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Syracuse’s Matt Park, “Voice of the Orange,” missed Clemson call after DUI arrest

Matt Park, the “Voice of the Orange,” was charged with driving under the influence on Saturday morning, according to Greenville County 13th Judicial Circuit Court records.

Park who usually calls Syracuse football games did not do so Saturday at Clemson. He was also absent from his regular Monday Cuse.com video show with SU head coach Scott Shafer. He is also an adjunct professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the director of the Sportscaster U career development program for professional athletes.

An email to SU Athletics seeking comment was met with a response directing The Daily Orange to IMG, stating that Park is an IMG employee.

Park had a blood alcohol content level of .10, according to court records. The legal limit is .08. A $997 bond was set Saturday, according to court records. The case is listed as pending in Fairview/Austin Summary court on the court records website with a “begin date” of Nov. 18 and a time of 3:30 p.m. listed.

His Saturday morning bond hearing was completed at 9:30, according to court records.



Park has also done play-by-play for the SU men’s basketball team as well as the football team since 2004. Park graduated from SU in 1997.





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