Kevin Connors is a

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for

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. He is among the most versatile studio hosts in sports television, handling ESPN's coverage of college basketball and college football, as well as serving as the primary host for Baseball Tonight. He is also a regular anchor on ''

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.'' In addition, Connors has handled play-by-play duties for college basketball, college football, boxing and Major League Baseball broadcasts on ESPN. He is also a voice in the popular

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video game " College Football 25." Connors was previously a sports reporter and sports anchor for

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, the flagship station of

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and WCBS-880.

Biography

Connors joined ESPN in 2008 after serving as the WCBS Newsradio 880 PM drive sports anchor for two and a half years. During his tenure at WCBS, Connors also became the weekend sports anchor for WCBS-TV (CBS 2). Previously, Connors spent eight years in television as the sports director/anchor at Regional News Network (RNN-TV). The New York State Broadcasters Association has honored Connors on four occasions. In 1999, 2003 and 2004 for "Outstanding Sportscast," and in 2001 for “Outstanding Documentary” on the ‘Our Town to Cooperstowne’ series profiling seven members of the

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, from the tri-state region. Connors was also honored by the New York State Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association in 2003 for his feature reporting of Army football and nominated for a New York State Emmy Award in 2004 for his work on Army football. A native of Rockville Centre, New York, Connors attended South Side High School where he was an All-County basketball player. A four-year letter winner on the

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men's basketball team, Connors graduated from Ithaca's Park School of Communications. Connors is a

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, and

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fan.AUDIO: The John Murphy Show: "ESPN Anchor Kevin Connors on Being a Bills Fan"
at BuffaloBills.com; Broadcast June 13, 2013. He is married to former

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r and 2000 World Junior silver medallist Emilie Nussear.

References

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