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Scott Graham

Scott Graham (born June 10, 1965) is an American sportscaster, who was previously the play-by play television announcer for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also has worked with NFL Films and has hosted The NFL on Westwood One.

Graham was born in Belleville, New Jersey, on June 10, 1965. attended Pingry School in Bernards Township, New Jersey in 1983 and then the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a BA in political science.

Graham's first play-by-play experience came as a student announcer for football and basketball on WXPN as University of Pennsylvania student. After graduating from Penn, Graham was hired as sports director at WAMS in Wilmington, Delaware, where he worked from 1987 to 1989. From 1990 to 1992, he called college football games for Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, and then for the University of Pennsylvania for three years.

From 1992 to 1998, he called Philadelphia's Big Five basketball games on WPHT-AM.

In 1994, he hosted a nationally syndicated baseball call-in show and called major college football games for the American Sports Radio Network. In 1996, Graham was hired by Comcast Network as an announcer for all sporting events on the station.

Graham provided the narration for the Puppy Bowl from 2012 until 2020 on Animal Planet. His late Phillies partner Harry Kalas had narrated the program from 2005 to 2009. Graham also does voiceover work for the WWE Network program Rivalries.

Graham called play-by-play of the 2016 NCAA Final Four and National Championship Game on TruTV as part of the Villanova University's "Team Stream" broadcast with former Villanova and NFL wide receiver Brian Finneran. He reprised the role when Villanova returned to the Final Four two years later, paired this time with Wildcat and NBA player Randy Foye.

Graham was first hired by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1991, and hosted the pre-and post-game shows through the 2000 season. In 1999, he also became a play-by-play announcer for the team. He called the first, second, and third innings of games on the radio; the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings on the local telecast; and then returned to the radio broadcast to call the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings. After every Phillies victory, his signature call would be "Put this one in the win column for the Fightin' Phils!" Another signature call was his home run call: "That ball is gone-a!"

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