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Mike Hogewood
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Hogewood in December 2007
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Michael Ashley Hogewood
September 13, 1954 |
| Died | September 5, 2018 (aged 63) Greensboro, North Carolina
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| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1987–2013 |
Michael Ashley Hogewood (born September 13, 1954 – died September 5, 2018) was an American sportscaster. He was known for talking about sports on TV. He worked as a play-by-play announcer, which means he described the action as it happened. He was also a studio host and a reporter on the sidelines.
Mike Hogewood was famous for his work with college sports, especially ACC football and basketball. He worked for Raycom Sports from the mid-1990s until 2013. He also covered NASCAR races for TNN Sports and Turner Sports.
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Mike Hogewood's Career in Sports
Mike Hogewood spent many years working in sports broadcasting. He became a well-known voice for many sports fans.
Working with College Sports
Hogewood was mostly known for his work with Raycom Sports. He covered many ACC football and basketball games. He also hosted Raycom's coverage of Nextel Cup races.
Besides Raycom, Hogewood also did play-by-play for other sports channels. These included FSN South, Sun Sports, and New England Sports Network. He started as a freelance announcer. Before that, he worked at local TV stations. He was a sports director at WBRC-TV in Alabama in the early 1980s. Later, he worked at WGHP-TV and WFMY-TV in his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Hogewood also hosted several TV sports shows. Some of these were ACC Football Today and ACC Basketball Today. He also hosted ACC All Access, which won an Emmy Award.
NASCAR Announcing
Mike Hogewood was also very well known for his work covering NASCAR races. He worked for TNN Sports and Turner Sports.
In 1992, while working at a local TV station, Hogewood interviewed Richard Petty. This was during Petty's last season in the Cup series.
Hogewood often worked as a pit reporter for NASCAR races on TNN. This meant he reported from the pit road during the race. Sometimes, he would call the play-by-play for Busch or Truck series races. He worked alongside other announcers like Greg Sacks.
Hogewood also worked for Turner Sports (TBS/TNT) at the same time as TNN. He was a pit reporter for their Cup, Busch, and Truck series races. In 2001, he got his only chance to call play-by-play for Turner. He announced a Busch event at Watkins Glen. He worked with Cup driver Tony Stewart for this race. This was also his only time appearing on the NBC network. After 2001, Hogewood left Turner Sports. This was his last live NASCAR TV broadcast.
Other Broadcasting Work
Hogewood also worked as a broadcaster for Monster Jam from 2000 to 2002. He covered events for the Big South Conference too.
Later in his career, Hogewood was a play-by-play commentator for professional wrestling. He worked for the promotion Ring of Honor. This was part of their TV deal with the network HDNet.
Mike Hogewood retired in 2013. He had been a sports broadcaster for 26 years.
Hogewood passed away on September 5, 2018. He was 63 years old.
