Voices

The "Voice of the Loggers", Mr. John Pappadopoulos (Pop-a-dop-a-lus), returns again in 2012 for his tenth season having called every game but two since the Loggers inception.  "Pops" calls the action of all 70 regular season games on the Logger Radio Network and is the longest tenured play-by-play man in the Northwoods League.  Pappadopoulos brings a great deal of play-by-play experience with him to the Loggers, most recently in the La Crosse area.  "Pops" served as the voice of the La Crosse Night Train of the N.I.F.L. and before that served as the backup voice of the La Crosse Bobcats CBA basketball team. For the past five years, he has also worked as the news and sports director at WCOW/WKLJ. During his ten years in the La Crosse market, John has also hosted a daily afternoon sports show on ESPN radio, covered the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, and been a regular ESPN local SportsCenter anchor. Before coming to the Coulee Area, the New Jersey native worked in Boston as an on-air sports caster on Sports Radio WEEI.  During his thirteen years in broadcasting he has worked as a reporter or broadcaster for three different Minor League baseball teams. John met his wife, Polly,when he moved to La Crosse in 2000 and they have a daughter named Olivia.