Listen to Bob and partner John Feinstein, as they open and conclude their broadcast of American University’s 61-60 victory over Army on March 8.
March 23, 2009
Bob Socci – ESPNU Basketball & Navy Football
Listen to highlights of Bob calling Patriot League basketball on ESPNU, and hear excerpts from the 2008 Navy football highlight video, including his radio play-by-play.
March 22, 2009
Bob Socci – Interviews
Whether calling baseball or college athletics, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet countless fascinating people. Many are famous, ranging from political and military leaders to entertainers and prominent sports figures. Others are less known in public circles, but no less interesting. I hope you’ll sample excerpts from just a few of the many interviews I’ve done in my career.
Please click here (baseball-interviews) to listen to me talk baseball with four players among the best in the game during their careers, including Andre Dawson, Hall of Famers Tony Perez and Tony Gwynn, and Gary Gaetti.
You’ll also be able to listen to me visit with Sen. Mark Warner (Virginia) during a Norfolk Tides broadcast, as well as Pres. George H.W. Bush and Adm. Stansfield Turner, former head of the CIA, while covering Navy football (political-guests). And you can hear an interview with renown tenor Ronan Tynan (ronan-tynan-2004), prior to an appearance at the Army-Navy Classic.
Bob (right) and partner Omar Nelson are joined by former Pres. George H.W. Bush and Secretary of the Navy Gordon Englund in Houston in 2003.
March 22, 2009
My Work Behind the Microphone
Please click here (bob-socci-pxp-highlights-2) to listen to highlights of my work as the radio broadcaster for the U.S. Naval Academy and Norfolk Tides. F
rom a pitch that sets up a long touchdown run to a pitch that surrenders a long home run, from a buzzer-beater along the baseline to a dagger delivered from beyond the three-point line, I hope you’ll enjoy.
March 21, 2009
Bob Socci — Features & Interviews
The greatest reward associated with my role at the Naval Academy is the opportunity to meet men and women dedicated to serving our country. Among them is Chief Officer Select Timothy Brennan of Billerica, Mass., an enlisted sailor honored in Annapolis in 2007. Please click here (timothybrennanhalftime) to listen to his interview.
Another is Lt. Zerbin Singleton, who as a senior was recognized as college football’s most inspirational player in 2007, after overcoming tremendous adversity to shine for the Midshipmen and graduate into the U.S. Marine Corps. Please click here (zerbin-singleton) to hear excerpts of his interview that aired on the Navy Sports Magazine radio show.
One of the halftime features that aired during the 2006 season focused on the lifelong ties to the Naval Academy for New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. He returned to Annapolis to donate his family’s collection of football books in honor of his late father, Steve, a beloved Navy assistant for more than 30 years. Please click here to listen (belichick-halftime-feature).
February 10, 2009
Navy Football Wired
In 2008, the Navy Midshipmen staged the greatest fourth-quarter comeback in school history, producing 26 unanswered points against Temple. Thirty years — almost exactly to the date — after pro football’s most infamous fumble led to a play forever remembered as the “Miracle in the Meadowlands”, a similarly improbable ending to regulation allowed the Mids to escape with a 33-27 overtime victory.
What unfolded on that first Saturday in November, when Navy defied defeat to become bowl eligible for a record sixth straight season, was captured in a CBS College Sports Network documentary. Much of the story is told by head coach Ken Niumatalolo. The rest of it, for the most part, is conveyed through the play-by-play heard on the Navy Radio Network.
