Mike Inglis is a
Canadian sportscaster. He is the former radio
play-by-play voice of the
NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
's
Miami Heat.
Raised in
Toronto,
Ontario, Inglis is a graduate of
Humber College. He began broadcasting in the early 1980s at
CKAR in
Oshawa, Ontario, providing play-by-play for the
NASL's
Toronto Blizzard Toronto Blizzard may refer to:
* Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984), the original soccer club, a franchise of the North American Soccer League
* Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993), the later club and franchise of the Canadian Soccer League
* Toronto Azzurr ...
. In 1987, he was briefly the radio play-by-play voice of the
Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...
. He stayed in
Indiana for a few more years, and served as the radio
color commentator of the
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
's
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ...
from 1990 to 1991, alongside
Bob Lamey
Bob Lamey (born December 23, 1938) is an American sportscaster, formerly the radio play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. Lamey had been "The Voice of the Colts" since the team moved to Indianapolis in 1 ...
.
In 1995, he became the first radio play-by-play man in
Toronto Raptors history, broadcasting on
CFRB 1010 alongside
Paul Jones. After the
1997–98 season, the Raptors' radio rights were shifted to the
Fan 590, and Inglis was subsequently hired by the
Miami Heat in 1998. He has was the radio voice of the Heat until his retirement on September 7, 2021.
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Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Canadian radio sportscasters
Association football commentators
Humber College alumni
Indiana Pacers announcers
Indianapolis Colts announcers
Living people
Miami Heat announcers
Sportspeople from Toronto
Toronto Raptors announcers
National Football League announcers
National Basketball Association broadcasters
Year of birth missing (living people)