1. Thomas Caron was born on November 17,1963 and is a sportscaster and anchor on New England's NESN network.
16 Facts About Tom Caron
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Tom Caron is a co-owner of the USL League One soccer team Portland Hearts of Pine.
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Tom Caron is a graduate of Lewiston High School in Maine and Saint Michael's College in Vermont, where he majored in journalism.
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Tom Caron is often called "TC" by his NESN co-workers.
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Tom Caron quickly left that job to take a job with WPTZ-TV in Plattsburgh, New York, where he covered the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Expos.
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Tom Caron later held a sports anchor job at WNNE-TV in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Tom Caron provided play-by-play coverage for the New England Stingers of Roller Hockey International.
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Tom Caron joined NESN in 1995, and has been with the network ever since.
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Tom Caron later served as the station's Boston Bruins studio host and Red Sox field reporter, and did play-by-play coverage for the Providence Bruins and Pawtucket Red Sox, as well as college basketball and college hockey.
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For more than a decade, until January 27,2025, Tom Caron wrote a weekly sports column for the Portland Press Herald and its sister newspapers, mostly pertaining to the Red Sox, Bruins, and New England Patriots.
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Tom Caron makes frequent guest appearances on sports talk radio station WEEI-FM to discuss the Boston Red Sox, and makes weekly appearances on 102.9 WBLM-FM and 101.3 WCPV-FM in Burlington, Vermont.
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In November 2022, Tom Caron joined the group of investors trying to bring a USL League One soccer team to Portland, Maine.
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Tom Caron has won 12 New England Emmy Awards, a New York State Broadcasters Award, two James Ellery Awards, the ECAC Media Award.
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On March 29,2014, Tom Caron was inducted into the Portland Pirates Hall of Fame along with former Bruins goaltender Byron Dafoe, former Washington Capitals goaltender Olaf Kolzig, and Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz.
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On October 2,2018, Tom Caron was the 27th recipient of the Hockey East Joe Concannon Media Award, given annually to the media member who demonstrates continued excellence in promoting and advancing the Hockey East conference in the media.
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On September 26,2021 Tom Caron was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.