Roxy Bernstein

Allen "Roxy" Bernstein (born 1972) is an American sportscaster.

Early life and career

Bernstein was born in San Francisco, and grew up on the peninsula in the Bay Area.

After graduating from Pinewood School in Los Altos, California in 1991, Bernstein went on to the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in 1996 with a degree in American Studies. While at Cal, Bernstein broadcast football, men's and women's basketball and baseball and served as sports director of the student radio station, KALX (FM). Bernstein was hired by Cal at the age of 24 to take over as the voice of Cal basketball in 1997 after serving as the back-up broadcaster and pre-game and post-game host the previous season.

Broadcasting stops

As of 2012 Roxy Bernstein is a play-by-play broadcaster of college basketball and football for ESPN, Pac-12 Network and is the broadcast voice for University of California Golden Bears men's basketball team on the IMG Sports/Cal Basketball Radio Network. Bernstein has held this position since 1997 and also does national college football play-by-play on the Touchdown Radio Network with 1992 Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame member Gino Torretta. He also currently a broadcaster for the Oakland A's and a talk show host for KGMZ 95.7 FM The Game in San Francisco, formerly hosted noon to 3pm on Xtra Sports 860/Sports Byline (KTRB) in San Francisco with J.J. Stokes and Geoff Sheen, and hosted The Randy Bennett Radio Show, a weekly broadcast which features St. Mary's College of California men's basketball coach Randy Bennett. In the Winter of 2008-2009, Bernstein was one of the two finalists to become the next San Diego Padres television play-by-play announcer, but did not get the job. In the August, 2009, Bernstein was emcee of the opening ceremonies for the San Francisco Maccabi Games. Bernstein had played in the games as a youth, 21 years earlier.