About the Author

Tom McCarthy, one of the original members of the Thunder's front office, was hired in 1993 as the team's director of public relations and radio broadcaster. He became the assistant general manager in 1996 and left in 1999 to pursue his broadcasting career. McCarthy, who won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award, was hired by the Philadelphia Phillies as a broadcaster. He is also the play-by-play announcer for Rutgers football and Princeton University basketball, as well as a talk-show host on ESPN radio.