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Giovannetti rises as Tech personality

By DAVID GAY Staff Writer

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Transitioning from talking on the radio about Tech sports to working for the Tech Athletic Department is not a normal step. But, for Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Operations Robert Giovannetti, this was a small step in a long career in Tech-related sports media.

Giovannetti helped start “Tech Talk,” a daily radio show with Chris Level, a local sports personality, in late 2005, he said. Giovannetti had experience with radio in college, graduating with a mass communications degree, but this was his first regular radio show.

Giovannetti talked to Level about the possibility of having a radio show, and the next day, they had one, he said.

“Tech Talk” was different than any other Tech-centered sports show in Lubbock at the time, Giovannetti said. They were told at first their show would be blown out of the water, but it took off and grew.

“We tried presenting the show as two buddies talking about sports,” he said. “It wasn’t a traditional call-in show. It was pre texting, so we didn’t take in many texts.

We did our own thing.”

Both Giovannetti and Level were new in the daily radio show business, Level said.

They did not know how to run a daily radio show. Level said the best shows were the ones that were not planned all the way through.

“I hate things that are so pre-planned that it looks like you are trying too hard,” Level said. “Sometimes, the

best shows we did were when we didn’t have a plan. That was scary too. When you go off the track, those were the best shows. Giovannetti was the master at that.”

The radio show expanded to a website, Giovannetti said. Giovannetti said that their show changed Lubbock media as a whole.

“We changed Lubbock media in the fact that we did more with our website with shooting practice footage and putting it online,” Giovannetti said. “I’m very proud of what we did there. We took some risks and took a lot of grief and criticisms from a lot of people. The proof is how successful that is today.”

The most memorable episode of “Tech Talk” for Giovannetti was the last one they recorded, he said. It was memorable for Giovannetti because of his close relationship with Level and all the fun they had on the show.

Level and Giovannetti had unbelievable chemistry, Level said.

“The people who were listening to us would say that we were just a couple of guys at the water cooler talking about sports,” Level said. “We had fun and never took ourselves too seriously.

He’s one of my best friends this day because of the time we did on radio.”

As well as participating in the radio show, Giovannetti also did play-by-play for Tech baseball, he said. Former Tech baseball coach Larry Hays called him and asked him if he was interested in doing the play-by-play.

“I never really thought about (doing play-by-play),” Giovannetti said. “I never

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Robert Giovannetti is the senior associate athletics director for external operations and strategic communications. He is the former host of the “Tech Talk” radio show along with colleague and sideline reporter Chris Level. thought that it was what I wanted to do but the thought intrigued me and I told him that I would do it. It turned out to be one of the best moments of my career.”

By doing play-by-play, Giovannetti became close with the coaching staff of the baseball team, he said.

Because he called every game and traveled with him, the staff developed a trust for him.

Giovannetti said that doing the radio show helped him with calling the games because it taught him to fill in time where there is no action on the field.

But, after a while, Giovannetti became burned out by working so much, he said.

So, he reached out to thenChancellor Kent Hance and after a conversation, Hance offered Giovannetti the job of

the associate vice chancellor of communications and marketing in the system.

Giovannetti said this job brought a sense of normalcy to his life. But, Giovannetti misses being on the radio on a regular basis, he said.

“I do miss it,” Giovannetti said. “If I could call Tech baseball for a living, I would. If I could do a radio show only, I would. There is a great thing about that. If you are doing it with good people.

I was fortunate enough to do it with good people.”

But, in May of 2015, Giovannetti was named the Senior Associate Athletics Director for external operations and strategic communications. According to a May 22 Tech Athletics news release, with his new position, Giovannetti received direct oversight over

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the athletic communications and sports broadcasting of Tech Athletics.

“There is nothing I have enjoyed more than serving this outstanding university,” Giovannetti said in the news release. “I look forward to working alongside numerous talented and hard-working individuals in our department to continue striving to place the Double-T among the nation’s elite.”

Level said he learned everything from Giovannetti and the time they spent together. “(Giovannetti) is a mentor and a friend,” Level said.

“I learned about life from him. It was kind of like a big brother relationship.

He’s still the person today that I can go to for advice. I learned everything I know from Giovannetti.” @DavidGayDT

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Red Raiders look to finish strong in final stretch Manziel told The recently ranked No. 10 Texas Tech men’s tennis team heads to enemy territory this Friday to play No. 14 Oklahoma State after an impressive victory

at home over No. 18 Tulsa last weekend.

The Red Raiders have a record of 23-3 overall for this season. At home, the men’s tennis team is unde-

feated with an 11-0 record.

For the away games the men’s team seems to have had more obstacles with a 2-2 record.

The win last weekend against Tulsa was a victory that moved the Red Raiders up into the top 10. In the men’s singles, four out of six players were victorious over their competitors. The men’s tennis team made some adjustments to the pairings for the match against Tulsa, which paid off for the team, giving them the victory.

Heading away this weekend the team faces a difficult match against No. 14 Oklahoma State.

This season the Pokes have a 16-5 overall record. At home Oklahoma State has performed well with a record of 9-1, posing a challenge for the Red Raiders.

The Red Raiders hope to continue their winning streak as they t r a v e l t o S t i l l w a t e r, Oklahoma, to match up against Oklahoma State at 6 p.m. Friday. @TheDT_sports

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to seek help

Johnny Manziel’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has told the troubled quarterback to seek help or he will no longer represent him.

Rosenhaus has asked Manziel to seek treatment within five days.

“I hope he gets the help he needs, and if he does, then I will continue to represent him,” Rosenhaus said Wednesday night.

Rosenhaus, whose clientele is among the largest in the NFL, has represented Manziel “for a few weeks now.” He says he’s never terminated a contract with a player; Rosenhaus has been an agent for 27 years.

In February, Manziel’s first agent, Erik Burkhardt, said he severed his ties with the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner so Manziel could get help.

“Though I will remain a friend and Johnny supporter, and he knows I have worked tirelessly to arrange a number of professional options for him to continue to pursue, it has become painfully obvious that his future rests solely in his own hands,” Burkhardt said then in a statement.

“His family and I have gone to great lengths to outline the steps we feel he must take to get his life in order. Accountability is the foundation of any relationship, and without it the function of my work is counterproductive. I truly wish the best for Johnny and sincerely hope he can, and will, find the kind of peace and happiness he deserves.”

Manziel was released by Cleveland last month amid a storm of off-field issues. The Browns took Manziel in the first round of the 2014 draft, but his stay with them was filled with problems.

The Browns drafted Manziel hoping he could solve their long-term issue at quarterback and turn around a team that has only been to the playoffs once since 1999 and never to the Super Bowl.

CORRECTION In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Toreador, the police blotter should have said a student was arrested for public intoxication outside the Kent R. Hance Chapel.

The DT regrets this error.

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VOICES OF TEXAS TECH

Level recognized as voice for Tech for years

By JEREMY KRAKOSKY Staff Writer

Any fan who follows Texas Tech football or basketball is probably familiar with Chris Level.

Level can regularly be heard on the television broadcast during Red Raider football or on the airwaves for basketball. In addition to doing sideline reporting and color analysis, he co-hosts a radio show on Double T 97.3 and is the publisher of Red Raider Sports.

After playing basketball for two seasons at Weatherford College, Level graduated from Tech in 1996 and has spent the last two decades in Lubbock.

“I moved out here to continue that relationship (with my now wife). Being from Fort Worth and going back home it keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger,” he said. “But (Lubbock) is such a great place to raise kids. There’s something about a college town that is just fun.”

Because of his job, Level had the opportunity to visit all the other Big 12 Conference towns and said there is no other place he would rather raise his two children.

While his career has allowed him to live where he prefers, he said he did not

come to Tech to be a broadcaster. Level graduated with a degree in business management, not knowing what he wanted to become.

After attempting and having a career in retail, he began taking notes at Red Raider football practices, for free.

Eventually, Level and former co-host Robert Giovannetti filled in on a radio show in 2005 and ran with it from there.

“We looked at each other and said, ‘why don’t we do this all the time?’ And so we did,” Level said. “We started a radio show in October of 2005 talked Tech Talk, and it’s obviously still in its existence.”

From there, Level was able to host the weekly radio coach’s show with Mike Leach to now Kliff Kingsbury.

Level said being live on-air with Leach was an interesting experience, especially after losses because Leach wore his emotions on his sleeve.

Tech offered Level the job of sideline broadcasting before Tommy Tuberville’s last season in Lubbock.

He also began doing color analyst for basketball in 2012, according to the Tech Athletics website.

“I was really nervous.

This is a lot of pressure, this is my alma mater, I think the world of this football program. I just don’t want to go mess it up,” he said. “I just

didn’t want to be the reason the broadcast sucked.”

Because of his desire to be his best for every game, Level said most of his job is tireless preparation and attention to detail.

Drew Kohnle, a sports writer for Level at Red Raider Sports, said Level’s preparation is clear every Saturday.

“You can tell he does prepare because it shows in the broadcast,” Kohnle said. “When he is pron o u n c i n g a g u y ’s n a m e correctly or when he is running down some stats that not a lot of people know off the top of their head, it’s because he prepares.”

One of Level’s favorite aspects of his job is that he has been able to establish deeper relationships with people around the program than most people have the chance to do.

For him, the players and coaches are more than just a name on the back of a jersey or a face behind a play chart.

“Doing what I do, you get to know these kids differently. You know their families, know them as people. Not just as some football player with some helmet on,” he said. “Whereas fans, they’re frustrated or happy or whatever. But I get to know them and get tight with some of these guys.”

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Chris Level is a sideline reporter for Texas Tech football and a color analyst for Texas Tech basketball.

Kohnle said since Level has been in Lubbock for decades and cares more for the players, he naturally has been able to make relationships and become plugged into the program.

“Chris (Level) has been in the business for a very long time. So as someone that has been in the business as long as he has, he develops those relationships,” he said. “He has developed credibility, he has developed trust. It just allows for the players, the coaches to be very comfortable with him because they know him so well.”

While Level clearly would not trade his job, there is a challenging aspect of his career.

The most difficult part of his job is that he is balancing numerous responsibilities and is missing out on moments in his two children’s lives, he said.

“They’re as active as they could possibly be. They both play basketball, my daughter does ballet stuff, my little boy is playing baseball and plays football,” Level said. “So that part is hard, especially during basketball season. Whenever I’m gone

once or twice a week, I’m missing all their stuff. That part is really hard for me as a dad.”

After football and basketball seasons are over, Level said he spends as much time as possible with his children and even gets to bring them to sporting events sometimes.

Level will be back on the television broadcast for the annual Spring Game on Saturday and then in September when the football team opens the 2016 season against Stephen F. Austin. @JeremyK_DT

TRACK AND FIELD

Tech prepares for second home meet of season

By ALEXA BOUTWELL Staff Writer

The Texas Tech track and field teams get a travel break this weekend as they host their second meet in Lubbock for the Red Raider Open.

From being ranked No. 18 in the preseason poll to moving up six spots to No. 12, the Red Raiders are confident and ready to perform for the home crowd, C.J. Jones, a sophomore sprinter, said.

“It should be a pretty good crowd out here and a fun race,” Jones said. “There’s nothing like running on your home track.”

Tech coach James Thomas said he is expecting great things out of his athletes this

weekend, especially out of his jumpers. He sees potential in jumpers such as Trey Culver, Charles Brown and Bradley Adkins.

“I can’t be more proud of how the guys are competing,” Thomas said. “This time of year you want to start seeing people show what they’re capable of doing and across the board I’ve been extremely pleased with them.”

Sophomore Trey Culver is showing out for the Red Raiders this season in the high jump setting some personal best records and even earning the NCAA Indoor national title in March. No one could of predicted Culvers success this season, Thomas said.

“It’s something I don’t

think anyone could have predicted,” Thomas said.

“He’s just worked his tail off, he’s created this monster in college as far as somebody who is consistent, competitive and wants to get after it every time.

That’s the way he trains every day.”

Culver is not the only jumper in the spotlight.

Freshman Charles Brown has also taken some impressive strides for his first season. After his first-place finish at the Tech Open in March, Brown was awarded Big 12 player of the week.

Brown has continued making improvements this season and Thomas is taking notice of the freshman long jumper.

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Rockets clinch playoff berth with 116-81 win over Kings HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 38 points and the Houston Rockets took the final Western Conference playoff spot with an easy 11681 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

The Rockets never trailed and had a 64-44 lead at halftime behind 16 points from Harden and 10 each from Dwight Howard and Michael Beasley.

They won their last three games to sneak into the playoffs after losing three of the previous four to fall behind Utah and into ninth place in the West. Houston will meet top-seed Golden State in the first round of the playoffs

this weekend.

Ben McLemore had 24 points for the Kings, in what was likely coach George Karl’s final game with the team amid reports that he could be fired as soon as Thursday. Karl went 44-68 since taking the job in February 2015, and this season is the 10th straight season in which the Kings did not make the playoffs.

The Rockets are in the postseason for the fourth straight year, but they certainly didn’t have the regular season they had hoped for after reaching the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1997 last season. They returned most of the pieces from that team that

won 56 games, but weren’t able to build on last year’s success.

Things went wrong early this season and coach Kevin McHale was fired after the team won just four of its first 11 games. He was replaced by J.B. Bickerstaff, but it didn’t lead to more consistent play and the Rockets were never able to keep pace with the elite teams in the West.

After a loss to the Suns on Thursday, it looked like Houston would miss out on the playoffs. Instead, Utah dropped two of its next three games and the Rockets got back on track to win the remainder of their games and lock up the last postseason spot.

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Bautista leads Blue Jays past Yankees TORONTO (AP) — Jose Bautista had two hits and collected his 800th RBI, J.A. Happ worked six innings for his first victory of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-2 on Wednesday night.

Ryan Goins had three hits and two RBIs for the Blue Jays, who had lost five of six. Six of Toronto’s 10 hits were doubles.

Facing the Yankees for the first time since Aug. 31, 2014, Happ (1-0) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings.

He walked three and struck out four.

M a r k Te i x e i r a h i t a solo homer, his third, but New York failed to win its

third straight.

Brett Cecil worked the seventh, Drew Storen allowed Teixeira’s homer in the eighth and Pat Venditte finished.

Making his second start of the season, Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda (1-1) allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in six innings.

The Blue Jays broke it open with a four-run, bataround eighth against Ivan Nova. Bautista doubled home a run, Troy Tulowitzki and Goins each hit RBI singles and Russell Martin added a sacrifice fly.

Toronto opened the scoring on a two-out double by Goins

in the second. New York tied it in the fifth on an RBI groundout by Aaron Hicks when Josh Donaldson bobbled what might have been an inningending double play.

Toronto got two in the fifth and then Teixeira’s homer made it 3-2 Blue Jays before Toronto’s breakout inning.

Pineda’s three walks were the most he’d issued in 42 career starts with the Yankees, snapping his team record streak of starts with two or fewer walks. Mike Mussina walked two or fewer in his final 37 starts with New York.

C Brian McCann (bruised left big toe) was held out of the starting lineup.

“He’s probably one of the most talented athletes I’ve ever had the opportunity to coach,” Thomas said.

With the season winding down and nationals heading their way, the Red Raiders are focusing on bringing that same competitive technique and drive to this weekend’s meet.

Thomas said he hopes to push the team to keep do-

ing more to improve for the Red Raider Open.

“From coach (Wes) Kittley’s words, it’s time for some of our leaders to really step up,” Thomas said.

“I think we have a lot of people that could be in better positions and have better marks but they have to step up and get ready to take on this competition.”

With having the home

field advantage, Thomas and the Red Raiders hope to have the momentum on their side for this weekend’s meet.

“We love being here,” Thompas said. “Anytime we are here at home is an opportunity. Obviously there are fighting elements, but if we line it up I think you’ll see some great things.” @TheDT_sports

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Is the Catholic Church opening up to new people?

Pope Francis sends strong Pope’s new document will message to all Christians not change many minds

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fter two years of writing and putting this work together, Pope Francis has recently released the publication of his 256-page document, “Amoris Laetitia,” which translates into “The Joy of Love.”

This document is an outlook on family and the role of the church.

A Christian’s God is a forgiving one and that’s why Francis is urging his priest to include all believers.

According to Jim Yardley’s article, “Francis’ Message Calls on Church to Be Inclusive,” published on the New York Times website, the overall message of the document is “typical Francis” filled with passages from the Bible, “meditations on marital love,” advice on family matters, “and a call for families to come closer to the church, and vice versa.”

Despite the strict reputation of the Catholic religion, in his document, Francis is calling priests all over to be more accepting of divorced singles, remarried couples, single parents, gay people and straight couples who are living together; it’s “a quiet revolutionary document,” as said Rev. James Martin in Yardley’s article.

This is the kind of document Christians anywhere should be taking a look at.

In today’s society things are rapidly changing, especially family situations.

Just because some people are in an “irregular situation,” as Francis puts it, they shouldn’t be banned from the church.

Emma Martinez is a sophomore English major from Odessa.

Granted, people don’t always need to go to church to be close to God, but it helps a lot to be surrounded by a community of people who love and support you; that’s what a church should be, a community of people who love and support each other no matter what.

Today people are so caught up in everyone else’s lives and not their own that they are quick to point at someone else’s “flaws” instead of bettering themselves.

As Christians, we don’t have the right to judge someone on their life or their relationship with God because it’s not our life, it’s theirs. A Christian’s God is a forgiving one, and that’s why Francis is urging his priests to include all believers.

Francis’ document urges for moral ideals and values to take precedent over the regulations that exclude these fellow Christians in an “irregular situation.”

As Rev. James Martin puts it, the document is a message to “anyone who feels they have been unwelcome in the church. The message is: Welcome.”

Being a Christian in the Baptist religion, I haven’t grown up with the same strict rules and regulations as someone in the Catholic religion, but the same things happen every now and then.

It’s been my observance that preachers in the Baptist religion and priests in the Catholic religion are faced with the same questions of how to deal with Christians in “irregular situations,” but I’ve noticed the majority of

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within the confines of the church, however I do not think it is enough to gain a larger following. From that same article, Pope Francis is quoted on his views toward the church’s current state regarding divorcees and what it should be like.

“It is important that the divorced who have entered a union should be made to feel part of the church,” he said in the article. “Language or conduct that might lead them to feel discriminated against should be avoided, and they should be encouraged to participate in the life of the community.”

Once again, it may not be enough to draw more followers. As it is Pope Francis’ job to act a shepherd to his sheep, there have been in the past many wolves who have scared the sheep into being fearful of the church.

Basically what I’m saying is many people have had bad experiences with the church and do not want to go back.

I think it is a little too late for the church as a whole to begin making changes to their stances on these issues, especially with the evolution of the family.

For many years people have been shunned either by churchgoers or clergy members for being divorced, gay or any other ‘immoral’ reason. It is in my opinion that this has scared off a lot of people.

I would guess that the state of the family has been evolving for far longer than the church would like to think. Just talk to people you know and ask if

they have stepparents or half brothers or sisters.

It’s been like that for years. The family has moved from just being mother, father, brother and sister — the content is almost completely different.

Especially in this day in age when studies have shown that millennials are least likely to take up organized religion, it is almost a lost cause. For quite a long time, people’s resistance to an organized religion has created a mountain that is too big for even a man like Pope Francis to climb.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not at all saying that the church is on a downward slope and will not ever find a way to gain new followers. I think in its current state, the church is in quite a comfortable position — for God’s sake it has more than 1 billion members.

Basically what I’m saying is many people have had bad experiences with the church and do not want to go back.

But for the rest of the population, I think they already have their mind made up on how they perceive the Catholic Church.

What this does do for the church, however, is create a new mindset within the church. My hope is this avoids judgment on those who can’t or choose not to stick within the boundaries of the traditional family.

Everyone deserves respect, and I think this is the perfect catalyst to make sure more Catholics know that. @MichaelCantuDT

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Sanders, Clinton battle in NY ahead of Sanders’ Vatican trip NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton staged dueling New York City rallies on Wednesday ahead of the state’s pivotal presidential primary, with the Vermont senator drawing thousands of supporters in a show of force for his self-proclaimed political revolution.

Sanders’ campaign said his rally in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park brought out 27,000 people, one of the largest gatherings in support of the 74-year-old democratic socialist who has galvanized Democrats and independents alike with his calls for reforms to corporate America and remedies for income inequality.

“When I look at an unbelievable crowd like this I believe we’re going to win here in New York,” Sanders declared in front of the

iconic Washington Square Arch in the city’s Greenwich Village neighborhood.

Clinton attracted a smaller but still enthusiastic crowd of 1,300 people at a Bronx community center, where she made no mention of Sanders but focused instead on Republican rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

“Mr. Trump wants to set Americans against each other. He wants us to build walls, I want us to build bridges,” Clinton said. Referencing Cruz’s earlier criticism of “New York values,” Clinton said, “I think New York values are at the core of American values.”

Sanders didn’t return the favor, mentioning Clinton by name throughout his speech. He noted that she had the support of super PACs and had voted in favor

of the Iraq War, drawing boos from the crowd.

Foreshadowing a likely issue in Thursday night’s debate, Sanders urged Clinton to back an expansion of Social Security benefits, a major cause among liberals.

“I am still waiting for her response,” Sanders said.

The rallies set the stage for a high-stakes Brooklyn debate Thursday night and capped a day in which both candidates courted organized labor. Sanders picked up support from the local transit workers union and walked a picket line with striking Verizon workers— a small army of backers who could pass out leaflets in subways in the days ahead.

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New York City offers by far the largest bloc of votes in next Tuesday’s primary, and campaign officials estimate it could account for about 70 percent of the state vote.

In 2008, when Clinton dueled with then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in the state’s primary, more than half of the vote came from the city’s five boroughs.

Polls have shown Clinton with a lead against Sanders, putting pressure on Sanders to overcome the former secretary of state’s edge.

Clinton holds a lead of about 250 pledged delegates in the

chase for the nomination, an advantage Sanders is trying to chip away in upcoming primaries in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and beyond.

Sanders sought to lower expectations at the end of his rally, saying “this is a tough race for us” given Clinton’s tenure representing New York in the Senate. He also noted that the primary does not allow independents to participate or feature sameday registration. But he added defiantly, “I think we’ve got a surprise for the establishment.”

As Clinton dug into campaigning in her adopted home state, Sanders prepared to fly to Rome for a 10-minute speaking slot Friday at a Vatican conference on social and economic trends. He’s expected to head overseas just after the pair debate

Thursday night.

His comments in Rome would dovetail with his campaign push for economic equality and come ahead of critical primaries in states with large Roman Catholic populations: New York on Tuesday and Rhode Island and Connecticut a week later.

“What I’m planning to say is that it is not acceptable from a moral perspective, from an economic perspective or from an environmental perspective, that so few have so much and that greed is running as rampant as it is throughout the entire planet,” Sanders said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.

Clinton was heading to California on a fundraising swing with weekend events planned with actor George Clooney.

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Fox anchor Kelly meets with Trump Herrera appointed to second term NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly said she met privately with Donald Trump on Wednesday to “clear the air” following the Republican candidate’s repeated attacks on social media.

Kelly said the two met for about an hour at Trump

Tower in Manhattan.

Speaking on her show We d n e s d a y n i g h t , s h e gave no details of the conversation, other than to say they discussed a potential interview and that “we hope to have news on that soon.”

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Trump began criticizing Kelly on Twitter last August following the first Republican debate on Fox, when he was angered by a Kelly question about statements he had made about women.

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Hanni makes West Texas home

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

Growing up in Topeka, Kansas, nearly half an hour away from the college basketball hotbed of Lawrence, Kansas, Brian Hanni fostered a desire to involve himself in college sports.

After realizing his dream of playing basketball at the college and NBA level exceeded his athletic ability, Hanni began concentrating into what evolved into a career and passion, sports broadcasting.

Since 2012, Hanni has taken care of the radio playby-play calls for Texas Tech men’s basketball and baseball. Prior to joining Tech Athletics, Hanni spent years styling and crafting his voice to individualize the images he creates through his vocals, he said. Like any storyteller, his discipline requires him to find details in a landscape, which add authenticity and build the framework for a cathartic experience.

Every time he puts on his headset and allows the microphone he speaks in to transmit his voice to attentive ears, Hanni wants to tell an engaging story.

“You got to talk to the players and coaches, and they tell you stuff when the mics aren’t on that they still allow you to use that you can work into a broadcast,” Hanni said. “I never want to be a guy that’s just reading stats off a page, I want to tell stories. I want to describe what I’m seeing in front of me and not be completely dependent on just the box scores and a few tidbits you find on those pages.”

Hanni’s climb in the broadcasting world started in front of a television screen with an audience of one and then built up to listeners in the Topeka area during high school through Topeka’s television public access network and main commercial sta-

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Brian Hanni calls the Texas Tech vs. Kansas State baseball game. He is the play by play radio broadcaster for Tech baseball and basketball. He has been with Tech since 2012.

tion, he said. As he took advantage of the broadcasting gigs he gathered at an early age, Hanni said he began to experience what it felt like to have a following primarily through the stellar advertisement practiced by his mom.

“Her funny claim to fame, she’ll take a bag of headsets, like literally, it’s like a purse with six or eight headsets and she’ll pass them out to the people in the sections around her,” Hanni said.

“She used to have a sweatshirt with the name of my radio show, the frequency of the station and the hours of which it was on.”

Adding to his mom’s already enthused encouragement, Hanni’s dad supported and harbored his love for sports and broadcasting, Hanni said, and by the time he graduated from Topeka West High he earned enough reps at the mic to dive into Kansas Jayhawk Athletics. Once he arrived at the University of Kansas, a determined and hungry Hanni made an impression on coaches, athletic staff and other people working for the Jayhawk Network.

In due time, Hanni added to his workload and earned tutelage from notable figures across college sports and broadcasting, he said.

Speaking and collaborating with two of college basketball’s most decorated coaches, Roy Williams and Bill Self, Hanni stacked pieces of knowledge on the microphone, and Tom Hedrick coached Hanni on how to make his voice his own.

“From day one at the University of Kansas, I was working with a guy who called Super Bowls, World Series, Cotton Bowls, he’d done it all,” Hanni said. “He helped me to hone what was already a pretty substantial craft, because I’ve been doing it for three or four years coming in, but put my own spin on it.”

The time Hanni spent alongside Hedrick boosted the growth of his voice, his annunciation and guided his personality into the airwaves, Hanni said, so he sounded more like himself and not like some of the broadcasters he grew up listening to, like Marv Albert.

Outside of Kansas Ath-

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letics, Hanni took on other broadcasting jobs, he said.

For one summer he spent his time covering the Summer Jayhawk League for 65 games in 60 days and earning just enough to cover parking and the gas he spent to arrive at the games. Hanni said the summer he covered the league turned into a jump forward for his skill set.

“I was on air five hours a night, by myself. I don’t know how great it sounded, but I got so much smoother over the course of that summer,” he said. “It was the best summer of development and the best investment in my career I could have ever made.”

In 2002, Hanni graduated from Kansas and then spent 10 seasons calling games for Kansas baseball, women’s basketball and, on occasion if the need for a substitute popped up, Hanni substituted for longtime Jayhawks football announcer, Bob Davis.

Hanni enjoyed the 10 seasons he spent as a Jayhawk broadcaster, he said, but if he wanted to call the games for men’s basketball he knew he had to transition to a new

location. Mark Finkner, the former voice for Tech men’s basketball, tipped Hanni to his impending departure from Tech. Broadcasters in the sports field stay in close contact, Hanni said, and he and Finkner connected through their profession and faith.

“He tipped me off to his upcoming resignation and let me know he was going to step back before anyone else knew, actually before his boss even knew,” he said. “The day he walked in and turned in his resignation, I had a presentation on the desk of the people at Learfield that I wanted to be the next voice of the Red Raiders.”

His presentation did not guarantee him the job, but it gave him a head start over other applications. Soon enough, Hanni earned the spot and the challenge of convincing his West Texas audience of his investment in Tech Athletics and its community. Beginning the new stage of his career, Hanni said his new audience began to accept him similarly to how his audience back in his native state welcomed him.

“They saw the work ethic, they saw the passion, learned they could trust me, they knew I had the best interest in the program,” Hanni said.

“Through that, they came to accept the fact that this Kansas kid may not be from West Texas, but he sure loves the Red Raiders.”

When he started out, Hanni paired up with Chris Level for Tech basketball and radio broadcasts.

During the beginning stages of their partnership, Level said he did not know what to expect in his first year of adding commentary on basketball games, but Hanni did not let the first-time experience overwhelm him.

“I wasn’t sure of myself at first, but he made it easy on me. I think we do a good job

together,” Level said. “It’s a good chemistry. It’s like anything in life, relationships, but chemistry when you’re going radio broadcasts or TV. That means everything.”

Now announcing his fourth season with Tech baseball and just finishing his fourth season with men’s basketball, Hanni continues to try and fulfill a neverending eagerness to exercise his play-by-play calling.

Outside of the Tech sports he covers, Hanni keeps himself busy on the 97.3 sports radio station by taking regional and national broadcasting gigs, with one of his latest ventures taking him to a position as one of the national television voices for the upstart Major League Football.

The new challenges and the ever-changing seasons reap new stories for Hanni to share, and in some form, take a part of. The ever-evolving Tech rosters bring in new takes on the old fashioned nature of sports and new personalities to showcase.

For Hanni, it takes more than adding new contemporary terms to his speech to keep his play-by-play calling lively and appealing. Broadcasting requires passion and an itch to return to the broadcasting booth. After years on the microphone, Hanni said he continues to express the same passion which landed him where finds himself now through a trail of blessings laid out by friends, family and colleagues.

“Play-by-play is putting in a ton of hours for not a ton of pay, but loving every minute of it and every chance you get because it doesn’t feel like work,” Hanni said. “It’s being a part of the team, a part of the action and getting to do something most people dream of but few get a chance to actually do. So I’m forever blessed to do what I do.” @DGaytan_DT

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Tech looks to improve Big 12 After loss to Seattle, Texas conference record Friday heads home after trip Rallying off a six-game win streak, the Texas Tech women’s tennis team will make the trip to Oklah o m a t h is w e e k en d t o face off against No. 15 Oklahoma State.

With a Big 12 record of 3-2, the No. 14-ranked women’s tennis team is coming off a victory over the Baylor Bears last weekend. The Red Raiders singles players were victorious in four of the six

matchups to take the win.

The Red Raiders have a season record of 18-3 overall.

At home, the women’s tennis team has only seen two losses with an 11-2 record at the McLeod Tennis Center. The Lady Raiders are undefeated playing away with a record of 4-0.

At home, the Oklahoma State women’s tennis team has an undefeated record of 11-0 with an away record of

4-1. Overall, the Lady Pokes are 17-4 for the season.

Oklahoma State is currently ranked on spot behind Tech, which could lead to a close matchup between the two teams.

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LA fans consider Bryant’s last days LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many of Kobe Bryant’s fans, even the adults, have never known Los Angeles without him. It’s a feeling they’re about to have to get used to.

For two decades he has loomed over the city like no other figure, often literally on billboards and the sides of downtown buildings.

In the hours leading up to his last game Wednesday, many thousands of those fans packed shoulderto-shoulder into the plaza outside Staples Center, the arena that opened just as his legend was beginning to grow, and was home to most of his biggest moments.

They began arriving in the morning and the crowd swelled as the day went on, with chants of “Kobe!

Kobe! Kobe!” erupting from the crowd.

Most didn’t even have tickets for the game. They just wanted to be close enough to bask in Bryant’s last Laker moments. Many wore jerseys bearing his current No. 24, many others his old No. 8. Some had replicas of his five championship rings.

He owned the city in a way no athlete has since Magic Johnson.

Los Angeles is full of mov-

ie and TV stars, but they are not local heroes. They belong to the world.

Kobe belonged to LA. Carlos Hernandez, 25, is among those who have no pre-Bryant memories.

“Kobe Bryant is Los Angeles,” said Hernandez, who wore Bryant’s high school jersey from Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania.

Cesar Ramos, wearing a black Bryant jersey, agreed.

“Kobe means LA,” he said.

“Twenty years of my life I’ve known him, since I was six.”

Bryant lacked Johnson’s magnetic, smiling charm or Michael Jordan’s iconic image projection, yet he looms as large as both for many of the gathered fans.

“I grew up watching Michael Jordan as a kid, so I only caught the tail end of Michael Jordan’s career,” said Luis Leon, who was raised as a Laker fan despite living in Phoenix. “So the closest thing to Michael Jordan was Kobe Bryant. The way he carried himself on the court was beautiful. He was the last link to Michael Jordan for my generation.”

Leon drove the six hours from Arizona to LA to be there despite not having a ticket, or hope of getting one.

The gathered fans were

unanimously willing to forget for now that the last Laker team Bryant led was the worst the city has ever seen (16-65).

But unlike Dodgers announcer Vin Scully, another LA icon in his final season, Bryant was by no means universally revered here.

Many scorned him as a ball hog who took too many shots, and a salary hog who kept the team from signing free agents to stay relevant in his late career.

“I’m a Laker fan again starting tomorrow,” said Michele Siqueiros a longtime local who loved Magic Johnson’s teams of the 1980s. “As a Showtime Laker fan his selfish disregard for team play is offensive.”

There was also the lingering memory of the Colorado rape charges that were dropped in 2004 when his accuser refused to testify just before the beginning of trial. The case could have led to a fall from grace before Bryant’s career was halfway done, instead of the swan song he’s had for the past season.

Siqueiros said the dropping of the charges didn’t convince her of his innocence, and added to her distaste.

SEATTLE (AP) — Even after another tough loss, Texas manager Jeff Banister was pleased as his team headed home following a winning road trip.

Delino DeShields hit a tying home run in the eighth inning for Texas, but Seattle newcomer Dae-Ho Lee delivered a tworun, pinch-homer with two

outs in the 10th inning off Jake Diekman to give the Mariners a 4-2 victory Wednesday.

“I like the way we played, 4-3 going home, win a series against division foes, I like the way we went about it. I like our approaches at the plate,” Banister said. “Offense got going a little bit, so we’ll take the 4-3 and go back and go to

work in our ballpark.”

The right-handed Lee, who spent the last four years in Japan after 11 seasons in his native South Korea, came on to bat for Adam Lind against the lefthanded Diekman (0-1). Lee launched an 0-2 fastball deep over the left-field wall for his second homer.

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King serves as voice of Goin’ Band for decade

By MICHAEL CANTU OpiniOns EditOr

Because of the popularity of football in West Texas, television cameras are almost always rolling on the field.

Thousands tune in to the games, so there is pressure to always be timely and considerate of what will and should happen.

Even when there is a halftime performance, there is a need to watch the clock and make sure there is no lagging behind.

This means there is much pressure on the announcer for the Goin’ Band from Raiderland, Te x a s Te c h ’ s c o l l e g e marching band and typical halftime show.

This responsibility currently falls on Dave King.

“I’m from Eastern New Mexico, I’m a farm boy raised on a farm out there between Artesia and Roswell,” King said. “I think, probably, my counselors thought I had a good voice and I should pursue that.

So there was this company, Houston Broadcasting Academy, and they were prevalent in my school and made people aware they were recruiting.”

Coming to Lubbock Christian University in 1968 after completing broadcasting school in Houston, King began his broadcasting career with Lubbock’s KBFM, now KLLL-FM, he said.

King worked with stations like KLBK-TV and radio and later opened an advertising agency in 1982, he said.

“I think it takes somebody with at least a pretty good voice and also somebody that has the personality to do radio,” King said. “Somebody that enjoys being on a microphone and speaking to others.

And I think that I kind of fit that bill and I kind of enjoyed that.”

A Brief History King comes from a short line of announcers for the Goin’ Band, he said, the first being Leon Harris in 1946. King, who

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Dave King takes a break from announcing The Goin’ Band from Raiderland’s halftime show during a Red Raider football game at Jones AT&T Stadium. King has been the voice of the Goin’ Band for almost a decade and is also owner of Dave King Advertising.

is also the owner of Dave King Advertising, is similar to Harris in that both of them owned their own firms, he said. Whenever King was a young man in Lubbock, he also happened to know Harris.

“So Leon Harris was the voice of the Goin’ Band from 1946 to 1986. Forty years,” King said. “And then at that time, Paul Archinal became the voice of the Goin’ Band in 1986, and Paul was a fella also that I knew.”

Archinal was also heavily involved in broadcasting and advertising, King said, and had a kid show on Lubbock’s KAMC channel 28 in the early 70s.

Then in 2006, Archinal retired and King was chosen as the announcer for the Goin’ Band.

Now, King is coming on his 10th year as the announcer for the band.

“I think at that time, I think Paul was going to retire and they were recruiting,” King said.

“And my wife actually read about it in the newspaper that they were going to be auditioning for a new voice for the band.”

It was through his wife’s insistence that King decided he should send in an audition tape, he said.

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says anything at all.

“It’s really just a way to introduce what’s next and what’s about to happen,” Hill said, “and do it in context of a good flow, so that way there’s not a lot of dead time between the pieces.”

In most cases the shows last around six to seven minutes, Hill said.

For Hill, this is the second announcer he has gone through with the band, he said. Coming to Tech for an undergraduate degree and being involved with the Goin’ Band, he said he remembers the previous announcer, Archinal.

“I think you have to have the right voice to introduce you,” Hill said.

“It sets the tone, it sets the mood for everything.

I think it’s like any other means of communication, whether it’s visual or whether it’s via announcing in this case,” Hill said.

“You need something that catches people’s attention, that’s excited, that doesn’t distract but add to what you’re doing.”

Because of the nature of things, there is a slight immunity members of the band have with the announcer, he said. In most cases, they have different cues and do not listen to

something he figured out the hard way.

Early on in his tenure as an announcer, King had some struggles figuring out a good routine to go about announcing, he said. Not realizing how impactful timing is in almost every situation, he lost his place in the script, which started to snowball into a difficult situation, he said.

Because nearly all games are televised, timing is the most important element to his job, he said.

“People are probably not aware how much television dictates how the entire game is formatted — the kickoff, the halftime (show), the band, everything, and pre-game particularly is formatted to the second of where you’re supposed to be, whether you’re part of the band or whether you are a part of receiving an award on the field,” he said. “It all has to happen by the clock.”

In this instance, the band was late getting onto the field, about nearly a minute off the scheduled time, King said. It was hard to stay concentrated in the booth while waiting, he said.

“I was distracted, I was distracted and I just garbled and blew the lines,” King said. “And it was very embarrassing for me, but I realized then, I realized why I had done that, I had allowed the chaos to distract me.”

After that hiccup King said he knew what he needed to do afterward to avoid the same type of mistake. He even said that this last season of football was a near perfect year.

It does not matter what happens throughout the rest of the day either, he said, there always needs to be cheer in his voice.

“Because (disc jockeys) are expected to be up and bright and happy,” King said. “You’re supposed to be up at that level. People aren’t going to listen to a (disc jockey) that is not bright and happy.”

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There were more than 20 others who auditioned, King said, and soon after he dropped off his audition tape and résumé, he received a call back saying he was chosen as the new voice, he said.

As the voice of the band, there is actually minimal interaction with other band members, he said.

Usually there is too much concentration on the script that is given to him to watch what is happening on the field.

“Of course some of the routines are pretty complex and all. So what I have is a grad student that meets me upstairs in the box,” King said.

“And the grad student is the one who has run the script with the band and worked out the timing, and he knows where I am to talk and he knows about how long it’s going to take and how it all is going to fit with the timing of the performance.”

Part of the Process Duane Hill, associate director of bands and director of athletic bands, writes the scripts for every football game, he said. The more important aspect of King’s job, Hill said, is the timing. That determines what King says, or if he

King in the moment, but rather listen to what they have been practicing.

H o w e v e r, w h e n e v e r they watch themselves online or hear their show after they have performed they do hear the hype in King’s voice, Hill said.

Throughout the performance, the graduate assistant gives cues through hand gestures and King knows when to talk, he said.

All eyes are focused on the band, he said, and it is the announcer that sets the tone for the entire halftime show.

“The band is going to go whether I’m there or whether I’m not, whether I’m correct when I talk and what I say or whether I (don’t),” King said. “And so I can mess it up really bad.

And I’m always mindful of that. And there is a lot of pressure on just trying to maintain a focus and put on blindfolds.”

Those Who Benefit For drum major Tyler Simon, a senior music education and performance major from Houston, there is pride in having his name announced by King, he said.

Through watching old videos and performances, Simon said, he has always wanted to have his name called. Along with Tyler Brown, Simon said their main goal was to achieve that position. “(And) having the announcer announce our names together,” he said, “it’s a good presentation of our friendship.”

King does a good job in what he is doing, Simon said, which makes it more special hearing his name over the intercom, he said.

“It’s an acknowledgement of our hard work for the past two years of our craft,” Simon said. “Some people will know at the very least that we are the drum majors.”

Do not get distracted The key to a good performance from both parties, he said, is to always eliminate distractions —

AUSTIN (AP) — NFL prospect and former Baylor football player Shawn Oakman was arrested Wednesday on a charge of sexually assaulting a woman at his Texas apartment earlier this month, Waco police said.

The arrest of the recordsetting defensive end is the latest troubling incident for the Baylor football program.

Two former players were convicted of sexual assault in 2014 and 2015, and the school faces a federal lawsuit from one of the victims claiming the school didn’t protect her.

A woman told police that Oakman, 24, attacked her April 3 after they met at a Waco nightclub. According to a police affidavit, Oakman told investigating officers they had consensual sex.

In a statement announc-

ing the arrest, police also said they served two search warrants for Oakman’s cellphone and his DNA while questioning him Wednesday afternoon.

Baylor’s career sacks leader finished his college eligibility in December.

Oakman’s agent did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the arrest. Attorney information for Oakman was not immediately available. Waco police did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment beyond the written statement.

The woman told police she walked with Oakman to his apartment after meeting him at the club and he attacked her in his bedroom. According to a police affidavit, the woman said she was able to

leave the apartment after she was assaulted.

The affidavit says the woman was “treated for her injuries” at a medical center, where a sexual assault examination was performed. Investigators searched the apartment several hours later.

Baylor, the largest Baptist university in the country, faces a federal lawsuit and questions over whether it failed to act effectively against football players accused of sexual assault. A former student accused the university of deliberate indifference in its handling of her complaints about one player, Tevin Elliott, who was eventually charged and convicted in 2014 of two counts of sexual assault. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A year later, a jury ruled that another Baylor football player, Sam Ukwuachu, assaulted a former Baylor women’s soccer player; he received a six-month jail sentence.

Officials have declined to address specific allegations, though President and Chancellor Ken Starr has decried the “scourge of sexual violence.” In February, the school announced a $5 million commitment to improve its response to sexual assault and said it would add another investigator and an administrative assistant to the school’s Title IX office, which enforces compliance with anti-gender discrimination rules and will investigate claims of sexual assault on campus.

Oakman, a Philadelphia native, came to Baylor after being kicked off the football team at Penn State.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Oakman, who was already facing trouble with Penn State coaches, tried to take a sandwich and fruit juice without paying, then grabbed the wrist of a clerk who attempted to stop him.

“I was mad at myself. It was my fault,” Oakman told the newspaper. “I let myself and my family down.”

Oakman had 128 tackles and 17.5 sacks in three years at Baylor. He was suspended for the 2015 season opener for an unspecified rules violation, but told the newspaper in January he had matured and was ready for the NFL.

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KTTZ serves as voice of news, art

By RYAN ORTEGON Staff Writer

Texas Tech students have a variety of media outlets available to them, but KTTZ, the Tech public radio station, is one that prides itself on providing students and the Lubbock community with a high standard of news and expression of the arts.

KTTZ is 90-mile reach radio station that is broadcasted on 89.1 FM and has been doing so since 1987.

The station’s main focus is primarily classical music and public radio news programs.

“Public radio news is ideally suited to a university community,” Clint Barrick, the station manager and

director of programming for KTTZ, said. “Because it’s long-form news, it’s not interested in sensationalism or ratings, it’s interested in intellectual content.”

KTTZ is an educational nonprofit station at Tech and so much like all public radio, it stays afloat with the help of sponsors.

Barrick said he believes universities sponsor a great amount of public radio stations because public radio is aimed at a higher education audience.

Something that makes KTTZ unique is that it features various perspectives of different topics rather than being biased or sticking to one side of things.

KTTZ brings cultural awareness of the arts to the public of not only Tech but the Lubbock community as well, Barrick said.

“We work with all of the art and cultural community, not just classical music, but paintings, literature, art, dance, all that stuff,” he said. “They’re commercial free, so ideas and musical pieces can be played without interruption.”

Because the station is nonprofit, they do not have advertisements so they are able to promote Tech and nonprofit events that are going on, Barrick said.

Sherril Skibell, the development director for KTTZ, said she believes that although the station’s niche

Jury convicts Texas doctor

Rowlett, Texas — also were convicted of conspiracy and assorted other charges.

Each health care fraud and conspiracy conviction is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, while each false statement and obstruction-of-justice conviction is punishable by up to five years in prison.

Each count also carries fines of up to $250,000.

Sentencing is scheduled for this fall.

Trial evidence showed that Stiger, Veasey and Eleda recruited Medicare clients to sign up for their home health care services.

Among those recruited were patients from a Dallas homeless shelter, with recruiters sometimes receiving bounties of up to $50 per patient.

We have 25,000 listeners a week for public radio, so we are a voice of Texas Tech.

SHERRIL SKIBELL KTTZ DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR “What’s great about this audience is that we’re lifelong learners,” she said.

“We are never too young to

learn something new, and it’s our mission to inform and educate people. It’s a unique place in the cultural landscape of Lubbock.”

The station is one of about 500 public entities in the United States and has two fund drives a year to accept donations in order to raise money to keep the station going, Skibell said. The station encourages businesses to donate, and because there are no commercials on public radio, it is able to say these businesses sponsor the station.

The Tech campus and the Lubbock community does a good job of interacting with the station in order to get their events on the air and

also get people to come on the show, Skibell said.

“We have the ear of not only the professors at Texas Tech University and the students and staff, but we have the ear of the community,” she said. “We are really the voice of the arts here in Lubbock.”

Both Skibell and Barrick said they believe KTTZ is one of the many voices of Tech and of the Lubbock community, and its voice speaks for the higher knowledge of the public and a better understanding of the public arts.

“We have 25,000 listeners a week for public radio, so we are a voice of Texas Tech,” Skibell said. @RyanOrtegonDT

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A federal jury deliberated for 14 hours over two days before finding Dr. Jacques Roy, 58, of Rockwall, Texas, guilty of eight counts of committing health care fraud, one of conspiracy, two of making a false statement and one of obstructing justice.

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Curtis Parrish: The voice heard by thousands

By BRANDON SOLIZ SportS Editor

Traditions run through and through at Texas Tech.

One tradition involves heading to Jones AT&T Stadium on a Saturday during the fall season to catch a Red Raider football game.

One key aspect of the game many fans forget about is the public address announcer.

At Tech, it is Curtis Parrish’s voice that bellows into the microphone and through speakers for thousands of fans to hear.

From first downs to advertisements, Parrish has covered Tech football since 2000 and Tech soccer at the John Walker Soccer Complex for the past seven years.

Parrish is an attorney in Lubbock and graduated from law school at Tech.

Parrish auditioned for the football PA announcer position after longtime announcer Gerald Rogers announced his retirement in 2000.

Rogers covered Tech athletic events for 31 years and over 700 events, according to a January 2000 Tech Athletics news release.

Parrish, on the other hand, had experience from his high school days, in local Lubbock media and also at Lubbock Christian University.

At LCU, Parrish covered basketball and baseball games.

“I’m very comfortable around microphones,” he said.

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Jones AT&T Stadium Public Address Announcer Curtis Parrish has been announcing for Texas Tech since 2000 and helps build the atmosphere at Tech athletic events.

“I’ve done PA work quite literally since high school, so this was just an opportunity at Tech and I’ve enjoyed my time here.”

Parrish said since his time at Tech, he has met people who will be his lifelong friends, like his fellow PA announcer Rick Gilbert.

Gilbert can often be heard at the United Supermarkets Arena covering men and

women’s basketball, as well as Rip Griffin Park announcing Red Raider baseball.

Parrish said he and G i lb e r t c o ve r f o r e a c h other when one cannot make the game or when the schedule of events is hectic and tight.

“Curtis and I have known each other for a long, long time, I think since the 80s,”

Gilbert said. “He’s a very patient guy and I think I learned that from him.”

Parrish said more than 100 people auditioned for the job, but he was appointed.

When Parrish took his seat at the Jones for his first game, he was nervous like anyone would be, he said, and wanted to do his best job following Rogers.

Once his first season was in the books, the Red Raiders finished with a 7-6 record, including a loss in the inaugural Galleryfurniture.com Bowl against East Carolina, 40-27, according to the Tech Athletics website.

Coincidentally, the bowl game took place in Houston, the same place the current 2015 Red Raiders

played at in a loss to LSU in the V100 AdvoCare Texas Bowl.

Also, both the 2000 and 2015 Red Raider football teams ended with 7-6 records.

Parrish said he is excited to see what the future holds for Tech Athletics, especially the football team.

“I’m looking forward to a much improved defense,” Parrish said. “(Patrick) Mahomes (II) just keeps getting better and better every game, and I think the excitement that he’s going to bring to Jones AT&T Stadium is going to be electric.”

Tech fans have to look back to the 2008 season to remember what the electricity in the Jones feels like, Parrish said.

On Nov. 1, 2008, former Tech wide receiver and now Oakland Raider Michael Crabtree grabbed a pass from former quarterback Graham Harrell to pull off a last second victory against a then-ranked No. 1 Texas Longhorns.

Parrish said he will never forget the environment in Lubbock the week leading up to gameday.

“ESPN Gameday was in town and had the game as the national game of the week, so everyone was excited and anticipating this matchup,” Parrish said. “Then Michael (Crabtree) pulled that off and I can remember the energy in the Jones and it’s just unforgettable.” @BSoliz_DT

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Gilbert building legacy behind microphone at Tech

By DAVID GAY Staff WritEr

Public address announcers are an integral part to any sporting event. They are the ones relaying information about certain fouls or plays during the game, or certain promotions and information about the future games during the event.

Rick Gilbert may not have a household name, but while attending a baseball or basketball game, it is hard not to hear his voice.

Gilbert is the PA announcer for Tech basketball and baseball. He imagined doing this when he was attending college, he said. Gilbert was in radio and had the chance to introduce some acts during local concerts.

Gilbert said when he was younger, he listened to an-

nouncers in boxing matches and thought it would be neat if he got the chance to do GILBERT that one day.

After moving down to Lubbock from Toledo, Ohio, in 1979 for a radio job, Gilbert waited until the 90s to start being a public address announcer, he said.

“I remember (Tech) calling me and asking if I wanted to do it because they needed someone to fill in for a basketball game,” Gilbert said.

After the public address announcer for basketball retired, Gilbert got the chance to be the announcer for Lady Raider basketball games, he said. Gilbert started calling men’s basketball games when coach Bob Knight came to Tech in 2001. Eventually, Greg Hotchkiss, former associate

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athletic director of athletics communication, also recruited Gilbert to be the public service announcer for the baseball team, Gilbert said.

Curtis Parrish, the Jones AT&T Stadium announcer for football, has known Gilbert for a long time, he said. Parrish and Gilbert came up together at Tech doing public address announcing for different sports at the same time.

“I started doing football 16 years ago,” Parrish said.

“I was doing football about the same time he started doing basketball.”

In his years being the public service announcer for basketball and baseball, Gilbert has learned fixing the little things makes him a better announcer, he said.

“It’s always the little things that make you better,”

Gilbert said. “I try and do better on the little things like being prepared, pronouncing things a lot better and making sure people know what I am saying.”

While Gilbert is still working on the little things to make his craft better, Parrish said that he always learns from Gilbert.

“He is very consistent, one of the more consistent public address announcers out there,” Parrish said.

“I learn consistency from him. His voice is much more stable than mine.”

Gilbert said there were a few moments from his time at Tech that stood out to him as the best ones of his career so far. This includes the Lady Raiders basketball team, under Marsha Sharp, winning the Big 12 Conference over the University of Texas and

Knight winning his 900th game. But, one moment stood out from the rest, he said.

“The other one that comes to mind is the Super Regional at baseball,” Gilbert said. “Conley made the diving catch in right center field to save the win for the Red Raiders against Texas to propel them in to the College World Series.”

Through the years, Gilbert has seen the athletes progressing in their sports, he said. Gilbert hopes to see more accolades from the sports he announces for.

“I hope that the baseball team gets another Super Regional here at Rip Griffin Park,” Gilbert said. “I also think the Lady Raiders under coach Candi Whitaker will surprise some people.

They are going to be much improved next year. Don’t

be surprised if they go on to postseason play next year.”

Parrish said Gilbert is great at providing information to the crowd. “(Gilbert) is a consummate professional,” Parrish said.

Gilbert knows one day he will have to pass the baton off to someone else, he said, but he is not ready to do that yet.

“I’m having too much fun still to pass it off to someone else,” Gilbert said.

“I know there is going to be a time. It’s up to them to decide if they want to make a change, but I’m having too much fun.”

Gilbert said it is not the kind of voice you have to be successful as a public service announcer, it is how you use the voice and how you relay the excitement to the crowd listening in the arena. @DavidGayDT

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