<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If it's true radio play-by-play game broadcasters paint word pictures, then the paintings Milwaukee Bucks broadcaster Ted Davis has been creating are hanging all around Australia. Davis knows this because he's hearing back from Australians about his work, even though his night broadcasts today are tomorrow afternoon in Australia, his winter games are summer there and all of it is upside down, as any school kid can tell you. The Milwaukee Bucks' No. 1 overall pick, Andrew Bogut, has a following in Australia. His father and mother, Michael and Anne, reside in Melbourne, where Andrew was born. His Croatian grandparents, Mile and Zdenka, reside in Ballarat, Victoria, in Australia. All of them have e-mailed Davis to talk about Andrew and tell him they regularly listen to Davis' calls. "This is the first time in 18 years that I have gotten a note from a player's parents saying that they listen," Davis said. In his ninth season as voice of the Bucks and nine before that as voice of the Dallas Mavericks, Davis estimates he has received 30 e-mails from other fans in Australia who are following the Bucks and their native son. According to a league spokesman, telecasts of Bucks games, say on DirecTV, are not available in Australia, as they are on this continent. But NBA.com offers a service called Audio League Pass, which supplies audio streaming of all National Basketball Association games, both the home and away calls, throughout the season for $19.95. That's where Bogut's family and fans are finding Davis. "Every game is a day game over there," Davis said. "A 7:30 p.m. tip-off I believe is 12:30 p.m. (the following day). Every game is a day game, which is unusual. They are just now heading into the summer season, so basketball down there is a warm-weather sport, which is bizarre when you think about it."</div> Source
