Paul Keels is the current play-by-play announcer for Ohio State University's football and men's basketball teams for WBNS Radio and the Ohio State Sports Network.
[1] A native of Cincinnati, Keels began his broadcasting career in his hometown as a news anchor/reporter for WLW Radio in 1979.
The following year, he moved to Detroit to work for WJR Radio to call games for the NBA Detroit Pistons (1980–1981), and then to WWJ Radio to call football and basketball for the University of Michigan from 1981–1987.
[4] On November 5, 2023, Keels substituted as a radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns.
[5] Keels graduated from Moeller High School in Cincinnati, and studied communications at Xavier University.