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[David Andrews]

I went to college with this guy, and knew him 
quite well at the time -- although I haven't seen him in many years.

David Andrews


>Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:31:29 -0500 (EST)
>From: Bethany College Alumni Relations <alumni at bethanywv.edu>
>To: dandrews at visi.com
>Subject: Bethany College
>
>BETHANY ALUMNUS
>JOINS MARINERS BROADCAST TEAM
>
>The Seattle Mariners have announced Dave Sims as 
>the newest member of their broadcast team. The 
>announcement, which came Thursday, January 11, 
>2007, said Sims will focus on play-by-play 
>duties on the Mariners' television broadcasts.
>
>Sims, a Philadelphia native, graduated from 
>Bethany in 1975 with a degree in Communication. 
>After graduation, Sims started out as a 
>sportswriter for the New York Daily News and 
>then went on to become a two-time Emmy 
>Award-winning sportscaster. Sims won his first 
>Emmy in 1993 in New England and his second in 
>1997 in Philadelphia for his play-by-play work 
>on football and basketball, respectively.
>
>"The Communication Department at Bethany was my 
>laboratory and it did a wonderful job setting 
>the bedrock for my career," Sims said.
>
>He has broadcast Big East college football games 
>(1993-94, 1998-2006) and college basketball contests since 1991 for ESPN &
>
>ESPN Regional TV. He currently hosts “Basketball &
>
>Beyond w/Coach K” for XM Satellite Radio, with 
>Duke University Hall of Fame coach Mike 
>Krzyzewski. He's hosted at MLB.com and "Phillies 
>Weekly" in Philadelphia. Sims also calls Sunday 
>Night Football for Westwood One Radio Sports, 
>and he'll handle play-by-play duties during the 
>upcoming NFC Championship Game and the Pro Bowl 
>in Hawaii. In the 1990's Sims also provided 
>play-by-play for CBS (TV) Sports coverage of the 
>NCAA basketball tournament and served as a 
>sports anchor/reporter/host for WCBS-TV in New York.
>
>"This is a spectacular opportunity for me and my 
>family," Sims said. "This is a chance for me to 
>do something I've always wanted to do -- work 
>for a Major League Baseball team from Game 1 on 
>Opening Day through the World Series."
>
>He was a finalist to join the Nationals' 
>broadcast team when they moved from Montreal to 
>Washington, D.C., prior to the 2005 season.
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