Terry Gannon
American sportscaster for golf, gymnastics, and figure skating / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terrance Patrick Gannon (born November 1, 1963) is a sportscaster for NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, currently announcing golf, gymnastics, and figure skating.
Terry Gannon | |
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Born | (1963-11-01) November 1, 1963 (age 60) Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | North Carolina State University |
Occupation | Sportscaster |
Employer | NBC Sports |
Spouse | Lisa Gannon |
Gannon played basketball for North Carolina State University, and under coach Jim Valvano, he was a member of the 1983 Wolfpack "Cardiac Pack" national championship-winning team. He was recognized as an Academic All-American twice, was NC State's all-time leading free throw shooter in 1983, and was ranked the second all-time Wolfpack player in career free throw accuracy.
Gannon began his early broadcasting career announcing for a variety of sports, mostly on cable outlets. In 1991, he began working for ABC; in the early 1990s, he started announcing for figure skating. In 2010, he began working for the Golf Channel; by 2016, he had become the lead play-by-play announcer for figure skating at NBC. In 2018, he began calling gymnastics and was a commentator for the sport during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.