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Terry Gannon, a veteran broadcaster for the past 13 years, joined ABC Sports in 1991 as an expert commentator for college basketball. Since then his work has spanned an extensive variety of sporting events for the network.
Gannon serves as the host of ABC's figure skating coverage, including the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, European Championships and World Championships. He handles play-by-play for college basketball and the network's coverage of college football, a position he's held since 1993, which has included three post-season bowl games. Gannon is also an announcer on ABC's golf coverage of the PGA TOUR and the Senior PGA Tour.
Three times he has hosted the Tour de France and three times called the play-by-play at the Little League World Series.
His work on "ABC's Wide World of Sports" has taken Gannon around the globe to cover downhill skiing, ski jumping, supercross motorcycle racing, pro beach volleyball, mountain biking, the Special Olympics, the Goodwill Games and the Tournament of Roses Parade.
From 1987 through 1994, Gannon served as a college basketball analyst for Raycom Sports, Prime Network, Jefferson-Pilot Sports, Sports South and Home Team Sports. From 1991 through 1994, he served as a play-by-play announcer for Prime Sports and Jefferson-Pilot's coverage of college baseball. From 1990-1994, he was a professional baseball announcer for the AAA Charlotte Knights.
Gannon was a member of the 1983 North Carolina State University National Championship Basketball team. During his illustrious four-year career for Jim Valvano's squad (1981-1985), he was a two-time Academic All-America and the school's all-time leading free throw shooter. In 1983, he was the number-one three-point shooter in the nation.
Gannon, 36, resides in Santa Monica, California with his wife, Lisa, and two-year-old daughter, Madailein.
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