{{Short description|Filipino sportscaster}} {{Infobox person | name = <!-------Anthony Suntay-----> | image = | caption = | birth_name = Anthony R. Suntay | birth_date = <!-------{{Birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}}-----> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = De La Salle University | years_active = 1995–present | other_names = | title = Sportscaster, host | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | credits = {{ubl| * 1997 Star Awards Best Sports Host, * 1997 Catholic Mass Media Awardee, * PPPC Interviewer of the year (1999 and 2000), * 2005 Golden Dove Awards Best Radio Talk Host }} | URL = | module = {{infobox sports announcer details | role = Play-by-play | sport = {{hlist|Basketball|Volleyball|Tennis}} }} }} '''Anthony Suntay''' is a Filipino sports television personality, sportscaster and sports journalist.
== Career == A La Salle alumni from elementary (La Salle Green Hills), high school (De La Salle Zobel) to college (La Salle Manila), Suntay started his career as a courtside reporter at PBA on Vintage Sports in 1995.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Henson |first=Joaquin M. |author-link=Joaquin Henson |title=Bobong never settled for 2nd best |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2017/06/06/1707566/bobong-never-settled-2nd-best |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Velasco |first=Bill |date=June 4, 2017 |title=Remembering Bobong Velez |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2017/06/04/1706891/remembering-bobong-velez |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> He was later promoted to play-by-play commentator when Vintage Sports was absorbed by Viva.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2015-09-29 |title=Suntay, Anthony R. {{!}} De La Salle Alumni Association |url=https://www.dlsaa.com/honors-and-awards/awardees/suntay-anthony-r |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.dlsaa.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Villar |first=Joey |last2=Beltran |first2=Nelson |date=January 8, 2000 |title=Millennium's 1st megadeal |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2000/01/08/97741/millenniums-1st-megadeal |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
He continued his work as sports commentator in the PBA, and later he also served as a one-man voice of Japan B-League coverage in the Philippines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2020 |title=The lone voice that gave life to the B.League games for Filipinos |url=https://www.spin.ph/life/guide/anthony-suntay-does-livestreaming-for-thirdy-ravena-games-with-san-en-neophoenix-in-japan-b-league-a1374-20201116?ref=article_tag |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}</ref>
Suntay also covers other sports such as volleyball, tennis, softball, pool, and bowling. He was dubbed as “''The First and only Filipino International Sportscaster''”.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Awards == While at Vintage Sports, he received Star Awards' Best Sports Host and Catholic Mass Media Awardee both in 1997. He also won PPPC Interviewer of the Year for 1999 and 2000.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, he won the Golden Dove awards as Best Radio Talk Host (''Real Sports'' of Wave 89.1 Manila).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salterio |first=Leah C. |date=October 31, 2005 |title=The pride of the broadcast industry |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2005/10/31/304517/pride-broadcast-industry |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
Suntay was given by De La Salle Alumni Association Sports Achievement Awardee in 2015.<ref name=":0" />
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