George Blaha

About

George Blaha (born March 26, 1945) is an American broadcaster. He has been the radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the 1976–77 NBA season.
Blaha is the lead play-by-play man on FanDuel Sports Network, also doing radio play-by-play during nationally televised games in place of the Pistons’ regular radio play-by-play man Mark Champion. He was also the play-by-play voice of the Michigan State Spartans football team.

Blaha was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa before moving to Grayling, Michigan at age thirteen. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame in 1966 and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Before the 1976–1977 season, Blaha succeeded Don Howe on WJR’s radio broadcast of the Pistons, and announced his first NBA game from Cobo Arena on October 23, 1976, teaming with Tom Hemingway. He has had a variety of color analysts including former Detroit Pistons players John Mengelt, Dave Bing, Vinnie Johnson, Kelly Tripucka, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, and current partner Greg Kelser.
Blaha has coined several phrases to describe the action on the court including…