How does a PA announcer address an empty stadium? The new Bears voice will try to 'make it feel pretty normal for those watching on TV.'
by Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune
Sep 18, 2020
3 minutes
CHICAGO - The Chicago Bears' new public address announcer has no public to address.
Tim Sinclair still will be there with a microphone, his voice booming across an empty Soldier Field during Sunday's game between the Bears and New York Giants.
If you hear "Touch! Down! Bears!" in the background while watching the game on TV, that's him.
"It's to create a game-day atmosphere for the players, so they feel as at home as much as possible, and then the rest is a TV show and trying to make it feel pretty normal for
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