35 Facts About Eli Gold

Elias Leo Gold was born on December 15,1953 and is an American sportscaster.

Eli Gold currently calls college football and NFL games for Sports USA Radio Network, and the games of the Nashville Kats of Arena Football One on local radio.

Eli Gold was born on December 15,1953, in Brooklyn, New York City.

Eli Gold began his broadcasting career in 1972 as a weekend sports reporter for the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Eli Gold worked at WOR and WNEW, where he learned the business.

Eli Gold began his career in 1972 working as a weekend sports reporter with the Mutual Broadcasting System.

In 1976, Eli Gold became a member of NASCAR's Motor Racing Network, which gives over 600 stations the broadcast of the NASCAR races.

Eli Gold had many different jobs with the network, including co-anchor, turn announcer, and pit reporter.

From 1984 to 2016, Eli Gold was host of "NASCAR Live," a weekly show that is heard all over the United States on terrestrial radio, MRN.

Eli Gold worked with ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, and SETN in all of their coverage of NASCAR racing.

In 2016, Eli Gold resigned from MRN and all NASCAR duties.

Eli Gold hosted the shows "The Tide" and "Hey Coach," which had the coaches of both the basketball and football teams call in to talk with Gold.

Eli Gold was the first play-by-play announcer for the University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers basketball team for six years.

Eli Gold would serve at times as the play-by-play announcer for the Blazers in the absence of Gary Sanders.

Eli Gold spent four years as the broadcaster for the Birmingham Barons baseball team.

Eli Gold was voted Alabama Sportscaster of the Year four times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriter Association.

Eli Gold moved to Birmingham, Alabama to call games for the Birmingham Bulls hockey team of the World Hockey Association.

Eli Gold created Birmingham's first local sports call-in show, Calling All Sports on WERC, which became a staple of Birmingham sports radio for 20 years.

Eli Gold eventually rose to the position of sports director for what was then that market's ABC affiliate, WBRC, where he anchored evening news sports segments and hosted Sports Talk with Eli, a weekly call-in show.

Eli Gold has performed announcing duties for the Birmingham Barons AA baseball team and the UAB Blazers men's basketball team.

Eli Gold has been voted Alabama Sportscaster of the Year four times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Eli Gold has won the same honor from the Associated Press and United Press International.

At the beginning of the 2000 season, Eli Gold became TNN's voice of the original Arena Football League.

Eli Gold did the play-by-play announcing for the 3 years that the AFL was on the TNN network.

Eli Gold did AFL announcing for FOX Sports Net and Comcast Sports.

Eli Gold returned to calling arena football games for the Nashville Kats in 2024 when they were in the since-failed relaunch of the Arena Football League.

Eli Gold initially stated that he was not facing a serious illness and that he was merely addressing his declining ability to move around, which he attributed to orthopedic complications.

In January 2023, Eli Gold announced he had been diagnosed with cancer, although he said that it was a "treatable" form of the disease and that he was making progress in his recovery.

Eli Gold is a part owner of Nino's Italian Restaurant, which is located in Pelham, Alabama.

Eli Gold has a wing sauce named after him at Baumhowers Wings restaurant, which is owned by former Alabama defensive lineman Bob Baumhower.

Eli Gold has won the Alabama Sportscaster of the Year four times.

Eli Gold won these titles by being voted by the National Sportscaster and Sportswriter Association.

Eli Gold has been named the Alabama Sportscaster of the Year by the Associated Press twice and was voted the Alabama Sportscaster of the Year by the United Press International.

Eli Gold was named the Chris Schenkel Award winner by the National Football Foundation for 2019.

Eli Gold is entering his 31st season calling Alabama Crimson Tide football games on its radio network.