Joseph Francis "Joe" Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American sportscaster and the son of the late sportscaster Jack Buck, a Ford C. Frick Award honoree. He has won numerous Sports Emmy Awards for his play-by-play work with Fox Sports.

Buck was born in St. Petersburg, Florida (where the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom his father broadcast, then conducted their spring training) and raised in St.

Louis, Missouri. After graduating from St. Louis Country Day School, Buck began his broadcasting career in 1989, while he was an undergraduate at Indiana University.

When Buck graduated from Indiana two years later, he received a B.A. in English and a minor in telecommunications. Buck was also a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity Beta Eta Chapter Buck called play-by-play for the then-Louisville Redbirds, a minor league affiliate of the Cardinals, and was a reporter for ESPN's coverage of the Triple-A All-Star Game. In 1991, Buck did reporting for St Louis' CBS affiliate KMOV.

Also, in 1991 Joe followed in his father's footsteps by broadcasting for the Cardinals on local television and KMOX Radio, filling in while his father was working on CBS telecasts. In the 1992–93 season he was the color commentator for University of Missouri basketball broadcasts.

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