Greensboro, NC (02/19/01) -- Longtime Atlanta Braves broadcaster and Guilford College parent Skip Caray will speak at the college this Sunday evening, February 25, at 7:00 P.M. Caray's talk, "Harry, Skip and Chip: Impressions of the World of Sports Broadcasting as Seen From the Middle Generation," will be held at New Garden Friends Meeting on 801 New Garden Road and is free and open to the public. The address coincides with the 20th anniversary of Guilford's communications concentration.

Caray's son, Josh, is a Guilford freshman and serves as a commentator on the school's football and men's basketball broadcasts. Another son, Chip, worked for WFMY-TV in Greensboro in 1988 before accepting a position with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Orlando Magic. After broadcasting stints with FOX Television and Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, he presently serves as the voice of baseball's Chicago Cubs. Skip's father, the late Harry Caray, was a Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster for 53 years with St. Louis, Oakland and both major-league Chicago franchises.

Skip's broadcasting career began at KMOX Radio in his hometown of St. Louis, MO, where he hosted a 15-minute scholastic sports show and broadcast high school basketball games. He provided color commentary for his father on University of Missouri football broadcasts and also called St. Louis University men's basketball games. Caray began announcing baseball for the minor-league Tulsa Oilers in 1963 and the Atlanta Crackers a year later. He became the play-by-play man for the NBA's St. Louis Hawks in 1967 and moved with the team to Atlanta a year later.

Caray gained regional and national notoriety in Atlanta. In 1976, he began working for Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and WSB Radio on Atlanta Braves' broadcasts, positions he still holds today. Caray was the play-by-play announcer for Turner Network Television's (TNT) Sunday Night Football broadcasts in 1990 and 1991 and broadcast baseball games during TBS' 1990 Goodwill Games Coverage.

Caray's radio call of Francisco Cabrera's pennant-winning hit in the seventh game of the 1992 National League Championship Series ranks among the most memorable calls in Atlanta sports history. Caray filled in for Bob Costas as an announcer for the National Broadcasting Company's (NBC) coverage of the 2000 Major League Baseball Playoffs.

Last year, the Braves and the city of Atlanta honored Caray and fellow veteran announcer Pete Van Wieren for their 25 years of service with the team. Caray has won numerous awards, including six Georgia Sportscaster-of-the Year Awards from the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, a Georgia-area Emmy and a 1994 nomination for the CableACE Award in the Sports Play-By-Play category.