About the Author

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John R. Brooks is a semi-retired sportscaster, a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and owner of Sportscast Productions, Inc., a 50 year old company involved in radio and television sports productions and sports advertising. He is a past vice president of the National Sportswriters & Sportscaster Association, and winner of the Coca-Cola/Powerade National Sportscast of the Year Award in 2000. With more than 3,300 professional, collegiate and high school play-by-play broadcasts on his resume, his many credits include 'Voice' of the University of Oklahoma Basketball and Football radio networks for 16 years and the 'Voice' of the Oklahoma City Blazers and San Diego Gulls professional hockey teams for 28 seasons, as well as the University of Tulsa football and basketball networks.

He is married to Lisa and has three children, Remington, Stacey, Angie, and lives in Oklahoma City and part-time in Madrid, Spain.

John is also a member of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame along with Will Rogers, Paul Harvey, Gene Autry, Curt Gowdy & others.