Jim Donovan, the longtime Cleveland sportscaster recognized for his radio play-by-play work with the Cleveland Browns, has died after a prolonged battle with most cancers. He was 68.
Donovan served as each a sportscaster and information anchor on WKYC-TV Ch. 3 in Cleveland, and used to ask me on the air usually to debate the state of the Cavaliers.
However once more, he was largely often called the voice of the Browns.
“Donovan was a passionate determine within the press field and an endearing voice to followers, with whom he shared the highlights and all-too-often dominating lean moments through the years,’ wrote Marc Bona of Cleveland.com.
Donovan retired from his radio work with the Browns to deal with his well being earlier than the beginning of this season.
“He was still attending training camp practices and called the team’s preseason games the week before his retirement,” wrote Zac Jackson and Jason Lloyd of The Athletic. “Donovan was a relentless worker whose energetic calls were recognized and treasured by Browns fans throughout the country. His signature call was ‘Run, William, Run’ as William Green helped the Browns push toward the organization’s first new-era playoff berth in 2002, and through a period of prolonged losing that followed, Donovan maintained his passion, a sense of humor and a connection with the fanbase.”
Donovan grew up within the Boston space and was a fan of groups in that metropolis throughout his youthful years, pulling for the Celtics, Patriots and Purple Sox. He ultimately turned a Cleveland sports activities fan via and thru.
“Donovan spent nearly 40 years as a broadcaster in Cleveland,” Jackson and Lloyd wrote. “He joined WKYC in 1985 after an agent spotted him on another aspiring television anchor’s resume tape. Donovan was working in Burlington, Vt., with the dream of returning to Boston, where he was once college acquaintances with Howard Stern after the two spent time working together at Boston University’s campus radio station. But it wasn’t long before he fell in love with Cleveland and his future wife, Cheryl. They celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary in June and share a daughter, Meghan.”
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