WholeHogSports · Oct 29, 2018
Pittsburgh shooting hits home for Elson
Arkansas radio announcers Phil Elson, left, and Bubba Carpenter during the pregame show Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville.Phil Elson, the voice of Arkansas baseball and women’s basketball since 2014, opened his radio show Monday with an emotional message in response to the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
A native of Pittsburgh and the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, Elson grew up attending the synagogue. He said his father was the president of Tree of Life one decade ago, and his mother also served as treasurer. Eleven people, who Elson said he knew personally, were killed during Shabbat services on Saturday.