- Roy Firestone
Roy Firestone (born on
December 8 ,1953 inMiami Beach, Florida ) is acommentator andsports journalist . Firestone is a graduate ofMiami Beach High School and theUniversity of Miami .Television career
He began his career and as a sports anchor and reporter in Miami Beach before moving to
Los Angeles as a sports anchor, from 1977 to 1985, forKCBS-TV . From 1980-90, he was the host ofESPN 's "SportsLook" and was also the host of "Up Close Prime Time".In addition to being a journalist, Firestone is also a critically-acclaimed performer. He has made appearances on the "
Late Show with David Letterman ", "Larry King Live ", "Super Dave Osborne " and "Nightline". He has also performed for numerous corporate clients includingAnheuser Busch , Chevron, Nike andToyota .He starred in a
Married with Children episode and presented the Al Bundy Sport Spectacular.Currently, he is the host of
HDNet 's "Face to Face with Roy Firestone" and AOL's "Time Out with Roy Firestone"."Jerry Maguire"
Firestone also appeared in the 1996 hit movie "
Jerry Maguire ", which featured a character named "Bob Sugar", who was based in part on Firestone's fellow University of Miami graduateDrew Rosenhaus , who was an NFL agent notorious for his aggressive representation of NFL players.Firestone lives in
Los Angeles, California .Awards
*Seven-time
Emmy Award winnerFact|date=December 2007.
*Seven-timeCableACE Award recipientFact|date=December 2007.Biff Barnes, etc.
Firestone would often entertain his viewers by doing a character called "Biff Barnes" who was a caricature of minor league baseball announcers.
Firestone has also done impressions of well-known sportscasters, such as
Keith Jackson andHoward Cosell .External links
* [http://www.royfirestone.com Official Web Site of Roy Firestone]
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