Grant Boone

Grant Boone is an American sportscaster with the CBS Sports Network calling college football and PGA golf.[1]

Biography

He joined the network in 2012 as a play-by-play for college football (Navy Midshipmen games) and professional golf. He also does play-by-play for the Abilene Christian Wildcats in his alma mater.[2] In addition to the CBS Sports Network, he has also done writing and play-by-play broadcasting on college football and basketball telecasts for ESPN, Fox Sports Net, Turner Sports, Golf Channel for golf, and CBS Radio Sports. He also was a member of PGA.com as a broadcaster.[3] Boone received Abilene Christian's Gutenberg Award for distinguished journalism. Boone broadcasts The Masters, The PGA Championship, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and other tournaments for CBS. He is originally from Nashville, Tennessee and a graduate of Hunters Lane High School.[4] He has 3 kids, Nick, Andrew, and Annaclaire and lives in Abilene, Texas. [5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports-network/shows/college-football/bios?id=grant-boone
  2. ↑ http://www.thefinders.com/podcast/2011/grant-boone-abilene-christian-play-by-play
  3. ↑ http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/news/grant_me_this081806.html
  4. ↑ North, Mark (10 April 2014). "North Sports Report – April 10, 2014". Children First. Metro Nashville Public Schools. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.greatcities.org/template.php?filename=head092.html