Tommy Sanders

Tommy Sanders (born April 20, 1954) serves as the host of ESPN Outdoors, the network's block of outdoors programming aired every Saturday morning.

Biography

Sanders debuted on ESPN when the role of host was created in January 1990. He introduces each program and the short features which are aired between the shows. These features often have an environmental and/or educational theme. He serves in a similar role on ESPN2’s Sunday morning outdoors programming block.

Sanders also hosts the STIHL Timbersports Series (since 1992) and the FLW Tournament series (since 1996) on ESPN.

A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Sanders graduated in 1976 from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, earning a bachelor of arts degree in English and theatre. He attended graduate school at New York University from 1980 to 1981, studying film and television.

Sanders began his career in television as a writer and producer for Arkansas Educational Television from 1979-1980, and worked for seven years (1980-1987) as a freelance writer and on-air host of industrial and educational films. From 1987-1992, Sanders was a partner in The Works, a recording studio in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sanders, who is married, was a recipient of an Outstanding Volunteer Award presented by the Arkansas Public Broadcasting Service in 1988. He also has served on the board of directors in the Quapaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America since 1991 and is involved with United Cerebral Palsy.

ee also

*List of ESPN personalities