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  Cantor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cantor in the Roman Catholic Church is the title of the liturgical minister responsible for leading liturgical singing during the Mass.
The primary role of the cantor is to intone the Responsorial Psalm during the Mass.
The cantor is designated a "liturgical minister" along with lectors, acolytes, and Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cantor   (186 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Andres Cantor
Andrés Cantor is a popular Spanish language sportscaster, who is very popular in the United States among English-speaking people.
Cantor graduated from the University of Southern California, and says that Diego Maradona's goal at the 1986 World Cup in which he ran from midfield past five England defenders to score brought tears to his eyes (Cantor was working at the game).
Cantor's first English-language assignment was the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he called both men's and women's soccer for NBC.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Andres-Cantor   (800 words)

  
 Cardinal & ¡Goooooal!
That is, until non-Spanish speaking viewers began to tune into Andrés Cantor's broadcast on the Spanish network, Univision, and ignited the airwaves with one simple word he roared whenever a goal was scored.
Cantor had no previous experience, but Univision, a Spanish broadcasting company, was attracted to his colorful persona and in-depth knowledge of the game.
Cantor is also the host of the syndicated radio program, "Futbol de Primera." His radio company produces the show and has the exclusive Spanish-language radio rights in the U.S. for the next two World Cups, in which Cantor will once again have head- announcing duties.
www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V142/N09/01-cardinal.09s.html   (1235 words)

  
 Winter 2002 - Trojan Family Magazine
How long he yells, Cantor says, depends on what type of goal it is. “A beautiful play and an important goal – a game winner in the last minute – usually merit a longer shout than the last goal in a 5-0 blowout,” he says.
Andres Cantor was 13 when his family left Argentina for California.
Cantor had never been inside a TV studio before he auditioned successfully in 1987 for a job as a soccer announcer for the Spanish-language TV network, Univision.
www.usc.edu /dept/pubrel/trojan_family/winter02/cantor.html   (444 words)

  
 Employment news for Cantor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Cantor to appeal FSA fine for misconduct Nov 12, 2004 Cantor index, the spread betting firm, has been fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for alleged misconduct, and is appealing the case to the...
Cantor wins cut in abuse case Oct 14, 2004 Money broker Cantor Fitzgerald yesterday won a £116,667 reduction in the £912,000 damages award to former employee Stephen Horkulak who claimed he was...
Neil Blumofe is a hazan (or cantor) with Congregation Agudas Achim.
www.jobtitles.net /C/Cantor.html   (2765 words)

  
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Andres Cantor, whose `GOOOAL' call helped bring the sport of soccer to national consciousness during the 1994 World Cup, will call soccer during NBC's coverage of the 2000 Olympic Games, Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Sports and Olympics, announced today.
In 1994, Cantor was named Sports Personality of the Year by the American Sportscaster Association and won an Emmy for individual achievement for play-by-play of the 1994 World Cup.
Cantor was the first Hispanic personality to have commercial campaigns appear simultaneously on Spanish and English television.
www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/april07/nbc.htm   (439 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: El Encanto de Cantor
Andres Cantor, el anunciador de 35 años de la principal cadena hispana de Estados Unidos, ha atraido la atención de un creciente número de televidentes cuyo vocabulario en español es limitado.
Para que funcionara, Univisión está usando un helicóptero que transporta a Cantor, a Longo y a un ingeniero de un lado a otro.
Cantor había entrevistado a Maradona en varias ocasiones, y cuando sus miradas se cruzaron, Maradona se unió al equipo de Univisión.
media.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup98/articles/spcantor12.htm   (650 words)

  
 Amazon.de: English Books: Goooal!: A Celebration of Soccer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Andres Cantor is one of the sporting world's true characters: he is the stentorian voice of soccer on the Univision network.
Cantor knows his stuff and relays it entertainingly with keen analyses of the evolution of on-the-field play and punchy interviews with such high-kickers as Brazil's Pele, England's Bobby Charlton, Holland's Johann Cruyff, and Argentina's Diego Maradona.
Cantor and Arcucci have done an excellent job of recounting the World Cups yet at the same time letting their Argentine passion for the sport express itself on the pages.
www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books-intl-de/0684833409/glance   (513 words)

  
 Hispanic Business News: Proteus Scores Deal with Andres Cantor to Offer 'GOOOAL!' Ring Tone and More; The Voice of ...
Andres Cantor is a true pioneer and his voice is one of the most recognized around the world."
Cantor, whose "Goooal!" call punctuates his fast-paced work when calling soccer matches, made his English language debut as the play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Cantor has been described as a key figure in the growing awareness of soccer in the U.S., and was recently named the ninth most influential person in the game of soccer by Soccer America magazine.
www.hispanicbusiness.com /news/news_print.asp?id=19188   (821 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Cantor's cry scores Cup 'goooaaalll!' 07/02/98
Cantor, 51, has had 146 opportunities to chant his trademark during the Cup's first 55 games, his deep, resonating tone erupting like a ambulance siren leaving the hospital after a 911 call, the ultimate signal that yes, something positive has happened during the World Cup.
Cantor grew up in the days of the Brazilian great Pele, a soccer-crazed youth who begged his family to switch newspapers because one in Buenos Aires offered more coverage of futbol than the other.
After high school in Los Angeles, Cantor traveled back to Argentina for college, moving away from home against his parents' wishes in order to be closer to the sport that doesn't allow the use of hands.
augustachronicle.com /stories/070298/spo_124-5063.shtml   (536 words)

  
 Alibris: Andres
Andres Oppenheimer, columnist for The Miami Herald and political analyst for CNN, puts his investigative powers to work on corruption scandals that involved famous multinational companies -- such as Citibank and IBM -- and the United States government in cases that shook up many Latin American countries.
Andres Bello was a towering figure in 19th-century Latin America, as influential and famous there as Thomas Jefferson in the United States.
A silent story is told by the stone chimneys of South Texas that were used to prepare the Tejano ranch meals of an earlier century and by the rifle port holes still seen in crumbling walls that once protected families.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Andres   (1338 words)

  
 NewStandard: 7/10/98
Andres Cantor, the only U.S. announcer to call every World Cup game -- and all 165 GOOOOOAAALS -- has made it through the first 62 games with his voice intact.
Cantor spent the months leading up to the World Cup poring over videotape and rosters to learn the 32 teams and more than 700 players in France.
Cantor's passion and the excitement for the tournament fire up the Spanish-speaking audience and even drive many English speakers to flip the channel to Univision from ESPN or ABC immediately after a goal.
www.s-t.com /daily/07-98/07-10-98/d04sp135.htm   (546 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: When World Cup Is Ringing, It's Cantor Calling
Although Univision's audience is primarily Spanish speaking, the 35-year-old Cantor is attracting a growing number of viewers whose Spanish vocabulary is limited to a few common expressions.
Cantor first began to attract national attention in 1990, serving with Longo on Univision's broadcast team at the World Cup in Italy.
Cantor provided his trademark call, but with a heavy heart because his boyhood love, Argentina, was about to be eliminated from the tournament.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup98/articles/cupcantor11.htm   (1191 words)

  
 The National Association of Hispanic Journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Argentine Andres Cantor, whose "Gooooaaal" call punctuates his fast-paced work when calling soccer matches, made his English language debut as the play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Cantor has been featured on LIVE with Regis and Kathie Lee and The Late Show with David Letterman and has received international recognition for his work, including being named "Sports Personality of the Year" in 1994 by the American Sportscaster Association.
Cantor can be heard daily on his syndicated radio program, Futbol de Primera, which is broadcast in over 40 markets in the U.S. Later this year, he will also break new ground for Hispanic talent with a prime-time reality series for Telemundo, which he will executive produce as well as host.
www.nahj.org /nahjnews/articles/2004/july/hispanicheritageawards072104.shtml   (1659 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Sports Illustrated -- The Magazine - Q&A with Andrés Cantor - Wednesday December 11, 2002 01:32 PM
Cantor: Hispanics have embraced the NBA as the global community has embraced the NBA.
Cantor: Fortunately, I was present at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City in 1986 for what I think is the best goal in history.
Cantor: When I moved from Argentina to L.A., Chick Hearn caught my attention because he was the closest to the radio broadcasters I had grown up listening to.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /si_online/QandA/2002/1216   (907 words)

  
 Celebrity Speaker :: Andres Cantor :: Sports Motivators :: Speaker Bureau
Andrés Cantor is the most recognized soccer personality in the United States.
He is known not only for his distinctive style, but also for his encyclopedic knowledge of and passion for the sport.
As evidence that Andrés Cantor transcends all linguistic and cultural barriers, in 1998 he was named the country's best soccer play-by-play announcer by Soccer America magazine in a national poll of its readers, beating out his colleagues from ABC and...
www.speakerbooking.com /biography-13764.html   (221 words)

  
 Equipo Periodistico
Cantor no solo es conocido por su estilo distintivo sino también por sus conocimientos enciclopédicos y pasión por el deporte.
Es evidente que Cantor trasciende todas las barreras linguísticas y culturales, en 1998 fue nombrado el mejor comentarista de fútbol del país por la revista Soccer America en una votación nacional de sus lectores, venciendo a sus colegas de ABC y ESPN, entre otros, por un amplio margen.
En el 2002 Andrés fue el narrador principal del Mundial Corea/Japón 2002 que se transmitió a nivel radial en la cadena Fútbol de Primera, de la cual es socio, y que tuvo un alcance de 104 estaciones afiliadas en Estados Unidos más siete países que tomaron la programación complementaria.
www.laradiodelmundial.com /andres-espanol.htm   (366 words)

  
 Fútbol de primera to Broadcast World Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Andres Cantor, the most respected soccer broadcaster in the country, will lead Fútbol de Primera’s team of well-known broadcasters and journalists in Korea and Japan.
Cantor, who broadcast the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups on Spanish language television, will call his first World Cup on Spanish radio and bring his exciting play-by-play style and “Goooaaal” calls to million of Hispanic sports fans all across the country.
Cantor will be joined in Korea and Japan by the best U.S. broadcast team ever assembled for a World Cup.
www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/may24-02/futbol.htm   (388 words)

  
 HispanicAd -News-
Telemundo’s Andres Cantor was the recipient of this year’s “Striving for Excellence Award” in the Visionary category.
In 1994, Cantor was named Sport Personality of the Year by the American Sportscaster Association, an honor previously given to John Madden and Dick Vitale.
Currently, Cantor can be seen as co-host of Telemundo’s sports programs Fútbol Telemundo, Sábado de Fútbol, Rumbo al Mundial, and Junto al Tri, as well as other major sports events, including next year’s Olympics in Athens, Greece.
www.hispanicad.com /cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=13017   (264 words)

  
 Futbol de Primera: Broadcast Team
As evidence that Andrés Cantor transcends all linguistic and cultural barriers, in 1998 he was named the country's best soccer play-by-play announcer by Soccer America magazine in a national poll of its readers, beating out his colleagues from ABC and ESPN, among others, by a wide margin.
In 2000, Andrés made the cross-over to English broadcasting as NBC's play-by-play soccer announcer during the Sydney Olympic Games.
In 2002 Andrés broadcast the 2002 FIFA World Cup on Fútbol de Primera, of which he is a founding partner, and was heard on 104 radio stations in the United States.
www.laradiodelmundial.com /andres.htm   (338 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - XM to Launch First 24-Hour Coast-to-Coast Spanish-Language Sports Radio Channel, Featuring Exclusive ...
XM has partnered with Andres Cantor, the leading sports commentator for the Telemundo Network and one of the most recognized sports personalities among the Hispanic media.
With his unique style, knowledge and energy, Cantor is recognized for his fast-paced, play-by-play soccer coverage and, most notably, his signature call, "Go-o-o-al," which has been enjoyed by sports fans for more than 18 years.
Cantor and his company, Futbol de Primera, will create and produce original content for the new 24-hour channel.
www.nascar.com /2005/news/business/press/04/26/4192777   (790 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Goooal! a Celebration of Soccer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is obvious from listening to his broadcasts (even if you don't speak a word of the Spanish language...which I don't) that Cantor is first and foremost a fan of the game around which he bases his trade.
However, Cantor's strength as a writer lies in his optomistic approach; he may take a more positive approach to the game played by the nations from his home continent, but he doesn't take a negative approach toward anyone.
He probably worships at the shrine of Diego Armando Maradona more than he should, but even the Europeans concede that despite the more controversial elements of his career on and off the playing field, Maradona is still one of the two best players ever to lace up a pair of cleats.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0788166182   (1318 words)

  
 The Big (Olympic) Picture: Bilingual analyst talks a good game
This is the dialect dilemma facing Cantor on MSNBC soccer telecasts during these 16 days of Olympic glory.
Perhaps the greatest single achievement of these NBC Olympics was securing this Cantor for the high holy days of Summer Games soccer.
Yet anyone who steadfastly refuses to permit Cantor into his living room is the same type of hardhead who walks out of a British masterpiece because he just doesn't get it.
www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000929olybig8.asp   (719 words)

  
 Futbol de Primera: Press Releases
Andres Cantor, who broadcast the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups on Spanish-language television, has brought his exciting play-by-play style and trademark "Gooool" calls to radio, and as a result large numbers of Hispanics have followed by tuning into Fútbol de Primera's radio coverage.
Cantor has led the best broadcast team ever assembled for a World Cup in the Untied States.
Indeed, the quality of Fútbol de Primera's broadcast team is perhaps best measured by the large number of interviews requested by other media organizations during the World Cup.
www.laradiodelmundial.com /wc-20020620.htm   (420 words)

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