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ALL THE NEWS...
THE WORLDWIDE LEADER SHORE SPORTS REPORT BIG EAST Football NEXT YEAR IS NOW
RIP CN8
GROOMING OUR REPLACEMENTS
Dave Popkin Named
Recipient of 2007 O. Lawrence Keefe Award
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Dave will handle the play-by-play for four upcoming college basketball games on ESPNU: VCU at Hofstra on Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m, George Mason at Hofstra on Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m., Yale at Princeton on February 19 at 7:00 p.m., and Hofstra at Northeastern on February 23 at 9:00 p.m.
Dave is appearing as a BIG EAST Basketball expert every Tuesday at 4:20 EST on Fox Sports 1310 AM and WOBM 1160 AM with hosts Joe Giglio and Mike Krenek. 
Check out Dave along with Jeremy Bloom on BIG EAST football on Saturday, November 21 at 3:30 p.m. when Syracuse hosts Rutgers at the Carrier Dome. The game will air live and be archived at
Dave will rejoin Gary Cohen for their seventh season of Seton Hall Basketball together on 77WABC. The Pirates have released their 
This year, Dave celebrates his tenth anniversary as the Voice of the Northeast Conference basketball TV package on MSG, FSN Pittsburgh, MASN, and other regional sports networks. His first game this year will be at Bryant at St. Francis (NY) at 12:00 noon on December 5 on MSG. Tim Capstraw, Terry O’Connor, Paul Dottino, producer Eric Singer, and director Mitch Levites all return as well. 
Dave has signed on to call various sports for MSG Varsity (Ch. 14 in Cablevision homes), including soccer, hockey and basketball. MSG Varsity is a new 24-hour high school sports network serving the Metropolitan area. 
Dave has signed on to broadcast four Northeast Conference football games with Paul Dottino on MSG. The first game is Duquesne at Monmouth on September 19 at 12:00 noon. 
CN8, The Comcast Network, has gone off the air. Dave first appeared on CN8 in 1996, within a month of the station’s start-up, and called five sports for them over the last 12 years. Most recently, Dave was the play-by-play voice of CN8’s Next Generation Baseball package (primarily Double-A Eastern League games) for the last five seasons. CN8 was available in over 10 million homes in parts of 12 states. Thanks for the memories.
Dave provided color commentary for the CBS College Sports production of the Burger King/Max Preps High School Football Game of the Week in Prattville, Alabama on September 5.
The inaugural Dave Popkin Sportscasting Camp ran the week of August 18, 2008 August 18th at Media Arts High in Jersey City. The camp was sold out. Students learned play-by-play, anchoring, and reporting techniques, performed on-camera sportscasts, conducted interviews at a Newark Bears game, toured the Meadowlands, and more. Scheduled guest speakers included: Kenny Albert (FOX/1050 ESPN), Tina Cervasio (MSG), Doug Doyle (1010 WINS, WBGO), Jared Greenberg (NBA TV, News 12 Westchester), and George Ruthauser (NJ Jackals). Dave is also the long-time Camp Director of the 
Dave was recently featured on SportsJam with Doug Doyle on WBGO FM, the world’s foremost jazz radio station. 
On Wednesday, December 1, WFAN’s Mike and the Mad
Dog were promoting Dave big-time to be the new Mets radio announcer,
then they interviewed him live during drive-time. 
May 2, 2007 - The Seton Hall University Athletic Department awarded
Dave Popkin, veteran Pirate basketball radio announcer, the O. Lawrence
Keefe Award. University President Monsignor Robert Sheeran and Pirates
Athletic Director Joseph Quinlan presented the award to Popkin at the
annual Seton Hall Men’s Basketball awards banquet held last week
at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, NJ. The award honors the memory of
Seton Hall’s long-time sports information director Larry Keefe.
The rare distinction is presented to a member of the media recognizing
that individual’s contribution to Seton Hall athletics.