Anderson started his career in 1991 as an intern with the San Antonio Spurs while still in college, as a broadcast technician and cameraman.
He received his start in baseball with the San Antonio Missions, the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, serving as a radio/television play-by-play announcer from 1994 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2003.
In his role there, he served as a host for a variety of the network's events, including the PGA and Nationwide Tours.
Starting in 2007, Anderson moved on to be the play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers on Fox Sports Wisconsin.
In 2018, Anderson once again served as lead play-by-play announcer during the MLB postseason in place of Johnson, who stepped aside due to blood clots and being advised not to fly.
[4] In this role, Anderson was on the call of the first-ever Division Series featuring the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
[5] Since 2012, Anderson has called play-by-play for Turner Sports and CBS's coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and NBA.
In 2013, he was named lead host for TNT's exclusive coverage of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
[7] Anderson replaced an ailing Marv Albert to call undefeated Kentucky's thrilling 68–66 win over Notre Dame at the 2015 NCAA Midwest Regional final in Cleveland, Ohio.
[8] He also served as commentator for the Michigan State Spartans team cast during their Final Four game against Duke.
Prior to the 2019-20 NBA season, it was announced that as a replacement to the recently eliminated "Players Only" broadcasts which occurred on Tuesday nights beginning during the 2nd half of the season, TNT would instate a more traditional broadcast format to their Tuesday Night slate of games.
THE BREWERS TAKE THE LEAD!September 7, 2010 – Anderson called Trevor Hoffman's 600th career save for Fox Sports Wisconsin.
A milestone, number 600!October 6, 2010 – Anderson called Game 1 of the 2010 National League Division Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies for TBS, where Roy Halladay threw the second no-hitter in postseason history.
The legend of Delmon Young in the postseason continues!March 20, 2016 – Anderson called the 2016 NCAA Tournament second round match-up between the 7th seeded Wisconsin Badgers and the 2nd seeded Xavier Musketeers, where Bronson Koenig hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to send the Badgers to the Sweet Sixteen.Here we go.
WISCONSIN HAS WON IT!October 15, 2017 – Anderson called Game 2 of the 2017 National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers, where Justin Turner hit a walk-off 3-run home run to give the Dodgers a 2–0 lead on their way to winning the series.
Anderson's call of the home run: And Turner, in the air to center field, that ball is hit well.
Loyola-Chicago had a 1-point lead until Marques Townes hit a 3 to help ice the game to advance the Ramblers to the Elite Eight.
MARQUES TOWNES!April 22, 2018 – Anderson called Game 1 of the 2018 Eastern Conference First Round match-up between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics, where Khris Middleton hit a buzzer beating 3 to tie the game at 99 just minutes after Terry Rozier hit a 3 to put the Celtics up with 0.5 seconds left in the 4th quarter.Who's going to get the last shot here?
And now they will check to see if he got it off in time, I think he did.October 8, 2018 – Anderson called Game 3 of the 2018 American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for TBS, where Brock Holt hit for the first cycle in postseason history.
Anderson's call of Holt's home run and completion of the cycle:That ball is ripped, down the right field line.
He called Andrew Benintendi's diving catch of Astros third baseman Alex Bregman's liner off Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel to win Game 4.
April 23, 2019 – Anderson called Game 5 of the 2019 Western Conference first-round match-up between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Portland Trail Blazers, where Damian Lillard hit a three-pointer as the time hits 0.0 to win the game and the series for the Trail Blazers, and advance them to the second round of the playoffs.Chance right here, shot clock is off.
The Washington Nationals are National League Champions!September 3, 2020 – Anderson called Game 3 of the 2020 Eastern Conference Semifinal match-up between the Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics, where OG Anunoby hit a buzzer beating 3 to win the game for the Raptors, moments after a Daniel Theis dunk puts the Celtics up with 0.5 seconds left in the 4th quarter.Series on the line, Anunoby got it off and...IT GOES!
OG Anunoby buries the triple at the buzzer!September 20, 2020 – Anderson called Game 2 of the 2020 Western Conference Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers held at the NBA bubble, where Anthony Davis hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Lakers a 2–0 series lead.2.1 seconds remaining, Denver a foul to give, Jokić trying to disrupt Rondo.
ANTHONY DAVIS HAS WON IT FOR THE LAKERS!December 14, 2021 – Anderson called an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, where Stephen Curry broke the league's all-time three-point record once held by Ray Allen.Alec Burks guarding him from the start, Wiggins again.
Stephen Curry...the all-time three-point king of the NBA!February 8, 2023 – Anderson called an NBA game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers, where LeBron James scored a fadeaway jumper late in the third quarter to break the league's all-time scoring record once held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.Westbrook, looking for James, he's got it.
The NBA's all-time scoring record now belongs to LeBron James!October 17, 2024 – Anderson called Game 3 of the 2024 American League Championship Series when down 0–2 in the series and down 5–3 in the game down to Cleveland's last out between the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees, Jhonkensy Noel crushed a home run off Yankees closer Luke Weaver to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th inning which the Guardians end up winning 7–5 in the bottom of the 10th inning.OH MY GOODNESS!
AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT AS JUAN SOTO GOES DEEP TO GIVE THE YANKEES A 5-2 LEAD IN THE 10TH INNING!Anderson was born in Austin and grew up in Georgetown, Texas.
Anderson played catcher on the nationally ranked baseball team at St. Mary's University, Texas and graduated cum laude from the school in 1993 with a degree in English communications.
I don’t live or die with my call of a game or a win or loss, or something good or bad at home.