Dan Miller (born January 26, 1963) is an American sportscaster based in

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. He currently works as the sports director and anchor on

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("Fox 2") and as a radio

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announcer on the

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Early life

Childhood

Miller was born in

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and raised there and in

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. It was there he fell in love with sports. He played several sports as a child such as basketball, football, and baseball. He says his father wasn't a sports fan but he always took him to his games and practices.

High school

As a teenager, Miller often attended

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, Baltimore Colts and

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games with his father, who was a season ticket holder to the latter, even though "he didn't even know how to keep score", according to Miller. He also never missed one of his basketball, baseball or football games when Miller was on the team.

Early career

Upon graduating high school, Miller, got a job at Mutual Radio Network affiliates

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and

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as a college student to help as an engineer for their weekend sportscasts. At the job interview, he was asked if he knew how to edit audio tape. He lied and said he could. He kept the job for 11 years. Miller attended George Mason University. In 1992, Miller got a job at WTNT ("Sports Radio 570") in Washington, D.C. as an overnight talk show host and

beat reporter. He only worked there for 3 months. In 1994, he got his first job in TV at

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as host of the Washington Redskins pre-game show. In 1995, he got a job at

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as weekend sports anchor. From 1994−1997, Miller was a play-by-play announcer for NFL on Fox's regional broadcasts.

Current positions

Television

In 1997, he joined Detroit's

(Fox 2) as sports director and on-air personality. He is the sports director, sports anchor and host of weekly sports discussion show ''Sports Works'' on the station. Miller's voice can also be heard announcing during '' The Ford Lions Report'' when Lions highlights clips are shown. The program is broadcast statewide in Michigan. Miller also regularly appears via satellite to discuss the Lions on

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's pre-game show ''NFL Game Day Morning'' during the "Word on the Street" segment.

Radio

Since 2005, Miller has been the radio

announcer for the NFL's Detroit Lions as well the host of their official pre-game discussion show ''The Lions Roundtable'' on the

, teaming with long-time

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, and sideline reporter Tony Ortiz. Miller replaced longtime Lions play-by-play man Mark Champion. This is not Miller's first stint as a Lions broadcaster, however; he was the play-by-play announcer for pre-season games on the

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from 2001 to 2003. Miller also hosts ''The Lions Review Show'' Mondays at 7:00 PM ET on

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during the NFL season.

Community involvement and awards

Miller is an active member of the Detroit Sports Media (formerly Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association) founded in 1948 by pioneer Detroit Tigers announcer

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. The ''

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'' named Miller the "best local TV sportscaster" for 2004. In 2013, Miller was awarded the Ty Tyson Award by Detroit Sports Media for excellence in sports broadcasting.

Memorable calls

*After the final game of the 0-16 2008 season, Miller eloquently summed up the whole year in a few sentences: *After the Lions defeated the

on September 27, 2009, snapping a 19-game losing streak, the 2nd longest in NFL history, Miller proclaimed: *After the Lions defeated the

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on November 22, 2009, Miller proclaimed:NFL.com 2009 Browns at Lions week 11 highlights with radio calls
/ref> *The final touchdown against the San Diego Chargers on Christmas Eve 2011: *The go ahead touchdown against the

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on a fake spike by

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: *The game winning hail mary against the Green Bay Packers on December 3, 2015: *Stafford's game-winning touchdown pass against the

on October 23, 2016: * Golden Tate's game-winning touchdown in overtime against the

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*Stafford's game-winning touchdown pass with no time left to T. J. Hockenson against the Atlanta Falcons on October 25, 2020: *

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's game-winning touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown against the

on December 5, 2021:

Personal life

Miller is married and has 4 children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Dan 1963 births Living people Detroit Lions announcers Television in Detroit National Football League announcers American television sports announcers American sports radio personalities People from Washington, D.C. People from Virginia