Overview
Joseph Daniel Davis (born December 6, 1987) is an American television sportscaster who serves as the play-by-play broadcast announcer for Los Angeles Dodgers telecasts on Spectrum SportsNet LA. He also calls national MLB, NFL, and college basketball telecasts for Fox Sports, and has broadcast other pro and college sports for various teams and networks during his career. In addition, he is the main play-by-play broadcaster for the annual World Series and MLB All-Star Game on Fox.
Early years
Davis grew up in Potterville, Michigan, and graduated from Beloit College in 2010 with a degree in communications and journalism.
Broadcasting career
Davis started his professional career calling football, basketball, baseball and hockey for ESPN and was formerly the voice of the Montgomery Biscuits. From 2010 to 2012, Davis called college football, basketball, and baseball for Comcast Sports Southeast and served as a studio host for the Baylor ISP Network for the Baylor Bears and called NCAA Division III football and basketball for D3Sports.com. He is one of the very few broadcasters who has announced Division I sports along with Division III sports as well. For one season, Joe was the lead voice of the 2009 Illinois High School Volleyball State Championships and was the manager of broadcasting and media as well as calling games for the Schaumburg Flyers. His past work includes Beloit College basketball (men's and women's) and baseball as well as fill-in work for the Loyola Ramblers men's volleyball and women's basketball. He also called Sun Belt football and basketball for the Sun Belt Network. In 2012, he worked college football for ESPN, including the memorable Texas A&M win over Louisiana Tech with Johnny Manziel.
Fox Sports, NFL Network and FS1
In July 2014, Davis was hired by Fox Sports, where he calls college football and basketball, plus Major League Baseball and select National Football League games for the network and FS1. Davis has handled Division Series broadcasts on Fox/FS1 and filled-in on Game 4 of the 2019 American League Championship Series while Joe Buck called Thursday Night Football the same evening. Davis also filled in on Game 7 of the 2020 National League Championship Series while Buck called an NFL on Fox game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the Green Bay Packers.
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