Background
A District native, Buckhantz grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where his father owned a construction company.
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A District native, Buckhantz grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where his father owned a construction company.
He attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
His television announcing career began as Sports Director at WTTG, a Fox affiliate in Washington, District of Columbia as well as NFL games for Fox. One of his earlier jobs in sports was with WSB-television in Atlanta, Georgia, where he covered the Braves and the Hawks and eventually became the night-time sports anchor. He currently resides in Virginia.
Shelley has two children from a previous marriage, Jake and Olivia Lawrence.
As of 2014, Buckhantz has spent 18 years as the Wizards" play by play announcer, alongside Philosophy Chenier on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. In 2009, Buckhantz was featured in the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network film "Without Bias" about the days leading up to the Len Bias death in the summer of 1986 after being chosen number 2 overall by the Boston Celtics after a stellar career at the University of Maryland.
He was featured as a reporter for WTTG-television as the sports director at the time of Bias" death in 1986.