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David Sims is an American sports broadcaster. He currently serves as the tv play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners. Dave is a three-time National Sports Media Association’s Washington state Sportscaster of the Year. He won the award in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Dave is in his 16th season serving as the co-host of Basketball with Mike Krzyzewski and Beyond with Coach K on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
He was the television play-by-play host for the UFL on Versus in 2009. From Sept. 1989 to Feb. 1993, Dave co-hosted the midday show with Ed Coleman on New York’s Sports Radio 66 WFAN. He later became a weekend sports anchor at WCBS-TV in New York where he worked from 1995 until 1998. Also, Dave was a radio host for the New York Knicks from 1986 until 1993.
His play-by-play announcing career started in 1990 when he worked as the radio voice of Temple Owls football in the Big East until 1992. He later moved to TV and became the TV Voice of the Big East Conference football game of the week. Dave worked there from 1993 to 1994 and again from 1998 until 2007.
Dave Sims Age
He was born on February 14, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Dave is 69 years old.
Dave Sims Height
He is a man of average stature. Dave stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in ( Approx 1.73m).
Dave Sims Family
He was born to his father and mother on February 14, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Dave spent most of his childhood life in Philadelphia. He holds American nationality by birth but belongs to the African-American ethnicity.
Dave Sims Wife
He is married to a beutiful woman called Abby Sims. The couple has two handsome sons and grandparents to two granddaughters. One of the sons called Jarett works as a designer in his father’s hats company. Dave and his family reside in New York City.
Dave Sims Education
He attended Bethany College located in West Virginia. While there, Dave played one year of varsity football. He finished third in kickoff returns in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and was also the catcher for the Bison baseball team (in Division III). In college, Dave majored in mass communications.
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Dave started his journalism career by serving as a sportswriter for the New York Daily News. In the early 1980s, Dave served as a sports reporter for the short-lived “Satellite News Channel”. He later became the host of WNBC’s SportsNight where he worked from 1986 until 1988 taking over from Jack Spector. Dave hosted a five-hour nightly sports call-in show that was a precursor to the all-sports talk format of WFAN.
During the 1988 Summer Olympics, Dave was hired by Michael Weisman as a reporter where he covered track and field for NBC Sports’ telecast. In 1991, he became part of ESPN as a play-by-play announcer for college basketball. In 1998, he added college football. Dave primarily called Big East contests on the ESPN Plus regional network and continues to broadcast college basketball games for both FOX and FS1 starting in 2016.
Dave served as the #2 broadcaster for NFL on Westwood One Sports’s Sunday afternoon doubleheader prior to taking the permanent play-by-play position on Sunday Night Football. He took over from Joel Meyers on the Sunday Night Football game in 2006 and worked on “Sunday Night Football” games from 2006 until 2012. From 2013 to 2014, Dave returned to Sunday Afternoon NFL action and at the same time worked with former NFL quarterback Mark Malone.
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called college basketball for Westwood One from 1998 until 2014. His most notable call to date was the George Mason-UConn regional final in 2006. Occasionally, Dave provided Major League Baseball play-by-play for ESPN from 1993 until 1994 while working in other sports. Also, he did an internet radio show for MLB.com from 1999 until 2000. In 2007, Dave took the opportunity to return to baseball full-time as part of the Seattle Mariners tv broadcast.
As one of the few African-American broadcasters in the history of the sport, Dave is also perhaps the only one of that group not to have played in the major leagues. The former Mariners 3B Mike Blowers is his broadcast partner. On April 21, 2012, Dave was the broadcaster on the FOX television network describing Philip Humber’s perfect game. Because the rest of the country heard Joe Buck and Tim McCarver call a game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Dave’s game was broadcasted in its entirety only in the Chicago and Seattle markets.
He had to call the game from a neutral standpoint as a broadcaster and not as the usual Mariners broadcaster because the game was broadcast on FOX in both markets even though his team lost to a perfect game. 4 months after calling Philip Humber’s perfect game. Dave called the game for Root Sports in Seattle where Félix Hernández threw the first perfect game in Mariners’ history and this was the first time that one broadcaster had to call two perfect games in the same Major League Baseball season.
Dave Sims Hats
He operates a hat company called D. Sims Hat Collection. In 2012, Seattle Mariner’s play-by-play announcer released a line of hats dubbed, “D.Sims, The Collection.” Dave is known by fans for his frequent hat-wearing tendencies in the booth. His hats became a cult favorite and eventually led to a 2010 “Dave Sims Hat Night” promotion at Safeco Field. The hats are designed by Dave’s son called Jarett and are priced anywhere from $104 to $165. One can purchase them at the company’s official website, dsims.com.
Dave Sims Salary
He earns a reasonable amount from his current role as the tv play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners. Dave has an average salary of $76,265.
Dave Sims Net Worth
Most of his wealth is from his journalism career and also his D. Sims Hat Collection company. Dave has an estimated net worth of $5.8 million.
Who Is Dave Sims
David is an American sports broadcaster. He currently serves as the tv play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners. Dave is a three-time National Sports Media Association’s Washington state Sportscaster of the Year.
How Old Is Dave Sims
Dave is a 69-year-old American broadcaster who was born on February 14, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Is Dave Sims Married
Yes. Dave married Abby Sims. The couple has two handsome sons and are grandparents to two granddaughters. One of the sons called Jarett works as a designer in his father’s hats company. Dave and his family reside in New York City.