Jack Briggs is an American

United States

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 radio broadcaster.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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, Briggs is currently Assistant Sports Director for the Associated Press

Associated Press

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. He has been with AP Radio for 30 years and is currently the on-air anchor for 50 sportscasts per week. Briggs is also one of the AP's two primary anchors for Olympic programming, having been to every Olympics since 1980.

Briggs did play-by-play work on broadcasts of Utah Stars

Utah Stars

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 games in the American Basketball Association

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until the team's demise in December 1975. He has also called college basketball games for many years.