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Dick Enberg, Legendary Sportscaster, Dies at 82

He began broadcasting in college at WSAM in Saginaw, Mich., and started broadcasting professionally in the late 1960s after leaving his job as an assistant professor and baseball coach at California State University Northridge. His first professional broadcasting position was with KTLA, anchoring a nightly sports report and calling UCLA Bruins basketball, and KMPC radio, calling the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Rams. His work at the stations earned him four California Sportscaster of the Year awards. --MSN News

Dick Enberg, Veteran Sportscaster, Is Dead at 82

But when he did not get, as he had expected, an offer to teach full time at Indiana, he accepted a teaching position at San Fernando State College (now California State University, Northridge), where he also became an assistant baseball coach. --News Report Online

Legendary Sportscaster Dick Enberg Dies

Enberg was raised near Detroit and attended college in Central Michigan and Indiana University. He began broadcasting after a stint as an assistant basketball coach at Cal State Northridge State, according to USA Today. --NewsDog

Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Dick Enberg Dies at 82

Before refining his skills in the broadcast booth, Enberg did plenty of homework. A graduate of Central Michigan University, he earned a master's degree and a doctorate from Indiana University, where he also served as the first-ever football and basketball play-by-play announcer for the Indiana University Sports Network. He then made his voice heard at the front of the classroom, as an assistant professor at California State University at Northridge. -- 4rfv.com

College basketball roundup: New Mexico State hands Miami first loss

Idaho State 67, at Cal State Northridge 55: Brandon Boyd scored 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting and the Bengals extended the Matadors’ losing streak to 11 games. Micheal Warren scored 15 points and Reggie Theus Jr. had 12 for the Matadors (1-11), who have lost 17 straight dating to last season. --College and University

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