Adam Amin (born December 19, 1986) is an American sportscaster. Amin joined

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in June 2020 as a play-by-play announcer for

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and

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games after previously working for

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from 2011 to 2020. He is also the television play-by-play announcer for the

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of the

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Early life

Amin's father, Mohammed, emigrated to the

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from

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

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, in 1978. He settled in

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and worked in a factory. His wife, Zubeda, and three sons, Ismail, Abdullah, and Mustafa, remained in Pakistan, until Mohammed made enough money to send for them in 1985. Adam was born the next year in Chicago. Amin graduated from Addison Trail High School in suburban

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in 2005. He graduated from

Valparaiso University Valparaiso University (Valpo) is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. It is an independent Lutheran university with five colleges. It enrolls nearly 2,300 students and has a campus. The university is known for its Luthe ...

in 2009.

Career

WCTC

While at Valparaiso University, Amin began broadcasting on WVUR-FM, the student-run

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station, and called

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games for the

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and Joliet JackHammers. Between 2007 and 2011, Amin worked as a sportscaster for the Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network, Fox Sports Wisconsin, the Horizon League Network, the

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, and served as sports director of

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. In 2010 and 2011, he called games for the

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of the

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on WCTC.

ESPN

hired Amin in 2011 to call college football and college basketball. He has also called professional football, basketball, and baseball as well as collegiate softball, tennis, volleyball, baseball and amateur wrestling. In 2012, Amin expanded his football broadcasts by signing a contract with Sports USA Radio Network to call NFL and college games. He remained with them until he signed his new ESPN contract, when he was named the new lead announcer for the NFL on ESPN Radio. He signed a new contract with ESPN in 2017. In 2018, he called the

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of the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, the

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, preseason games for the

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of the

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, and began fill-in work for the

Fox Sports and NBC Sports Chicago/CHSN

Amin left ESPN for

in May 2020. He made his Fox debut on July 25, calling the Brewers- Cubs game, alongside

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. It was announced on June 1, 2020, that Amin would become the TV play-by-play broadcaster for the Bulls on

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, starting with the 2020–2021 season. Amin retained the role until the channel's closure on September 30, 2024, and then transitioned to

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with the team. On August 31, 2020, Fox announced that Amin would be a play-by-play broadcaster for the

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, partnering with former

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er and

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champion

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and Lindsay Czarniak. This would be the first time that Amin would call regular season NFL games on TV. Amin's first game was at

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when the

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defeated the

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38–25. Amin made his Fox MLB playoff debut in October 2020, calling the

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between the

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and

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, alongside A.J. Pierzynski and

Adam Wainwright Adam Parrish Wainwright (born August 30, 1981), nicknamed "Waino" and "Uncle Charlie", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Atlanta ...

. The

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named Amin the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year for 2021. Amin began announcing Team USA Basketball showcase games for the

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, alongside

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. He also announced some 2024 Olympic exhibitions, including the USA's one point victory over

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