Jason Robert Benetti was born on September 9,1983 and is an American sportscaster.
18 Facts About Jason Benetti
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Jason Benetti is the primary television play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball on FanDuel Sports Network.
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From 2016 to 2023, Benetti was the lead play-by-play announcer for Chicago White Sox of MLB, and served as an alternate play-by-play announcer for Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association, on NBC Sports Chicago.
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Now primarily contracted with Fox Sports nationally, Jason Benetti was formerly the main announcer for ESPN's alternate "StatCast" telecasts, and additionally has worked for NBC Sports, Westwood One, and Time Warner covering football, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, and basketball.
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Jason Benetti was born ten weeks prematurely at the University of Chicago Hospital, where he remained for the first three months of his life.
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Jason Benetti underwent years of physical therapy and two surgeries to improve his ability to walk.
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Jason Benetti grew up a few miles south of Chicago in Homewood, Illinois, and graduated from the Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 2001.
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Jason Benetti ran the school's NCAA tournament pool and joined the school's radio station, WHFH as a regular disc jockey and play-by-play announcer for Vikings sports coverage.
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Jason Benetti worked in roles with Fox Sports 1, Westwood One, Big East Conference, IMG College, Salem Avalanche, and DePaul University.
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Jason Benetti served as an intern for Chicago sports radio station WSCR.
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In 2011 Jason Benetti joined ESPN, where his broadcasting career would move him into television, despite his childhood preference for radio-only broadcasting.
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Jason Benetti would call select college basketball games for the ESPN3 online service, and then move on to ESPN2 and ESPNU.
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In 2013 Jason Benetti called his first football game for ESPN's syndicated American Athletic Conference package.
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In 2020, Jason Benetti signed a multi-year extension with ESPN, and during that year called KBO League games remotely for the network due to the COVID-19-induced delay of the 2020 Major League Baseball season.
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In May 2017, the White Sox announced Jason Benetti would take over full-time play-by-play duties in 2019 upon Harrelson's retirement.
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In November 2023, Jason Benetti was named as the principal play-by-play announcer for Detroit Tigers telecasts on Bally Sports Detroit beginning in the 2024 season.
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In 2021, Jason Benetti was named as play-by-play announcer for NBC's coverage of baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Jason Benetti is part of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation's "Just Say Hi" campaign.