Kevin Negandhi (born March 20, 1975) is an American sports anchor for

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's ''

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'' as well as ''

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''. In addition to hosting ''SportsCenter'', he also hosts '' Baseball Tonight'', '' College Football Live'' and ''

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'' on ESPN and is a fill-in anchor on ''

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'' and '' First Take''. In addition to being a guest-host on '' Get Up!'', he has also hosted the ''

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'' on ABC from 2018-2020. Starting in 2015, Negandhi has hosted the Special Olympic World Games and USA Games on ESPN and ABC. Additionally, he hosted the first ever NBA Draft aired on ABC in 2020. He is the first anchor of

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descent to be on a national sports network in American television history. Negandhi joined ESPN in September 2006 and made his debut on

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in October 2006.

Biography

Negandhi was born in

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, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Phoenixville Area High School in 1993. After beginning his

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year at

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, he transferred before the 1994 spring semester to

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where he earned a

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in Communications in 1998. While at Temple, he was a reporter on the Philadelphia Inquirer High School Sports Show on Fox. He also worked as a stringer for ''

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'' covering 6 local colleges for the

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. He was also a member of Temple's student run newscast, Temple Update, under the direction of Rick Beardsley. He served as sports editor at the Temple News - the school's newspaper, for two years. Negandhi was the voice of the Temple Women's basketball team on WRTI 90.1 FM in Philadelphia for three years. After college, he became the second Indian-American to be a local sports anchor in the country, serving as sports anchor and later sports director at KTVO-TV in Kirksville, MO from 1998-99. Negandhi joined

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in 1999 and served as a sports anchor/reporter for three years. After a year away from TV, he returned to Sarasota and became sports director at WWSB-TV from 2004-06. While working in Florida, he won three

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awards including "Best Sportscast" in 2004 and 2005 and "Best Breaking Sports News" in 2005.

Personal life

Negandhi married fellow newscaster Monica Buchanan in 2009. Negandhi is an avid Philadelphia sports fan, supporting his hometown

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, Sixers, Phillies and Flyers.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Negandhi, Kevin Living people American sports journalists American television sports anchors ESPN people Women's college basketball announcers in the United States Major League Baseball broadcasters College football announcers 1975 births Temple University alumni American journalists of Asian descent American male writers of Indian descent Syracuse University alumni