By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-04-07 12:39:57
马刺队电视现场解说员雅各布·托比 (Jacob Tobey) 克服了最后一刻的紧张情绪，在周一晚上对阵费城 76 人队的比赛前，深情且投入地演唱了一曲国歌。
在“原住民传统之夜” (Native American Heritage Night) 当晚，南圣安陆军青少年后备军官训练团 (South San Army JROTC) 成员担任护旗手，作为马什皮万帕诺亚格部落 (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe) 的一名自豪成员，托比在弗罗斯特银行中心 (Frost Bank Center) 18,354 名座无虚席的观众面前，一边拨弄吉他，一边完美演绎了《星条旗之歌》。
“直到我走向麦克风、灯光熄灭的那一刻，我可能才真正感到紧张，”托比在周二表示，“我想就在那一刻，我突然意识到，好吧，我现在就要开始表演了。这是我面对过人数最多的一次演唱。”
“然后我就开始了，感觉自己进入了状态。在那种情况下，观众的反应总是很有帮助，当他们在歌曲的某些音符或特定时刻鼓掌、欢呼或呐喊时，这会让你表现得更好，更有活力。”
托比从 15 岁起就开始在观众面前表演，他称这次经历是“非凡的”。
“我曾梦想在这么多人面前唱歌，但你永远不知道是否能成真，”他说，“所以这真的很酷。”
现场观众报以热烈的掌声，这触动了这位 29 岁马萨诸塞州人的心弦。
“我感受到了来自观众和这座城市的爱，”他说，“人们在 Instagram 或社交媒体上给我发了很多友善的信息，我正努力给每个人回信。但这真的很酷……我非常庆幸自己这么做了，希望将来某个时候我能再次演唱。”
社交媒体上的粉丝们也对 29 岁的托比赞不绝口。
“这是整个赛季最棒的国歌演绎之一。听得起鸡皮疙瘩，”埃米利奥·弗洛雷斯 (Emilio Flores) 在 X 上写道。
“太棒了 @JacobRTobey，非常喜欢！！”昆内特·卡斯尔 (Quannette Castle) 写道，她是马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 的母亲。在那场比赛中，斯蒂芬·卡斯尔凭借三双表现帮助马刺以 115-102 击败 76 人，取得了本赛季的第 60 场胜利。
“原住民传统之夜”标志着本赛季马刺队致敬其多元化球迷群体的最后一项活动。该俱乐部 2025-26 赛季的宣传日程还包括致敬菲律宾裔、法裔、拉丁裔和非裔传统，以及女性、LGBTQ 群体、退伍军人、军人和急救人员的主题之夜。
“这些举办文化和主题之夜的机会，确实为我们提供了一个非常独特的契机，利用这个不可思议的平台让这些社区感到被支持和被鼓舞，真正致敬他们的身份和深厚的传统，”马刺体育娱乐公司首席影响力与包容官帕特里夏·梅希亚 (Patricia Mejia) 说道。
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Spurs TV voice Jacob Tobey opens up about ‘remarkable’ anthem gig
Spurs television play-by-play announcer Jacob Tobey shook off some last-second jitters to sing a deeply felt, intimate rendition of the national anthem ahead of Monday night’s game against Philadelphia.
Performing on Native American Heritage Night with members of the South San Army JROTC serving as the color guard, the proud member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe strummed his guitar while hitting all the right notes of “The Star Spangled Banner” in front of a sellout crowd of 18,354 at the Frost Bank Center.
“I wasn’t really nervous probably until I walked up to the mic and the lights went out,” Tobey said Tuesday. "I think that’s when it hit me like, all right, I’m about to do this now. That’s the most people I’ve ever sung in front of before.
“And then I just started going and I felt like I was in a groove. And the crowd always helps in those situations when they clap or hoot and holler at certain notes or certain times during the song. That makes you go even better and have more energy.”
Tobey, who has been performing in front of audiences since he was 15, called the experience “remarkable.”
“I dreamed about singing in front of that many people, but you never quite know,” he said. “And so it was cool.”
The crowd responded with an ovation that struck an emotional chord with the 29-year-old Massachusetts native.
“I just felt the love from the crowd and the city,” he said. “People sent me so many nice messages on Instagram or on social media and I’m trying to get back to everybody. But it was cool. … I’m super glad I did it and, hopefully, I can do it again at some point.”
Fans on social media showered Tobey, 29, with praise.
“One of the best renditions of the anthem this entire season. Chills,” Emilio Flores wrote on X.
“Yesssss @JacobRTobey Loved it!!” wrote Quannette Castle, mother of Spurs guard Stephon Castle, whose triple-double helped the Spurs down the Sixers 115-102 for their 60th victory of the season.
Native American Heritage Night marked the final event of the season honoring the Spurs’ diverse fan base. The club’s 2025-26 promotional calendar also included nights honoring Filipino, French, Hispanic and Black heritages, women, LGBTQ people, veterans, the military and first responders.
“These opportunities to do cultural and theme nights really gives us a very unique opportunity to use this incredible platform to make that community feel supported and uplifted, to really honor who they are, their deep traditions,” Patricia Mejia, Spurs Sports & Entertainment’s chief impact & inclusion officer.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News