BACK ON THE PIRATE SHIP  Dave will rejoin Gary Cohen and engineer Mike Infantino for their ninth year together on the Seton Hall Basketball Radio Network. Dave will first do play-by-play on SNY for the Nov. 12 opener vs. St. Francis, NY and then serve as the color commentator for Cohen on the balance of the radio games. 77WABC and ESPN New York 1050 will each carry about half of the Seton Hall broadcasts this year. Click here for full release.
| NEC TV NETWORK  Popkin returns for his 12th year as the men's basketball play-by-play Voice of the Northeast Conference Television Network. He is currently slated to call eight games on MSG and a variety of regional sports networks. Dave will be joined by his usual foils: Tim Capstraw, Paul Dottino, Terry O'Connor, Joe DeSantis, producer Eric Singer, and director Mitch Levites. Click here for full release.
| LEGENDS CLASSIC BASKETBALL ON ESPN3  Dave will handle the play-by-play for the Ticket City Legends Classic at IZOD Center on Nov. 19 and 21. The tournament features Texas, NC State, Oregon State, and Vanderbilt. Click here for schedule and more information.
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| ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?  Dave enters his sixth season calling play-by-play of college football and basketball for ESPN Regional Television. His first assignment of the year will be the Rutgers football opener vs. North Carolina Central on Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. All games will be available at: espn3.com
| WHO'S THE BOSS?  Dave is a Bruce Springsteen fanatic, having seen over 75 shows, so when he was selected to `Be The Boss` on E Street Radio, it was exciting stuff. Dave told stories and played some of his favorite Bruce songs on May 19th on SiriusXM Channel 20. siriusxm.com
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ALL THAT JAZZ  Check out Dave being interviewed about the NCAA East Regional by Doug Doyle on the WBGO Journal. Click here
| WOODEN AWARD 2011  Dave is a voter for the John R. Wooden Award, which is presented annually to the college basketball player of the year by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. This year he voted Kemba Walker of UCONN first, Jimmer Fredette of BYU second, and Derrick Williams of Arizona third.
| COLLEGE HOOPS TONIGHT  Dave Popkin, Matt Harmon, and Mike Gill will host, 'College Hoops Tonight Presented by Pizza Hut' a weekly college basketball show on 97.3 FM ESPN and 1160 AM and 1310 AM WOBM starting Thursday, December 9 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and it will run through the Final Four. The first show will be broadcast live from the Georgetown/Temple game at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. Seton Hall and Monmouth are two other confirmed show sites. The program can also be heard live at: 973espn.com
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Dave's call of Marc Herzlich's comeback from cancer with Boston College was featured on Sunday's edition of 60 Minutes on CBS. Herzlich is now a linebacker for the New York Giants.