Angelle Marie Tymon (born April 4, 1983, from

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) is an American broadcast journalist and game show host. She served as one of the hosts on GSN's interactive

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'' quiznation'' in the PlayMania Block.

Biography

Tymon began her career as a communications student with a minor in dance at

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. She performed as a member of the dance team for the NFL's

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for one year and the NBA's

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for two years. In her junior year she transferred to

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as a broadcast journalism student. While studying broadcast journalism at Cal State Northridge, she anchored, produced, wrote and edited for ''Valley View News'', the university's public television newscast. Tymon won a 2007 Edward R. Murrow regional award for feature reporting. She earned the award for her work about Dimples

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bar, described as the first karaoke bar in the United States. Tymon did the reporting for KCSN-FM, the public radio station operated by Cal State Northridge. The

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also recognized Tymon's work on the story. In November 2006, she began working as an intern for ''PlayMania''. She worked several other positions for the network until she was promoted as an on-air host in April 2007. She hosted her first full show on April 22, 2007 and hosted until the program's end in October 2007. Tymon also taught at an elementary school she taught math for the grades 3rd and 4th Before joining ''PlayMania'', Tymon hosted the live auction television shows ''Timeless Collections'' and ''Fine Arts''.

References

External links

NBA.com page
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