sentences:  Ankerson worked for several years as a sports and program director at WTAR radio station in Norfolk, Virginia
  
  In 1995, at the age of 53, Ankerson joined the Norfolk Tides, then the Triple A affiliate of the New York Mets, as the team's director of broadcasting and sales.Since February 2000, Ankerson has served as Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Sports Commission in Virginia Beach, Virginia.He is also the "Voice of the Monarchs," the public address announcer for Old Dominion University football and men's and women's basketball games.