Nick Bonsanto and his family came to Chattanooga 8 years ago from his New Jersey/Philadelphia area roots.
Nick is a longtime radio veteran of 28 years having started working in radio in 1981 at a small station in Mount Holly New Jersey. From those humble roots, Nick has had a long and exciting Sports Radio Career.
Nick has worked in Philadelphia, one of the top ranked markets in the country, while working in the Philly and NJ markets Nick was regular on the Philadelphia Sports beat having covered the Phillies, Eagles, Sixers and Flyers on a daily basis for several stations. He could be heard hosting sports talk on many area stations at one time or another including WIP, WTTM, WNJC, WKXW, and WBUD.
Mike and Mike in the Morning is an American sports-talkradio show hosted by Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio and simulcast on television, normally on ESPN2. If ESPN2 is broadcasting a live sporting event during the show's timeslot, the show's simulcast will then air on ESPNews. The show primarily focuses on the day's biggest sports topics and the humorous banter between the Mikes. On February 24, 2010, the duo celebrated 10 years of doing the show together.
On May 7, 2007, the show moved from its longtime radio studio home to the television studio used for Sunday NFL Countdown and Baseball Tonight, and began broadcasting in high-definition.
Colin Cowherd grew up in Grayland, Washington and attended Eastern Washington University. He began his career as the play-by-play voice for the Pacific Coast League's Las Vegas Stars. He eventually became a sports director at KVBC-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was named Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times.
He also served as sports anchor at WTVT-TV in Tampa, Florida. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1996, where he spent nearly two years at KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, working as a sports anchor and hosting the thirty-minute 'A guy's take on baseball' program. In 2001 The Herd moved from an afternoon time slot on all-sports radio KFXXto the morning drive time.
Scott Van Pelt was born in Brookeville, Maryland and grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He graduated from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland and enrolled at the University of Marylandwhere he graduated with a bachelor's degree in radio/television and film.
Van Pelt began his career in sportscasting at WTTG-TV, a FOX affiliate in Washington, D.C. in 1990 and then moved on to the Golf Channel, where he worked from 1994 to 2000 as a studio host for some of the network's signature programs. After that, he signed on with ESPN in 2001. He serves as an anchor for SportsCenterand is one of ESPN's golf correspondents, covering the Majors, and was also the co-host of Tirico and Van Pelt on ESPN Radio alongside Mike Tirico.
Doug Gottlieb (born January 15, 1976 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a former NCAA collegiate basketball player for Oklahoma State and current ESPN analyst and host of the ESPN Radio show The Doug Gottlieb Show.
Originally from Orange, California, Gottlieb was the Orange County Player of the Year in 1995 for Tustin High School. Gottlieb was a high school All-American who played in the Magic's Roundball Classic following his senior year. Gottlieb was considered the "Best in the West" point guard, as rated by the Long Beach Press-Telegram. After signing a national letter of intent with Notre Dame, Gottlieb was their starting point guard during the 1995-1996 college basketball season, starting all but four games. Gottlieb then earned an Associate of Arts in business at Golden West College.
Brian Kenny (born October 18, 1963), anchors the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter for ESPN and is the host of ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. As of February 2, 2009, Brian Kenny also hosts the nightly ESPN Radio show The Brian Kenny Show, which airs from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. nationally. He graduated from Island Trees High School in Levittown, NY.
Kenny has a BFA in Communication Arts, attending New York Institute of Technology and St. John's University. He got his start as a journalist at Long Island News Tonight at NY Tech. Before working for ESPN, he worked for WTZA in Kingston, New York.
Jason Smith (born November 18, 1970) hosts a late-night talk show on ESPN Radio, AllNight with Jason Smith. He is the creator of the "All Night Curse".Smith is a fan of the New York Jets, New York Mets, Syracuse Orange and Carolina Hurricanes.
AllNight with Jason Smith is a syndicated sports talk radio show on ESPN Radio, hosted by Jason Smith. The show is heard Monday through Friday from 10pm PT to 2am PT live from the studios of KSPNin Los Angeles, California, rather than the ESPN Headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.
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