Sean McDonough

Biography: Sean McDonough joined ABC Sports as a college football play-by-play announcer in August 2000.

Prior to joing to ABC, McDonough spent ten years with CBS Sports, where he served as the network's lead play-by-play announcer from 1997 through 1999. Previously, he had worked regional telecasts in 1996. During his tenure at CBS, McDonough also called men's and women's college basketball, including 10 NCAA Tournaments, NFL, golf and U.S. Open Tennis coverage. In 1992 and 1993, he and Tim McCarver formed the network's lead MLB broadcast team. In addition, McDonough also contributed to CBS' 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games, calling bobsled and luge competition. In 1998, he provided play-by-play for CBS' ice hockey coverage at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. McDonough is in his 16th year as the television voice of the Boston Red Sox. From 1988-1995, he was heard on WSBK-TV, and now calls the games on WFXT-TV. He joined WSBK in 1985 as the studio host for the station'sSean McDonough joined ABC Sports as a college football play-by-play announcer in August 2000.

Prior to joing to ABC, McDonough spent ten years with CBS Sports, where he served as the network's lead play-by-play announcer from 1997 through 1999. Previously, he had worked regional telecasts in 1996.

During his tenure at CBS, McDonough also called men's and women's college basketball, including 10 NCAA Tournaments, NFL, golf and U.S. Open Tennis coverage. In 1992 and 1993, he and Tim McCarver formed the network's lead MLB broadcast team. In addition, McDonough also contributed to CBS' 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games, calling bobsled and luge competition. In 1998, he provided play-by-play for CBS' ice hockey coverage at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano.

McDonough is in his 16th year as the television voice of the Boston Red Sox. From 1988-1995, he was heard on WSBK-TV, and now calls the games on WFXT-TV. He joined WSBK in 1985 as the studio host for the station's coverage of Boston Bruins hockey. Four times (1989, 1990, 1992 and 2001) McDonough was honored with the New England Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Play-by-Play for his work on Boston Red Sox Baseball.

In addion to his work with CBS and the Boston Red Sox, McDonough worked at ESPN from 1990-1996 where he called MLB, NHL college football, college basketball and soccer. In the fall of 2000, he returned to ESPN to call NHL games.

McDonough, the son of longtime Boston Globe writer and former NBC & CBS sportscaster Will McDonough, was graduated cum laude from Syracuse University in 1894. McDonough now lives in North Quincy, Massachusetts.… Expand