Background
Graham, Scott was born on April 1, 1965 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Son of Alan Henry and Irene Graham.
Graham, Scott was born on April 1, 1965 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Son of Alan Henry and Irene Graham.
Degree in electronics & electrical engineering, Kilmarnock College, 1986.
He has lived and worked near Philadelphia for most of his professional life. His sportscasting résumé covers several organizations in Philadelphia and around the United States of America. Graham is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Graham"s first play-by-play experience came as a student announcer for football and basketball while at Penn on WXPN. After graduating from college, Graham was sports director at WAMS in Wilmington, 1987-1989, called football games for Delaware State from 1990 to 1992, then for the University of Pennsylvania the following three years.
From 1992 to 1998, he called Philadelphia"s Big Five basketball games on WPHT-Department of Administration and Management. In 1994, he hosted a nationally syndicated baseball call-in show and called major college football games for the American Sports Radio Network.
In 1996, Graham was hired by Comcast Network as an announcer for all sporting events on the station. From 1999 to 2003, he called NFL and NFL Europe games on Fox.
He currently narrates several programs for NFL Films and calls college basketball for Comcast Network, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and Westwood One as well Philadelphia Eagles preseason with Brian Baldinger. In 2009, he began co-hosting Baseball This Morning on XM satellite radio channel 175 with Buck Martinez from 7:00–10:00 a.m.
Eastern time. In February 2010, he left the morning show along with Martinez.
Career with the Phillies
Graham was first hired by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1991, and hosted the pre-and post-game shows through the 2000 season. In 1999, he also became a play-by-play announcer for the team He called the first, second, and third innings of games on the radio.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth innings on the local telecast.
And then returned to the radio broadcast to call the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings. In November 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Graham"s contract would not be renewed, which was confirmed on December 4, 2006.
Graham was a finalist for a position with the San Diego Padres for the 2007 season, but the job went to Andy Masur. In late November 2007, his name came up as a candidate for the New York Mets radio broadcast vacancy left by Tom McCarthy.
The Mets hired Wayne Hagin for the position.
NFL work
In 2006 Graham has served as a pregame host for Sunday Night Football coverage on Westwood One. In 2009, he became Westwood One"s studio host for all NFL games except Monday night, replacing Tommy Tighe. Graham made his Inside the NFL debut on the September 9, 2009 episode.
He also does preand post-game NFL coverage for Westwood One radio.
He was the public address system announcer at Metropolitan Life Stadium for Super Bowl XLVIII, at University of Phoenix Stadium for Super Bowl XLIX and Levi"s Stadium for Super Bowl 50. Miscellaneous
Graham provided the narration for Puppy Bowl VIII on Animal Planet in 2012, and returned for Puppy Bowl IX in 2013.
Graham also does voiceover work for the WWE Network program Rivalries.
Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Julia Lucas, May 19, 2001. 1 child Natasha.