USD Men's Basketball 2002-2003

RADIO & TELEVISION COVERAGE

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Winner of the 2002 March of Dimes Achievement in Radio "Best Play-by-Play Award," Jerry Gross returns for his 4th year as the "Voice of the Toreros." All games again for the fourth consecutive season wi ll be carried live on San Diego-based KCBQ-1170 AM, and na– tionally and internationally on the KCBQ.COM website. Gross is nationally known as a basketball broadcaster with credits as the NBA Game of the Week announcer on ABC-TV and CBS-TV spanning 8 seasons. The first NBA announcer with a San Diego franchise (Rockets/Clippers), he also worked with the Hawks (7 years), Warriors (2 years) and Pacers (1 year). He shared NBAAll-Star telecasts with the late Chick Heam and radio with the late Jack Buck on KMOX in St. Louis. A pioneer in the San Diego sportscasting market, besides his NBA work, Jerry was the first Padres play-by-play man with Duke Snider, and he was Sports Director ofKFMB-TV (CBS). He hosted the city's first live TV talk show with Kellen Winslow on KUSI-TV and handled broad–

Jerry Gross, Play-by -Play

casts with the Aztecs in both basketball and football. Regionally Gross was a St. Louis Cardinals baseball radio/TV announcer for 7 years and did play-by-play in football and basketball at USC in Los Angeles with Mike Garrett on the Trojans radio and television networks. A former San Diego Chargers radio/TV play-by-play man, Jerry was on ESPN during its first football cablecast and worked 2 years on its network in basketball also. Currently the KCBQ Sports Director, Jerry hosts a talk show each Saturday (5 :00-6:00 pm) talking sports, politics and religion. Jerry and his wife Gretchen, who reside in Carmel Valley, have two grown children, Jeffand Suzy, and three grandchildren who all live in San Diego. Jim Brogan returns for his 4th season as color analyst for the radio broadcasts with Jerry Gross. Brogan is a former NBA player with the Golden State Warriors (1980) and San Diego Clippers (1981-83). He is a 1980 graduate ofWest Virginia Wesleyan College where he earned degrees in Business and Psychology. Jim is President ofYouth Solutions Unlimited (YouthSolutionsUnlimited.com) in San

Diego. With his Youth Solutions Unlimited company, Jim's MakingA Difference Program is an exciting new approach to teaching and motivating children ages 9-16 to choose success now and throughout their lives. For over a decade, Jim Brogan has successfully influenced thou– sands of young people in determining and ultimately achieving their academic and personal goals with his uniquely effective Making ADifference Program. He also travels across the U.S. as a keynote speaker to corporations, companies and businesses talking about his program and how it can help give today's youth the proper tools to make them successful and future leaders. Additionally, since 1985, he has run The Brogan Program. He has developed a very unique way of teaching basketball and life skills to children of various ages to develop strong well-rounded individuals on and off the court. In 1988, with the U.S. Olympic Committee, he published a book titled, "Inspiring Others To Win." Jim and his wife CJ reside in Sorrento Valley.

CHANNEL 4 SAN DIEGO TO TELEVISE GAMES -

Once again Channel 4 San Diego will be onboard to televise USD men's basketball games this season. They are slated to televise five Torero home games against Utah (Dec.

Jim Brogan, Color Analyst

23rd), Santa Clara (Jan. 11th), Saint Mary's (Feb. 5th), Pepperdine (Feb. 13th) and Loyola Marymount (Feb. 15th). Jim Laslavic, local sports director for KNSD 7/39 TV is back to call the play-by-play, while John Kentera ofXTRA 690 AMRadio will provide the color anaylsis. TORERO TELEVISION SCHEDULE Mon. Dec. 23 UTAH Ch. 4SD @ 7pm Sat Feb.15 LMU Ch. 4 SD @ 8:15pm Wed. Jan. 8 atSDSU Ch.4SD @7pm Sat Feb. 22 at San Francisco Fox West @ 8pm Sat Jan.11 SANTACLARA Ch.4SD @ 7pm Sat Mar. I GONZAGA Fox West @ 6pm Sat Jan. 18 at Pepperdine Fox West 2 @ 6pm Sun. Mar. 9 * 2nd Semifinal ESPN @ 9pm Wed. Feb. 5 SAINTMARY'S Ch. 4SD @7pm Mon. Mar. 10 * Championship ESPN @ 9pm Thu. Feb. 13 PEPPERDINE Ch.4SD @7pm * denotes WCC Basketball Championships

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