A familiar Philadelphia voice is getting a boost to the national stage, as USA Network named Sixers play-by-play announcer Kate Scott its lead broadcaster for WNBA coverage starting next season.

Scott, who's had a pioneering career that's spanned two decades, is entering her fifth season with the Sixers. Last month, she became the first woman to announce an NFL game for Westwood One , the largest audio broadcast network in the country, when she was on the call when the Pittsburgh Steelers faced the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin, Ireland. MORE: 5 Sixers thoughts: Quentin Grimes reunion nearing; fair to be concerned by poor start to preseason?

The California native previously worked as a play-by-play and sideline reporter for men's and women's basketball in the San Franci

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