Tom McCarthy (born July 5, 1968) is an American sports broadcaster. He is the play-by-play announcer for

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television broadcasts and also calls

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games for Westwood One. He calls select NFL, NBA and

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games on CBS beginning in 2014. McCarthy previously served as the play-by-play voice of

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men's and women's basketball teams.

Broadcast career

McCarthy spent five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (2001–05) as a radio play-by-play voice and as their pre-game and post-game radio host. Before then, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the Double-A

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for six seasons (1994–99). He has also been a play-by-play voice for

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football and for national football and basketball broadcasts on the

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(formerly known as CSTV), the

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TV network, Westwood One, and the Sports USA Radio Network. After two seasons (2006–07), as a play-by-play announcer for the National League East rival

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major lea ...

on WFAN, McCarthy signed a five-year deal to return to Philadelphia beginning with the 2008 season. Following the death of Harry Kalas early in the 2009 season, McCarthy took over television play-by-play on a full-time basis. McCarthy is one of three broadcasters to have covered both the Mets and Phillies on a regular basis (the others being Tim McCarver and

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). McCarthy spent nearly a decade broadcasting

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

football and men's basketball. He was the play-by-play voice for the Tigers during their 43–41 upset win over defending

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in the 1996 NCAA tournament and during their 27–2 run through the 1997–98 season. In 2009, McCarthy did play-by-play of the 2009 Caribbean Series for the

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from their studios in

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Spanish language radio announcer

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on the color commentary. McCarthy has called a game for '' Fox NFL Sunday'' as well as MLB games on Fox, most of them involving the Phillies. He is a broadcaster for the ''

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''. His current partner is

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. McCarthy is one of the current broadcasters who cover both NFL and MLB. In 2020, he called his first primetime NFL game in a Tuesday night matchup between the

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and the

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. McCarthy serves as the play-by-play announcer for

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preseason games alongside color commentator, Joe Thomas. On January 9, 2022, McCarthy filled in for CBS' lead NFL play–by–play announcer

Jim Nantz James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has ancho ...

for a game featuring the

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and

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. Nantz had to sit out that week's broadcast alongside color commentator

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due to COVID protocols. McCarthy became part of a growing list of broadcasters to be interrupted by a

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play while discussing a serious topic on May 30, 2022, when the Phillies outfielder hit a home run right after McCarthy finished telling viewers about the American Gold Star Mothers Chair of Honor in Citizens Bank Park.

Personal life

McCarthy graduated from Brick Memorial High School in

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in 1986 and is a 1990 graduate of

Trenton State College The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, or ...

(now The College of New Jersey). At Trenton State, he was a brother of the Phi Gamma Chi chapter of Alpha Chi Rho. He currently lives with his wife Meg in Allentown, New Jersey. His son Patrick is also an announcer.

References

External links

Tom McCarthy biography at mlb.com
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