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List Of Indianapolis Colts Broadcasters
The Colts' flagship station from 1984 to 1998 and again starting in the 2007 season is WIBC 1070AM (renamed WFNI as of December 26, 2007); under the new contract, games are simulcast on WLHK 97.1 FM. From 1998 through 2006, the Colts' flagship station was WFBQ 94.7FM (with additional programming on WNDE 1260AM). Matt Taylor is the team's play-by-play announcer, holding that title since 2018 following Bob Lamey's retirement. Former Colts defensive coordinator and interim coach Rick Venturi is the color commentator, and Larra Overton joined as sideline reporter in 2019. JJ Stankevitz became the team's public address announcer in 2022, replacing Mike Jansen, who had held the job since 1998. Indianapolis Colts radio announcers *Prior to the 2021 season, the AM frequency of WFNI went dark; however, its simulcast on WFNI's repeater stations at 93.5 FM and 107.5 FM continued, alongside WLHK's broadcasts. Baltimore Colts radio announcers References {{Lists of National Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Krauss
Richard Barry Krauss (born March 17, 1957) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Early years Krauss was born and reared in Pompano Beach, Florida; he was a star football player at Pompano Beach High School from 1972–1975. Voted as Sun Sentinel's "All-Time Broward County Linebacker", Voted to the State of Florida's "Top 100 Football All-Star Team", Most Valuable Player of the MENAC Bowl: 1975. Voted as Sun Sentinel's Player of the Year: 1975. College career Highly recruited out of high school, he played college football at the University of Alabama for the legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, and was a key member of Alabama's 1978 National Championship football team. At the 1979 Sugar Bowl in one of the most famous plays in college football history, Krauss stopped Penn State running back Mike Guman short of the goal line late in the 4th quarter to help the Crimson Tide to the National Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Baltimore Colts Season
The 1979 Baltimore Colts season was the 27th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). Under fifth-year head coach Ted Marchibroda, the Colts again finished with 5 wins and 11 losses, fifth in the AFC East division. With persistent shoulder problems, quarterback Bert Jones was sidelined; replaced by veteran Greg Landry, the Colts continued to struggle. Marchibroda was fired after the season in late December, and succeeded by Mike McCormack. Offseason NFL draft Personnel Staff Roster : Regular season Schedule Standings See also * History of the Indianapolis Colts * Indianapolis Colts seasons * Colts–Patriots rivalry References Baltimore Colts 1979 Baltimore Colts The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team that played in Baltimore from its founding in 1953 to 1984. The team now plays in Indianapolis, as the Indianapolis Colts. The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breed . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Baltimore Colts Season
The 1980 Baltimore Colts season was the 28th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Colts finished the NFL's 1980 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, and fourth position in the AFC East division. Offseason NFL draft Personnel Staff Roster Regular season Schedule Game summaries Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Despite Houston's pride and joy Earl Campbell injured and their quarterback Ken Stabler intercepting two passes, the Colts couldn't capitalize on their opportunity as they fell to the Oilers. Rob Carpenter filled in for Campbell and did remarkably well as he carried for 114 yards on 24 carries and 1 touchdown (a 1-yard plunge). Stabler though not perfect did threw 16 of 19 passes for 219 yards and 1 touchdown pass (a 3-yarder to Rich Caster) while the Oilers defense sack Bert Jones 5 times. Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 at Bills Week 7 Week 8 Standings See also * Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Baltimore Colts Season
The 1981 Baltimore Colts season was the 29th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Colts finished the NFL's 1981 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses, tied for fourth in the AFC East division with the New England Patriots, and also tied for the second worst record in the league. However, the Colts finished ahead of New England in the AFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2–0). Both wins over the Patriots were the first and last games of the season; Baltimore lost 14 games in between victories. They also won the two games by a combined 3 points, winning 29–28 in the first game, and 23–21 in the second meeting. The Colts’ defense had one of the worst seasons in NFL history, setting records for points (533) and yards (6,793) allowed. (The yardage record was later surpassed by the 2012 New Orleans Saints, who allowed 7,042.) The Colts gave up more than twice as many points as they scored (259). Conversely, the Patriots, with whom they were t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Baltimore Colts Season
The 1982 Baltimore Colts season was the 30th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL), and the Colts’ penultimate season in Baltimore. It was their first under former Arizona State coach Frank Kush, who was hired to replace Mike McCormack after he recorded a 2-14 record in 1981. The Colts finished the NFL's strike-shortened 1982 season without a victory, finishing with eight losses and one tie in their nine games. The Colts became the third team since the league’s expansion era began in 1960, after the 1960 Dallas Cowboys and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the second team since the AFL-NFL merger to finish a regular season winless Since then, the 2008 Detroit Lions and the 2017 Cleveland Browns have posted winless seasons; the Colts are the only one of these five teams that did not do so in a full, uninterrupted season (the Cowboys played twelve games, the Buccaneers fourteen, and the Lions and Browns sixteen, as per the league standards of the time) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Bagli
Vince is a given name, it is the anglicisation and shortened form of the name Vincent, as well as a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Vince Agnew (born 1987), American football player * Vince Cable (born 1943), British politician * Vince Carter (born 1977), basketball player * Vince Catania (born 1977), Australian politician * Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician with Erasure * Vince Clarke (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer * Vince Coleman (other), multiple people * Vince Courville (born 1959), American football player * Vince DiMaggio (1912–1986), American baseball player, older brother of Joe DiMaggio * Vince Dooley (born 1932), American football coach * Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician * Vince Gilligan (born 1967), American writer, producer, as well as creator and director of AMC's ''Breaking Bad'' & spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' * Vince Giordano (born 1952), American musician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Thompson
Charles Lloyd Thompson (June 10, 1921 – March 6, 2005) was an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and the National Football League's Baltimore Colts. He was well-recognized for his resonant voice, crisply descriptive style of play-by-play, and signature on-air exclamations "Go to war, Miss Agnes!" and "Ain't the beer cold!" Biography Early life and career Thompson was born in Palmer, Massachusetts, and moved with his family to Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1927. He began his broadcasting career in 1939 at WRAW-AM in Reading, working there until 1942. After spending only a month at WKBN-AM in Youngstown, Ohio, that same year, he joined WIBG-AM in Philadelphia as an on-air announcer. His career was interrupted in October 1943, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Promoted to the rank of sergeant, he was sent to Europe aboard the '' Queen Mary'' in January 1945 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. After an honorabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCBM
WCBM (680 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by WCBM Maryland, Inc., and broadcasts a talk radio format, calling itself "Talk Radio 680 WCBM." The radio studios and offices are on York Road in Lutherville, off the Baltimore Beltway ( Interstate 695). By day, WCBM transmits 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations; but to protect other stations on 680 AM, at night it reduces power to 20,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times, with a six-tower array. The transmitter is off Marriottsville Road in Randallstown. Programming is also heard on 220-watt FM translator W260BV at 99.9 MHz in Aberdeen, Maryland. History Early Years WCBM first signed on the air in 1924. The original studios were in the Hotel Chateau, located at the northwest corner of Charles Street and North Avenue. The call letters - Chateau Baltimore Maryland, are derived from the hotel's name. The Chateau was also home to the drugstore where Dr. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Baltimore Colts Season
The 1983 Baltimore Colts season was the 31st season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). This would be the last season in Baltimore as they moved to Indianapolis for the following season. The Colts finished the year with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, and tied for fourth in the AFC East division with the New York Jets. However, the Colts finished ahead of New York based on better conference record (5–9 to Jets’ 4–8). Having finished the 1982 season with the NFL's worst record at a winless 0–8–1, the Colts held the No. 1 pick in the 1983 NFL draft and expected to land the nation's top collegiate player to their 1983 roster. The Colts used the top pick on John Elway of Stanford. Elway, however, refused to play for the Colts and even considered joining the New York Yankees baseball organization unless he was traded. The Colts were forced to trade Elway to the Denver Broncos and Mike Pagel retained his position as starting quarterback. The Elway controv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sorgi
James Joseph Sorgi Jr. (born December 3, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Sorgi served as the backup to Peyton Manning for several years, and won a ring when the Colts won Super Bowl XLI against the Chicago Bears. Once he was released by the Colts, he signed with the New York Giants to compete for the backup job to Eli Manning, but got hurt in a preseason game, and he was released the following offseason after spending the year on IR. Early years Sorgi attended Fraser High School in Fraser, Michigan and was a letterwinner in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was the two-time Team Most Valuable Player, and as a senior, he garnered All-League honors, All-County honors, and All-State honors, and was a ''USA Today'' Honorable Mention All-USA selection. In baseball, he posted a batting average of .450 as a senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Wolford
William Charles Wolford (born May 18, 1964) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills, the Indianapolis Colts, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Playing career Wolford attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky and played college football at Vanderbilt University. He was the Bills' first-round pick in the 1986 NFL Draft, and played for them from 1986 to 1992, including AFC championships (and Super Bowl losses) in his last three years in Buffalo. Wolford signed as a free agent with the Colts in 1993, and finally joined the Steelers from 1996 to 1998. He was named to the AFC Pro Bowl roster in 1990, 1992, and 1995. Post-playing career In 2002, he became the majority owner/operator of the Arena Football 2 Louisville Fire. Wolford took over color analyst duties for the Colts in the 2007 season, working alongside longtime Colts voice Bob Lamey. Wolford was also co-host of ''The Bob and Will Show'', wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |