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THE WORLDWIDE LEADER MADE THE VARSITY  Dave has signed on to call various
sports for MSG Varsity (Ch. 14 in Cablevision homes), including
soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and
lacrosse. MSG Varsity is a new 24-hour high school sports network
serving the Metropolitan area. Click here to learn
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Don’t miss Dave calling the play-by-play of
the Rutgers football opener vs. Norfolk State on Thursday, September
2 at 7:30 p.m.; Weber State at Boston College on Saturday, September
4 at 1:00 p.m; and Colgate vs. Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Saturday,
September 25. All three games will be available at:
Check out
Dave calling Durham Bulls baseball with Neil Solandz from July
31-August 2 live from Pawtucket, RI. Go to durhambulls.com for
game times and Listen Live option.
Dave
recently called five 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.,
Hofstra at Northeastern on February 23 at 9:00 p.m., and the NEC
Women’s Championship - SFPA at LIU on March 14 at 3:00
p.m.
Dave
appeared as a BIG EAST Basketball expert every Tuesday this
season on Fox Sports 1310 AM and WOBM 1160 AM with hosts Joe
Giglio and Mike Krenek. 
Dave called Syracuse’s big upset of
Rutgers at the Carrier Dome on espn360.com and SNY on Nov. 21.
Click 
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. 
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.
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.