Roger Claude Twibell is an American sportscaster, who most recently calling

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broadcasts on

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in 2018. In 2019 he served as a commentator for the international broadcast of the

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. He has worked at

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and the

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. He also works on pre-season games for the

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Biography

Twibell's television career began as a sportscaster at

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in Tucson, Ariz. In 1973, he moved to

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in Portland, Oregon, where he worked the sports desk and did play-by-play for Oregon State football and basketball. He also broadcast local hockey, and track and field. Twibell moved to Dallas’

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in 1975 before going to Miami's

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the following year, where he did nightly sportscasts and Dolphins’ preseason and

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play-by-play. In 1978, he joined Boston's

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, handling nightly sportscasts and play-by-play of the

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of ...

. He also did

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preseason games, the

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and New England Teamen soccer games. Twibell also hosted a weekly in-season Patriots show. In his three years at WBZ-TV, Twibell was voted the best play-by-play announcer in New England by the Associated Press, won a New England Emmy for play-by-play and received Syracuse University's Phillips Award as the best nightly sportscaster. He also worked as the host of ''The Morning Drive with Roger Twibell'' with Jeff McCarragher and as host of the ''610 Morning Rush'' with Josh Klingler on KCSP 610 Kansas City from January 4, 2008 till January 1, 2010. He was replaced by "Bulldog" Bob Fescoe, who had been on KFNS, WHB and KMBZ. Twibell attended the

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to play football and baseball, but after suffering career-ending knee injuries, he transferred to the

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where he graduated in 1972. A native of

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, Twibell lives with his three children Taylor, Conor, and Morgan.

References

External links

Article on TwibellRoger Twibell's ESPN Bio
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