{"id":135518,"date":"2026-03-11T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/135518\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:23:12","slug":"longtime-sixers-pa-announcer-matt-cord-to-retire-at-end-of-season-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/135518\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Sixers PA announcer Matt Cord to retire at end of season\u00a0 \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Cord\u2019s tenure as the longtime, much-loved PA announcer for the Sixers will end at the conclusion of this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattyCord\/status\/2031700672857469219\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cord announced Wednesday on X<\/a> that the Sixers\u2019 2025-26 campaign will be his last on the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 28 years as the PA announcer for the Sixers I\u2019m officially retiring at the end of the season,\u201d Cord said. \u201cI\u2019ve had the best seat in the house announcing for the best fans in the world. Thank you to the players and the 76ers organization. What a privilege it\u2019s been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nba\/sixers-pa-announcer-matt-cord-on-the-origin-of-his-pronunciations-and-his-biggest-fans\/326176\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cord developed his own distinct style over the years<\/a>, from announcing the Sixers\u2019 starting center as \u201cJoel The Process Embiid\u201d to calling buckets for \u201cAllen Iiiiiiiiii-verson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also became known throughout the NBA. Starting in 2022,<a href=\"https:\/\/wmgk.com\/2024\/05\/21\/matt-cord-records-for-nba-2k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Cord\u2019s voice has been featured in NBA 2K video games.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along with his Sixers work, Cord has been a constant on Philadelphia radio. <a href=\"https:\/\/wmmr.com\/mattcord\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He\u2019s currently the midday host at 93.3 WMMR.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Cord\u2019s tenure as the longtime, much-loved PA announcer for the Sixers will end at the conclusion of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,1002,71,70,10794],"class_list":["post-135518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-sixers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}