Timothy Joseph Neverett (born March 19, 1966) is an American sportscaster who currently works as a

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and

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announcer for the

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(MLB). He has previously worked as a play-by-play announcer for the

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and

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. In addition to baseball, he has announced basketball and American football games, along with both the summer and winter

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Career

At age 19, Neverett had a fill-in role as a play-by-play announcer for the

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, a

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team in

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. In 1992, Neverett moved to Las Vegas. He served as the play-by-play man for the

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' and

' Triple-A affiliates. He also called International Hockey League games for the

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for five seasons. He called college baseball and football games for the

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. Eventually, Neverett moved to Denver, where he worked for Fox Sports Rocky Mountain among other assignments. Neverett served in multiple capacities for FSN, providing play-by-play coverage and doing studio shows while also calling college football, basketball, lacrosse, hockey, track and field, arena football and filling in on

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telecasts. During this time, he was also hired to be one of the play-by-play announcers for college football and men's basketball for the MountainWest Sports Network and Versus. He also worked as a radio

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host at KLZ AM 560, hosted a weekend sports show for Sporting News Radio, and was the host of "This Week in the Mountain West" for the Mountain West Radio Network. Neverett also announced events for four different Olympic Games on international television for

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and One Sport, serving over 100 countries worldwide. He called baseball, softball, basketball and soccer during the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

and the

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as well as hockey and skiing events during the

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and the

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. Neverett has also covered the

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(NFL) and college football on the Sports USA Radio Network, and has called college basketball games for American Sports Network.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Neverett was hired as a play-by-play announcer for the

in 2009 and served in that role until the end of the 2015 season.

Boston Red Sox

For the 2016 through 2018 seasons, Neverett worked with Joe Castiglione to broadcast

games on the Red Sox Radio Network; during this time, Neverett was an employee of

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. On December 11, 2018, Neverett advised that he would be leaving the Red Sox radio broadcast team.

Los Angeles Dodgers

On December 17, 2018, the

announced that Neverett would join the team as television and radio play-by-play broadcaster for select games starting in 2019. He handles television play-by-play duties during lead announcer Joe Davis’ national assignments as well as back-up radio play-by-play duties. He also handles most spring training broadcasts with former Dodger outfielder Rick Monday, simulcasting on Sportsnet LA and the Dodger Audio Network.

Personal life

Neverett grew up in

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and graduated from

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, where he lettered in baseball for four seasons. He has three sons: Matt, Kyle and Drew.

References

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