Andrew Catalon (born September 7, 1980) is an American sportscaster. He has announced

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, and NCAA March Madness. He has done play-by-play alongside

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and Jason McCourty on

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(NFL) telecasts since

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, and Steve Lappas on college basketball telecasts since 2015.

Early life and education

Catalon grew up in the Short Hills section of

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and graduated in 1997 from Millburn High School. He attended the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

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, graduating in 2001. At Syracuse, he worked for the

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-FM.

Career

Catalon was the sports director at

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until its news department was shuttered in September 2003 due to financial troubles. He joined WNYT as the weekend sports anchor three months later in December. He eventually was the station's primary sports anchor until his requested demotion to part-time status was granted in December 2012. By then, he had play-by-play basketball assignments with the UConn Huskies women's team for SNY and the

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. He also freelanced at

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before joining CBS Sports Network on a full-time basis after his departure from WNYT on July 19, 2013. Catalon served as a tennis play-by-play announcer for the 2016 Olympic Games and has called the

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and

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in golf. On March 22, 2014, Catalon was announcing an NCAA Tournament game of Gonzaga against

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. In order to get back into the game, Oklahoma State was intentionally fouling Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski, a poor free throw shooter. Catalon called this strategy "hack a polack", to which his broadcasting partner

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, who is of Polish descent, immediately said "Easy now." Catalon had to apologize on air for his use of a racial slur and to Karnowski personally. Karnowski tweeted that he appreciated the apology. In 2022, he was inducted into Syracuse University's

Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Catalon lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jessica Layton, who is a news reporter for

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. They have a son, CJ.

References

External links

Andrew Catalon on Twitter
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