Bob Gamere is an American

United States

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 Sportscaster

Sportscaster

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Career

A sports anchor on WNAC

WHDH-TV

WHDH, digital channel 42 , is an NBC-affiliated television station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest NBC station not owned by the network. Owned by Sunbeam Television, WHDH is a sister station to CW affiliate WLVI...

 and announcer of Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross

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 football games, Gamere made his television play-by-play debut in 1970, succeeding Jerry Coleman

Jerry Coleman

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman is a former Major League Baseball second baseman for the New York Yankees. Currently, he is an analyst and former play-by-play radio announcer for the San Diego Padres...

 as a broadcaster for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 on WPIX

WPIX

WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WPIX also serves as the flagship station of The CW Television Network...

. He was criticized for his overuse of the catch phrase

Catch phrase

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 "Here it comes, there it goes" to describe a pitch

Pitch (baseball)

In baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be literally "pitched" underhand, as with pitching horseshoes. Overhand throwing was not allowed until 1884.The biomechanics of...

 thrown to home plate

Baseball field

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 and batted anywhere. He was replaced after one season by Bill White.

Gamere's career then moved to Boston. From 1973-1980 he hosted Candlepins for Cash on WNAC. After his dismissal, he moved to WMRE

WWZN

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 as host of their nightly sports call-in show. In 1984, Gamere began a five year stint as a sports anchor at WLVI-TV

WLVI-TV

WLVI, digital channel 41, is a television station licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts which serves as the CW affiliate for the Boston, Massachusetts television market. WLVI is owned by Sunbeam Television, and is a sister station to WHDH, Boston's NBC affiliate. The two stations share studios at...

. He was fired in 1989 after charges of assault

Assault

In law, assault is a crime causing a victim to fear violence. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. The specific meaning of assault varies between countries, but can refer to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, or in the more...

 and sexual harassment

Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment, is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment is illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and...

 were brought against him by a Malden

Malden, Massachusetts

Malden is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,450 at the 2010 census. In 2009 Malden was ranked as the "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" in Massachusetts by Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.-History:...

 man. The charges were eventually dropped, but he was not rehired by Channel 56. That year he began hosting a weekend midnight to 5 AM sports talk show on WRCA

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 and a nightly sports show on Channel 25

WFXT

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. In 1990 he began a career in sports betting

Sports betting

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, hosting a NFL pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

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 betting show, handicapping

Handicapping

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, and running a sports book. From 1994-1996, he worked for WNDS, calling UMass-Lowell hockey games and horse races from Rockingham Park

Rockingham Park

Rockingham Park is a horse racing establishment in Salem, New Hampshire, in the United States. First built in 1906, it was used as an area for many to gamble on the weekends. Seabiscuit raced there in 1935 and 1936, and Mom's Command ran in her first race and gained her first victory there in...

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From 1982-1989 he was the play by play man for Harvard football on WMRE, WDLW

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, and WTAG

WTAG

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 (where he was also sports director).

Fenway attack

On June 15, 1988 Gamere was stabbed four times while walking in the Fenway

Fenway-Kenmore

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 section of Boston

Boston

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Sexual harassment allegation

Gamere was fired by television station WLVI-TV in 1989 after charges of assault

Assault

In law, assault is a crime causing a victim to fear violence. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. The specific meaning of assault varies between countries, but can refer to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, or in the more...

 and sexual harassment

Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment, is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment is illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and...

 were brought against him by a man from Malden, Massachusetts

Malden, Massachusetts

Malden is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,450 at the 2010 census. In 2009 Malden was ranked as the "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" in Massachusetts by Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.-History:...

. The charges were later dropped.

Child porn conviction

On October 23, 2008, Gamere was arrested and arraigned on charges of transporting and possessing child pornography

Child pornography

Child pornography refers to images or films and, in some cases, writings depicting sexually explicit activities involving a child...

. According to court documents, the FBI had been investigating Gamere as far back as 2005 when they alleged he e-mailed videos of children having sex with each other and adults. Gamere pled not guilty in US District Court in Boston.

The Boston Herald

Boston Herald

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 reported on September 5, 2009 that Gamere was expected to plead guilty to child pornography charges.

The BostonChannel.com reported on January 19, 2010 that Bob Gamere had been sentenced to 5 years in prison on child pornography charges.