Marty Reid
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"Marty Reid" is an American television sportscaster who worked for ESPN from 1982 through 2013, covering motorsports for the network. Reid had been the network's IndyCar Series lead commentator and also called select NASCAR Nationwide Series races for the network and the Indianapolis 500 for IndyCar Series on ABC/ABC. Reid is the only person to do television play-by-play for all five major North American motor sports series, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Trucks, IndyCar, and NHRA Drag Racing.

Reid was the lead television announcer for the NHRA on ESPN from 2001 through the 2006 season, when he took over for Todd Harris as lead IndyCar voice, and held the same position for ESPN's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events from 1998 through 2000.

Reid began his career at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio in 1975. Among his duties were anchoring Ohio State University hockey telecasts and Columbus Clippers telecasts. He started Marty Reid Enterprises, a video production company, in 1988. He formed the short course off-road racing series Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) in 1997 and sold it in 2005 to Jim Baldwin.

On September 29, 2013, Reid was fired from ESPN after accidentally calling Ryan Blaney's Nationwide Series win in the Kentucky 300 too early by one lap. Reid was replaced by Allen Bestwick.

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This time of year, you've gotta make those. (R.A. Long) was very solid at the free-throw line. Home-court advantage changed the issue this year for district. It is right to reward teams for finishing first or second, and I take nothing away from them. They earned it.

It was just a really hard-fought game on both sides.

We had a great season. I'm very proud of my kids. I wouldn't trade them for anyone.

Camas is a really good team. Our kids played tremendous. They played so hard. I'm really proud of them. They're a great group to coach.

I might be working with someone on a research question and the cell phone would ring. They'd begin a conversation as if I wasn't standing there helping them.

We made our free throws down the stretch and then finished them up. It was just an overall great team effort.

If you're going to win close ball games, you have to be good at the free-throw line. We stress that in practice, and the kids have responded.