Magoo Marjon

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Magoo Marjon
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Marjon (right) commentating the Manila Clasico game with Quinito Henson on December 25, 2015.
Born
Magoo Marjon
Years active2008–present
TitleSportscaster
Sports commentary career
Sport

Magoo Marjon is a Filipino sports play-by-play commentator. He was known for calling lines such as "Bang!" (like of Mike Breen), "May kasama pang foul" (when a player shoots the ball and fouled), and "Punches it through". [1]

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Career

Courtside reporting

Marjon started his career in 2008 as a courtside reporter for the Philippine Basketball Association games when it was still produced by Solar TV. [2]

Play-by-play commentary

He was then elevated as a commentator for the radio coverage of the games. When Sports5 took over as the coverer of the PBA games in 2010, Marjon was assigned as a play-by-play commentator. He also serves as a play-by-play commentator for other basketball leagues covered by Sports5, notably for the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL), PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League) and for international basketball tournaments such as the FIBA Asia Championship (2013, notably when Jimmy Alapag shot a nail-biting three vs. South Korea, [1] and 2015), 2014 FIBA World Cup, and 2016 Rio Olympics among others.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bacnis, Justine (August 10, 2020). "Magoo Marjon looks back on most iconic call — Jimmy Alapag's dagger vs South Korea". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  2. Bacnis, Justine (October 1, 2018). "Odd Sunday for Magoo Marjon as he dabbles into barker duties". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 11, 2022.