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American sports reporter (born 1984)
John David Schriffen
(born October 3, 1984) is an American
sports broadcaster
for the White Sox on
NBC Sports Chicago
and
ESPN
,
[1]
calling collegiate sports and
KBO League
baseball for the network. Previously Schriffen acted as a reporter for
CBS Sports
and hosted
That Other Pre Game Show
on
CBS Sports Network
. Schriffen, who is biracial, becomes the second Black television play-by-play announcer in MLB, joining Seattle’s
Dave Sims
.
Early life and education
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Schriffen graduated from the
Dwight School
, and also attended the prestigious
Hunter College High School
for gifted students, in his hometown of New York City.
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citation needed
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Schriffen graduated from
Dartmouth College
, where he played for the baseball team, and studied journalism during his junior year at
Howard University
.
[2]
Career
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Schriffen began his career as a sports anchor and reporter for
News 12
in New York City. Before joining
ABC News
, Schriffen spent several years at
WRC-TV
in Washington D.C where he later worked as a contributing
ABC News
correspondent across all ABC news platforms including Good Morning America,
[3]
having earlier interned for ABC's sister network
ESPN
.
[4]
Personal life
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Schriffen’s grandfather,
Alphonso Deal
, was president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP.
References
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