Top Broadcasters Speakers

Top Broadcasters Speakers

Antonio Pierce
Antonio Pierce, a former New York Giants’ Super Bowl champion linebacker is a current NFL analyst for ESPN. The 2006 Pro Bowler appears on NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, and 1050 ESPN New York, and provides weekly analysis on ESPNNewYork.com, ESPN’s home for New York sports news and information. Pierce captained the Giants defense for five seasons, including 2007 when he helped anchor...
Barry Melrose
Barry Melrose is a studio analyst for NHL telecasts on ESPN and ESPN2. During the Stanley Cup Finals, he provides pre-game, post-game and intermission analysis from the game site. He works in the booth during the Young Stars Game and SuperSkills competition during NHL All-Star Weekend. Melrose appears regularly on ESPN2’s NHL 2Night, the network’s NHL news and highlights program.
Bob Costas
One of television's most accomplished broadcasters, Bob Costas, is the host of Costas Now, a hard-hitting, intelligent and topical sports series. During his first four years at HBO, Costas hosted On The Record With Bob Costas, which established itself as one of network television's most respected programs for its compelling mix of interviews, commentary and opinion.
Buster Olney
In September 2008, Northern State University men's basketball coach Don Meyer stood on the brink of immortality. He was about to surpass the legendary Bobby Knight to become the all-time NCAA wins leader in men's basketball. Then, on a two-lane road in South Dakota, everything changed in an instant. In How Lucky You Can Be, acclaimed sports journalist Buster Olney tells the remarkable story...
Chris Mortensen
Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist and one of the most respected and accomplished reporters covering the NFL, joined ESPN in 1991 and appears on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown and SportsCenter. He also has contributed to Outside the Lines and coverage of the NFL Draft.
Colin Cowherd
A Sports Illustrated Radio personality of the year, five time Nevada Broadcaster of the Year and now one of ESPN's most listened to and watched personalities, Colin's speeches are filled with hilarious anecdotes on Sports, Society, Family and Life. Colin Cowherd is currently the host of THE HERD WITH COLIN COWHERD on ESPN Radio and ESPNU. Colin co-hosts SportsNation, a one-hour studio show...
David Feherty
David Feherty was born in the seaside town of Bangor in Northern Ireland. He grew up with aspirations to become an opera singer, until he discovered he had the knack for hitting a golf ball. He jokes about his career change, "I was always interested in music from a very early age. But when I turned pro at age 17, I haven't sung a note since. Now, I only sing to punish my children."
Desmond Howard
Desmond Howard joined ESPN in 2005 as a college football analyst. You can currently see him every Saturday on ESPN’s award winning show College Gameday. The 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl XXXI MVP joined the network a few years after his remarkable professional football career. Howard’s broadcast career began in 2003 at Fox Sports, for which he was a contributor to Best Damn Sports...
Earvin Magic Johnson
Earvin Johnson, Jr. may best be known for his winning ways during his illustrious 13-year NBA career, but today the basketball legend directs his efforts toward his growing business and philanthropic empire, Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE).Hannah Storm
Hannah Storm is currently the lead anchor for ESPN's flagship show SportsCenter, and also reports for the network on the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. She is also the host of the new series "Face to Face with Hannah Storm", which is an interview show featuring some of the highest profile figures in sports. Through her production company Brainstormin' Productions, Hannah executive produced the...Jalen Rose
Current ESPN/ABC analyst and former 13-year NBA veteran Jalen Rose is one of the few professional athletes to maintain a high profile post retirement. Long known for his post-game quotes and great relationship with the media, Jalen continues to show his versatility in the broadcast booth, in the entertainment world and as a philanthropist. In 2013, Crown Archtype announced a deal to publish...Jim Lampley
After thirty years in network television, over twenty of them as host of HBO's World Championship Boxing, Jim Lampley is one of America's most renowned and respected broadcasters. While compiling an incomparable dossier in boxing, Jim has anchored 14 Olympics Games for U.S. television networks, more than any other American broadcaster, and covered every major sporting event over the course...
Jim Rome
Perhaps the most respected voice in the world of sports broadcasting, JIM ROME is the leading opinion-maker of his generation. As host of the nation’s premiere sports radio talk show, Rome is known for his aggressive, informed, rapid-fire dialogue. Jim has established himself as the top choice of athletes and fans when it is time to know what is going on beyond the scoreboard. In late 2012...Joe Buck
Since breaking on to the national scene as a promising 25-year-old, Joe Buck has become one of sports’ premier play-by-play broadcasters. Buck handles lead play-by-play duties for FOX Sports’ Emmy Award-winning coverage of MLB and the NFL. On baseball, he teams with three-time Emmy Award-winning analyst Tim McCarver, while his football partner is three-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Football...John Anderson
John Anderson is an anchor on the Emmy-award winning daily studio show "SportsCenter", ESPN's flagship TV series and co-host of the primetime reality hit show "Wipeout" on ABC, an extreme obstacle-course series on the network. Anderson joined ESPN in June 1999 as an ESPNEWS anchor and came to ESPN from KPHO-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. where he was a weekend sports anchor from 1996 to 1999. Prior...
Josh Elliott
Josh Elliott was named news reader for ABC's Good Morning America in March 2011. He had been the host of ESPN's SportsCenter each weekday morning since August 2008. Elliott also wrote columns for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, dating back to April 2006. Elliott first appeared on ESPN in 2004 as a guest contributor to ESPN's Around the Horn, Rome Is Burning and Cold Pizza. From June 2005...
Kenny Smith
Two-Time World Champion and 10-Year NBA veteran, Kenny "The Jet" Smith is currently an NBA studio analyst as part of TNT's Emmy Award-winning studio show Inside the NBA, with host Ernie Johnson and analyst Charles Barkley. Kenny also brings his insight into the college game through Turner and CBS' joint coverage of the 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament...Kevin Burkhardt
Since 2007, Kevin Burkhardt has been the Mets Field Reporter for SportsNet New York (SNY). Burkhardt fills in when needed for Gary Cohen doing play-by-play, and has done so on FOX. He also serves as the host of "Mets Hot Stove," and contributes to other programs on SNY, including "SNY Spotlight" and "Geico SportsNite." Kevin also loves football, serving as the Dallas Cowboys' play-by-play...Kevin Negandhi
Kevin Negandhi is currently an ESPN SportsCenter anchor, co-hosting the 9am-12pm ET edition alongside Hannah Storm. Negandhi joined ESPN in September 2006 as an anchor for ESPNEWS, and since then has become one of the most recognizable faces on SportsCenter. Prior to ESPN, Negandhi worked as a sports director at WWSB-TV in Sarasota, Fla., from 2004-06. He also served as the station’s sports...Larry Merchant
Merchant, a former sports columnist with the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Post, and a general columnist with the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, joined HBO Sports in 1978 as an expert analyst. Well-regarded for his no-hype style and his dramatic overviews of the fight scene, Merchant has covered a majority of the top boxing events of recent decades, including Sugar Ray Leonard vs...
Linda Cohn
Linda Cohn has long been considered a pioneer for woman sportscasters and a true American icon. She has graced our television sets for over 18 years as one of the first full-time female sports anchors and is recognized as one of America's most successful female sports anchors. Linda has been one of only a few that have been a constant mainstay on ESPN's SportsCenter, since July of 1992. Today...Marcellus Wiley
Marcellus Wiley is a sports broadcaster and radio host for ESPN and ESPN LA Radio. Wiley joined ESPN in 2007 as an in-studio NFL analyst. Since then, his duties at ESPN have expanded across all platforms. In January of 2011, Wiley was named co-host of "Max & Marcellus" on 710AM ESPN Radio in Los Angeles. In 2010, the animated and charismatic Wiley was named co-host of the hit show Winners...
Marty Schottenheimer
Former NFL All-Star Linebacker played 7 Seasons for the Buffalo Bills, and Baltimore Colts. After his playing career, Marty quickly transitioned to coaching and has won over 200 games in his 21 years as a head coach. Pro Football coaching career •21 Seasons as NFL Head Coach •.613 Lifetime Win-Loss Percentage ranks as one of the best...
Michael Wilbon
Michael Wilbon, the longtime Washington Post sports columnist, is co-host of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, the popular weekday sports debate and discussion program, as well as an NBA studio analyst for both ESPN and ABC. A pioneer in sports journalism, Wilbon was one of the first sports writers to broaden his success beyond newspapers to include television, radio and other media.Michelle Beadle
Michelle Beadle has recently joined ‘Access Hollywood’ as a full time correspondent and the NBC Sports group reporting special events, starting with the 2012 Summer Olympics. Previously, Michelle has been the Co-Host of SportsNation on ESPN2 alongside Colin Cowherd, as well as the Co-Host of Winners Bracket on ABC with Marcellus Wiley. Michelle spent time with ESPN Radio 1050 New York as the...Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien, Emmy-award winning reporter and anchor, joined FOX Sports Radio and the Loose Cannons in August, 2010. O'Brien is widely known for his 16-year association with CBS Sports, where he worked from 1981 until 1997. While at CBS, he covered two Olympic Games, in addition to anchoring live coverage of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the NBA Finals...
Peter Gammons
Peter Gammons, a highly respected Major League Baseball journalist, serves as a studio analyst on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. He also provides Diamond Notes, his regular reports during the baseball season for SportsCenter. Gammons has served as a Major League Baseball correspondent on ESPN since 1988, and he has a website that links off of ESPN.com (espn.com/gammons).
Peter Kostis
Kostis is a world-renowned golf instructor and commentator. He has been part of the Golf Digest’s Professional Panel for over 20 years and served as head instructor of the magazine’s instructional school’s from 1978 to 1987. He became an on-course reporter for CBS Sports in 1992, while also serving as the lead golf analyst for the USA Network. In fact, many televised golf tournaments wouldn’t...
Rick Reilly
RICK REILLY, 50, has been voted National Sportswriter of the Year 11 times. He is the new back-page columnist for ESPN The Magazine, and a featured columnist for ESPN.com, as well an essayist for ESPN SportsCenter and ABC Sports....jpg)
Sam Steele Ponder
Samantha Steele Ponder, an on-air reporter, will cover ESPN’s Thursday Night College Football starting this season, in addition to joining ESPN’s College Gameday. Sam was previously a host and reporter for Fox Sports, contributing to both Fox Sports Net and Fox College's coverage of college basketball and football in the Pac 10 and Big 12 conferences. In her role with Fox, Sam worked as a...
Stan Verrett
Stan Verrett now anchors newly formed LA SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship studio program from ESPN's new Los Angeles facilities. Prior to this, Stan joined ESPNEWS, ESPN's 24-hour sports news television network, as an anchor in September 2000 in addition to hosting Friday Night Fights and NBA Fastbreak...
Todd McShay
Todd McShay joined ESPN in 2006 as a football analyst, providing in-depth scouting information on college football players across the country, including the nation's top NFL Draft prospects. McShay is a year-round contributor across ESPN's multiple platforms, including SportsCenter, NFL Live, College Football Live, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPNU and ESPNEWS...
Tony Bruno
Tony Bruno is beyond just another sports talk show host. Tony's show Into the Night is nationally syndicated and airs on over 250 radio stations including Premiere Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and DIRECTV/Content Factory Network. Tony also has a daily local radio show on ESPN 97.5, The Fanatic in Philadelphia...
Warren Sapp
Seven-time Pro Bowler, and Hall of Famer, Warren Sapp is an NFL Analyst for the NFL NETWORK. The charismatic and loquacious Sapp is featured as a studio analyst on NFL Network's Game Day Morning and is regular contributor on NFL Total Access. One of the best defensive linemen in NFL history, Sapp has been intimidating opposing quarterbacks and lineman since the first time he put pads on...Brian Dawkins
Nine-time Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins joined ESPN as a NFL studio analyst in September 2012. He appears on programs throughout the year such as SportsCenter, NFL Live, Audibles and NFL32. A 16-year NFL veteran who played for the Philadelphia Eagles (1996-2008) and Denver Broncos (2009-11), Dawkins was a member of the NFL’s 2000s All-Decade Team and the Eagles’ 75th Anniversary Team. His...
Kirk Herbstreit
Widely recognized as one of the best college football minds of his generation, KIRK HERBSTREIT has served as an analyst for ESPN’s College GameDay remote college football studio show since August 1996, when he joined host Chris Fowler and co-analyst Lee Corso. For his efforts there, he has earned back-to-back Sports Emmy Awards for Best Studio Analyst. In addition...
Scott Hamilton
The most recognized male figure skating star in the world, Scott Hamilton has won 70 titles, awards and honors including an Emmy Award nomination, induction into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame and a privileged member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. He captured the attention of the world over 25 years ago with his Olympic Gold medal performances in Sarajevo and...
More Speakers
- John Anderson
- Michelle Beadle
- Tony Bruno
- Joe Buck
- Kevin Burkhardt
- Linda Cohn
- Bob Costas
- Colin Cowherd
- Brian Dawkins
- Josh Elliott
- David Feherty
- Peter Gammons
- Scott Hamilton
- Kirk Herbstreit
- Desmond Howard
- Earvin Magic Johnson
- Peter Kostis
- Jim Lampley
- Todd McShay
- Barry Melrose
- Larry Merchant
- Chris Mortensen
- Kevin Negandhi
- Pat O'Brien
- Buster Olney
- Antonio Pierce
- Rick Reilly
- Jim Rome
- Jalen Rose
- Warren Sapp
- Marty Schottenheimer
- Kenny Smith
- Sam Steele Ponder
- Hannah Storm
- Stan Verrett
- Michael Wilbon
- Marcellus Wiley