for the Louisville Cardinals football and men's basketball games. In 2005, Wolfe won his first Sports Emmy. It was in the Outstanding Play-by-Play category. [5] In addition to play-by-play at Louisville, Wolfe also hosted Courtside with Rick Pitino and Kickoff with Coach K.

ESPN hired him as the play-by-play man for the Madden Challenge in 2007, shown on Super Bowl Sunday on ESPN2 and for the Big East Conference.

Related Research Articles

Barry David Tompkins is an American sportscaster. He is better known for his work as a boxing commentator, but he has covered football and other sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dick Enberg</span> American sportscaster (1935–2017)

Richard Alan Enberg was an American sportscaster. Over the course of an approximately 60-year career, he provided play-by-play of various sports for several radio and television networks, including NBC (1975–1999), CBS (2000–2014), and ESPN (2004–2011), as well as for individual teams, such as UCLA Bruins basketball, Los Angeles Rams football, and California Angels and San Diego Padres baseball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brent Musburger</span> American sportscaster (born 1939)

Brent Woody Musburger is an American sportscaster, currently the lead broadcaster and managing editor at Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN).

Theodore Robinson is an American sportscaster. Since 2000, Robinson has been with NBC Sports as a play-by-play announcer for tennis and Olympic swimming/diving and with NBC Sports Network calling college football and basketball. He also works for the Tennis Channel and the Pac-12 Network and was the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco 49ers from 2009 until 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Brando</span> American sportscaster (born 1956)

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.

Don Criqui is an American sportscaster.

CBS Sports Network is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network, it operated as a multi-platform media brand which also included its primary website, collegesports.com, and a network of websites operated for the athletic departments of 215 colleges and universities.

College football on television includes the broad- and cablecasting of college football games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories. Within the United States, the college version of American football annually garners high television ratings.

Bradley Ray Nessler is an American sportscaster, who currently calls college football and college basketball games for CBS Sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Big Ten Network</span> American collegiate sports network

Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs, and other content focusing on the conference's member schools. It is a joint venture between Fox Sports and the Big Ten, with Fox Corporation as 61% stakeholder and operating partner, and the Big Ten Conference owning a 39% stake. It is headquartered in the former Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House building at 600 West Chicago Avenue in Chicago.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MountainWest Sports Network</span> Former American regional sports network (2006–2012)

The MountainWest Sports Network, also known as The Mtn., was an American college sports television channel. Launched on September 1, 2006, it was dedicated to the Mountain West Conference (MWC), including studio programs following the conference, live events, and documentary-style programs profiling the conference's members.

Brad Michael Sham is an American sportscaster who is known as the "Voice of the Dallas Cowboys". Sham is currently the play-by-play announcer on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network.

Tim Ryan is a Canadian retired sportscaster who worked for NBC, CBS, Fox, and ESPN in the United States. He was the play-by-play announcer for the NHL on NBC from 1972 to 1975, called over three hundred championship boxing matches, and was a host and play-by-play announcer for Tennis on CBS.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rich Waltz</span> American sportscaster (born 1962)

Rich Waltz is an American television play-by-play commentator currently calling college football, basketball for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Waltz also calls MLB for MLB Network's Showcase telecasts and Apple TV's Friday Night Baseball. The past two seasons he has filled in on TV for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Angels on Bally Sports. Waltz also called the Phoenix Regional of the World Baseball Classic for MLB Network and MLB International. A three-time Emmy winner, Waltz is formerly known for calling television broadcasts for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2017. Waltz's dismissal by Fox Sports Florida and the Marlins was criticized by fans and media. Over the past few years, Waltz has called MLB for MLB Network and Turner Sports, including the Cubs' Alec Mills no-hitter, the sixth MLB no-hitter he has announced. Waltz also called the 2020 AL Wild Card Series for TBS alongside Jimmy Rollins.

College Basketball on CBS Sports is the branding used for broadcasts of men's NCAA Division I basketball games that are produced by CBS Sports, for CBS, CBSSN, and Facebook.

CBS Arena Football is a TV program from CBS Sports that broadcast Arena Football League games from 2013 to 2018. As part of a two-year agreement, the CBS Sports Network aired nineteen regular season games and two playoff games. When CBS aired ArenaBowl XXVI, it marked the first time since 2008 that the league's finale aired on network television.

Steve Quis is an American sportscaster who is based in San Diego, CA and employed by Spectrum SportsNet, ESPN, UC San Diego, San Diego Strike Force, University of Arizona and San Diego Miramar College as Public Information Officer.

Sean Travis Farnham is an American sports analyst who covers college basketball for ESPN. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins.

Arena Football League on ABC was the de facto title for broadcasts of Arena Football League (AFL) games on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network. ABC was the first major television network in the United States to give exposure to the Arena Football League. Prior to 1998, when ABC televised ArenaBowl XII, the most exposure that the league would receive was on ESPN, which would air tape-delayed games, often well after midnight.

Noah Eagle is an American sportscaster. The son of sportscaster Ian Eagle, he is a play-by-play broadcaster for NBC Sports, calling primarily football games for the Big Ten Conference and National Football League, as well as basketball for the Big Ten and at the Summer Olympic Games. He is also a play-by-play announcer for the Tennis Channel, Brooklyn Nets, and NFL games airing on children's network Nickelodeon.

References

  1. ↑ "Ari Wolfe - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More". Playback.fm. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ari Wolfe- Football Play-by-play". Comcast SportsNet . March 17, 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ "NFL Network: Ari Wolfe, On-Air Talent". NFL.com .
  4. ↑ "AFL, CBS Sports Network Announce On-Air Talent Lineup for 2013 Season". Arena Pigskin. March 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Pinkie Interviews Former U of L Broadcaster Ari Wolfe". Strait Pinkie. March 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
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.