Dave Ryan (born June 20, 1967) is a

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announcer and reporter for

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, who has worked a wide variety of sports programming including

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, college basketball, lacrosse, bowling, baseball and hockey.

Education

Ryan graduated from

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with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism in 1989. He got his start in broadcasting at UUTV, now called

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, the student-run TV studio at Syracuse University. He is also Co-Director of Syracuse's

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program that instructs NBA players in broadcasting.

Career

He previously worked for

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. He previously called Rochester Rattlers games on ESPN3 with Evan Washburn. He is mostly known for calling PBA

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

events on the network alongside color commentator

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from 2002–2007. He called other non-marquee sporting events on ESPN and its sister networks, such as

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and the semifinals of the

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. In addition, he occasionally serves as a

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sideline reporter and a

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announcer and served as a play-by-play man for '' ESPN/ESPN2'' for 8 years. His signature phrases on bowling telecasts were "60 feet to success!" and "He's got all ten down." Some bowling fans criticized him for calling pins by a number, such as "number seven" instead of saying "the seven pin." Ryan was replaced by Rob Stone for PBA telecasts in 2007, but he has continued to call other bowling events on occasion, such as women's tournaments and college tournaments. Ryan's name is on a fairly short list of national bowling play-by-play announcers, with

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being the most well known after he spent 36 years calling PBA events for ABC.

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(ESPN),

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(NBC/ESPN2),

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(ESPN),

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(HBO) and Rob Stone (ESPN/ FOX) have also served as play-by-play announcers for bowling telecasts. Ryan joined the ''NFL on CBS'' commentary team in 2009 as a play by play man, substituting for Gus Johnson in week 16. On February 2, 2012, Ryan agreed to call

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games on the CBS Sports Network with

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. Ryan also returned to PBA bowling broadcasts in June–July 2013, when CBS Sports Network covered five events in the PBA Tour's "Summer Swing."PBA to Debut on CBS Sports Network Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET with Lucas Oil Badger Open Finals
Vint, Bill at pba.com on June 6, 2013.

Personal life

Ryan, along with his wife Tess and their four children, live in

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References

External links

CBS Sports Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Dave 1967 births Living people American television sports announcers Army Black Knights announcers Baseball announcers Bowling broadcasters Curling broadcasters College football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Lacrosse announcers Major League Lacrosse announcers National Football League announcers National Hockey League broadcasters S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni Television personalities from Syracuse, New York Women's college basketball announcers in the United States