Jason Knapp is an American sportscaster for the

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and

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Education

Knapp graduated from

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 ...

S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commonly known as Newhouse School, is the communications and journalism school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. It has programs in print and broadcast journalism; music business; graphic ...

in 1991. At Syracuse, he was on

WAER WAER (88.3 FM) is a radio station in Syracuse, New York. It is located on the campus of Syracuse University, and is a part of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The station features a jazz music and National Public Radio forma ...

radio staff, where he did play-by-play and color commentary for various university teams.

Career

He was the sports director for

WBRE-TV WBRE-TV (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, serving Northeastern Pennsylvania as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Scranton-licens ...

until 2006. He made his Olympic debut on

's coverage of the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, calling wrestling, shooting, and archery. For CBS Sports Network, he served as a play-by-play, sideline reporter, and host for the network's coverage of college football, college basketball, high school basketball, college wrestling, college baseball, college field hockey, college rugby, college water polo, college swimming, gymnastics, lacrosse, volleyball, and soccer. He is also a commentator for the NBA D-League games on the

. In April 2012 Knapp called the

Chesapeake Bayhawks The Chesapeake Bayhawks were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Annapolis, Maryland since 2010. They played in the greater Baltimore metro area beginning with the MLL's inaugural 2001 season, as the Balti ...

Long Island Lizards The New York Lizards, originally the Long Island Lizards, were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) team based in Hempstead, New York, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL. They lost the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to ...

game. Knapp was hired by

to work as a curling announcer during the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. He has continued to provide curling commentary on Curling Night in America, a NBCSN program that broadcasts a made-for-television curling competition. Knapp was also the play-by-play voice for the 2014 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game for

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. In 2021, Knapp handled his fifth assignment for NBC Olympics for the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Personal life

Knapp is a native of

Medford, New Jersey Medford is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township's population was 24,497, an increase of 1,464 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 23,033,Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania Clarks Summit is a borough in Lackawanna County, northwest of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 5,108 at the 2020 census. It is also the northern terminus of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, I-476. History T ...

References

External links

NBC Sports Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Knapp, Jason Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American television sports announcers Curling broadcasters Olympic Games broadcasters College baseball announcers in the United States College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Gymnastics broadcasters High school basketball announcers in the United States Lacrosse announcers NBA G League broadcasters People from Medford, New Jersey S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey Women's college basketball announcers in the United States