Kentucky football and basketball announcer Tom Leach will call both games this weekend.
Leach will first be on the mic for UK football against Georgia at Kroger Field in Lexington. After the game, he will travel 2,160 miles to Spokane for Kentucky basketball vs. Gonzaga.
Here’s more on Leach’s heroic weekend effort from Mark Story of the Herald-Leader:
Leach’s hope is to get back to Lexington in time to serve as host for both the Stoops and Calipari weekly radio call-in shows Monday night.
“It’s a little crazy schedule, but when you get to the end of your life, you probably won’t be thinking about the great, extra sleep that you got,” Leach says. “You’ll be thinking about the fun experiences that you had.”
Providing the play-by-play to Kentucky football vs. No. 1 Georgia and UK basketball against No. 2 Gonzaga within a 28-hour window after traveling 2,160 miles to do so should qualify as memorable.
“I can’t imagine there have been many times when Kentucky football and Kentucky basketball have both been playing top-five teams on the same weekend,” Tom Leach says. “To get to broadcast both games is a treat.”
