Todd Harris (born June 4, 1970) is an American sports announcer and reporter for

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, currently focusing in

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and

extreme sports Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Extre ...

. A graduate of

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...

with a bachelor's degree in communications and broadcast journalism, as well as a Masters degree from St Mary's University in London in International Sports Journalism. Harris' sports media career began in 1991 with

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 ...

. While employed there through 2007, his workload mainly consisted of

college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...

, the

X Games The X Games are a series of action sports events founded by ESPN Inc. and aired on ESPN networks and ABC. In late 2022, ESPN sold the long-running property to MSP Sports Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Jahm Najafi and Jeff Mo ...

, and

IndyCar IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with the Indianapolis ...

, which included the role of lap-by-lap announcer for ABC's coverage of the

2005 Indianapolis 500 The 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 2005. It was the premier event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season and the tenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Dan Wheld ...

. In the past, he has also contributed to

Turner Sports TNT Sports is the division of Warner Bros. Discovery in the United States that is responsible for Sports broadcasting, sports broadcasts on its parent company's streaming service, Max (streaming service), Max, and primarily the TruTV, TBS (Americ ...

' coverage of the

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playoffs and the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

. Harris gained notoriety at a young age as the 15 year host of ESPN's coverage of the

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, hosting alongside 4x champion Bill Kazmeier. Harris was also given high profiled jobs with Hall of Famers

Keith Jackson Keith Max Jackson (October 18, 1928 – January 12, 2018) was an American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006). While he covered a variety of sports over his caree ...

and

Dan Fouts Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10, 1951) is an American former professional football quarterback who played for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-season career (1973–1987). After a relatively und ...

on the ABC college football game of the week. NBC Sports currently uses Harris in a wide variety of assignments. He, and broadcast partner Todd Richards received high marks for their coverage of

Shaun White Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X ...

's Gold medal final run in

Pyeongchang, South Korea Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Harris has also acted as host for the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

and the network's coverage of the annual IronMan event in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. Todd Harris was the main play-by-play announcer for NBC's venture with both the

World Series of Fighting The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promot ...

and the Pro Fight League. Starting in 2021, Harris splits the lead commentating duties with

Leigh Diffey Leigh Robert Diffey (born 3 March 1971) is an Australian-American auto racing and track and field commentator. He is best known for being the lead play-by-play announcer for much of NBC Sports' motorsports coverage, currently calling NASCAR Cu ...

doing

Supercross The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from ...

NBCSN NBCSN (also known as NBC Sports Network) was an American sports television television channel, channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Lif ...

with Ricky Carmichael, Daniel Blair, and Will Christien. Harris was announced as the new lead play-by-play voice of the

SailGP The Rolex SailGP Championship is an international sailing (sport), sailing competition that features high-performance F50 (catamaran), F50 Sailing hydrofoil, foiling catamarans, where teams compete across a season of multiple grands prix (GP) a ...

world tour. He debuted in

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in April 2021 with his contract with SailGP running through 2022. He would announce the series with seasoned sailors Freddie Carr and Stevie Morrison. Aly Vance would serve as an on course reporter. Shows aired in 175 countries and in the US on

CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports ...

. As of 2023 Todd Harris was announced as the new lead announcer for the recently rebooted British Basketball League and their game of the week on Sky Sports in the UK. His 10th Olympic assignment has him calling both Skateboarding and all BMX disciplines for NBC Sports at the Paris Games.Britishbasketballleague.co.uk His son is Brigham Harris, a reporter at ABC affiliate

WWSB-TV WWSB (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Sarasota, Florida, United States, serving the Florida Suncoast, Suncoast portion of the Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay media market, market as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Ow ...

in Sarasota, Florida.

References

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