a long-term relationship with college hockey. His college hockey work for Fox and the NCAA Tournament has garnered him three New England Emmy nominations including the 1999 Emmy for Best Play-by-Play. He's served six years as the television voice of the NCAA East Regional. 2016, his 27th consecutive year broadcasting the sport, concluded with his fourteenth turn as “Voice of the Frozen Four” on CBS Radio. Grande has called a record 16 NCAA Championship Games. ABC Sports and return to Boston Grande was recruited back to Boston in 2001 after serving three years as the television voice of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. When he signed with Minnesota in 1998, he was the youngest announcer in the NBA. The versatile Grande's play-by-play credits also include two seasons as part of ABC Sports College Football broadcast team, joining the likes of Keith Jackson and Brent Musburger. His call of the January 1, 2001 Florida Citrus Bowl on ABC was seen in over ten million homes. In 2003, the readers of Boston Sports Media Watch voted him the best play-by-play announcer in Boston. Film and television appearances Sean Grande made his major motion picture debut with a cameo, as himself, in the 2001 release Joe Somebody starring Tim Allen. His call of Ricky Davis' buzzer-beater in November 2005 was used in the soundtrack of the final season premiere of HBO's The Sopranos in 2006. MMA and Boxing In July 2015, Grande signed a multi-year deal as the lead play-by-play voice of Spike Sports. He took over as the announcer for Bellator MMA, the world's #2 mixed martial arts promotion. After stepping down from Bellator full-time in 2017 to spend more time with his son, Grande continued to call occasional Bellator cards, as well as branching out into boxing with both PBC on FOX and Top Rank Boxing on ESPN. He returned to Bellator, now on Showtime, in 2021 to split the play-by-load with Mauro Ranallo. Personal In October of 2018, it was announced on CBS This Morning and Inside the NBA that Grande had become engaged to CBS News anchor and former ESPN host Dana Jacobson. According to CBS News, they were married on September 28, 2019 in New York. They live in Cambridge, MA with Grande's son Jack (born 2011). References 1971 births Living people American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Association football commentators Boston Celtics announcers Boston Celtics personnel