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GettingPersonal_Tom_McGinnis_0320_Profile ( Dept . ) 3 / 3 / 20 3 : 09 PM Page 1 GETTING PERSONAL Philadelphia 76ers radio play - by - play man Tom McGinnis on his impressive sports career , the places he likes to visit on the road and why there’s no place like South Jersey . Even though I made our high school hall of fame and played college basketball , I peaked as an athlete at 12 . As a Little League baseball pitcher I threw a perfect game and three no - hitters . And our junior high basketball team went 64 - 0 . Traveling all over the country and with so many nights on the road , one of the ways I entertain myself is going to the theater . I’ve seen over 200 shows on the road . My father was a lawyer and a banker . The law fascinates me . Again , on the road I often go to court to observe . Last year I made it to the U.S . Supreme Court in Washington , D.C . Growing up in our small town in Illinois the library was right across the street . That stimulated a lifelong love of reading , which I’m trying to pass along to my kids — but the phone is winning . I began my career as a television sportscaster at the ABC affiliate in Charleston , South Carolina . My family loves living in South Jersey . We are close to where my wife Robin grew up and near her family . Plus , the Jersey Shore is a fixture in the summer . I called two seasons of professional I love what I do for a living . hockey We take family vacations with my on the radio earlier in my career . I hope it shows our kids , brother and sister who sit next to me occasionally and their families . at games , that being passionate There’s 14 of us and our kids get to I had to wear a corrective brace as a n about their career matters . spend time with their cousins . teenager for scoliosis . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 12 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 16 |
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