Ten Minutes With Chuck Swirsky

December 28th, 2009 by Paul Taylor Leave a reply »

I recently got the opportunity to interview current Chicago Bulls and former Toronto Raptors play-by-play announcer Chuck Swirsky. Here’s what he had to say:

 

Q: What inspired you to get into sports broadcasting?

 

A: Well, I wasn’t a very good athlete, so I had limited options in terms of wanting to play. When I was a little boy, I became intrigued by turning on the radio and hearing a voice describing what was going on with baseball, football, soccer and basketball games. Suddenly, at the age of five, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and that was to be a broadcaster.

 

Q: You’ve been in the business for nearly 30 years, and yet you still seem as passionate as ever. What’s your secret?

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