Ted Robinson

A popular presence in the sports world, broadcaster Ted Robinson was born in Queens, New York. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he worked with future Senator Joe Donnelly and future Notre Dame Football coach Charlie Weis at his college radio station. After graduating in 1978, Robinson began his sports career providing play-by-play for a minor league hockey team in Oklahoma City. By 1983, however, he was calling games for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He moved on to the Charlotte Hornets in 1989, and steadily diversified his coverage, calling for Major League Baseball teams like the San Francisco Giants and the Minnesota Twins. Robinson even published a book about the Twins, 1992's Season of Dreams: The Minnesota Twins' Drive to the 1991 World Championship. Robinson began offering play-by-play for NCAA Basketball as well, memorably calling the 1998 Valparaiso University upset over Ole Miss. In 2000, Robinson began working for NBC, beginning what would become a regular stint as an announcer for the network at the Olympics and becoming the lead announcer for the network's tennis coverage. Robinson branched out even further with his tennis expertise in 2007, when he began calling the French Open, US Open, Davis Cup, Fed Cup and US Open Series for the Tennis Channel. In 2012, he became the lead play-by-play voice for football on the Pac-12 Network.