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Barry & Friends

Random thoughts from random friends on random things.

Speakers

Just in case you don't have your fill of my blather from words and pictures, I'll be appearing at the following:

During football and basketball seasons, my speaking schedule is limited. However, you never know when you might find me yakkity-yakking about sports.If you would like me to speak to your group, contact me at barry@barrytompkins.com.

Broadcast Schedule

Saturdays July 17, 24, 31, August 7

Boxing: Top Rank Live Boxing from Mexico

Saturday August 14

Boxing: Top Rank Live Boxing from Laredo, Texas

About Barry Tompkins biography

Barry was born and raised in San Francisco and began his career in local television there at KPIX-TV in 1968. Since then he has spent five years at NBC, ten years at HBO, eight years at ESPN, and the past fourteen years at Fox Sports.

His credits include play-by-play commentary of The Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, eight Olympic Games, The Tour de France, Wimbledon, the French Open and the U.S. Open Tennis, the World Gymnastics Championships, World Swimming and Diving Championships, World Figure Skating Championships, and horse racing’s Triple Crown, World Cup Skiing, San Francisco Giants baseball, and over 100 World Championship fights.

In addition he has covered the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA golf events, The Indy 500, Baseball World Series, hockey’s Stanley Cup, and the Soccer World Cup.

Barry is in his 30th year as the voice of Pac-10 Conference Football and Basketball for Fox Sports Net and continues to broadcast a wide variety of events on national television.

In addition to his broadcasting work, Barry writes a humor column for the Marin Independent Journal and is a contributing columnist for Comcast Sports News Bay Area.

He is married to author Joan Ryan. They live in Marin County, California with their son Ryan, 19, now a freshman at Mitchell College in New London, CT, and Bill The Dog, a 9-year old mutt who believes for all the world that he is in fact a human—he just has two more feet.