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Andrew Catalon (born September 7, 1979) is an American sportscaster. He has announced
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and
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. He has done play-by-play alongside
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on
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(NFL) telecasts since
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Early life and education

Catalon grew up in the Short Hills section of
Millburn, New Jersey Millburn is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the township's population was 20,149, reflecting an increase of 384 (+1.9%) from the 19,765 counted in the 2000 Census, which had ...
and graduated in 1997 from
Millburn High School Millburn High School is a four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Millburn (including its Short Hills neighborhood), in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school ...
. He attended the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at
Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
, graduating in 2001. At Syracuse, he worked for the WAER-FM.


Career

Catalon was the sports director at WVNY until its news department was shuttered in September 2003 due to financial troubles. He joined WNYT as the weekend sports anchor three months later in December. He eventually was the station's primary sports anchor until his requested demotion to part-time status was granted in December 2012. By then, he had play-by-play basketball assignments with the UConn Huskies women's team for SNY and the
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on
CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known ...
. He also freelanced at
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before joining CBS Sports Network on a full-time basis after his departure from WNYT on July 19, 2013. Catalon served as a tennis play-by-play announcer for the
2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...
and has called the
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and
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in golf. On March 22, 2014, Catalon was announcing an NCAA Tournament game of Gonzaga against
Oklahoma State Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, ...
. In order to get back into the game, Oklahoma State was intentionally fouling Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski, a poor free throw shooter. Catalon called this strategy "hack a
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", to which his broadcasting partner
Mike Gminski Michael Thomas Gminski (born August 3, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player and a college basketball TV analyst for CBS Sports. In 2003, Gminski, of Polish descent, was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall ...
immediately said "Easy now." Catalon had to apologize on air for his use of a racial slur and to Karnowski personally. Karnowski tweeted that he appreciated the apology. In 2022, he was inducted into Syracuse University's WAER Hall of Fame.


Personal life

Catalon lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jessica Layton, who is a news reporter. They have a son, CJ.


References


External links


Andrew Catalon on Twitter
1980 births Living people Millburn High School alumni People from Millburn, New Jersey American television sports announcers College basketball announcers in the United States National Football League announcers College football announcers Olympic Games broadcasters S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni Curling broadcasters {{US-tv-bio-stub