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Jorge Andres (born Jorge Andres Alfaro; July 7, 1984 in
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) is a Peruvian-American sportscaster and sports reporter, who currently is an on-air talent for
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. Andres was an award winning
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anchor at
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and called Super Bowl 56 for Telemundo Sports.


Early years

Andres attended
Radford University Radford University is a public university in Radford, Virginia, United States. It is one of the state's eight doctorate-granting public universities. Founded in 1910, Radford offers curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, graduate ...
in
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. He is a member of the Beta Omega chapter of the
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international fraternity. He is a graduate of
George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...
where he was a Tight End for the Patriots football program. Born in
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Andres and his family immigrated to the United States when he was five. He was raised in
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where he was a drummer throughout High School and College. He is a loyal
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fan.


Broadcasting career

Andres began his on-air career in
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in 2006 as a sports anchor for the former Spanish-language station "Union Radio" 1350AM WNTX. He was then an update anchor for the former
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ESPN properties in Washington, DC (2006–2008) where he formed part of the first Spanish-language play by play team in
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history on
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Radio 730AM WXTR (AM). In 2008, Andres became the lead anchor and sports director at
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Telemundo Washington where he anchored the Sports segment of "Telenoticias Washington" (2008–2011). In 2011, Andres made the jump to national broadcasting by joining
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where he anchored
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, NBA Tonight, and Baseball Tonight. After his time at
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, Andres had a short stint with the
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in
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before leaving the network to join
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as one of the new streaming network's first Anchors in 2016. In February 2019, Andres joined NBC Sports Boston as a Multiplatform Anchor and Reporter. However, in March 2019, Andres took a leave of absence from his position at
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to tend to a private family matter. As of August 2020 Andres joined
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’s national network as an NFL studio analyst to host the networks prime time coverage of Sunday Night Football en Español on NBC's sister network NBC Universo. He also serves as color commentator and analyst on the marquee Sunday Night Football play by play broadcast alongside Carlos Ramirez. The new play by play team is set to broadcast Super Bowl 56 in Los Angeles for the first time ever through cable television. In addition to Sunday Night Football, Andres serves as a correspondent for “Se habla NFL”, a digital show showcased throughout all of
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platforms. Andrés serves as a correspondent for Zona Mixta on
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as well as all digital platforms of
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and
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. As of January 2021, Andres responsibilities with
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expanded to Anchor the weekday and weekend Sports Broadcast of NBC 6,
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, and the noon sports broadcast for Telemundo 51,
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, in addition to his national network duties with both
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and
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. In August 2023 Andres joined
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’s
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affiliate in
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as an anchor for their top-rated morning show and afternoon lifestyle show “QC Morning” and “QC@3”. Additionally, Andres serves as an anchor and reporter for
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’s major Sports coverage and feature magazine program “On Your Side Tonight”.


Charity work

Andres is a motivational speaker for the "Michael Walton Foundation" empowering youth in Washington, DC, New York City,
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and
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areas. In addition, Andres has helped raise funds for the Haitian Orphans of the "imME.org" foundation. Andres is involved with the CROS Ministries soup kitchen in
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serving the homeless in the community as well as the
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hurricane relief efforts.''crosministries.org''
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andres, Jorge Living people 1984 births Peruvian emigrants to the United States George Mason University alumni