Ross Porter

Ross U. Porter Jr. is an American sportscaster, known for his 28-year tenure as a play-by-play announcer for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball. Ross was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1955, then went on to earn a radio journalism degree at the University of Oklahoma. On August 23, 1989, Porter set a major league baseball record for broadcasting 22 straight innings on radio by himself in a six-hour, 14 minute game against the Expos in Montreal. On February 27, 2024, Ross was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association for his 38 uninterrupted years on the air on Los Angeles radio and television stations.