Call of the Game

How many times have you listened to play-by-play on television and thought, I could do that job? With this book, perhaps you can. At the very least, you will learn what it takes to be a play-by-play announcer. Your teacher? A consummate professional. For more than 25 years, Gary Bender has described the action on the playing field of 29 different sports, 27 at network level. Bender details the ins and outs of play-by-play. Here's an inside look at the preparation required before entering the broadcast booth, the interaction of the production crew during a broadcast, and the play-by-play announcer's role in a sportscast.