Matt Winer is an American television personality who is currently working for
TNT Sports.
Career
Turner Sports signed Winer in 2010 to contribute to coverage of sports across its networks.
He became the primary studio host for ''
Major League Baseball on TBS'', replacing
Ernie Johnson Jr.
Ernest Thorwald Johnson Jr. (born August 7, 1956) is an American sportscaster for TNT Sports (United States), TNT Sports. He is the television voice and a studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, hosts ''Inside the NBA'' for ESPN, Americ ...
, who moved into a play-by-play role. He is also a studio host on
NBA TV, and contributes to
TNT's coverage of NASCAR, NBA, and the PGA Tour. He is one of the studio hosts for
College Basketball on CBS.
Winer worked for
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
from 2001 through 2009 He was often seen as an anchor on
ESPNEWS
ESPNews (pronounced "ESPN News," stylized ESPNEWS) is an American multinational digital cable and satellite television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hear ...
and the 6:00 pm
ET edition of ''
SportsCenter'', or as a host of ''
NBA Fastbreak'' and ''
College Football Scoreboard''. He also hosted the ''SportsCenter 30 at 30 Update'' during ''
Saturday Night Football'' and game updates during
ABC's coverage of
college football
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.
Prior to ESPN, Winer worked at four different television stations:
KSDK-TV in
St. Louis, Missouri,
WOOD-TV in
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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,
WJTV-TV in
Jackson, Mississippi, and
KTVQ-TV in
Billings, Montana
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.
Education
Winer is a graduate of the
University of Missouri
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and was a member of the
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He has been nominated for four regional sports Emmys.
References
External links
Turner Sports bio
Major League Baseball broadcasters
NBA broadcasters
College basketball announcers in the United States
Living people
American television sports announcers
American sports journalists
Missouri School of Journalism alumni
People from Billings, Montana
College football announcers
American broadcasters
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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