...pre-fight ambience with lights, pyrotechnics and loud music, wrestling typically leans on little more than a public address announcer to generate excitement.The theatrics were ramped up at the recent NCAA championships in Des Moines, Iowa...

...a 1-0 lead over the Buffalo Sabres brought a raucous chant of "We are Boston!"During the first break, public address announcer Jim Martin asked any runners from Monday's race to stand up; many were wearing their finishers' medals...

...77."Stompin' Tom, you'll be missed. Thanks for all the memories and the greatest hockey song ever," public address announcer Andy Frost said during the song.Wracked by injuries, the Senators have relied on some stingy defense. They...

...activities and something called a "Smashmob" for a youth hockey game last month where they brought their public address announcer and mascot, and created a Predators' game-like atmosphere. Helper wrote in an email to The AP the Predators...

...San Francisco 49ers. Flags were also at half-staff in Baltimore, where the scoreboards went black as the public address announcer asked the crowd at the game between the Ravens and Denver Broncos to observe "silent reflection" in the wake...

...restaurants and rebuilt convention space."The city looks great," said Jerry Romig, the Saints' 83-year-old public address announcer, a lifelong New Orleans resident who has been involved in some capacity in the previous nine Super Bowls. "It's...

...Jones returned the opening kickoff of the second half for a touchdown, giving the Ravens a commanding lead.The public address announcer said the Superdome was experiencing an interruption of electrical service and encouraged fans to stay in their...

...the way.The rules of the game were then written shown on the overhead video scoreboard and explained by the public address announcer before play began.The British, also including the Portland Trail Blazers' Joel Freeland and coached by Houston...

...Another team staffer shouted batters' names the rest of the game, but the music and microphone used by the public address announcer was banned for the night.REBOUND: After suffering a loss to the Augusta GreenJackets last weekend in front...

...his chest and ricocheted back up through the basket so quickly that it was unclear if it went in at all. The public address announcer and scoreboard operator counted it, but Argentina simply pushed the ball up the other way without inbounding...