Brian Anderson | |
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| Born | (1971-06-07)June 7, 1971 (age 54) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. Mary's University (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1998–present |
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| Children | Madeline |
Brian Anderson (born June 7, 1971) is an Americansportscaster for the Milwaukee Brewers andTNT Sports. Since2007, he has calledplay-by-play for theMilwaukee Brewers' telecasts on their variousregional sports networks. As a part of his work on the 2007Brewers Preview Show, Anderson and the then-Fox Sports team were awarded a regional Emmy Award.
Anderson also callsMarch Madness games forTNT Sports andCBS Sports, along with regular seasoncollege basketball games,MLB games,NBA games,The Match golf franchise, andFrench Open Tennis for TNT Sports.
Anderson started his career in 1991 as an intern with theSan Antonio Spurs while still in college, as abroadcast technician andcameraman. From 1998 to 2000, Anderson handled Minor League and Little League Baseball telecasts forESPN. He received his start in baseball with theSan Antonio Missions, the Double-A affiliate of theLos Angeles Dodgers, serving as a radio/television play-by-play announcer from 1994 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2003. For the Missions, he also was a batting practice pitcher and porter for players.[1]
Anderson worked as a play-by-play announcer atThe 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. While with the Spurs, Anderson moved to the front of the camera withFSN Southwest as a sideline reporter for the Spurs from 1999 to 2007, where he saw them win three NBA Championships.
Starting in 2007, Anderson moved on to be the play-by-play announcer for theMilwaukee Brewers onFox Sports Wisconsin. He is joined by color commentatorBill Schroeder. The duo occasionally also did games forWMLW, a local over-the-air channel in the Milwaukee metro area, butFox Sports Wisconsin has since become the exclusive local broadcast partner for the Brewers. Anderson remains a member of the Brewers' broadcast booth today.
Since 2008, Anderson has been part of theMajor League Baseball on TBS crew as a play-by-play announcer for postseason coverage, calling theBrewers-PhilliesNational League Division Series in 2008, theRockies-Phillies series in 2009, theReds-Phillies series in 2010 and theYankees-TigersAmerican League Division Series in 2011. In 2012, Anderson worked theNL Wild Card Game and NLDS. In 2013, he worked theAmerican League Wild Card tiebreaker between theRays andRangers, theAL Wild Card Game and ALDS. From 2014 to 2017, Anderson served as the secondary play-by-play announcer for TBS during the Division Series.
In 2011, Anderson covered forErnie Johnson during theNational League Championship Series, which only by coincidence had theBrewers against theCardinals; his role was announced before the playoff seedings for the NLDS were fully set.[2] Anderson again returned to calling LCS in 2017, when he called the2017 National League Championship Series for TBS,[3] as Ernie Johnson was focused onNBA on TNT duties. He has continued to call the LCS every year since.
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.[4] In this role, Anderson was on the call of the first-ever Division Series featuring theNew York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
In 2010, TBS named him as play-by play announcer onSunday MLB on TBS regular season broadcasts.
In addition, Anderson started calling NCAA basketball games forESPN during the 2009–2010 season.
In 2012, he began calling basketball games for theBig Ten Network, concluding in covering the early rounds of theBig Ten Basketball tournament.[5]
Since 2012, Anderson has called play-by-play forTurner Sports andCBS's coverage of theNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament andNBA.
In 2013, he was named lead host for TNT's exclusive coverage of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.[6]
Anderson is currently a play-by-play announcer forFox College Hoops.[7]
Anderson replaced an ailingMarv Albert to call undefeatedKentucky's thrilling 68–66 win overNotre Dame at the 2015 NCAA Midwest Regional final inCleveland, Ohio.[8] He also served as commentator for theMichigan State Spartans team cast during their Final Four game againstDuke.[9]
Beginning in 2014, Anderson addedNBA on TNT duties to his resume, usually in a fill-in position or as a 3rd announcer when TNT features a rare tripleheader that night, such as onMLK day. He also extensively covers the first two rounds of theNBA playoffs in this position. Until 2021,Wisconsin Badgers play-by-play manMatt Lepay substituted for him onFox Sports Wisconsin for Brewers games when Anderson was away calling the NBA.[10]
Anderson also began calling someNFL on CBS games during the busier weeks of the2014 NFL season, when the network's six or seven announcing teams weren't enough to cover the network's games.[11]
Anderson called the2019 PGA Championship forGolf on TNT, which was the last year for TNT's golf coverage.
Prior to the 2019-20 NBA season, it was announced that as a replacement to the recently eliminated "Players Only" broadcasts which occurred on Tuesday nights beginning during the 2nd half of the season, TNT would instate a more traditional broadcast format to their Tuesday Night slate of games. Anderson was announced to be one of the play-by-play announcers to the weekly scheduled doubleheader, along with longtime Nets announcerIan Eagle. Anderson is partnered with eitherStan Van Gundy orJim Jackson.
Anderson was on the call for TNT's "The Match" golf series for the May 2020 event featuringTiger Woods andPeyton Manning defeatingPhil Mickelson andTom Brady from Hobe Sound, Florida, in November 2020 when Mickelson andCharles Barkley defeated Manning andStephen Curry in Oro Valley, Arizona, in July 2021 in Moonlight Basin, Montana whenBryson DeChambeau andAaron Rodgers defeated Mickelson and Brady, in November 2021 whenBrooks Koepka defeated DeChambeau in Las Vegas, Nevada, and in June 2022 when Rodgers and Brady defeatedJosh Allen andPatrick Mahomes, also in Las Vegas.
Anderson signed a multi-year deal with TNT Sports to be a part of their continuation of baseball, college basketball and tennis (part ofFrench Open) coverage.
Anderson was born in Austin and grew up in Georgetown, Texas. Anderson played catcher on the nationally ranked baseball team atSt. 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 pitcherMike Anderson.[12]
Anderson is aChristian. 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."[13]
| Preceded by | Lead play-by-play announcer,Major League Baseball on TBS 2011 2017-present | Succeeded by Ernie Johnson Jr. Incumbent |
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