Gary Thorne to Take Over Broadcasting Duties for PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association has announced that Gary Thorne will take over for Rob Stone as the play-by-play voice for the PBA on ESPN. Randy Pedersen will stay on doing color commentary for the remainder of the season.
Rob Stone announced that he will be leaving ESPN for Fox Sports to announce soccer games. Stone will stay on for the remainder of the World Series of Bowling Events, as they have already been taped. ESPN chose Thorne to replace him for the rest of the 2011-2012 season. Gary Thorne is most commonly known as a hockey announcer, while doing work on several video games, including NHL ’12.
As I don’t know how much bowling knowledge Gary Thorne brings in, hopefully he can do a good job with PBA broadcasts. It showed time and time again that Rob Stone did not have much knowledge of our game and fans resented him for it. Hopefully Thorne will have a more positive impact on PBA fans and will be accepted as the announcer for our sport.
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