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Eric Collins
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From 2009 through 2013, Collins served as the part-time television voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, taking over the duties of Dodger radio voice Charley Steiner, who was the team"s play-by-play announcer on road telecasts east of Denver. Collins" broadcasting experience including doing play-by-play on National Broadcasting Company Sports" coverage of the United States of America Baseball team during the 2008 Summer Olympics Games in Beijing, China, as well as calling Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s coverage of college football, college basketball, and college baseball and softball Super Regional tournaments and Women"s College World Series games (WCWS in 2005 and 2006). Participant-time announcing for the Chicago White Sox in 2004 and 2008.
And working in Minor League Baseball for the Schaumburg Flyers and Rochester Red Wings.
He also worked as a sideline reporter for Chicago Bulls broadcasts from 1997 to 2002. In August 2010, The Big Ten Network announced that Eric Collins would handle play-by-play duties in college football and basketball.
He will also do play-by-play announcing for Fox College Hoops. On October 12, 2013, it was announced that Collins would not be continuing as a broadcaster for the Dodgers the following season.
On August 27, 2015, Collins was named the new television play-by-play announcer for the Charlotte Hornets, replacing Steve Martin, who will return to his original role as the team"s radio play-by-play voice.
Collins will be joined by former Hornet Dell Curry and Stephanie Ready, the National Basketball Association"s first full-time female analyst. Collins is a graduate of Saint Lawrence University (bachelor"s degree) and Syracuse University (master"s degree).
