 Prior to that, Schemmel served as play-by-play announcer for the NBA's Denver Nuggets, calling their games from 1992 to 2010 until being hired as the full-time voice of the Rockies in January 2010.Earlier in his career, he was a play by play announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves.Schemmel is also a survivor of the crash-landing of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989.