Jordan Angeli
Jordan Angeli – Analyst and Play-by-Play
A Santa Clara Bronco and former professional in both the NWSL and WPS, Jordan was named the BEST IX in WPS in 2010 and leading rookie goal scorer in the league. She also spent time with the USWNT in 2011, competed for the U-23 USWNT in 2007 and the U-20 USWNT in 2006 which competed for a World Cup in Russia. Jordan has been working in broadcasting since 2012 covering collegiate games for PAC 12, SEC, as well as Men’s and Women’s conference championships for WAC the last 3 years.
She is currently a host and radio analyst for Colorado Rapids in MLS. This summer she has been calling games both as a play-by-play announcer and analyst for NWSL and USL. The career ending injuries Jordan sustained and the related rehabilitation experiences lead her to the creation of THE ACL CLUB which was created to give back to athletes going through the physical and mental aspects of an ACL injury recovery process.
Steve Schlanger
Eric Rothman
Eric Rothman has had a microphone in his hand for as long as he can remember. From anchoring his middle schools closed-circuit television station as an 8th grader, to calling games on national television as a professional, Rothman has experienced a lot.
Since 2011, Rothman has served as the play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League. Since 2013, those games have aired live regionally on Time Warner Cable SportsNet. Select games have also been picked up for simulcast and appeared on Comcast SportsNet, MSG Network, and NBATV. Along with broadcasting games for the D-Fenders, Rothman has also called NBADL games since 2012 for NBATV as play-by-play broadcaster of the NBADL Showcase, an annual event displaying some of the best up and coming basketball talent in the world.
Rothman has been on the call for many amateur athletic events as well. He has called basketball, soccer, and volleyball games for the West Coast Conference, basketball for Fox Sports West PrepZone, and football for NFHS and the CIF. A native of Cincinnati, Rothman currently resides in Los Angeles and is a graduate of Syracuse University.
Barry Tompkins – Play by Play
BARRY TOMPKINS-Play by Play
Barry is probably best described by saying if it moves and a score is kept, he has called it on
radio, television or pay per view.
His credits include play-by-play commentary of The Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the NCAA
Final Four, eight Olympic Games, The Tour de France, Wimbledon, the French Open and
the U.S. Open Tennis, the World Gymnastics Championships, World Swimming and Diving
Championships, World Figure Skating Championships, and horse racing’s Triple Crown, World
Cup Skiing, San Francisco Giants baseball, and over 100 World Championship fights.
In addition he has covered the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA golf events, The Indy
500, Baseball World Series, hockey’s Stanley Cup, and the Soccer World Cup.
Barry is in his 30th year as the voice of Pac-12 Conference Football and Basketball for Fox
Sports Net and continues to broadcast a wide variety of events on national television including
Boxing on Showtime.
In addition to his broadcasting work, Barry writes a humor column for the Marin Independent
Journal and is a contributing columnist for Comcast Sports News Bay Area.
Mike Gleason
Mike Gleason
Play-by-Play and Studio Host
From 1988 through the summer of 2012, Mike Gleason served as a play-by-play and studio host for ESPN. While at ESPN, Gleason most recently called Big East football and basketball for ESPN Regional Television. He served as host on a number of shows including specials like the Home Depot College Football Awards, College football bowl games and the NBA Pre-Draft Combine. When not doing football and basketball, Mike called a myriad of college sports including baseball and gymnastics championships.
Gleason has also contributed to ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic and ESPN’s coverage of Arena Football League games.
Before joining ESPN, Gleason worked for WBNS-AM in Columbus, Ohio, from 1987-98, as a show host and play-by-play voice for Ohio State men’s basketball. He also worked at WBNS-TV in Columbus from 1994-96 as an anchor and handled a variety of play-by-play assignments.
Gleason is a 1978 graduate of Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcasting/communications.
Steve Physioc
Steve Physioc is play by play broadcaster for the Kansas City Royals serving both as a voice on the Royals Radio Network and as a play-by-play broadcaster FOX Sports Kansas City. In addition, he appears as play by play talent on TBS Sunday Baseball and Fox Network Saturday Baseball. During the winter months, Physioc broadcasts college football, basketball, swimming and diving for FOX Sports Net, FOX College Sports and local Regional Sports Networks.
Physioc worked 14 seasons for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 1996-2009 as the television play-by-play voice on FOX Sports New West and KCOP. In addition to his television duties, Physioc also worked on the Angels radio broadcasts on AM 830.
A graduate of Kansas State University in 1977, he was the voice of Wildcats football and basketball from 1979-82. During that time, he also served as a sports anchor for WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kan., from 1979-83. His sports anchor career continued at WLWT-TV in Cincinnati from 1983-87 and KTUV-TV in Oakland, Calif., from 1987-89.
Physioc began his Major League play-by-play announcing career in 1983, broadcasting Cincinnati Bengals football and Cincinnati Reds baseball through the 1986 season. He then moved to San Francisco where he worked as a Giants announcer in 1987 and 1988. Physioc moved from the Giants to ESPN in 1989, where he broadcast Major League Baseball, college basketball, baseball and Big Ten football. In 1995, he worked for the San Diego Padres and worked Pac-10 football for FOX Sports West.
Physioc also broadcast both on television and radio for Fresno State University (1992-95), Stanford University (1992-95), the NBA’s Golden State Warriors (1989-91) and the Vancouver Grizzlies in their inaugural season of 1995-96.
Jim Watson
Jim Watson is Five-time Emmy Award-winner. Watson’s signature is his versatility. There is virtually no sport he hasn’t called or covered. From Major League Baseball (MLB), to international beach volleyball (FIVB) to college football (NCAA) and three Olympic Games (IOC)—21 sports in all.
Currently, Watson is a play-by-play announcer for several Pac-12 sports. During this school year alone, Watson has worked more than 30 conference events, including the Pac-12 Championships for football, basketball, swimming and gymnastics. In the past, he has also called Pac-12 baseball, volleyball, track & field, cross-country, tennis, golf, softball and soccer. In addition, Watson was the original host of “Runnin’ with the Pac” for its first five seasons.
Last summer Watson worked his third Olympic Games for NBC Sports. Once again featuring his versatility, Jim did both Tae Kwon Do and Weightlifting his third and fourth different Olympic sports. In 2000, he was the play-by-play announcer for Beach Volleyball in Sydney, Australia and in 2004 moved to Indoor Volleyball for the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Watson is also the pregame and postgame host/reporter for “Dodgers Live”, the play-by-play announcer for the (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour and for five seasons, the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, (MLS).
This spring Watson will call the World Championships for rowing. It will be the sixth World Championship sport on his resume, having previously worked the World Championships of Snowboard Cross, the World Championships of Beach Volleyball, the (team) Volleyball World Championships, as well as calling both the men’s and women’s competitions for the Water Polo World Championships. Watson was also at the mic for the World Wrestling Championships, (both Greco-Roman and Freestyle).
Watson has added his voice to football, basketball, baseball, beach volleyball, team volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, water polo, swimming, weightlifting, track & field, cross-country, wrestling, skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey, softball, golf, tennis, motocross and rowing.
Watson attended the University of Hawaii, (UH) and the University of Southern California, (USC). He graduated from USC in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Information, (SPIN). He is married and currently lives in Santa Monica, California.
Education
1989: University of Southern California, (USC)
B.A. (Sports Information)
Miscellaneous
1990-1992: NBC
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Bob Fitzgerald
One of the most recognizable sports personalities in the Bay Area, Bob Fitzgerald is currently in his 14th season as television play-by-play announcer for the Warriors. In addition to announcing Warriors games on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Fitzgerald will also continue to maintain an active role on the “Warriors Weekly Radio Show” and post game radio shows throughout the basketball season. Since his arrival, the Warriors broadcast team has received nine nominations and won two Emmys for “Best Live Sports Broadcast,” the initial two for the organization. Fitzgerald has previously received four Emmy nominations for “Best On-Camera” and was awarded the 2007 Emmy for “Best On- Camera, Play-by-Play Sports” for Northern California.
Fitzgerald is well known throughout the Bay Area sports scene. Currently a co-host of the popular “Fitz and Brooks” show from 12:00 – 3:00pm on KNBR 680, Bob has 15 years of talk show service on the Warriors flagship station. For the last 14 years, Fitzgerald has been the television and radio voice for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League and spent six years as the play-by-play voice for ESPN’s NBA Basketball video game series. Fitz also wrote a column for the Oakland Tribune and ANG Newspapers for seven years.
On a national basis, Fitzgerald currently calls NFL and college football games for CBS radio/ Westwood One and Sports USA Radio. This summer, Fitzgerald will call all of the basketball for NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2012 London Summer Olympic. His past Olympic involvement includes the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics (Water Polo), 2004 Summer Olympics (Team USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball), the 1996 Summer Olympics (Swimming) as well as network television NFL broadcasts for NBC Sports. He also called the NBA Development League Finals series for Versus in 2010. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Fitzgerald also received his Masters Degree in Sports Management from The Ohio State University. While at Notre Dame, he worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fighting Irish football and basketball on campus radio station WVFI.