Jack Edwards (sportscaster)

Jack Edwards (born March 24, 1957) is a former anchor on ESPN's "SportsCenter". He currently serves as the play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins.

Broadcasting career

Early career

Edwards started as a play-by-play announcer for the UNH hockey team. He then moved on to play-by-play and sports anchor positions at WGIR radio and WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire. During the early 1980s he worked as a talk radio host for WRKO in Boston, and as a weekend anchor at WJAR-TV in Providence. He then moved to sports anchor and reporter positions at WCVB-TV and WHDH-TV in Boston. He also served as a reporter for ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" and was an announcer for alpine skiing for ABC's coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics and CBS's 1991 Olympic Winterfest coverage.

ESPN

He spent 12 years at ESPN, from 1991 to 2003. While with ESPN, he was also seen calling Little League baseball and sumo wrestling. Edwards worked as an NHL play-by-play announcer for ESPN from 1999 to 2003, and was the primary play-by-play announcer for HDNet’s NHL broadcasts during the 2003–04 season.

occer

From 2000 to 2002, Edwards was the lead play-by-play announcer for "MLS Soccer Saturday", ESPN2's weekly telecast of Major League Soccer, as well as the announcer for telecasts of the United States men's national soccer team on ESPN and ABC. In 2002, Edwards was the main play-by-play announcer for ESPN's coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He is known for a memorable call made during the United States' run to the quarterfinals; after the United States upset Portugal, 3–2, Edwards yelled, "Mine eyes have seen the glory!", quoting from "Battle Hymn of the Republic". He also was the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Fire in 2003.

NESN

Since the 2005–06 NHL season, Edwards worked for NESN as a play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins, primarily working road games. On July 6, 2007, Edwards was named the Bruins play-by-play announcer for home and road games. It was during this time that Edwards coined various phrases such as "Sticks a fork in it", "sends it down the river", and "shot from (arbitrary distance from net)".

College Sports Television

He also appeared on College Sports Television in the interim of him leaving ESPN and coming to Versus.

Versus

As of 2006, Edwards is on Versus, calling play-by-play of National Hockey League games, and occasionally hosting "The NHL on Versus Post Game Report".

Personal

Edwards was a soccer player in college at the University of New Hampshire. Edwards also attended Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire.

Jack and his wife, Lisa, own [http://www.fountainhd.net/ Fountainhead Production] in Simsbury, CT; a full-fledge HD production company.

References

* [http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/aboutus/news/09_26_05 NESN hires Jack Edwards as Bruins road play-by-play announcer]
* [http://www.mlsnet.com/content/03/datastore/chi0225edwards.html Jack Edwards Joins Fire Broadcasts]