Jacob Tobey
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Jacob Tobey is the TV play-by-play announcer for the San Antonio Spurs. Prior to landing in San Antonio, he was a weekend sports anchor at 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado, for four years. He was also a play-by-play announcer calling games for Fox Sports, PAC-12 Network,... More
Jacob Tobey is the TV play-by-play announcer for the San Antonio Spurs. Prior to landing in San Antonio, he was a weekend sports anchor at 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado, for four years. He was also a play-by-play announcer calling games for Fox Sports, PAC-12 Network, Mountain West Conference and the NBA G League.
Jacob is of Native American decent and a proud member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts. He was born and raised in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in Cape Cod. He had the opportunity to call the Native American Basketball Invitational in 2023 and 2024, celebrating youth basketball within the Native American community. His native name is Strong Oak.
He graduated from Suffolk University in 2018 after interning with both the Boston Celtics and New England Patriots. His first job in television was with KJRH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma as the weekend sports anchor, where he covered the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, University of Tulsa and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Jacob is also a musician. He sings and plays acoustic guitar and when he is not working, you can find him playing gigs in local bars and restaurants. He also loves to be active and is ready for any pick-up basketball game in the city.
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