Robert "Bob" Lorenz (born October 2, 1963) is an American television anchor. He is the primary studio host on the

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, and hosts the

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pregame and postgame shows on YES telecasts, as well as

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pregame and postgame shows for cablecasts. Lorenz also hosts other shows on YES, including Yankees Hot Stove, a show that tracks the offseason movement of the Yankees and the rest of the teams in

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. Lorenz has done play-by-play of YES Network's coverage of

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as well as

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games.

Career

Early career

Lorenz worked for

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and

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. He later joined

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. Also, he worked for TBS and

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hosting various sporting event studio shows. Lorenz hosted CNN's weekly baseball show, CNN's ''College Football Preview'', ''College Basketball Preview'', ''College Coach's Corner'', and CNN's ''NFL Preview''. He was also a back-up host on ''

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'' on TNT.

YES Network

He hosts the ''New York Yankees Pre-Game Show'' and the ''New York Yankees Post-Game Show '' for

telecasts on YES, as well as pregame and postgame shows for

cablecasts. Lorenz also hosts other shows on YES, including ''Yankees Hot Stove'', a show that tracks the offseason movements of the Yankees and the rest of the teams in the major leagues. He has also done play-by-play of Staten Island Yankees games and, in 2008, began working play-by-play on Yankees spring training games, which he continued in March 2009. During the 2010 season, Lorenz worked play-by-play for the first time during the regular season, against the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. He now fills in for Michael Kay when he is unavailable. Lorenz previously hosted ''Yogi and a Movie'', where he watched baseball-related movies with Hall of Fame catcher

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. Lorenz hosted ''This Week in Football'', a show focusing on the New York Giants and New York Jets, as well as the rest of the NFL, for six years. He has also been a fill-in host on the interview show ''CenterStage''.

Personal life

Lorenz briefly attended

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''California State Polytechnic University, Pomo ...

where he played baseball before transferring to the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

in Los Angeles. He holds a degree in broadcast journalism from USC.

References

External links

YES Network Bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenz, Bob 1963 births Living people National Basketball Association broadcasters YES Network American television sports announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters New York Yankees announcers College football announcers USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni Television anchors from New York City New Jersey Nets announcers People from Los Angeles County, California California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni