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John McAdams, who for 24 years served as the public address announcer at the Palestra, passed away in his sleep on June 15 at his home in Upper Darby, Pa. He was 64 years old.
The moment at which John McAdams' passing was perhaps the most strongly felt was not the one which came at the end of the line to pass by his casket.It was the moment immediately afterwards, when the line emptied out into a room which burst at the seams with seemingly everyone of any importance in Philadelphia sports.There were coaches, athletic directors, former players, administrators from colleges and universities of every size, professional sports team executives, McAdams' fellow public address announcers in the region and a media contingent worthy of a Saturday night Big 5 game at the Palestra.The hundreds of people in the room, and the hundreds of people who had come in and left before them, had all taken time to come inside from a breezy, sun-splashed day in Philadelphia for the same reason: to pay their respects to a man whom they all knew not only as a colleague but as a friend.Even Father Edward Casey, the officiating priest and a longtime friend of McAdams, took note of the turnout as he began the service. As Casey cast his eyes around the room, he turned the mood from sadness to laughter by asking the mourners to do something that McAdams would more than likely have asked them to do were he behind the microphone at the Palestra -- guess the attendance.Casey later noted that when he was at seminary to become a priest, he listened to McAdams' radio broadcasts of the World Hockey Association's Philadelphia Blazers while studying Greek."I always told [McAdams] he helped me to learn Greek," Casey said, calling his longtime friend's voice "soothing."That same word seemed to be a theme of the day, for along with the tears and embraces, there were plenty of handshakes and smiles. Friends reminisced about events which took place as recently as the day before or as long ago as 1981, when then-Big 5 Executive Director Dan Baker hired McAdams to be the voice of what he would later call "college basketball's most historic gym."Baker delivered the eulogy, in which he revealed that McAdams's poor health in recent years rendered him unable to drive to the events at which he worked. His wife, Nancy, had been behind the steering wheel on all but a few occasions."I think we owe a great deal of gratitude to Nancy for allowing us to hear the beautiful voice of her husband," Baker said.There were so many such occasions, over 300 per year sometimes. In addition to his work at the Palestra, McAdams served as the public address announcer for a wide range of other Penn sports events, basketball games at Saint Joseph's, La Salle and Drexel and the Wilmington Blue Rocks and Reading Phillies minor league baseball teams. He was also the announcer for the press box at Eagles games and the official scorer for the major league Philadelphia Phillies.Having representatives from all those teams in attendance may be why workers at the funeral home politely encouraged the viewing line to speed up in the minutes before the service. One person who stood nearby wondered whether the funeral home truly understood how many people were going to show up in preparing the facility for the event.The preparations did, however, involve placing an unplugged microphone alongside the many bouquets of flowers which decorated the casket.Among the sizeable delegation of those with Penn connections were Palestra custodian Dan Harrell, men's basketball coach Fran Dunphy and many members of the Athletic Department staff.Two of Dunphy's former players, Geoff Owens and Tim Begley, were in attendance, with Begley arriving a day after working out with the 76ers. Owens' fianc‚, former Penn women's basketball star Diana Caramanico, was in attendance, as was her coach, Kelly Greenberg. Now the head coach at Boston University, Greenberg flew to Philadelphia for the occasion, and brought her mother to the service as well. Both generations have deep roots in the Philadelphia area, and the younger of the two played basketball for La Salle before becoming a coach.When the service ended, the mourners filed back out into the sunshine. Some got in their cars to head to the burial service, while others lingered on the sidewalk. They talked about basketball, or their social lives, or whatever else was on their minds. But even as they enjoyed each other's company, there was clearly one voice missing from the conversation. Despite all the passions that the Big 5 and the other represented teams stir up in Philadelphia, everyone shared the same struggle to fill the hole that John McAdams' passing left behind.
John McAdams, who for 24 years served as the public address at the Palestra, passed away in his sleep on Wednesday night at his home in Upper Darby, Pa. He was 64 years old.