STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Each of Tarleton’s basketball programs will have a new voice in 2022-23, as the Tarleton Sports Network announced its broadcast team for the upcoming season. Kyle Crews will move from the women’s team to the men’s team this year as the new play-by-play man for all 31 regular season games. Jimmy Christopher, brand new to the Tarleton Sports Network, will be the primary play-by-play broadcaster for the women’s basketball team. Crews has been a common stalwart on the airwaves for years, calling Tarleton women’s basketball games since 2016, while also providing play-by-play calls for Texas women’s soccer, volleyball, softball, as well as some games for Tarleton Baseball. Since joining the Tarleton Sports Network, Crews has hosted hundreds of events, including Tarleton WBB’s 2017 Lone Star Conference Championship Run and NCAA Division II Tournament games. Crews graduated from TCU in 2015 with degrees in sports broadcasting and journalism, gaining plenty of experience on the side in Fort Worth. He was the lead color commentator and play-by-play No. 2 man for TCU Baseball’s World College Series in 2015 and 2016. He was also an associate producer on the TCU Sports Network for nine years, a station that the Associated Press voted it the best play-by-play in the state seven times during his tenure. “I want to thank Lonn Reisman, Billy Gillispie and Dr. Hurley for this amazing opportunity,” Crews said. “Having the opportunity to deliver the action to college basketball’s most passionate fanbase is truly an honor and a challenge that I will tackle every day. “I also want to to thank the women’s basketball program of Tarleton and his head coach Misty Wilson,” Crews said. “The past six years have provided me with memories I will never forget and an experience for which I am immensely grateful.” 
 ; Along with his new broadcasting duties, Crews will be st mismanaging the execution of sponsorships with advertising partners and alumni engagement for Tarleton Athletics. Jimmy “The Saint” Christopher is a veteran radio broadcaster with decades of experience in radio and sports broadcasting.Since 1996, he has been a sportscaster and broadcaster covering the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, soccer at the high school, golf, and NASCAR for 105.3 The Fan, Texas State Networks, and 96.7 The Ticket. Since 2017, Christopher has been the voice of Texas Wesleyan Football and host of their First & 10 Show with head coach Joe Prud’homme From 2013 to 22, C christopher was the play-by-play voice for UT Dallas men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball. In 2013, Christopher performed play-by-play duties for UT Arlington men’s basketball, and in 2012 he was the voice of the UMHB Crusaders. From 2005 to 2007, he broadcast the NBA D-League’s Fort Worth Flyers, as well as championships with Minor League Baseball’s Frisco Roughriders and Pioneer League’s Orem Owlz. He also called hundreds of high school football games across Texas. In 2002, Christopher was the PA announcer for the Texas Rangers and was the sideline reporter for SMU Mustangs Football from 1999-2005. Crews and Christopher will begin their new roles in each team’s respective season openers, Nov. 7 for MBB at Arizona State and Nov. 9 for WBB against Arlington Baptist.
