Sonics 'voice' Kevin Calabro to call SOUNDERS FC games

MVNsoccer posted 7/22/2008 from seattlepi.nwsource.com [flag]

July 21 --- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: On Monday in a live press conference, the 2009 MLS expansion franchise in Seattle announced their first broadcast partnership. --- The former 'voice of the Sonics' Kevin Calabro has been pegged by BELO to call the games, and every match will be televised; with a combination of national cable telecasts, and regionally, on local 'free' TV via KING and KONG... [link]

Sonics 'voice' Kevin Calabro to call SOUNDERS FC games

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Comments (1)

BadenBall

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Good for you Kevin, Congrats on finding a new job, it won't be the same as the sonics, but at least the sounders are getting a class act as their announcer.

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First Cup: Tuesday
Published 7/22/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... showed his shooting touch and range. Joey Dorsey, playing in just two games, demonstrated his energy and intensity. Aaron Brooks, last season's top pick, worked to reshape himself into a more traditional point guard. Then the Las Vegas NBA Summer League ended (the Rockets went 3-2, with both losses coming in overtime), and there was a renewed sense of the work still to be done for the summer players expected to be on the regular-season team and for management still shaping that team." ...

Calabro turns to Sounders--will you?
Published 7/22/2008 by Paul Merrill (noreply@blogger.com) at Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
... Kevin Calabro has turned down a lucrative offer to follow The Team Formally Known As The Sonics (TTFKATS) to Oklahorrible and instead will stay in town as the voice of Seattle's new MSL team, The Sounders. ...

Morning Notes: Red Sox Nation calls Safeco Field home
Published 7/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Dan Engel) at Assist by The Mitten
... If you like soccer and you were a Sonics fan, then you’ll be happy to hear Kevin Calabro calling Major League Soccer action for Seattle Sounders FC games next year. KING 5 and KONG 6 will broadcast all the games, including pre- and post-game shows. Obviously, Calabro won’t be moving to Oklahoma to call Oklahoma City Thunder games – and who could blame him. ...

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