Sean Grande

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Sean David Grande (born December 11, 1969 in New York City) is an American television and radio sportscaster.

Considered one of the nation’s premier young sportscasters [1], 2006-2007 will be Sean Grande's ninth season in the NBA and sixth as the voice of the Boston Celtics. Sean provides play-by-play coverage alongside analyst Cedric Maxwell for all Boston Celtics games. Shortly after their pairing, “Grande and Max” became an instant hit and are now one of Boston’s most popular on-air combinations.

[edit] Career

Sean was recruited back to Boston in 2001 after serving three years as the television voice of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves. When he signed with Minnesota in 1998, he was, at the age of 28, the youngest announcer in the NBA. The versatile Grande’s play-by-play credits also include two seasons as part of ABC Sports College Football broadcast team, joining the likes of Keith Jackson and Brent Musburger. His call of the 2001 Florida Citrus Bowl on ABC January 1st was seen in over ten million homes. In 2003, the readers of Boston Sports Media Watch voted him the best play-by-play announcer in Boston.

Grande’s first stint in Boston began at Boston University where he spent seven seasons calling Terrier hockey, football and basketball on both television and radio. In 1996, he took the green line up Commonwealth Avenue to Boston College, as the voice of the Eagles football and hockey radio networks for three seasons until leaving for Minnesota. On the television side, Grande was the original voice of the Hockey East Game of the Week on Fox Sports Net. His college hockey work for Fox and the NCAA Tournament has garnered him three New England Emmy nominations including the 1999 Emmy for best Play-by-Play. He’s served six years as the television voice of the NCAA East Regional. 2006, his 18th consecutive year broadcasting the sport, concluded with his fourth turn as “Voice of the Frozen Four” on Westwood One.

His broadcast career included a seven-year stint at WEEI, the final three as Sports Director. The versatile Grande has called WNBA basketball, MFS Pro Tennis, Providence Bruins hockey, Harvard basketball and even Major League Soccer. He co-hosted the 1998 NCAA Hockey Selection show on ESPN2 and served three years as host of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on NHL radio. In 2005, he became a regular host of Fox Sports Net’s Sports Tonight. Sean made his major motion picture debut with a cameo, as himself, in the 2001 release “Joe Somebody” starring Tim Allen.

Sean’s wife Lori, another radio veteran and Lowell native, co-hosts the morning show at WKLB-FM.