Bob Picozzi

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Bob Picozzi (born June 4, 1951) is a television and radio announcer who was employed by ESPN and Fox Sports as a play-by-play announcer for college football and basketball. [1]

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Picozzi was born in Summit, New Jersey, and graduated from Seton Hall University. He graduated in 1968 from Notre Dame High School [2] (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) and was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame and the WSOU (Seton Hall University) Hall of Fame. [3]

In 1978, Picozzi began a 19-year stint at WTNH-TV as sports director. He was the TV play-by-play voice of UConn women's basketball from 1999-2012. He also called Atlantic 10 football for the Atlantic 10 Network and CAA football for Comcast SportsNet. [4] Picozzi is a four-time winner of the Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year award and received one New England Regional Emmy Award. From 1998 to 2016, he was an ESPN Radio SportsCenter anchor and anchored 62,411 updates. [5] Picozzi began calling college football and basketball for ESPN in 1997 [6] and college basketball for Fox Sports in 2017.

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References

  1. "Bob Picozzi". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. "NDHS | Private Catholic High School in Lawrenceville NJ". www.ndnj.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. "Class Notes", p. 39. ND Journal, Fall 2016. Accessed August 13, 2018. "Bob Picozzi '68 was selected for the WSOU Hall of Fame. WSOU is the student radio station at Bob's alma mater, Seton Hall."
  4. "Bob Picozzi finds niche in play-by-play | STAA". Staatalent.com. 2011-02-28. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  5. "Bob Picozzi Is Leaving The Update Desk at ESPN Radio". BARRETT SPORTS MEDIA. 2016-09-16. Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. "ESPN Radio LIVE - The Dan Le Batard Show - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.