Joe Castiglione, a native of Hamden, Conn., and graduate of Colgate University, has been the play-by-play announcer for the Red Sox on the Red Sox Radio network for more than 25 seasons. He and Jerry Trupiano are heard together on Sports Radio 850 WEEI, flagship station of the Red Sox for 60 New England stations. In 1979, Castiglione covered the Cleveland Indians on television and cable in 1982. He also broadcast the Milwaukee Brewers on cable in 1981. Castiglione also announced for the Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA) on cable and covered college baseball on the New England Sports Network for six seasons. Aside from his broadcasting accomplishments, Castiglione has enriched the world of academia by teaching a course in broadcast journalism at Northeastern University.