Steve Physioc
| Steve Physioc | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 28, 1954 Summit, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Radio and television broadcaster |
| Years active | 1983 – present |
| Religion | Christian[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Stacey |
| Children | 2 |
Steve Physioc (/ˈfɪziɒk/; born December 28, 1954) is an American sportscaster who has called play-by-play for various baseball, basketball, and football teams.
Early life and education
Physioc grew up as a Kansas City Royals fan in Merriam, Kansas[2] and graduated from Kansas State University in 1977,.[3]
Career
He began his announcing career as Sports Director for KHAS radio in Hastings, Nebraska, covering local high school and Hastings College athletics. After that he went on to become the radio voice of Kansas State Wildcats football and basketball (1979-1982). Mitch Holthus took over after he left K-State. Physioc was also a Sports Anchor on WIBW-TV in Topeka during the late 1970s and early '80s, and at WLWT in Cincinnati, where he worked alongside Jerry Springer.[4] He is involved in church and Charitable affairs.[5]
Professional sports announcing duties
Physioc began his major league play-by-play announcing career in 1983, broadcasting Cincinnati Bengals football and Cincinnati Reds baseball games, a position he held until 1987.
He then served as the San Francisco Giants announcer for KTVU-TV from 1987-1988, followed by work for ESPN (1989-1995), announcing Major League Baseball, college basketball, baseball and Big Ten football.
In 1995, he announced San Diego Padres games and Pac-10 football games for Fox Sports West. Physioc's previous experience also includes radio play-by-play for the NBA's Golden State Warriors (1989–1990) and the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1994), and television play-by-play for the Warriors (1990-1991) and the Vancouver Grizzlies during their inaugural season (1995-1996) in the NBA.
From 1997-2009, Physioc called local telecasts of Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels baseball. In November 2009, he was released from the Angels' broadcast crew along with longtime partner Rex Hudler, ending 14 years with the club.[6] Two months later Physioc became a candidate to return to the Angels broadcast team following the death of Rory Markas.
On June 27, 2010, Physioc handled substitute play-by-play duties for the TBS MLB Sunday telecast of the Detroit Tigers at the Atlanta Braves alongside David Wells and Ron Darling.
In February 2012 Physioc was hired by the Kansas City Royals, for whom he will call games part-time on television (where he will reunite with former Angels partner Hudler) and radio.[7]
College sports announcing duties
Basketball
During the baseball offseason, Physioc broadcasts other sporting events, primarily college basketball games (primarily in the West Coast Conference), on the ESPNU network. On January 7, 2006, Physioc made a guest appearance as a substitute play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers, taking the place of Joel Meyers for one game because Meyers was on assignment. Phsyioc also appears on Fox Sports Net for college basketball games for the Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences.
In late-2008, Physioc was asked to fill in for his Angels broadcast partner Rory Markas, who was the lead announcer for USC Trojans Basketball, while Markas recovered from surgery to remove a blood clot. Physioc and fellow Cincinnati Bengals alum Pete Arbogast alternated play-by-play of Trojans basketball for a few weeks until Markas returned. In January 2010, Physioc and Arbogast again were asked to take over the Trojans' broadcasts following the sudden death of Markas, with Physioc broadcasting one game, and Arbogast taking over the rest of the broadcast schedule.
Physioc was featured on ESPNU Midnight Madness on October 16, 2009 along with Steve Lavin of the University of Washington.
Football
Physioc appears on Fox Sports Net for play by play of Pac-12 and Big-12 football games.[8]
Personal life
He is married to Stacey Physioc and has two children, a son Kevin, and a daughter, Ryan and two grandchildren. He is also known as Steve "The Phiz" Physioc.
References
- ↑ Stewart, Larry (September 18, 1998). "Donoho, Physioc Share a Common Bond". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/12/3425165/hiring-hudler-and-physioc-signals.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Interview with Steve Physioc, Sports Broadcaster" on CollegiateCamo website http://www.collegiatecamo.com/blog/steve-physioc/
- ↑ "Love of sports guides Angels’ broadcaster through life’s maze" on The Daily 49er. http://www.daily49er.com/sports/2008/11/20/love-of-sports-guides-angels-broadcaster-through-lifes-maze/
- ↑ Stewart, Larry (September 18, 1998). "Donoho, Physioc Share a Common Bond". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Diane Pucin, "Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc no longer Angels broadcasters," Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2009 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/11/rex-hudler-steve-physioc-no-longer-angels-broadcasters.html
- ↑ Dutton, Bob (February 10, 2012). "Hudler, Physioc join Royals' broadcast team". The Kansas City Star.
- ↑ http://www.collegiatecamo.com/blog/postname/steve-physioc/