Jason La Canfora (born April 14, 1974) is an American

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, radio host, television sports analyst and health advocate.

Career

Television

La Canfora joined

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and NFL.com before the 2009 season and served as an NFL insider and reporter until 2012. La Canfora appeared on ''

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'', ''NFL GameDay Morning'', '' NFL GameDay Final'', and '' Thursday Night Kickoff''. He also contributed stories and blogs to NFL.com. He replaced

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, who left for

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. Before joining NFL Network, he worked ten years for ''

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'' and covered the

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for six years. Prior to the ''Post'', he was the

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beat writer for the ''

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''. On June 1, 2012, La Canfora announced via

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that he would be leaving NFL Network on July 1, 2012, after his contract expired, for

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, replacing Charley Casserly on ''

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'' pregame show on Sundays. He currently co-hosts ''Inside Access with Jason La Canfora and Ken Weinman'' on

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. He joined

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as a contributor to the game telecasts and pre- and postgame shows of the

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in June 2023.

Podcast

La Canfora co-hosted the ''B-More Opinionated'' podcast with Jerry Coleman. It "is a hyper-local production that aims to connect with not just sports fans in the Baltimore area, but also people of all walks of life ..." The podcast went on hiatus beginning in April 2019. It was announced via the podcast's Twitter page on May 27, 2019, that the show would cease production, and the accompanying website (bmoshow.com) was shut down.

Personal life

La Canfora currently resides in

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, with his wife Lauren and three children, including First Year Players' Chloe La Canfora. La Canfora was an avid

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fan from 2004 to 2013; he is now a

fan. La Canfora has been open about his struggles with binge eating; as spoken about on his afternoon radio show. La Canfora has partnered with local health agencies regarding

gout Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of pain in a red, tender, hot, and Joint effusion, swollen joint, caused by the deposition of needle-like crystals of uric acid known as monosodium urate crysta ...

prevention; and the importance of regular

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appointments.

References

External links

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NFL.com bio
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