14 Facts About Kevin Calabro

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Kevin Paul Calabro was born on June 27,1956 and is an American sportscaster based in Seattle, Washington.

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Kevin Calabro has done ESPN radio play-by-play for the NBA Conference Finals for a decade in addition to being a regular contributor to TNT's NBA broadcasts.

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Kevin Calabro worked college basketball and football games for the Pac-12 Network and postseason college basketball for Westwood One Sports, including NCAA tournament action.

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Kevin Calabro is a 1974 graduate of Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Kevin Calabro called high school basketball games in Indiana on WBDG.

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Kevin Calabro graduated from Butler University where he called Butler Bulldog basketball for four years.

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Kevin Calabro had stops in the Central Hockey League, where he broadcast games for the Indianapolis Checkers, as well as at Purdue University and University of Missouri where he called basketball games.

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Kevin Calabro became the team's sole play-by-play announcer in 1992, following the retirement of Blackburn.

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However on April 11,2008, Kevin Calabro stated he would not continue with the team should they relocate to Oklahoma City, which they ultimately did.

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Kevin Calabro became lead play-by-play personality for the Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer franchise, in its first year.

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11.

Kevin Calabro was honored with the 2016 Keith Jackson Sports Media Excellence Award during the 81st Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards.

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Kevin Calabro has done work on the national level with TNT, TBS, ESPN Radio, and NBA TV.

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Kevin Calabro has lent his voice to several Microsoft games, including NBA Inside Drive, NBA Full Court Press, and NFL Fever and more recently has been the play-by-play voice of the Sony PlayStation NBA game franchise.

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Kevin Calabro's brother, David Kevin Calabro, is a sportscaster and the sports director with the NBC-affiliate station WTHR in Indianapolis, as well as the public address announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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