Status: ESPN commentator. Forerm Washington Post sports columnist. Co-host ESPN 2’s Pardon The Interruption since October, 2001.
DOB: November 19, 1958 In: Chicago, IL
Childhood Heroes: “My dad, Ernie Banks, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka, Jerry Sloane, Norm Van Lier, Arthur Ashe, Muhammad Ali, Fergie Jenkins, Billy Williams, Bobby Hull…need I go on?”
Favorite Events to Cover: “NCAA Basketball Tournament, NBA finals, Summer Olympic Games, NFL Playoffs.”
Favorite Athletes to Watch Today: “Tiger Woods.”
Favorite Teams as a Kid: “All Chicago teams…Bears, Cubs, Bulls, Blackhawks, DePaul basketball.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Golf.”
Favorite Movies: “Ordinary People, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hotel Rwanda, Place in the Sun.”
Favorite TV Shows: “Desperate Housewives, Sopranos.”
Musical Tastes: “R&B, Contemporary Jazz.”
First Job: “Intern at The Washington Post.”
First Car: “1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme.”
Favorite Meal: “The Fuzzy Zoeller special…fried chicken, potato salad, ice-tea.”
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: “Frosted Flakes.”
Greatest Sports Moment You Covered: “Too many to list…Cathy Freeman winning the 400 meters for Olympic Gold in Sydney 2000…Michael Jordan’s “The Shot” to beat the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals…Georgetown vs. Villanova for the 1985 NCAA Championship…Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas (‘96).”
Favorite Ice Cream: “Vanilla – but preferably with chocolate sauce.”
Favorite Column written: “Too many to list, how’s that for a cop-out [smiles]?”
Most Painful/Difficult Column to Write: “Death of Len Bias.”
(Note: This Biofile originally was published in DirecTV Guide in 2004.)
Topics: 1977 Olds Cutlass, Arthur Ashe, Cutlass Supreme, Depaul Basketball, Dick Butkus, Espn 2, Espn Commentator, Fergie Jenkins, Fuzzy Zoeller, Gale Sayers, Heavyweight Title Fight, Michael Wilbon, Mike Ditka, Ncaa Basketball Tournament, Norm Van Lier, Olds Cutlass, Olds Cutlass Supreme, Pardon The Interruption, Streetcar Named Desire, Washington Post Sports
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