John McAdams (announcer)
John McAdams public address announcer for Philadelphia Big 5 college basketball at the Palestra from the 1981–82 season to the 2004–05 season and for the Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League baseball team for 871 consecutive home games; he also was the announcer at the Philadelphia Eagles home games..
Known for his smooth, easy delivery. He was the PA Announcer for the Duke-Kentucky NCAA East Region Final in 1992 at the Spectrum when Duke's Christian Laettner beat Kentucky with his famous buzzer-beater jump shot. He was also the PA announcer for the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.
He did radio play-by-play for several Philadelphia area college basketball teams and was official scorer for both the --scoring his final game for Reading the . He frequently announced over 300 events a year, including men's and women's games on Big Five campuses and at Drexel, which has a banner in his memory on a wall in the Daskalakis Athletic Center. He was also a host on WIP Sports Talk radio.
McAdams was inducted into Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 2007. He is also honored with a in center field at Frawley Stadium, the home of the Blue Rocks, near the retired numbers of players. He is also remembered annually with , which is presented by the Philadelphia Area Small College Basketball Association.
