Johnny Doskow is an American sportscaster for the

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. Doskow grew up in Los Angeles. He graduated from the

University of La Verne The University of La Verne (ULV) is a private university in La Verne, California. Founded in 1891, the university is composed of the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public Management, the LaFetra College of Education, College o ...

with a degree in communications, emphasizing radio and television in 1990. At La Verne, he called games for the school's radio station and wrote for the college newspaper. Doskow became the broadcaster for the

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in 1993. He spent two seasons with the

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and then went to the

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. Doskow joined the

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after the 2000 season. He filled in for the Athletics in the 2012 season when

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recovered from knee surgery, working in 3 games. Doskow joined the Athletics full time in 2023. In May 2023, Glen Kuiper was fired by the Athletics after using a racial slur on the air. Both Doskow and Vince Cotroneo rotated as TV play-by-play announcers for the

for the remainder of the season.

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