Episode 72: The most popular sports voice in Connecticut, Joe D'Ambrosio.

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Grant Napear

Sports, Basketball, Football

3.5 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Former Voice of the UConn Huskies basketball teams, yes both men's and women's, ESPN radio host and so much more, Joe D'Ambrosio joins the podcast. How many sportscasters can claim to have called both winning teams in one year for both men's and women's basketball? I think none. Not to mention an incredible career that spans collegiate sports, professional baseball and football and stories from years of experience with some of the greatest players and coaches of all time. And yes, Joe share some of those stories with us today. Some surprises on his favorites from his UConn days, his praise for the dynasty Geno Auriemma has built with women's basketball and a little bit of sports talk on our favorite teams and memories. A legendary voice in a region of the country that claims several city's teams as their own, we laugh and compare notes on players we loved and plays they made. You're going to enjoy the passion and enthusiasm Joe brings to the discussion today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did the men's national championship win over Georgia Tech,
0:03.8	which was an anti-climax after the Duke game.
0:06.5	So we went, we had to drive to Austin and flew Austin to Dallas
0:10.5	to New Orleans, did the national championship game that night.
0:13.4	The women beat the evil empire from Tennessee.
0:15.9	Diana Tarazzi's third straight national championship.
0:19.4	And then finally, Wednesday flew home, hosted the women's pep rally in 2004 was my favorite
0:26.2	memory just because it was I'm lucky enough to have been the only person to
0:29.8	have broadcast two teams in the final four that both won.
0:32.8	And now,
0:34.4	Grand Napier! Great to have you on the show today.
0:47.0	Great to have you on the show today.
0:49.0	Before we get to my guest, raise your hand.
0:52.0	If you had the Phoenix Sun's two wins away from the Western
0:55.1	conference finals when the season began back in December and how about Michael
1:00.7	Malone the head coach of the nuggets after the game, after the blowout loss,
1:06.0	saying that his team quit.
1:08.0	How about that?
1:09.0	Gotta love Michael Malone.
1:10.0	He doesn't give it damn.
1:11.0	He's gonna say what he wants.
1:12.0	Love that about the guy.
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