Cory Provus
Cory Provus begins his third season as the lead television voice for Minnesota Twins baseball in 2024 after being the lead play-by-play man for the Twins radio broadcast team since 2012. Provus, 47, is a three-time winner (2015, 2020 & 2022) of the Minnesota Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Prior to joining the Twins, Provus spent the previous three seasons (2009-11) in Milwaukee, where he did play-by-play with Hall of Famer Bob Uecker on WTMJ-AM and the Brewers Radio Network.
The Chicago native began his MLB broadcast career in 2007 as the Cubs pre- and post-game show host. He also handled play-by-play duties, backing up Hall of Famer Pat Hughes during games and anchored the morning and afternoon drive sportscasts as a reporter for WGN-AM in Chicago. In the offseason, Provus broadcasts college football and basketball for Big Ten Network.
In June of 2006, Provus was named the voice of the University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers, where he handled radio play-by-play for UAB football, men’s basketball and baseball. While at UAB, he was named the 2006 Radio Sportscaster of the Year by the Alabama Broadcasters Association.
Provus also has various experience hosting studio shows, managing production and doing play-by-play for various International Sports Properties. He handled play-by-play for the Conference USA Football Championship Game, the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament and various play-by-play duties for Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech baseball, football and basketball.
A graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Provus also worked at WAER-FM in Syracuse from 1996-2000, handling radio play-by-play and acting as studio host for Orange football, basketball and lacrosse. Provus, his wife, Dana, and their two kids, make their home in Minnetonka, MN.
The question:
Perhaps the best advice I have ever received originated from a conversation I had with baseball Hall of Famer, and former Twins manager, Paul Molitor.
“It’s ok to turn the page, but don’t forget what you read.”
It’s simple, yet, applicable in all facets of life.
