#Lions play by play radio announcer crack#

You have to have the desire to work with people who make you better. He’s just a great announcer who makes me better. You wouldn’t know he’s won four Super Bowls you wouldn’t know he has a gold jacket, except for the people that keep coming up to him and saying, ‘Can we get your picture?’ ‘Can you sign this?’. You wouldn’t know that he’s won anything. SJ: There’s nobody more down to earth than Jack.

What’s it like sharing the booth with an icon in the football world? OS: Talk about your relationship with Jack Ham. And that’s a moment I’ll cherish forever. And on that play, there was an explosion of joy and I felt like it was that moment, that game, that White Out that told everybody Penn State was a national power again. The explosion of joy in the stadium is something that, after everything that happened in 2011, there was an us versus the world mentality that I always felt in the stadium. He ran it down that near sideline and the fastest punter who was the holder, Cameron Johnson, has to be the fastest punter/holder on the planet, tripped him up but he still scored. It’s hard to narrow it down into ‘a moment’… basketball, Penn State beating UCLA in the NCAA tournament in the Carrier Dome in 1981, or in 2001 beating North Carolina to get to the Sweet 16, or the NIT championships… For football, Joe’s win to go past Bear Bryant’s 324, his 400th, number 409, getting to do a couple of Rose Bowls, James Franklin going to three New Year’s Six games in four years… But I think of all the moments, the blocked field-goal by Marcus Allen that was scooped up by Grant Haley against Ohio State in 2016. When you look back on your career thus far, is there one moment in particular that stands out to you? OS: You’ve been a part of some memorable moments, some highs, and lows. Every single experience is just a great experience for me. Sitting in Beaver Stadium, looking out at 10s of 1000s of people, waiting for the team to run out, working side by side with the Hall of Famer Jack Ham.

#Lions play by play radio announcer crack#

Sitting in the broadcast booth, calling a Spikes game in the summertime… hearing the crack of the bat Sitting in the Jordan Center, looking out onto the court, hearing the ball bounce, working with Dick Jerardi – incredible. OS: What do you enjoy most about your job? It’s great for me because the change of sports I think keeps you fresh. Coming up, it’ll be my 40th season doing basketball and I just finished my 16th season doing the Spikes. This, right now, is my 30th season doing football and my 22nd as the play-by-play announcer. So, the two of us ended up getting into media.

: A connection that I have with somebody national is that I played Little League baseball with Peter King from NBC. Steve Jones: I grew up in Enfield, Connecticut. Where are you from, and who’s your family? What are some things about your personal life that people may not know?

We sat down with Jones, the voice of the Nittany Lions, to talk about his personal life, his career, as well as his favorite Creamery ice cream flavor. Jones has delivered fans’ first-rate commentary from the moment he stepped into the booth. Steve Jones is in the midst of his 40th season calling games for the Nittany Lions as the radio play-by-play announcer for both Penn State football and basketball. © 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers.Penn State football and basketball have both had their fair share of ups and downs over the years, but the one thing that’s remained consistent is the radio commentary from the pipes of a Penn State and sportscasting legend.