Magoo Marjon

Magoo Marjon
Marjon in 2015
Born
Magoo Marjon

September 26
Years active2008–present
TitleSportscaster
Sports commentary career
Sport

Magoo Marjon is a Filipino sports play-by-play commentator. He was known for calling lines such as "Bang!" (like of Mike Breen), "May kasama pang foul" (when a player shoots the ball and fouled), and "Punches it through" (alternate to Bang!).[1]

Career

Courtside reporting

Marjon started his career in 2008 as a courtside reporter for the Philippine Basketball Association games when it was still produced by Solar TV.[2]

Play-by-play commentary

He was then elevated as a commentator for the radio coverage of the games. When Sports5 took over as the coverer of the PBA games in 2010, Marjon was assigned as a play-by-play commentator. He also serves as a play-by-play commentator for other basketball leagues covered by Sports5, notably for the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL), PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League) and for international basketball tournaments such as the FIBA Asia Championship (2013, notably when Jimmy Alapag shot a nail-biting three vs. South Korea,[1] and 2015), 2014 FIBA World Cup, and 2016 Rio Olympics among others.

References

  1. ^ a b Bacnis, Justine (August 10, 2020). "Magoo Marjon looks back on most iconic call — Jimmy Alapag's dagger vs South Korea". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Bacnis, Justine (October 1, 2018). "Odd Sunday for Magoo Marjon as he dabbles into barker duties". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 11, 2022.


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