0:07. In 2011, she was hired as a radio DJ for the AM station KNBR as a morning sports contributor. Rate this book. Suspend Ben Simmons indefinitely. [4] During that time, she also did some on-screen television reporting for Cal football for CSN California. The interview went well and Scott, a Cal alum who had lived in the Bay Area for her entire career, was growing excited about the possibility of calling Philadelphia 76ers games. Back in the Bay Area, good friend Kerith Burke who covers the Warriors for NBC Sports Bay Area proudly watches from afar. Join the Heavy on Sixers newsletter here! They've been from college boys, young men, and other women. Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Philadelphia 76ers TV play-by-play voice Kate Scott discussed her. She earned her stripes calling a variety of sports from high school to college to the Olympics and beat out a large group of broadcasters to land the highly coveted Sixers job. ', "95.7 The Game unveils new morning lineup, including Kate Scott", "Kate Scott Exits 95.7 The Game Morning Show", "Mike Golic And Kate Scott To Call Games On 'College Football Saturday Night. In 2016, Kroichick and photographer Michael Macor earned "Best Sports Feature" from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, for their series on Antioch High running back Najee Harris, the nation's No. | Marcus Hayes. Kate handles the sports updates daily from 6a-10a during the Murph and Mac Show and also acts as a fill-in host when the boys are away. Kate Scott joked that people in Philadelphia only pretend to be mean to keep the property values down. Kate holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. It also helped launch a new career. Scott was the first woman to call an NFL game on the radio, the first to call football for the Pac-12 Network and the first to do play-by-play on an all-woman NHL telecast in the U.S. Byington, similarly, became the first woman play-by-play broadcaster for Big Ten football (in 2017) and the first to call play-by-play of an NCAA mens basketball tournament game (earlier this year). She keeps her love life away from the limelight. Kate Scott is an American journalist and sportscaster. Scott Baugh. When Antetokounmpo hit a three-pointer as part of a triple-double on New Years Day, Byington proclaimed, This is his game! When Byingtons came first, Scott playfully said, Screw you, Lisa! Johnny Haught, who owns an MMA training school in the Ohio Valley, is standing up for drag queens. Kate Scott and Lisa Byington made history and supported each other along the way: 'Only one person on Earth understands'. sends student to hospital, California extends deadline to file 2022 income taxes to match IRS decision, A $200M bike bridge tantalized this Bay Area city. It was really hard the first number of months, Scott said. [3] Scott, 38, became only the second woman in a full-time, play-by-play role for a major U.S. sports franchise. I want it to become commonplace and Kate is helping us get there., Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Kate does that, and she knows the game of basketball. Scott already had committed to a 13-game national college football package, so she traveled every weekend to complete that assignment, forcing her to miss five Sixers games. ', "Bay Area broadcaster Kate Scott to become television voice of 76ers", "Jock Talk: Out broadcaster blazes a trail", "Sixers Exclusive: Kate Scott Shattering Ceilings, Channeling Allen Iverson", "New 76ers Voice Details Her Jewish Background", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Scott_(sportscaster)&oldid=1141029983, University of California, Berkeley alumni, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 00:33. She is the NBAs second female play-by-play announcer and missed out on being the first by nine days after the Milwaukee Bucks hired Lisa Byington on Sept. 15 and the responsibility attached to that are not lost on the talented 38-year-old. This echoes the discussion I had with Vermilion County Bobcats minor league hockey announcer Jon Kliment last winter. "The network has hired Kate Scott to. On March 29, Bay Area sportscaster Kate Scott will provide radio play-by-play of the Warriors matchup against the Chicago Bulls on Golden State's flagship station 95.7 The Game. In it, he attempted to highlight the biggest LGBQT+ names in the industry except he couldnt track down any save for one minor league hockey announcer. 1st woman to call NFL game on the radio. The saddest thing for me personally is the majority of mean messages Ive received since landing in Philly havent been from the usual old man yells at cloud club. Odds & lines subject to change. She spoke these words last weekend at Wells Fargo Center, shortly before the 76ers played the Warriors. Kate Scott Nuffield Scholar 2018: Executive Director at Landpro New Zealand 789 followers 500+ connections Join to view profile Landpro Victoria University of Wellington Company Website About. Kate Scott. On Wednesday, Scott, 38, will begin her tenure as the team's play-by-play announcer on NBC Sports Philadelphia against the New Orleans Pelicans. She worked as the host of the new morning show on 95.7 FM The Game in San Francisco. Kate Scott (@katetscott) January 4, 2022. Now, more than one-third of the way into her inaugural season, Scott is finding her rhythm as the voice of the Sixers. His main point was simply that the Thunder's aggressiveness in that situation invited a stout defensive response, so it doesn't make sense to complain about Embiid's thunderous block. She is The first woman to call an NFL game on the radio, and the first to call a Golden State Warriors game. Despite her talent and passion, Scott said she didnt see play-by-play in her future when she graduated from college in 2005 she thought sideline reporting and studio work would be her ceiling. Im pinching myself that Im the one here, taking over for Zoo.. Scott threw everything she could into two suitcases, as she put it, and moved to an Airbnb in Philadelphia (her wife, Nicole, will join her next month). " " Josh Giddey was on the receiving end of this bruising foul from Joel Embiid. The 39-year-old radio host was born in Fresno, California, USA. Clovis > The Bay > Philly. If you are unfamiliar with @katetscott 's work. There was some worry if you helped another woman, she might take your job. by Roger Brigham, BAR Contributor. Kate Scott prepares to tape a pregame segment in Philadelphia. Kate Scott, a veteran play-by-play announcer from California, will take over as the television voice of the Sixers for NBC Sports Philadelphia. Kate Scott. After floating between sports and events Scott finished her prior commitment to a national college football radio slate early in the Sixers season, and Byington weaved in calling the NCAA Tournament again earlier this month broadcasting (nearly) every game for one team is a different challenge. I dont. One play at the tail end of the game has angered some Thunder fans and Australian followers of rookie guard Josh Giddy. The International Women's Day game was the first professional ice hockey game broadcast in the United State led entirely by women. Scott is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California. Watch the full episode tomorrow at 6:30pm ET on @fuboSports pic.twitter.com/Mwo9UeS1kU. The way Burke looks at it, only 30 people in the country can say theyre the TV play-by-play voice for an NBA team. I cover COVID-19, the media, and national stories that have interest in Philly. Together we rise, baby.Together we rise. Kate and Scott Ryan-Taylor say their home is under budget. They were once pigeonholed into sideline reporting roles, but now Byington and Scott are stretching the boundaries as play-by-play broadcasters. [8][14][15][16], In October 2020, she joined KGMZ-FM (95.7 "The Game") as a co-host of their morning show. Scott is quick-witted and jovial, and opened her first game by joking that Marc Zumoff looks different all the sudden., The catchphrases that everybodys itching for, those are just going to come naturally over time, Scott said. But Scott didnt get the job because shes a woman, and sources at NBC Sports Philadelphia said executives werent trying to make a statement by hiring her. According to Rob Tornoe of The Philadelphia Inquirer, veteran broadcaster Kate Scott is expected to replace Zumoff on the Sixers broadcast next season. This is his year! When Sixers MVP contender Joel Embiid posterized Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Jarrett Allen in February, Scott unleashed a ferocious, Clear some space on the wall, kids! And when Tyrese Maxey ran the length of the court for a layup that capped an improbable overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies when Embiid did not play and Ja Morant was brilliant, Scott gleefully hollered, The Sixers are gonna win this game!, I just let go and I was just Kate, she said. " [3][22], While she was an intern with KLLC, Scott met and later married her wife Nicole in San Francisco. Obviously, I love my wife and Im very proud of her but you know I have a ton of privilege when it comes to being gay. Theyre really knowledgeable about sports. At which point, Scott answered with words that also functioned as a perfect mission statement: You know what, Mom? She also worked as a radio announcer for select college football and PAC-12 basketball games, as well as covering the Golden State Warriors until September 2021, when she was hired by the 76ers. No offense to Giddey, I could care less. Works at Bluebella Lingerie. Pilot. They also reminded Scott she was eminently qualified for the job. Scott becomes only the second woman to be named the full-time play-by-play announcer for an NBA team, joining Lisa Byington who was hired for the same role with the Milwaukee Bucks just last week. And the next generation of out LGBTQ broadcasters will benefit from her achievements. My mom started crying when I first told her, Scott said. I'll be drinkin.I mean watching and cheering our guys on right along with you! Scott already had committed to a 13-game. Kate Scott is a sportscaster from the United States who recently took over as play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. And as someone who also loves sports and tries to know as much as I can, its been a great fit.. They sat across from each other for 15 minutes or so, barely mentioning a single name on the Sixers roster, and Rivers invited her back to watch weekly film sessions. Previously, Kate worked for Pac-12 Networks. . I know how much this means to a lot of other people out there, Scott told Heavy. Just let your passion for the sport and for the team shine through and you wont have any problems. She is the first full-time female broadcaster in the city of Philadelphia, and one of the first women to be the primary play-by-play caller for an NBA team. Look at us. The couple started with a $40,000 budget. Being in a same sex relationship and trying to infiltrate the machismo world of sports seemed daunting when she came out to her mom at the age of 21. On Twitter, Sixers announcer Kate Scott reminded the world of how bad things can get. Kate Scott says one of the great things about her first year as the television voice of the Philadelphia 76ers will be that Lisa Byington will be going through a similar journey. This is a blip on the radar, but Abdelnaby would still do well to remember Sixers fans aren't the only ones listening. It wasn't Abdelnaby's finest moment. 1.65 m). The Milwaukee Bucks hired Lisa Byington in August, about a month before the Sixers tapped Scott. Still, she also cant fathom how some people find the time to send scornful messages to someone whos just trying to do her job. Kate Scott and Alaa Abdelnaby are the broadcast crew for the Philadelphia 76ers. Zumoff, a popular figure on the Philadelphia sports scene, helped ease Scotts transition. Embiid threw himself into a leaping block and absolutely blew up the play, sending Giddy into the stanchion at full force. Once a voice gets under your skin, it's over. Published Oct 20, 2021 Kate Scott has one of the hardest jobs in Philadelphia at the moment: replacing Marc Zumoff as the new voice of the 76ers. While there, Kate was a member of the schools cheer team. Like everything else in her career, it was a combination of hard work, natural ability, and a bit of luck. Asked what sparked this change, Scott said, I think were slowly but surely progressing as a society. Kate Scott joked that people in Philadelphia only pretend to be mean to keep the property values down. 02 Mar 2023 21:55:18 She had a full plate in the Bay Area, working for Pac-12 Network and co-hosting a morning sports talk show on 95.7 FM, and then the Sixers job made her schedule even more frenetic. Scotts new gig is one for the books, but she believes she wouldnt have achieved it without the skills she learned in sports or the people who encouraged her to keep pushing to break barriers. In a way, Scott is following the model of another Philadelphia broadcast personality born elsewhere. Radio and TV host who is known on both media in the Bay Area of San Francisco. "Paulie it's our last twelve minutes with Kate and what happened to Kate in her career here is, so many different things happened to her. She is also a play-by-play announcer for the first-ever all-female NHL broadcaster in the US. I was on the other side of the country without my family, living in an Airbnb. Kate Scott is an American sportscaster who is currently the television play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers. Well, I don't, but this week's Portrait, Kate Scott certainly does. I still haven't wrapped my head around it, Scott says. She serves as a FOX Sports play-by-play announcer, she, therefore, receives a satisfactory salary. West Virginia MMA coach and fighters are offering security for a drag brunch. How close we are to bringing lights back. [12] In addition to calling football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, softball, and volleyball for the Network, Scott also anchored, reported, and hosted the Network's award-winning features program "Our Stories". This is a carousel. Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Writer Umair Aleem Stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead Woody Harrelson Miku Patricia Martineau See production, box office & company info Watch on Netflix with subscription Add to Watchlist
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