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18 Facts About Bill Macatee

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Bill Macatee was born on November 17,1955 and is an American sports broadcaster for CBS Sports and Tennis Channel.

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Bill Macatee became Sports Director at KBMT-TV in Beaumont, Texas where he was hired by Bill Paradoski.

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Bill Macatee was hired by NBC Sports in 1982 and worked for NBC News and NBC Sports while based in New York.

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Bill Macatee hosted NBC's Major League Baseball Game of the Week pre-game show for four years as well as numerous events for the network's sports anthology show, NBC Sportsworld.

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Additionally, Bill Macatee served as the sports correspondent for the Today Show and sports anchor for NBC News at Sunrise and Sunday Today.

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Bill Macatee substituted for Jim Nantz during other PGA Tour events and anchored CBS' coverage of the LPGA Championship and various Champions Tour events.

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Bill Macatee co-anchored weekend coverage of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan for CBS Sports and served as a studio host for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino, Italy.

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In tennis, Bill Macatee was the lead CBS play-by-play announcer for the US Open Tennis Championships and other ATP and WTA events.

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Bill Macatee called NCAA Basketball for CBS Sports including the NCAA Tournament and the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball National Championship Game.

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Bill Macatee handled network play-by-play in sports as diverse as figure skating, skiing, track-and-field, gymnastics, boxing and even sumo wrestling.

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Additionally, Bill Macatee served as the main play-by-play voice and studio host for the cable network Tennis Channel, covering the Australian Open, The French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

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12.

In 2013, Bill Macatee joined The Vistria Group, a Chicago private equity firm, first serving as a Senior Advisor to the firm and then as Partner.

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Bill Macatee has been a Director on multiple privately-held company boards, as well as the Advisory Board of the United States Tennis Association Foundation.

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14.

Bill Macatee spent two years as an Adjunct Professor at Chapman University in Southern California, teaching Sports Media at the prestigious Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

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15.

Bill Macatee was named Distinguished Alumnus at Lamar University in 2010 and gave the Commencement Address for the university's graduating class in May 2014.

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16.

In 2018, Bill Macatee was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Bill Macatee is in the El Paso Sports Hall of Fame and in 2011 was Grand Marshall of the Sun Bowl Parade.

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18.

Bill Macatee is father to Caitlin Macatee, an up-and-coming comedian and author.

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