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Biography of Dick Stockton - Tennis
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Dick Stockton (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an United States of America|American sportscaster. Stockton was educated at Syracuse University, majoring in political science. In 1965, he began his sportscasting career at local radio and television stations in Philadelphia; a decade later, he became the lead play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox' TV broadcasts. Stockton was part of the broadcast crew for NBC Sports' coverage of the 1975 World Series and called Carlton Fisk's famous, game-winning home run in Game 6 of that series. In 1978, Stockton joined CBS Sports, and from then until 1994 covered a variety of sports for that network including the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, the Pan American Games, and the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. From 1993 to 1995 he also called local TV broadcasts of the Oakland Athletics. Stockton left CBS in 1994 for Fox Sports, which continues to employ him on NFL and occasional MLB telecasts. Since 1995 he has also called NBA games for the Turner Network Television|TNT cable television|cable network, and in 2004 began doing part-time local television work for the San Antonio Spurs. Stockton is married to the sportscaster and former sportswriter Lesley Visser.

