John Sadak (born September 15, 1979) is an American TV/radio sports announcer with the Cincinnati Reds,

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radio,

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, the

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family of networks and

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Personal life

Sadak is a two-time

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graduate and a

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native. The Brick Memorial High School alumnus who grew up in

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and Brick Township, New Jersey lives in the Pike Creek area of

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Broadcasting career

Sadak's broadcast work includes the play-by-play of NFL football, NBA basketball, MLB baseball, college football, basketball, baseball, softball, ice hockey, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, water polo and field hockey. Sadak's work has aired on CBS Sports, Westwood One, CBS Sports Network, WGN-TV,

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, ESPNU,

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, ESPN Radio, ESPN3,

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, Fox Sports 1,

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, Root Sports,

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, The Comcast Network,

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, and Verizon

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. He has provided on-site reports for the Philadelphia Phillies,

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, and Flyers for ESPN Radio National. He spent nearly a decade as the voice of

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, Delaware Fighting Blue Hens women's basketball, and the

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. Beginning in 2015, Sadak's Westwood One work expanded to include the

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, the NCAA women's basketball Final Four, and the NFL on Westwood One. For five seasons (2013–17) he served as the lead TV/radio voice of the Triple-A affiliate of the

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, the

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (often abbreviated to SWB RailRiders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Moosic, Pennsylvania, in the ...

. Starting with the 2018–19 season, he began working select games as a fill-in TV voice for the

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on both WGN-TV and NBC Sports Chicago. In 2019, he joined the

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as a fill-in radio announcer covering

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games on WCBS. On Feb. 4, 2021, the Cincinnati Reds named Sadak their TV play by play announcer for the 2021 season, with Sadak saying, "I want this to be my forever home."

Awards

Sadak has been honored by Baseball America, Ballpark Digest, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, Delaware Press Association, Philadelphia Press Association, New Jersey Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Communicator Awards, Society of Professional Journalists and College Broadcasters Incorporated. In 2013
he was named Broadcaster of the Year by Ballpark Digest
for his work with the RailRiders' radio/TV broadcasts. In 2016
Baseball America named him one of the game's top broadcast prospects
He was twice named Delaware Sportscaster of the Year according to the

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References

External links

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