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- Born: April 25, 1969 in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Full name: Joseph Francis Buck
- Attended Indiana University as an English major
- At age 25, youngest sportscaster to call NFL games on network television
- Joe Buck Live debutes on HBO on June 15, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2009-06-1...
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Joe Buck is an Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, and son of the late Jack Buck. Buck does play-by-play for FOX Sports. Buck has done play-by-play on the last several World Series broadcast of FOX.
Joe Buck Live debuts on HBO on Monday, June 15, 2009. The show replaced Costas Now and has a similar format. Buck's first guest on the show was Brett Favre.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2009-06-14-joe-buck-hbo_N.htm
Career
Buck began his broadcasting career at Indiana University, where he graduated with a B.A. in English and a minor in telecommunications. The son of famous broadcaster Jack Buck, Joe followed his father's path by doing play-by-play for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1994, Buck was hired by FOX and at 25 became the youngest person ever to announce an NFL game on network television. Buck currently does substantial work for FOX sports, announcing both baseball and football games covered on the network.U.S. Marshals Controversy
In January 2009, Buck was named as one of several sportscasters who received special VIP treatment with federal marshals as escorts during high profile games. The escorts were arranged by an attorney who worked with the marshal's service, Joseph Band. Bond also moonlighted with FOX sports during the time that he made the arrangements. In addition to Buck, Troy Aikman was also the recipient of special treatment at the arrangement of Buck.Boston Globe: US Marshals blasted for escorting... (January 12, 2009)-
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Joe Buck Questions
Does anyone know where to find a full video of the Joe Buck/Artie Lange debacle? 1 AnswerOther than the edited clip here http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/16/the-artie-of-war-lange-crushes-joe-buck/ the only place to find the full video is on HBO On Demand... read more
Did Bucks? 1 AnswerThere have been rumours of this for awhile, and they started mainly with this photo. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/372754544_8172e27d62_o.jpg http://cac... read more -
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