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American sportscaster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bob Davis is an American sportscaster. He is best known for his work broadcasting Kansas City Royals baseball games and Kansas Jayhawks football and basketball games. Davis is known for his dramatic style and calling the Jayhawks' NCAA Tournament Championships in 1988 and 2008.
Bob Davis | |
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Alma mater | Washburn University |
Sports commentary career | |
Team(s) | Fort Hays State Tigers (1968–84) Kansas Jayhawks (1984–2016) Kansas City Royals (1997–2013) |
Genre | Play-by-play |
Sport(s) | College basketball College football Major League Baseball |
Bob Davis lived in Hays, Kansas and broadcast Fort Hays State University sports for radio station KAYS (AM) from 1968 to 1984 before becoming the play-by-play voice of the Kansas Jayhawks football and men's basketball teams, a position he held until 2016.[1] In addition to his work on the KU broadcasts, Davis called Kansas City Royals baseball from 1997 to 2013. During his Royals tenure, he worked as the play-by-play analyst on television with Royals Hall of Fame pitcher Paul Splittorff for eleven years.[2] Bob Davis worked for the NCAA-CBS Radio broadcasts of the NCAA Women's Final Four basketball tournament in 1990, 1992, and 1994 through 1997.[1]
Bob Davis grew up in Topeka, Kansas. Following graduation from Topeka West High School he attended Washburn University. He and his wife Linda live in Lawrence, Kansas. Linda Davis is currently being treated for Parkinson's disease.[3] Bob and Linda Davis' son, Steven, is a play-by-play announcer for the Double-A affiliate of the Royals[4] and also broadcasts games for the UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team.[2]
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