Steve Berthiaume () is an American television sportscaster who serves as the

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broadcast announcer for the

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and is a former anchor on

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and a former sportscaster for SportsNet New York (SNY).

Broadcasting career

Early career

A graduate of

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...

, Berthiaume's broadcasting career began at various stations in the southern United States, including WVIR-TV in

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; WIS-TV in

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; WJAR-TV in

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; and

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. Berthiaume was hired from Pensacola by WTIC-TV in

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, in 1993; station management dismissed him in January 1996 due to what Berthiaume described as a disagreement over presentation styles. He then went on to the short-lived CNN/SI cable channel when it launched in December 1996 and to

in 1999, starting at

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and later anchoring for ''

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''. In 2006, Berthiaume left ESPN to become chief sportscaster at SNY, a new

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started by the

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; however, in late January 2007, SNY let Berthiaume out of his contract to rejoin ESPN on March 28, 2007, in order to work closer to his wife. He also served as a host of '' Baseball Tonight''. In 2012, Berthiaume was hired by

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to serve as a

broadcaster for Fox Sports Arizona beginning in the 2013 season, replacing Daron Sutton, whom the team had suspended. Berthiaume's previous play-by-play experience comes from ESPN, where he had called several professional games as well as the

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References

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