Rob Longo woke up and felt it in his stomach. A little more than 24 hours from realizing his longtime dream, he was “a nervous wreck.”
Just a day earlier he’d learned he’d be filling in as the NBA Charlotte Hornets’ radio play-by-play announcer for the team’s road game against the Miami Heat on April 5. Longo, a studio host and producer for the Hornets Radio Network, was thrown into the role when the usual voice of the Hornets, Sam Farber, entered “health and safety protocols” following an away game against the Philadelphia 76ers on April 2.