Career
A sports anchor on WNAC and announcer of Holy Cross football games, Gamere made his television play-by-play debut in 1970, succeeding Jerry Coleman as a broadcaster for the New York Yankees on WPIX. He was criticized for his overuse of the catch phrase "Here it comes, there it goes" to describe a pitch thrown to home plate and batted anywhere. He was replaced after one season by Bill White.
Gamere's career then moved to Boston. From 1973-1980 he hosted Candlepins for Cash on WNAC. After his dismissal, he moved to WMRE as host of their nightly sports call-in show. In 1984, Gamere began a five year stint as a sports anchor at WLVI-TV. He was fired in 1989 after charges of assault and sexual harassment were brought against him by a Malden man. The charges were eventually dropped, but he was not rehired by Channel 56. That year he began hosting a weekend midnight to 5 AM sports talk show on WRCA and a nightly sports show on Channel 25. In 1990 he began a career in sports betting, hosting a NFL pay-per-view betting show, handicapping, and running a sports book. From 1994-1996, he worked for WNDS, calling UMass-Lowell hockey games and horse races from Rockingham Park.
From 1982-1989 he was the play by play man for Harvard football on WMRE, WDLW, and WTAG (where he was also sports director).
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