Dave Sims

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Dave Sims is an American sportscaster.

Sims currently calls Big East college football for the ESPN Plus regional network, college basketball on both ESPN and ESPN Plus (Big East), and is one of the voices of Westwood One's weekly NFL coverage.

One of Sims' earliest jobs was a weekend sports anchor position at WCBS-TV in New York.

Dave was the 2005 recipient of the Big East Media Award and is a two-time Emmy Award winning sportscaster who is quite versatile behind the microphone. He has been fortunate to enjoy a career that has enabled him to work in many facets of the business—calling play-by-play, hosting talk shows, and anchoring/reporting the sports news. Dave distinguishes himself not only because of his professionalism and meticulous preparation but also for his enthusiasm and obvious love for his work.

New to Sims' schedule in 2005 is "Basketball and Beyond with Coach K", a weekly show on XM Satellite Radio that Dave co-hosts with Duke University and Basketball Hall of Fame Coach, Mike Krzyzewski. Sims continues to handle weekly NFL play-by-play duties for Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports, having also co-hosted that network's Sports Illustrated Monday Night Football pre-game show in 2004. You will continue to hear Dave on the radio calling college basketball games for Westwood One/CBS, including men's NCAA tournament action.

On the TV side, Sims is a mainstay on the college basketball scene, calling games for ESPN and ESPN Regional since 1991. For the last eight years he has also been the TV voice of Big East Football on ESPN Regional. Dave's syndicated show, "Inside the Big East", focusing on Big East Basketball, premiered in 2004 and, in the fall of '05 the football version launched as well.

One of Dave’s off-camera professional pursuits is AthletiSense™, a communications & media relations life skills program that he established with his wife, Abby. Dave and Abby work with Division One varsity athletes as well as professionals throughout the United States, presenting group seminars and providing individualized communications coaching. An outgrowth of this program has been Dave’s work refining the broadcasting skills of collegiate communication majors, young sportscasters and retired athletes who aspire to careers as play-by-play voices and color analysts.

Dave had the pleasure of serving as the pre-season voice of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004 after serving in that capacity with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the seven years prior. He initially became known in the world of sports broadcasting by hosting talk shows at WNBC-AM, WFAN-AM and the Madison Square Garden Television Network. His other work has included Major League Baseball play-by-play for ESPN and hosting “The Early Show” for Major League Baseball.com., an internet radio show. In December of 2001 Dave completed an 18-month run as host of “GameFace” for the Metro Guide Channel. During that time, “GameFace” was New York City’s only weekly prime time television sports talk show. Until giving up his duties in Philadelphia after the 2001 season, Dave hosted “Phillies Weekly” for two consecutive years and “Eagles Game Day Live” for one season. In the 1990s Dave provided play-by-play for CBS-TV’s coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament and served as a sports anchor/reporter/host for WCBS-TV in New York. Dave’s work on the local sports scene began with a seven year stint as a sportswriter for the New York Daily News following his graduation from college.

Sims won his first Emmy in 1993 in New England and the second in 1997 in Philadelphia for his play-by-play work on football and basketball respectively. Dave’s work has often been saluted. He was honored by the American Football Foundation with the 2003 Lindsey Nelson Outstanding Sportscaster Award, and in 1998 the Children’s Air Center of New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center honored Dave with its annual Asthma Achievement Award. Dave was also presented with the 1995 Media Award by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association, the group that sponsors the National Invitation Tournament. The New York Pro Baseball Scouts cited Dave as its Media Person of 1988, and the Tomorrows Children’s Fund of Hackensack, New Jersey named Sims Man of the Year in 1987 for his work with youngsters afflicted with cancer and blood disorders.

A Philadelphia native, Dave is a graduate of Bethany College in West Virginia where he majored in mass communications. Dave and his wife Abby, an orthopedic and sports physical therapist, live in Manhattan with their two sons.