Robert James Fitzgerald (born 1966) is an American sports broadcaster who is currently the TV

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announcer for the NBA's

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on NBC Sports Bay Area and was a co-host of the radio talk show ''Fitz and Brooks'' on KNBR with Rod Brooks.

Biography

Education

Born in

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, Fitzgerald moved to Foster City at age six in 1972. Fitzgerald graduated from Serra High School in nearby San Mateo and the

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. Fitzgerald also earned a master's degree in sports management from

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. While at Notre Dame, he worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fighting Irish football and basketball on campus radio station WVFI.

KNBR

Fitzgerald gained notoriety on KNBR as the host of the 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. sports talk show, “Sportsphone 68." Fitzgerald was a co-host of the ''Fitz and Brooks'' show from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on KNBR 680.

Golden State Warriors

Fitzgerald is currently in his 24th season as television play-by-play announcer for the

. In addition to announcing 71 Warriors games on NBC Sports Bay Area, Fitzgerald also continues to maintain an active role on the "Warriors Weekly Roundtable" and postgame radio shows throughout the basketball season. Since his arrival, the Warriors broadcast team, including color commentator Jim Barnett, has received 12 nominations and won two Emmys for "Best Live Sports Broadcast," the initial two for the organization. Fitzgerald has previously received six Emmy nominations for "Best On-Camera" and was awarded the Emmy for "Best On-Camera, Play-by-Play Sports" for Northern California in 2007 and 2014. Fitzgerald also spent six years as the play-by-play voice for Sega Sports and ESPN's NBA Basketball (now NBA 2K) video game series.

Olympics broadcasts

Fitzgerald has over 20 years of experience broadcasting Olympic sports. He was the play-by-play basketball announcer covering the London

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for

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and called NBC Sports coverage of

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at the Beijing

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. Fitzgerald was the radio broadcaster covering basketball at the Athens

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and also called swimming at the Atlanta

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NFL broadcasts

Fitzgerald has called

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games for the Westwood One and Sports USA radio networks. He currently handles

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preseason broadcasts and served as the play-by-play voice for the Arena Football League's

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, an organization which is now defunct.

NBA playoffs

Fitzgerald was selected to be a play-by-play announcer for TNT and NBA TV's first round coverage of the 2020 NBA playoffs; he worked with Jim Jackson.

References

External links

Golden State Warriors bio
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