Sonics on FSN Broadcast Team
Kevin Calabro | Play-by-Play
The 2007-08 NBA season marks Kevin Calabro’s 21st year as a play-by-play announcer with the Sonics, where he has been part of several regional Emmy Award-winning broadcasts. Calabro will appear on FSN exclusively this season alongside Snapper Jones, Marques Johnson and Brian Davis to form one of the NBA’s most formidable broadcast teams.
Calabro is an eight-time winner of “Sportscaster of the Year” for the state of Washington, having received the honor by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association of America in 1997 and the past seven years consecutively from 2000-2006.
Calabro began his professional-basketball broadcast career when he was hired at age 26 by the Kansas City Kings during the 1983-84 season.
Calabro started his career at WIBC radio in Indianapolis where he did play-by-play for minor league hockey. During that time, Calabro also called basketball and football games for Purdue University. Born June 27, 1956, Calabro is a graduate of Ben Davis High School and Butler University (1978) in Indianapolis.
During his tenure in Seattle, Calabro has been involved with several local charities helping to raise funds. He has also constructed scholarships for teachers and nurses through his Indianapolis alma maters of Ben Davis High School and Butler University.
He and his wife Susan are the parents of Anthony, Nick, Lauren and Joe.
Steve Jones | Analyst
Veteran NBA analyst Steve “Snapper” Jones enters his first season as part of FSN’s Sonics broadcast team. Jones will team with Kevin Calabro to call 60 of FSN’s 70 Sonics telecasts over the course of the 2007-08 season.
A highly respected NBA analyst for over 30 years, Jones’ experience as both a player and broadcaster is sure to be a fitting complement to Calabro for Sonics games on FSN . Jones’ broadcasting career began in 1976, the year following his retirement from basketball, when he became a color commentator for CBS and the Portland Trail Blazers. His career has included stints with TNT, TBS, US A Network, NBA TV and 13 years as an analyst on national “NBA on NBC” telecasts. Jones also served as an analyst alongside former Lakers broadcasting legend Chick Hearn during the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
A Portland native who led his high school team to the state basketball championship in 1959, Jones went on to have a standout career at the University of Oregon, pacing the Ducks in scoring during the 1963-64 season. Jones earned all-star honors during eight seasons in the ABA where he averaged 16.0 points in 640 games.
Marques Johnson | Analyst
Marques Johnson, FSN’s current Pac-10 basketball analyst, reunites with his former broadcasting partner, Kevin Calabro, for 10 of FSN’s 70 Sonics broadcasts this year. Johnson’s games will be comprised of Western Conference rivalry games. Johnson is a familiar name to basketball fans in the Northwest, having formerly teamed with Calabro on Sonics telecasts from 1994-98.
A three-time All-American at UCLA and a five-time NBA All-Star, Johnson has made the successful jump from NBA All-Star to one of the top basketball analysts in the business. Known for his knowledge of the game and colorful analysis, he began his broadcasting career announcing men’s basketball games on UCLA radio prior to breaking into television as the studio analyst for L.A. Lakers games on FSN West. Johnson then worked as a color analyst for
the Seattle Sonics from 1994-98 before moving to Los Angeles to become FSN ’s NBA and Pac-10 analyst.
Prior to embarking upon a broadcasting career, Johnson enjoyed a successful career in the NBA. Chosen in the first round of the 1977 draft, Johnson played 11 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors.
Brian Davis | Host, Sonics Telecast
The host of FSN’s Sonics telecasts, Davis joins veteran play-by-play man Kevin Calabro and color analysts Steve “Snapper” Jones and Marques Johnson to form one of the most impressive broadcast teams in the NBA. In his role, Davis handles on-air duties for the SONICS LIVE pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows for the 70 games on FSN.
A vital member of FSN’s talent team, in addition to his role on the Sonics telecasts Davis is also the lead play-by-play announcer for FSN’s local Pac-10 football and basketball games, hosts the weekly magazine programs Huskies All Access and Sonics All Access, and has interviewed a range of guests as part of FSN’s compelling series, In My Own Words. In all, he participates in
well over 100 events annually for FSN Northwest.
Davis has called games at the professional level in four sports: football, as radio voice of the Seattle Seahawks (2000-2003); basketball and hockey in reserve roles with the Sonics and NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks; and as television voice of Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire. He also handles preseason play-by-play for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.
As a sports anchor for CBS Radio and its Chicago all-news affiliate, Davis covered major events including the Olympics, NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals. His resume includes basketball and football play-by-play for DePaul University, the Big 10 and Conference USA. He is an accomplished talk show host and winner of several professional awards, including one for investigative news reporting.
Davis holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University. Davis lives in Bellevue with his wife Judy, daughter Ilona, and son Evan.
Sonics Live
FSN’s Brian Davis is the host of Sonics Live on FSN, providing fans 30 minutes of insight and analysis live from Key Arena before and after every Sonics telecast. With contributions from the entire broadcast team inclding Kevin Calabro, Steve “Snapper” Jones, and Marques Johnson,
Sonics Live will have everything fans need surrounding the game.
Sonics All Access
FSN expects the game telecasts to communicate the excitement and energy felt in the arena on game night, but fans also want to know what happens with the players, coaches, and front office before and after the games. For all of those moments that happen off the court, FSN presents
Sonics All Access, Wednesday nights at 6:30pm.
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