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Experience
Talk Radio 790 KABC-AM/Los Angeles Dodgers(Feb. 2008-Current)
- Co-host "Post Game Dodger Talk" after all spring training, regular season and playoff games on the flagship station of the Dodgers. Also co-host "The Sunday Night Sports Final" and various "Pre-Game" and "Rain Delay" versions of Dodger Talk. Field calls, analyze the team and leagues, and interview guests.
- Performed play-by-play duties for spring training games for the Dodgers radio network and dodgers.com
- Provide content for pre- and post-game segments for the network. Conduct interviews from the dugout after games, do out-of-town scoreboard updates, and pre-game interviews.
- Dodgers correspondent for KABC-AM and all radio affiliates. Travel with team on many road trips. File two daily 60-second reports. Make regular appearances throughout the Dodgers radio network.
AM 970, ESPN Radio/Modesto Nuts Baseball(March 2007-Jan. 2008)
- Play-by-play announcer for all 140 games for the Modesto Nuts (California League, Rockies affiliate). Daily broadcast began with 15-minute pre-game show, including daily interview with the manager, and ended with 5-15 minute post-game show. Worked solo for road games, and with an analyst for home games.
- Play-by-play announcer for Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week.
- Co-hosted daily four-hour sports talk show, "JJ, Josh and The Mouth." Primary booker of 1-3 guests per show, ranging from executives to players, and announcers to journalists.
The Oakland Tribune/ANG Newspapers(Dec. 1996-March 2007)
- Traveling MLB beat writer. Covered the Oakland A's three season (2004-2006) and SF Giants four seasons (2000-2003). Responsible for daily 20-inch game stories and 14-inch notebook through the season and playoffs. Off season coverage as news dictated. Wrote a regular blog for website, and bi-weekly column.
- BBWAA Chapter President in 2006, Vice President in 2005.
- Bylines also from covering the Raiders, Warriors, Cal, Stanford, St. Mary's, USF, Santa Clara, tennis tournaments, high school sports and numerous other assignments.
Additional broadcasting credits
- Las Vegas Classic (men's basketball), Hoop TV - Dec. 22-23, 2009
- Las Vegas Invitational (men's basketball), Hoop TV - Nov. 27-28, 2009
- Weekly SoCal high school football game, iBN Sports - Fall 2009
- Santa Clara men's basketball, KDOW-AM (1220) - Nov. 17 and Nov. 19, 2007
- Watertown Indians minor league baseball, WTNY-AM (790) - 1996 season
- San Diego State football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, KCR Radio - 1995-96 school year
Additional writing credits
- Authored "This Gracious Season: Barry Bonds & The Greatest Year in Baseball" (Winter Publications), a critically-acclaimed retelling of Bonds' record-breaking 73-homer season in 2001.
- Contributed reporting for Sports Illustrated, and the Sports Xchange clients (USA Today, Sports Weekly and sportsline.com).
- Regular contributor, two stories per issue, of the monthly "Dodgers Magazine" and various other Dodgers publications.
Education
- Radio-TV journalism, San Diego State University. Minor in speech communication.
- Intern at ESPN (Summer 1995) and KFMB-TV (CBS in San Diego).
- Named third-best sports-talk show host in Southern California by LA Daily News for 2008.
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