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'''Mark Griskey''' is an [[United States|American]] [[composer]] who is probably most well-known for his work for [[LucasArts Entertainment]] in games such as ''[[Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords]]''. He is also known for composing the haunting theme in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]] television spots. |
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'''Thomas Wade "Thom" Brennaman''' (born [[September 12]], [[1963]]) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[sportscaster]], and the son of sportscaster [[Marty Brennaman]]. |
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==Career== |
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After graduating from [[Anderson High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Anderson High School]] and [[Ohio University]], where he was a member and later president of [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity, Brennaman called [[play-by-play]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] (along with his father) in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s he did [[Chicago Cubs]] broadcasts, and in 1994 he was hired by [[Fox Sports]] to call the network's [[NFL on FOX|National Football League]] and [[Major League Baseball on FOX|Major League Baseball]] telecasts. He served as the first television voice for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], and left after the 2006 season to join his father [[Marty Brennaman|Marty]] in Cincinnati. |
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In 2006, Brennaman was appointed as Fox's lead play-by-play announcer for the [[Bowl Championship Series]]. In addition to calling the [[BCS National Championship Game]], Brennaman called the [[2007 Fiesta Bowl]]. On both broadcasts, Brennaman worked with former [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] head coach [[Barry Alvarez]], and former [[University of Tennessee]] defensive back and current broadcaster [[Charles Davis]].[http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5819706] Brennaman also called the 2008 Sugar Bowl. |
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== Early career == |
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Additionally, the [[Big Ten Network]] named Brennaman as their lead play-by-play announcer for college football games beginning in September 2007.[http://www.uiuc.edu/resources/announcement3.html] |
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Griskey started his career in the early 1990s, composing music for companies such as [[20th Century Fox]], [[Columbia Pictures]], [[DreamWorks SKG]], [[MGM Studios]], [[Sony Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Universal Pictures]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[Disney]], [[Touchstone]], [[Lions Gate Films]], [[Miramax Films]], and [[New Line Cinema]]. In the mid-90s he stepped into the world of interactive media, composing for [[Atom Entertainment]]. |
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Prior to that, Brennaman had been the voice of the [[Cotton Bowl (game)|Cotton Bowl]] on Fox from 2000 to 2006. |
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== LucasArts career == |
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His signature pet phrase is ''Can you believe it?!'', which became famous following the end of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl between Oklahoma and Boise State. |
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In 2001 Griskey started scoring video games, including Jedi Starfighter and Gladius, for LucasArts Entertainment. He composed some of the tracks on "The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtrack," which was named "Best Game Music Soundtrack Album of the Year" by the Game Audio Network Guild.[http://www.audiogang.org/public/awards/1st_gang_awards.html] His latest project for the LucasArts company is the Force Unleashed video game, which is being released on the 16th of September 2008. |
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==Famous calls== |
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== After LucasArts and Recent Projects == |
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In the past few years, Brennaman, due to his increased role with [[Fox Sports]] (as the #2 play-by-play man for the network's MLB coverage and now as the lead voice of both Fox's BCS coverage and the Big Ten Network's football coverage), has been part of some of the most memorable moments in recent sports history: |
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*'''[[New York Yankees]] vs. [[Oakland Athletics]], October 13, 2001.''' In Game 3 of the [[2001 American League Division Series]] with with the Yankees facing elimination and winning 1–0, Yankees beloved shortstop [[Derek Jeter]] made one of the most famous plays on a double by [[Terrence Long]] to right field off Yankees pitcher [[Mike Mussina]]. As Oakland's [[Jeremy Giambi]] was running home from first, Yankees right fielder [[Shane Spencer]] made an errant throw intended for first baseman [[Tino Martinez]] and Jeter came out of no where while the ball was rolling down the first base line, he picked up the ball with his bare hand and back hand flipped the ball to catcher [[Jorge Posada]] and Posada tagged out Giambi by about 1/2 a step. The Yankees went on to win the game 1–0 and that series in five games: {{cquote|That is fair, down the right field line. Giambi on his way to third, and they're gonna wave him around! The throw misses the cut-off man--shovel at the plate! Out at the plate! Derek Jeter with one of the most unbelievable plays you will ever see by a shortstop!}} |
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*'''[[San Francisco Giants]] at [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], October 2, 2004.''' Steve Finley's walk-off grand slam to cap a seven-run ninth-inning rally and clinch the [[National League]] West for the first time since 1995. |
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{{cquote|0-1 (Crack of the bat) HIGH DRIVE...DEEP RIGHT-CENTER FIELD...AND IT I.......S GONE!! WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM BY STEVE FINLEY AND THE DODGERS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS FINISH?!!}} |
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*'''[[Oakland Athletics]] at [[Detroit Tigers]], October 14, 2006.''' Magglio Ordoñez's walk-off home run in Game 4 of the [[2006 American League Championship Series]] defeated the A's 6–3 and sent the Tigers to the [[World Series]] for the first time since 1984. |
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{{cquote|Ordoñez 0-2 in his career against Huston Street. (Crack of the bat) IN THE AIR LEFT FIELD! THE TIGERS...MARCH TO THE WORLD SERIES!!}} |
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*'''[[Boise State]] vs. [[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]], 2007 [[Tostitos Fiesta Bowl]].''' In a game considered one of the greatest games in college football history, the underdog Broncos scored a touchdown on a "[[hook and lateral]]" play to make it 35–34: |
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{{cquote|Down the middle, James...THE LATERAL! TO THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!}} |
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After the Broncos converted the extra point to tie the game at 35 and send it into overtime, the Sooners scored a touchdown on their overtime possession and a [[point after touchdown|PAT]] to make it 42–35, the Broncos put up a touchdown of their own. Instead of kicking the extra point to send the game into a second overtime, they elected to go for the two-point conversion to end the game: |
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{{cquote|Boise State for the win. THEY HAND IT OFF TO JOHNSON... BOISE STATE HAS WON THE TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!}} |
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*'''[[Appalachian State]] vs. [[University of Michigan|Michigan]], September 1, 2007.''' The Mountaineers shocked the then #5 ranked Wolverines 34–32 in a game considered the greatest upset in college football history. It was the first time a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly [[Division 1-AA]]) team had defeated a ranked Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly [[Division 1-A]]) team: |
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{{cquote|Here we go. They're gonna kick the field goal. It will be Jason Gingell, out of the hold of Mesko. Good snap, good hold...AND THE KICK IS BLOCKED!! APPALACHIAN STATE HAS STUNNED THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD! ONE OF THE GREATEST UPSETS IN SPORTS HISTORY! BLOCKED BY COREY LYNCH!!}} |
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==Move to the Cincinnati Reds== |
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In March 2005 Griskey left LucasArts Entertainment to start his freelance career with a new game for Disney Interactive Studios: ''The Chronicles of Narnia: [[The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]]''. The score for Narnia was extremely well received, and led to 2 additional game contracts with Disney; ''Pirates of The Caribbean: [[At Worlds End]]'' (2007), and ''The Chronicles of Narnia: [[Prince Caspian]]'' (2008). In addition to Mark's work with Disney, he has also scored several other games for various publishers including: ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' 1 and 2; Ubisoft, ''[[Ironman]]'' and ''[[The Incredible Hulk]] 2''; Sega and ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]''; Activision. In 2007, he composed [[Conquest]], the beautiful, eerie trailer music for [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]. In late 2007 Mark was contracted to compose the score for LucasArts' highly anticipated title ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'' which is due to be released summer of 2008. |
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On [[October 3]], [[2006 in baseball|2006]], the [[Cincinnati Reds]] owner, [[Robert Castellini]] announced<ref>[http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061004&content_id=1698664&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: News: Cincinnati Reds News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> that Thom has signed a contract through the 2010 season to announce 45 Reds games on [[FSN Ohio]] television and 45 games on the Reds Radio Network, flagship station being 700 [[WLW]]. His father's contract with the Reds is set to expire after the 2010 season and Marty has said that he wishes to retire following the 2010 season. In exchange for allowing Thom to break his contract with the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], the Reds agreed to travel from Florida to Phoenix to play a series of exhibition games at the end of spring training, beginning in 2008<ref name="CincyPost Lancaster">{{cite news|title=Reds beat odds in luring Thom|author=Marc Lancaster|first=Marc|last=Lancaster|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=2006-10-05|url=http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061005/SPT05/610050326/1035/SPT|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070928004719/http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061005/SPT05/610050326/1035/SPT|archivedate=2007-09-28}}</ref> (this is in addition to the usual, regularly scheduled National League road games the Reds will play at [[Chase Field]] during the regular season). |
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==Other ventures== |
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Brennaman also performed play-by-play announcing for ''[[Microsoft Baseball 2001]]'' for [[IBM PC compatible|PC]], ''[[All-Star Baseball]] 2002'' with [[Bob Brenly]], and ''All-Star Baseball 2003-2005'' with [[Steve Lyons (baseball)|Steve Lyons]] for [[Gamecube]], [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]] during the ballgame. He has also done [[college basketball]] announcing for [[CBS Radio Network|CBS Radio]] and [[Fox Sports Net]] cable. |
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Brennaman commentated on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s highlights coverage of the [[Miami Dolphins]] vs. [[New York Giants]] match at [[Wembley Stadium]] on [[28 October]] [[2007 NFL season|2007]] with [[Daryl Johnston]] and [[Tony Siragusa]]. |
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Mark lives with his wife Jenifer in [[Marin County]] California, they have one daughter. |
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On [[January 1]], [[2008]] Brennaman announced the [[2008 Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl]] for FOX. The [[Georgia Bulldogs]] convincingly beat the [[Hawaii Warriors]] 41-10. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.griskey.com/] Mark Griskey's site. |
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Revision as of 22:16, 12 October 2008
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Thomas Wade "Thom" Brennaman (born September 12, 1963) is an American sportscaster, and the son of sportscaster Marty Brennaman.
Career
After graduating from Anderson High School and Ohio University, where he was a member and later president of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Brennaman called play-by-play for the Cincinnati Reds (along with his father) in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s he did Chicago Cubs broadcasts, and in 1994 he was hired by Fox Sports to call the network's National Football League and Major League Baseball telecasts. He served as the first television voice for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and left after the 2006 season to join his father Marty in Cincinnati.
In 2006, Brennaman was appointed as Fox's lead play-by-play announcer for the Bowl Championship Series. In addition to calling the BCS National Championship Game, Brennaman called the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. On both broadcasts, Brennaman worked with former University of Wisconsin-Madison head coach Barry Alvarez, and former University of Tennessee defensive back and current broadcaster Charles Davis.[1] Brennaman also called the 2008 Sugar Bowl.
Additionally, the Big Ten Network named Brennaman as their lead play-by-play announcer for college football games beginning in September 2007.[2]
Prior to that, Brennaman had been the voice of the Cotton Bowl on Fox from 2000 to 2006.
His signature pet phrase is Can you believe it?!, which became famous following the end of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl between Oklahoma and Boise State.
Famous calls
In the past few years, Brennaman, due to his increased role with Fox Sports (as the #2 play-by-play man for the network's MLB coverage and now as the lead voice of both Fox's BCS coverage and the Big Ten Network's football coverage), has been part of some of the most memorable moments in recent sports history:
- New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics, October 13, 2001. In Game 3 of the 2001 American League Division Series with with the Yankees facing elimination and winning 1–0, Yankees beloved shortstop Derek Jeter made one of the most famous plays on a double by Terrence Long to right field off Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina. As Oakland's Jeremy Giambi was running home from first, Yankees right fielder Shane Spencer made an errant throw intended for first baseman Tino Martinez and Jeter came out of no where while the ball was rolling down the first base line, he picked up the ball with his bare hand and back hand flipped the ball to catcher Jorge Posada and Posada tagged out Giambi by about 1/2 a step. The Yankees went on to win the game 1–0 and that series in five games:
That is fair, down the right field line. Giambi on his way to third, and they're gonna wave him around! The throw misses the cut-off man--shovel at the plate! Out at the plate! Derek Jeter with one of the most unbelievable plays you will ever see by a shortstop!
- San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, October 2, 2004. Steve Finley's walk-off grand slam to cap a seven-run ninth-inning rally and clinch the National League West for the first time since 1995.
0-1 (Crack of the bat) HIGH DRIVE...DEEP RIGHT-CENTER FIELD...AND IT I.......S GONE!! WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM BY STEVE FINLEY AND THE DODGERS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS FINISH?!!
- Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, October 14, 2006. Magglio Ordoñez's walk-off home run in Game 4 of the 2006 American League Championship Series defeated the A's 6–3 and sent the Tigers to the World Series for the first time since 1984.
Ordoñez 0-2 in his career against Huston Street. (Crack of the bat) IN THE AIR LEFT FIELD! THE TIGERS...MARCH TO THE WORLD SERIES!!
- Boise State vs. Oklahoma, 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. In a game considered one of the greatest games in college football history, the underdog Broncos scored a touchdown on a "hook and lateral" play to make it 35–34:
Down the middle, James...THE LATERAL! TO THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!
After the Broncos converted the extra point to tie the game at 35 and send it into overtime, the Sooners scored a touchdown on their overtime possession and a PAT to make it 42–35, the Broncos put up a touchdown of their own. Instead of kicking the extra point to send the game into a second overtime, they elected to go for the two-point conversion to end the game:
Boise State for the win. THEY HAND IT OFF TO JOHNSON... BOISE STATE HAS WON THE TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!
- Appalachian State vs. Michigan, September 1, 2007. The Mountaineers shocked the then #5 ranked Wolverines 34–32 in a game considered the greatest upset in college football history. It was the first time a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division 1-AA) team had defeated a ranked Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) team:
Here we go. They're gonna kick the field goal. It will be Jason Gingell, out of the hold of Mesko. Good snap, good hold...AND THE KICK IS BLOCKED!! APPALACHIAN STATE HAS STUNNED THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD! ONE OF THE GREATEST UPSETS IN SPORTS HISTORY! BLOCKED BY COREY LYNCH!!
Move to the Cincinnati Reds
On October 3, 2006, the Cincinnati Reds owner, Robert Castellini announced[1] that Thom has signed a contract through the 2010 season to announce 45 Reds games on FSN Ohio television and 45 games on the Reds Radio Network, flagship station being 700 WLW. His father's contract with the Reds is set to expire after the 2010 season and Marty has said that he wishes to retire following the 2010 season. In exchange for allowing Thom to break his contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Reds agreed to travel from Florida to Phoenix to play a series of exhibition games at the end of spring training, beginning in 2008[2] (this is in addition to the usual, regularly scheduled National League road games the Reds will play at Chase Field during the regular season).
Other ventures
Brennaman also performed play-by-play announcing for Microsoft Baseball 2001 for PC, All-Star Baseball 2002 with Bob Brenly, and All-Star Baseball 2003-2005 with Steve Lyons for Gamecube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox during the ballgame. He has also done college basketball announcing for CBS Radio and Fox Sports Net cable.
Brennaman commentated on the BBC's highlights coverage of the Miami Dolphins vs. New York Giants match at Wembley Stadium on 28 October 2007 with Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa.
On January 1, 2008 Brennaman announced the Sugar Bowl for FOX. The Georgia Bulldogs convincingly beat the Hawaii Warriors 41-10.
References
- ^ The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: News: Cincinnati Reds News
- ^ Lancaster, Marc (2006-10-05). "Reds beat odds in luring Thom". The Cincinnati Post. E. W. Scripps Company. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
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