Jim Watson (sportscaster)
Jim Watson is a sportscaster with Fox Sports and formerly with NBC Sports.
Sportscasting career[edit]
NBC Sports Network[edit]
He called Gymnastics for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He called weightlifting for the 2012 London Olympics. He also calls water polo for Universal Sports. He has also served as a play-by-play announcer, anchor, reporter, and host for NBC Sports, Universal Sports, FOX Sports, ESPN3, Time Warner, and several other regional networks. He called Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Pac-12 Network and Fox Sports[edit]
Watson is also employed by the Pac-12 Network. There he calls football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, swimming, and diving. In addition to Pac-12 sports, he has also covered golf, tennis, cross-country, track-and-field, softball, soccer, and water polo. Watson is the host and reporter for Dodgers Live, a pregame/postgame show for the Los Angeles Dodgers and calls beach volleyball for the Beach Volleyball World Tour. He was also the voice of the Los Angeles Galaxy for five years.
Other sports[edit]
Watson has also covered motocross, snowboarding, wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, and weightlifting. He was also the host of Runnin' with the Pac.
Career Timeline[edit]
2005–present NBC Sports, Universal Sports, Fox Sports, The Mountain, and ESPN3 play-by-play, host, anchor, and reporter MLB, NBA, MLS, FIVB, Pac-10/Pac-12, Big West, CIF High School Sports[1] 2003-2005 Fox Sports Northwest (Seattle) play-by-play, host, anchor, reporter[2] MLB, NBA, NFL, WNBA, Pac-10, West Coast, Conference, WIAA(Washington) High School Sports 2003-2005 Fox Sports West (Los Angeles) play-by-play, anchor, host, reporter MLB, NBA, NHL, Pac-10, West Coast Conference, Big West Conference, CIF High School Sports
Olympics[edit]
2016: Gymnastics 2012: Weightlifting 2004: Indoor Volleyball 2000: Beach Volleyball[3]
World Championships[edit]
2009-2012: NBC Sports, Universal Sports Beach Volleyball, Team Volleyball, Water Polo, snowboarding, Wrestling, Rowing
Personal[edit]
He attended the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern California. He graduated from USC in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Information. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California.[4]
References[edit]
- Television anchors from Los Angeles
- Living people
- University of Southern California alumni
- People from Santa Monica, California
- Major League Baseball broadcasters
- Los Angeles Dodgers announcers
- College baseball announcers in the United States
- Association football commentators
- High school basketball announcers in the United States
- High school football announcers in the United States
- College basketball announcers in the United States
- American television sports anchors
- College football announcers
- Golf commentators
- Tennis commentators
- Olympic Games broadcasters
- Beach Volleyball commentators
- Volleyball commentators
- Track and field broadcasters
- Skiing announcers
- Softball announcers
- Gymnastics broadcasters
- Women's National Basketball Association announcers