Minnesota Regional Personality Bios

by FOXSports.com

Bert Blyleven
Telecast Analyst - Minnesota Twins
Following his stellar 23-year Major League career, Blyleven joined the Twins broadcast team and is nearing a decade of service as a game analyst for the team's telecasts. Blyleven pitched in two MLB All-Star games, three Championship Series and two World Series.

Dick Bremer
Play-By-Play Announcer - Minnesota Twins
Bremer is in his third decade serving as a broadcaster for Twins baseball. A St. Cloud State graduate, Bremer has also been the voice of University of Minnesota basketball, football and hockey.

Dan Terhaar
Play-By-Play Announcer - Minnesota Wild
Dan Terhaar begins his first season as the Wild's play-by-play announcer. Terhaar also serves as the Sports Director for WCCO Radio and has a strong hockey background having served as the radio voice of University of Minnesota Golden Gopher hockey from 1996 to 2003 on KSTP Radio. He also called college hockey games for St. Cloud State, and the University of North Dakota.

Tom Hanneman
Play-By-Play Announcer - Minnesota Timberwolves
Tom Hanneman is the Emmy Award-winning play-by-play voice of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball on FSN North. Hanneman joined FSN North in October 2001.

Doug Woog
Telecast Analyst - Golden Gopher Hockey
Doug serves as analyst for University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey telecasts and also contributes to the hockey pre-game show. Woog spent 14 years behind the Gophers bench as the head coach, guiding the team to an average of nearly 29 wins per season and seven league championships (four regular season, three postseason).

Jim Petersen
Telecast Analyst - Minnesota Timberwolves
Former NBA forward Jim Petersen is in his second season as television analyst for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Petersen previously served as radio analyst for the team during the past five seasons. A former Golden Gopher player, Petersen played for the Rockets, Kings and Warriors during his eight-year NBA career.

Anthony LaPanta
FSN North Anchor/Reporter
Anthony LaPanta's broad range of skills and interests make him a great fit for FSN North. He has been covering the Minnesota market for nearly 15 years including hosting and reporting for FSN North and, most recently, handling play-by-play for the St. Paul Saints. A graduate of Totino Grace High School (Fridley, Minnesota) and St. John's University, LaPanta has done play-by-play for the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament since 2000 and for the MIAC and NSIC conferences.

Marney Gellner
FSN North Anchor/Reporter
Marney Gellner joined FSN North in October 2002 as the pregame show host and courtside reporter for the network's Minnesota Timberwolves telecasts. Gellner also serves as play-by-play announcer on FSN North's telecasts of Golden Gopher women's college basketball and the network's WNBA Minnesota Lynx's telecasts.

Mike Greenlay
Telecast Analyst - Minnesota Wild
Greenlay is in his third year with the Wild and previously served as radio analyst for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for two seasons. Greenlay played professional hockey for six seasons as a goaltender for several NHL organizations including the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning.

Ann Carroll
Reporter - Minnesota Vikings
Ann Carroll is the host of Vikings Weekly and a sideline reporter for Fox Sports North.
Ann attended Iowa State and St. Cloud State University before beginning her career in Duluth, Minnesota at KBJR-TV. She continued to build her resume as a journalist while working for numerous TV stations across the Midwest, including: KSTP-TV in St Paul, WDAF-TV in Kansas City, KMOV in St Louis and Fox Sports Midwest before coming to Fox Sports North in July of 2006

Frank Mazzocco
Play-By-Play Announcer - Golden Gopher Hockey
Frank Mazzocco brings over 26 years of announcing experience to FSN North's University of Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey telecasts. Mazzocco has been announcing Gophers hockey for over 14 seasons, calling his first game during the WCHA Playoffs in 1986.