Jon "Boog" Sciambi ( SHAHM-bee; born April 11, 1970) is an American sportscaster for ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network, and has been the everyday play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs TV broadcasts on Marquee since 2021. He has worked extensively as a baseball play-by-play announcer, calling games for ESPN television and on ESPN Radio. Sciambi's nickname, "Boog," was given to him by Hank Goldberg because of his physical resemblance to former major league player Boog Powell. He also broadcasts college basketball games for ESPN.
Read more...The April 11, 1970 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 100 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 56 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, April 11, 2026, 52 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, April 11, 2027, in 312 days. You have lived for 20,506 days, or about 492,146 hours, or about 29,528,803 minutes, or about 1,771,728,180 seconds.
Date: 12 April 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
impact of ITU meetings increases; Crockett repts no progress but expects papers to make new wage offer; Kheel says printers and publishers are still 'miles apart'
Date: 11 April 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
Times publisher A O Sulzberger warns possible shutdown is 'rapidly approaching' because of 'illegal' printers meetings; says paper is usually prepared to 'grin and bear it' during negotiations but that when labor tactics affect news and ad content of paper it will not go out under Times logotype; says Times has been forced to drop $409,000 worth of ad and 130 columns of news since Mar 30; other losses noted; Powers repts no progress in talks; printers repr E McGuinness decries Sulzberger statement as insult to union; warns Post will be struck Apr 13 unless negotiations show progress; Fed mediator A A Desser sets meetings between Post and Guild unit
Date: 11 April 1970
Vice Pres Agnew charges Sen rejected Carswell nomination on basis of 'subjective judgment' and after members had been 'showed' by 'liberal media' and subjected to heavy pressure from labor and civil rights activists, CBS TV int; says he does not believe Nixon assailed Sen for rejecting Carswell 'with a political view in mind' but that everything Pres does 'has a political impact in the final analysis'
Date: 11 April 1970
By ALEXANDER R. HAMMER
Alexander HAMMER
Date: 12 April 1970
By ROBERT HODIERNE
Robert HODIERNE
R Hodierne article on censorship of news produced by Army for US personnel; says newspapers and broadcasts that reach US personnel, with exception of Stars and Stripes, are so controlled by mil that little objective repting gets into them; says Stars and Stripes is about to be 'toned down' by Koch; says Vietnam coverage of US papers does not satisfy demands of soldiers in war zone; discusses news decisions at Armed Forces Vietnam Network; says news is not censored but seems censored; discusses censorship of unit newspapers by US command; notes controversies involving Sp/5 R Lawrence and Col J Campbell; illus
Date: 12 April 1970
By IRVING HOWE
Irving HOWE
Prof I Howe article Pol Terrorism: Hysteria on the Left discusses rationales of 'far-out wings' of New Left, responses these get from half-sympathetic students and likely repercussions of terrorism; scores view of some liberal intellectuals that young have 'tried everything' and have concluded violence is only answer; urges they work within system; fears massive repression in response to terrorist tactics; says New Left is incapable of reaching orgn or pol stability; says its inner life is 'befouled' by dreary factionalism and hoodlumism; holds it cannot gain acceptance from any major segment of population beyond campus; says large number of New Left young are children of middle class and rich; comments on mass media and intellectuals as aggravating conditions; illus
Date: 11 April 1970
Papadopoulos announces easing of martial law to permit enforcement of const guarantees against arbitrary arrest and those upholding right of assembly and freedom of press, TV news conf; warns that people are not ready for return of parliamentary dem; says measure has been prompted by improvement marked by pub order and security resulting from confidence in regime; warns intellectuals and judges to revise views; tells foreign critics to leave country in peace; says martial law now applies only to propaganda against const order and unauthorized possession or use of radio transmitters and duplicating machines; announces about 350 of 1,537 pol prisoners to be released Apr 21, 3d anniv of coup; announces creation of advisory body of 50 appointed on nomination of professional orgns, trade unions and local councils to act as 'small, select parliament'; announces abolition of preventive censorship of freedom of expression, restoration of civil servants right to appeal to State Council, and timetable for completion by end of '70 for institutional laws that supplement articles of '68 Const
Date: 11 April 1970
By WILLIAM E. FARRELL Special to The New York Times
William FARRELL
NYS Assembly adopts bill forbidding businesses from requiring prospective employes to take lie detector tests
Date: 11 April 1970
Time-Life News Service repts N Vietnamese and Vietcong reprs have agreed to inquire about disappearance of newsmen; Japanese Embassy, Pnompenh, says Vietcong have informed them that their photographers are still alive
Date: 12 April 1970
R Metz and H E Heinemann (NY Times), T Levitt (Harvard Business Review), C E Donnelly Jr (Rapid City, SD, Guide) and D L Beal (Binghamton, NY, Evening Press) to get John Hancock Mutual Life Ins awards for excellence in business and financial writing