Calabro: Blazers sought me out (and timing was right)

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In case you missed it (a good article).

I’m excited to get into a situation where I’m working for a club again,” Calabro said from San Francisco, where he is preparing to call Sunday’s Game 7 of the NBA finals for ESPN Radio from Oracle Arena in Oakland. “I always thought it would be Seattle, but the clock is ticking on my shelf life.”

For the past few years, Calabro — who turns 60 on June 27 — has done NBA games for ESPN Radio and football and basketball for the Pac-12 Networks. In two of the past three seasons, he has called the NBA finals for ESPN Radio. Calabro said he hopes to continue to call games for ESPN Radio once — if — the Blazers are eliminated from the playoffs.

“I’ve been grinding,” Calabro said. “Last year, I did 75 football and basketball events, but only five in Seattle — one Husky football game and four Husky basketball games. Anything under a three-hour (plane) trip seemed almost like a home game. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in airports. Being a part of a team and a town is something I’m looking forward to.”

by Kerry Eggers

 

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Thought you didn't like Homer's?

“I’m not going to be a homer,” he said. “I don’t wave the pompoms. I do have an affinity for the guys I’m around and see work hard every day in practice. There’s such excitement in a game, and I want to reflect that.

You’re going to hear it in my voice. You see fans come out of their seats, and I’m going to be that way, also. If you’re not that way, go to the opera.

“But I’ve never tried to make a broadcast about me. You never want to get in the way of a broadcast. That’s what I’ve been taught — it’s not so much the words you use, but the way you use your voice. Fans are pretty sharp. They devour this stuff. I don’t presume to know more than the fans.”

 

[TBpup]

Eggers SO MUCH better than the Clown.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

It's gonna take awhile to adjust to not having the Mikes, but I'm kinda excited for every game to have a national broadcast type of feel to it.

 

[Sedatedfork]

I'm super stoked to watch some Calabro called games.

 

[riverman]

I really wish I could've listened to the espn radio broadcast for game 7 but it I was at work without the choice..I watched some youtube work of his and I really like him. Seriously talented, clever play by play guy. Fans are going to love him next season.