Scott Braun is an American sports broadcaster. He is the executive producer and host of the ''Foul Territory'' podcast. He was previously a studio host and reporter for

MLB Network MLB Network is an American television sports channel dedicated to baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball, with TNT Sports (United States), TNT Sports, Comcast's NBC Sports Group, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications h ...

and NHL Network.

Early life and education

Braun was raised in

Warren Township, New Jersey Warren Township is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the much larger New York metropolitan area, located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 Unite ...

and graduated from

Watchung Hills Regional High School Watchung Hills Regional High School is a regional comprehensive high school, comprehensive state school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school and school district serving students in portions of Somerset County, New Jerse ...

in 2007. Braun graduated from the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...

with a double major in broadcast journalism and sports administration.

Career

As a college student, Braun appeared on

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as a Campus Connection reporter and hosted multiple shows for University of Miami TV, which led to play-by-play college basketball work and online hosting for ESPN.com. Braun served as a college basketball play-by-play announcer for

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

and the host of

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's Heat Index, covering the

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prior to joining the

in 2012 and NHL Network in 2015. In addition to his work for ESPN, Braun reported feature stories around the country for

CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American digital cable and satellite 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 ...

and was a studio host on CBSSports.com, including ''Fantasy Football Today''. Braun was the play-by-play voice for the

Chatham Anglers The Chatham Anglers, more commonly referred to as the Chatham A's and formerly the Chatham Athletics, are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Chatham, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in ...

of the

Cape Cod Baseball League The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over 1,000 forme ...

in 2009 and 2010 and served as the Cape League Insider on

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MLB Network Radio MLB Network Radio (formerly MLB Home Plate, Channel 89) is an American sports talk radio station on Sirius XM Radio that features Major League Baseball related talk shows, as well as archives and live reports about live game action, along with o ...

. On MLB Network, Braun appeared on shows including the Emmy Award-winning ''MLB Tonight'', ''MLB Now'', ''The Rundown'', ''High Heat'', ''Quick Pitch'' and ''Plays of the Week''. On NHL Network, he appeared on ''NHL Tonight'', ''NHL Now'' and ''On The Fly''. In addition to his studio work, Braun is a play-by-play announcer for MLB Network and MLB.com game telecasts including the

World Baseball Classic The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as the Classic, is an international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized in World Baseball Clas ...

and JUCO World Series. In 2018, Braun was the primary play-by-play man for MLB's live

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games. Braun also serves as an occasional play-by-play broadcaster for

Pac-12 Network The Pac-12 Network (P12N), sometimes referred to as Pac-12 Networks, was an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities were headquartere ...

and SNY, including

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games, and a host on sports talk radio shows on

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. Braun served as play-by-play for the world feed for the

2021 World Series The 2021 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 Major League Baseball season, 2021 season. The 117th World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) c ...

produced by MLB International, airing in over 200 countries around the world, as well as on the

American Forces Network The American Forces Network (AFN) is a government television and radio broadcast service the United States Armed Forces provides to soldiers stationed or assigned overseas, and is headquartered at Fort Meade in Maryland. AFN comprises two sub ...

. He worked alongside

Dan Plesac Daniel Thomas Plesac (born February 4, 1962) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1986 to 2003. He pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, and P ...

, who provided color commentary. In 2022, Braun served as the main play-by-play announcer for the weekly MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube. In 2023, it was announced that Braun would no longer be working for the MLB Network or the NHL Network. He announced a role as the Executive Producer and Host for the ''Foul Territory'' podcast.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Scott Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television sports announcers Cape Cod Baseball League College basketball announcers in the United States Major League Baseball broadcasters MLB Network personalities New York Mets announcers People from Warren Township, New Jersey SportsNet New York people University of Miami School of Communication alumni Watchung Hills Regional High School alumni