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Revision as of 15:31, 9 April 2007 by Lasallefan (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
Controversey
In March of 2006, Cowherd faced some controversey after reading a post on michiganzone.blogspot.com nearly verbatim on air, but never citing it .
Cowherd faced a major backlash in April 2007 again, this time for comments regarding thebiglead.com - a sports blog that frequently criticizes ESPN. Cowherd called on listeners to shut down the site by flooding it with visitors beyond the capacity of its bandwidth. The site was shut down for more than two days. Cowherd received extensive criticism throughout sports blogs, as well as from ESPN's ombudsman .
Awards
- Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times
- Sports Illustrated's 2005 Radio Personality of the year.
References