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	In 1985 Cowherd began his broadcast career as the play-by-play voice for the ]'s ]. He eventually became sports director at ]-TV in ], where he was named Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times. He also served as sports anchor at ]-TV in ]. He moved to ], in ], where he spent nearly eight years at ] Northwest NewsChannel 8, working as a sports anchor and hosting the 30-minute 'A guy's take on baseball' program. In ], ''The Herd'' moved from an afternoon time slot on all-sports radio ] to the morning drive time.		In 1985 Cowherd began his broadcast career as the play-by-play voice for the ]'s ]. He eventually became sports director at ]-TV in ], where he was named Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times. He also served as sports anchor at ]-TV in ]. He moved to ], in ], where he spent nearly eight years at ] Northwest NewsChannel 8, working as a sports anchor and hosting the 30-minute 'A guy's take on baseball' program. In ], ''The Herd'' moved from an afternoon time slot on all-sports radio ] to the morning drive time.

			===ESPN Radio===


	===Host of The Herd with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio===


	In ], Cowherd was selected to replace ] for the late morning time slot on ESPN Radio.		In ], Cowherd was selected to replace ] for the late morning time slot on ESPN Radio.

	''The Herd'' is a syndicated talk radio show broadcast on ESPN Radio affiliates ~~throuhout~~ the U.S. and online at ESPNRadio.com. The show features commentary on the day's sports news, perspective on other news stories, and interviews with popular analysts and sports figures.		His show, ] is a syndicated talk radio show broadcast on ESPN Radio affiliates throughout the U.S. and online at ESPNRadio.com. The show features commentary on the day's sports news, perspective on other news stories, and interviews with popular analysts and sports figures.

	This is not your typical sports talk radio show. ] and popular culture frequently draw analysis and their fair share of scorn. Cowherd, though, tempers his biting critiques with irreverent-yet-pointed punch lines.

	A self-proclaimed ] junkie, ''The Herd'' has a daily segment called "The Daily Football Fix",<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.espnradio1310.com/index.asp?SectionID=1 \| title = The Herd w/Colin Cowherd \| work = ESPNRadio 1310 \| accessdate = 2006-12-07 }}</ref> a segment entirely devoted to talking about ] college football or the ], usually with a coach or ex-player analyzing. Other regular segments include the title "Spanning The Globe", a closer look at the people making sports headlines from the reporters covering sports in a particular regions or towns. He also has a weekly segment called "Monday Morning Riff", in which Cowherd airs his sometimes off-the-wall thoughts.

	Colin has several regular targets that he rants about.(some for entertainment & comedic effect)
	Among them:
	*"Homers" who take their home teams so seriously that they lose objective viewpoints about the reality of the sports. "Red Sox & Bama fan top the list."
	*"] guy" (men that have spent most of their adult life in a ] setting and are bookishly smart, but out of touch with reality).
	*The ] football team for allegedly being "soft" and therefore unable to compete at the highest levels of athleticism.
	*Fans of ] and ] rallies, who he regularly calls "booger eaters" and "mouth breathers."
	*Strippers, er, dancers, named "Kitten"
	*Some celebrities, like ], for a perceived ].
	*Golddigging Players' Wives
	*An ongoing obsession to determine why men think ] is hot.
	*Nick "the Snake" Saban
	*Guys who are over the age of 30 and still live with their mom.
	*High level "Moustaches" at ESPN, often forcing their input on programming contents. Examples include: 1.) the removal of the bell from the programs beginnings at ESPN, announcing the end of each segment. 2.) Urging conformity among ESPN hosts, pressuring Colin to choose the winner of the Pats-Colts 07 AFC Championship game (Colin's pick, Colts 120-Pats 0).
	*"Acorn Boy," producer Amanda's husband.

	Cowherd also likes to gently goof on his wife Kim for her occasional empty-headed moments, though he makes up for this by constantly complimenting her looks, good spirit, athleticism, and her ability to keep him "real."




	==Controversy==		==Controversy==
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	==Awards==		===Awards===
	* Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times		* Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times
	* '']'''s 2005 Radio Personality of the year.		* '']'''s 2005 Radio Personality of the year.



	== References ==		== References ==

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Colin Cowherd (born January 6, 1964) is an American sports radio personality. He is currently the host of The Herd with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio and host of the television program Missing Link on ESPN Classic.

Career

In 1985 Cowherd began his broadcast career as the play-by-play voice for the Pacific Coast League's Las Vegas Stars. He eventually became 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 eight years at KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, working as a sports anchor and hosting the 30-minute 'A guy's take on baseball' program. In 2001, The Herd moved from an afternoon time slot on all-sports radio KFXX to the morning drive time.

ESPN Radio

In 2004, Cowherd was selected to replace Tony Kornheiser for the late morning time slot on ESPN Radio.

His show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd is a syndicated talk radio show broadcast on ESPN Radio affiliates throughout the U.S. and online at ESPNRadio.com. The show features commentary on the day's sports news, perspective on other news stories, and interviews with popular analysts and sports figures.

Controversy

In March 2006, Cowherd was criticized for using content from a fan blog, without crediting it. Colin then labeled the creators of the website "whiners" in an e-mail and claimed they would never get credit. Credit was later given and an apology was issued on-air.

On April 5, 2007, Cowherd was the source of further controversy regarding another sports themed website. Cowherd mentioned the site TheBigLead.com in particular, and asked for his listeners to enact a denial of service (DoS) attack on the site by imploring his listeners to all go to the website at the same time in order to "blow it up".

"We occasionally, once a week…we’ll mention a website, our listeners will flee to it, and we’ll shut it down. We feel bad about this, we don’t mean to do it. It usually forces that young guy or young gal to buy more bandwidth and can be expensive. I don’t know that…but wouldn’t it be great if every day we gave out a new, young website and blew it up? If I told my audience every day–just one that’s annoying–and we could give it to them, and our audience would blow it up? I want everyone to go to it as fast as you possibly can. When I say go, go….it’s three words. THE BIG LEAD dot com. THE. BIG. LEAD. DOT. COM. Go now.”'

BigLead.com was knocked offline approximately 30 minutes later, and remained offline for at least 48 hours. This act has caused a notable backlash against Cowherd in the sports blog community.

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