Showing posts with label Michael Wilbon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Wilbon. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2007

Squadoosh!!

NPSE Zone ESPN Personality of the Day

Tony Reali, host of ESPN's Around The Horn and Pardon The Interuption's stat boy is Monday's NPSE Zone ESPN Personality of the Day.

Reali, 29, graduated from Fordham University in 2000 with degrees in both communications and history. At Fordham, Reali was a sportscaster for the campus radio station.

Reali joined ESPN in 2000 as a researcher and writer for the game show "2 Minute Drill," hosted by Stuart Scott. In 2001, Reali joined PTI alongside hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser as the show's factchecker at the end of each episode.

In 2004, Reali replaced Around The Horn host Max Kellerman after he left for Fox.

*Image courtesy of ESPNtv.com

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Who's Hot? Jessica Biel

ESPN's summer SportsCenter-filler series Who's Now broke into the second round Tuesday, with golfer Tiger Woods facing off against NBA superstar Dwyane Wade.

Alongside host Stuart Scott, second round panelists include ESPN's Mike Greenberg with Kevin James and Jessica Biel, stars of the summer movie "Chuck and Larry." The panelists replace Keyshawn Johnson, Michael Wilbon and Kirk Herbstreit, who broke down the first round pairings.

According to ESPN.com's Page 2, the panelist's choice of winners will only factor in as 10 percent, with fan votes through the Web site making up the rest. In the first round, panelist's choices made up 30 percent of the final vote.

Here's how the second round pairings breakdown:

MICHAEL JORDAN REGION
July 17: (1) Tiger Woods vs. (4) Dwyane Wade
July 18: (2) LaDainian Tomlinson vs. (3) Steve Nash

MUHAMMAD ALI REGION
July 19: (1) Peyton Manning vs. (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
July 20: (2) Alex Rodriguez vs. (3) Kobe Bryant

BILLIE JEAN KING REGION
July 21: (1) LeBron James vs. (4) Jeff Gordon
July 22: (2) Derek Jeter vs. (3) Reggie Bush

BABE RUTH REGION
July 23: (1) Tom Brady vs. (4) Maria Sharapova
July 24: (3) Shaquille O'Neal vs. (7) Tony Parker

*Who's Now image courtesy of ESPN.com

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Kirk's Now

NPSE Zone ESPN Personality of the Day

ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit has been pulling double-duty as of late, serving on the panel for SportsCenter's Who's Now series.

Herbstreit joined ESPN in 1995, shortly after finishing a career as a four-year letterman as quarterback of the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Herbstreit joins ESPN's Michael Wilbon, Keyshawn Johnson and Stuart Scott on the Who's Now panel, analyzing each day which athletes have most worldwide notoriety.

*Image courtesy of ESPNtv.com

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