Brian Anderson (sportscaster)

Brian Anderson
Born (1971-06-07) June 7, 1971
Occupation Sportscaster
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s) Michele
Children Madeline

Brian Anderson (born June 7, 1971) is an American sportscaster. Since 2007, he has called play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers' telecasts on FSN Wisconsin. As a part of his work on the 2007 Brewers Preview Show, Anderson and the FSN team were awarded a regional Emmy Award.

Anderson also calls NFL games and NCAA Tournament basketball for CBS Sports, regular season NCAA basketball for FOX Sports and the Big Ten Network, MLB games for TBS and NBA games for TNT, TBS, NBC and CBS.

Broadcasting career

Early career

From 1998 to 2000, Anderson handled Minor League and Little League Baseball telecasts for ESPN. He received his start in baseball with the San Antonio Missions, the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, serving as a radio/television play-by-play announcer from 1994 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2003.

Anderson worked as a play-by-play announcer at The Golf Channel from 2003 to 2006. In his role there, he served as a host for a variety of the network's events, including the PGA and Nationwide Tours. Anderson also worked at FSN Southwest as a sideline reporter for the San Antonio Spurs from 1999 to 2007, where he saw the Spurs win three NBA Championships.

Starting in 2007, Anderson moved on to be the play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers on FSN Wisconsin. He is joined by color commentator Bill Schroeder. The duo occasionally also did games for WMLW, a local over-the-air channel in the Milwaukee metro area, but FS Wisconsin has since become the exclusive local broadcast partner for the Brewers. Anderson remains a member of the Brewers' broadcast booth today.

National work

Since 2008, Anderson has been tapped by TBS to provide play-by-play for the network's coverage of the postseason, calling the Brewers-Phillies National League Division Series in 2008, the Rockies-Phillies series in 2009, the Reds-Phillies series in 2010 and the Yankees-Tigers American League Division Series in 2011. In 2012, Anderson worked the NL Wild Card Game and NLDS. In 2013, he worked the American League Wild Card tiebreaker between the Rays and Rangers, the AL Wild Card Game and ALDS. From 2014 to 2017, Anderson served as the secondary play-by-play announcer for TBS during the Division Series.

Because of Ernie Johnson stepping aside for the 2011 playoffs to care for his son Michael (who suffers from muscular dystrophy and was placed in intensive care around the same time as the playoffs), Anderson called the 2011 National League Championship Series for TBS, which only by coincidence had the Brewers against the Cardinals; his role was announced before the playoff seedings for the NLDS were fully set.[1] Anderson again called the National League Championship Series for TBS[2] in 2017 as Ernie Johnson was preoccupied with his NBA on TNT duties.

In 2018, Anderson once again served as lead play-by-play announcer during the MLB postseason in place of Johnson, who stepped aside due to blood clots and being advised not to fly.[3] In this role, Anderson was on the call of the first-ever Division Series featuring the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

In 2010, TBS named him as play-by play announcer on Sunday MLB on TBS regular season broadcasts.

In addition, Anderson started calling NCAA basketball games for ESPN during the 2009–2010 season. In 2012, he began calling NCAA basketball games for the Big Ten Network.[4]

Since 2012, Anderson has called play-by-play for Turner Sports and CBS's coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and NBA.

In 2013, he was named lead host for TNT's exclusive coverage of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.[5]

Anderson is currently a play-by-play announcer for Fox College Hoops.[6]

Anderson replaced an ailing Marv Albert to call undefeated Kentucky's thrilling 68-66 win over Notre Dame at the 2015 NCAA Midwest Regional final in Cleveland, Ohio.[7] He also served as commentator for the Michigan State Spartans team cast during their Final Four game against Duke.[8]

Beginning in 2014, Anderson added NBA on TNT duties to his resume, with Wisconsin Badgers play-by-play man Matt Lepay substituting for him on Fox Sports Wisconsin for Brewers games.[9]

Anderson also began calling some NFL on CBS games during the busier weeks of the 2014 NFL season, when the network's six or seven announcing teams weren't enough to cover the network's games.[10]

Personal life

Anderson played catcher on the nationally ranked baseball team at St. Mary's University, Texas and graduated Cum Laude from the school in 1993 with a degree in English-communications. He has a wife and one child. Anderson is the younger brother of former Reds pitcher Mike Anderson.[11]

Anderson is a Christian. Anderson has spoken about his faith saying, "Not everything depends on what is happening in my particular space. I don’t live or die with my call of a game or a win or loss, or something good or bad at home. I know there is a greater picture, a greater hope; and that is eternity [in Heaven]. ... I will trust in God, who gave His only Son as the ultimate sacrifice, and He did it for me."[12]

References

  1. ↑ Heistand, Michael (27 September 2011). "Family situation keeps TBS' Ernie Johnson from MLB playoffs". USA Today. Gannett Company. pp. C3. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Fang, Ken (2 October 2017). "Brian Anderson will call the NLCS on TBS due to Ernie Johnson's NBA commitments". Awful Announcing.
  3. ↑ Terranova, Justin (1 October 2018). "Ernie Johnson to miss TBS' baseball playoff coverage". New York Post.
  4. ↑ http://btn.com/2012/10/24/btn-sets-on-air-talent-roster-for-basketball/
  5. ↑ Wolfley, Bob (22 February 2012). "Brewers' Anderson will work NCAA basketball tournament telecasts". SportsDay with Bob Wolfley. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latestnews/2015/11/10/fox-sports-unveils-loaded-lineup-of-studio-and-game-announcers-f
  7. ↑ "Marv Albert is 'under the weather', Replaced by Brian Anderson for Call of Kentucky-Notre Dame". USA Today. March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cleaves to be analyst on MSU Final Four homer broadcast". Detroit Free Press. March 31, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2014/01/27/brian-anderson-rachets-down-brewers.html
  10. ↑ Deitsch, Richard (16 June 2014). "What's next for ESPN NBA Countdown?; CBS's NFL moves". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Radcliffe, JR (July 18, 2012). "Q & A with Brewers broadcaster (and Hartland resident) Brian Anderson". Lake Country Now.
  12. ↑ "Brewers' TV Announcer Tells His Faith Story's Play-by-Play". Archived from the original on 2014-05-05.
Preceded by
Ernie Johnson Jr.		 Lead play-by-play announcer, Major League Baseball on TBS
2011		 Succeeded by
Ernie Johnson Jr.
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