{"id":7122,"date":"2025-01-10T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2025-01-10T01:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:08:00","slug":"7122-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7122","title":{"rendered":"FINALLY: Former Titans announcer named &#8216;Voice of the Vols&#8217; Due to.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page__header\">\n<header class=\"header\" data-module=\"header\" data-alerts=\"true\" data-facebook-app-id=\"110845768975038\" data-initialized=\"true\" data-state=\"ready\">\n<div class=\"header__main\">\n<div class=\"header__main-inner\">\n<nav class=\"header__not-logo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Keith, a Vol For Life, completed his 27th season with the Tennessee Titan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<p><main id=\"main\" class=\"page__main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page__grid\">\n<div class=\"grid grid_version_2-1\" 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The Titans won the game in a last-second touchdown that Keith later dubbed &#8220;The Music City Miracle.&#8221; ESPN named the description one of the &#8217;10 Best Radio Calls in American Sports History.&#8217; \u00a0He was also named on the list of &#8216;Top 100 Local Voices in the First 100 Years of Sports Broadcasting&#8217; by Sports Broadcast Journal in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Keith will be the lead play-by-play announcer for Tennessee&#8217;s football and men&#8217;s basketball games. He will also be involved in new programming initiatives to be unveiled later this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Sports\/status\/1877387212905410775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1877387212905410775%7Ctwgr%5Ec2427da818b82beab8fe935115bde1a63ec58ee1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wbir.com%2Farticle%2Fsports%2Fmike-keith-named-voice-of-the-vols%2F51-3278e1cc-6eb3-4a8e-961f-f1efc0114cb4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cWhile it is very hard to say goodbye to the Tennessee Titans, it is not hard to say &#8216;yes&#8217; to a return to the University of Tennessee and the Vol Network,\u201d Keith said in a statement Thursday. \u201cAlicia Longworth laid out a very exciting plan for how I can assist the talented VFL Films content team. Steve Early has continued to make me feel a part of the Vol Network family since I left Knoxville in 1998&#8212;it was like I never left. Everyone associated in this process has been very professional, very impressive and very kind. This continued a theme from a series of experiences that I have had over the last five years when dealing with anyone&#8212;athletics, University and Campus leadership, staff, faculty, students, etc.&#8212;-from the University of Tennessee. Everyone is just top-notch, and I mean EVERYONE. I am excited to join this entire team in hopes that I can add a solid contribution. It is great to be a Tennessee Volunteer, especially in 2025!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/imports\/adg\/photos\/103515951_Mike-Keith_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\" alt=\"Tennessee Athletics photo \/ Tennessee Titans announcer Mike Keith was named Thursday as the new &quot;Voice of the Vols.&quot;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Kesling announced his retirement on Nov. 7 after 25 years calling football and basketball games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>He inherited the title of \u201cVoice of the Vols\u201d from\u00a0<a id=\"isPasted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hsi44yXOZO8\">the legendary John Ward<\/a>\u00a0not long after the 1998 national championship season. 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