Andy Pollin

Andy Pollin

Andy Pollin is an American radio personality. He is the sports director of WTEM since 1992. He is currently the co-host of "The Sports Reporters" with Steve Czaban. He acted as sidekick on "The Tony Kornheiser Show" between 1992 and 2006. He also co-hosted "GameDay" with Mel Kiper Jr. on ESPN Radio between 1998 and 2004.

Before his tenure on WTEM, Pollin served as reporter for WFAN in New York City (1987-1992), for the UPI Radio Network in Washington, D.C. (1983-1987), and WFAA-AM in Dallas (1981-1983).

When Pollin was with "The Tony Kornheiser Show" on ESPN Radio, he was nicknamed "Andy Polley." A listener angered by Pollin's comments about baseball player Rafael Palmeiro had called the show and mispronounced Pollin's name, screaming, "Andy Polley, you are an idiot!" Show producer Denis Horgan, Jr. recorded the "Andy Polley" soundbite and the staff often aired it when Pollin spoke.

The nickname stuck, and the gag was later extended into a now-defunct website, [www.andypolley.com] , which featured photos and comments about Pollin often related to current Kornheiser radio shows. Polley evolved into a full character, who drives a beat-up old Honda, with orange juice on the leather seats. He is often stealing food, as well as the money he earns from ESPN 980. Currently he is working for ESPN 980(formerly WTEM) along with Steve Czaban.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Tony Kornheiser Show — Infobox Radio Show show name=The Tony Kornheiser Show imagesize= caption= podcast= [http://icestream.bonnint.net/dc/3wt/tony/podcast.php 3WT Podcast] format = Sports Talk runtime = 2 hours starring = Tony Kornheiser country = USA home station =… …   Wikipedia

  • WTEM — Infobox Radio Station name = WTEM area = Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area city = Washington, D.C. branding = ESPN 980 slogan = Home of the Redskins airdate = 1923 frequency = 980 kHz format = Sports power = erp = repeater = WWXT 92.7 MHz WWXX… …   Wikipedia

  • History of the Washington Redskins — This article details the history of the Washington Redskins a professional American football franchise. The Washington Redskins have played over one thousand games. In those games, the club has won five professional American football… …   Wikipedia

  • List of ESPN Radio personalities — Here is a list of all the former and current ESPN Radio personalities.Current ESPN radio personalitiesA L*Dave Campbell: 1995 ndash;present ( MLB on ESPN Radio ) *John Clayton: 1995 ndash;present ( The Huddle ) *Freddie Coleman: 2004… …   Wikipedia

  • November 2009 in sports — Worldwide current events | Sports events …   Wikipedia

  • Philadelphia Union — Full name Philadelphia Union Nickname(s) Zolos, The U Founded 2008 …   Wikipedia

  • Don Geronimo — Birth name Michael Sorce Born September 18, 1958 (1958 09 18) (age 53) Show The Don Geronimo Show Station(s) KHTK Cou …   Wikipedia

  • Doug Collins — For the Canadian journalist, see Doug Collins (journalist). For the English footballer, see Doug Collins (footballer). Doug Collins Collins as head coach of the 76ers in November 2010. No. 20 …   Wikipedia

  • List of Jews in sports — This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports.The criteria is:a) 1 3 places winners at major international tournaments; b) for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments …   Wikipedia

  • List of nicknames used in basketball — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This is a list of nicknames in the sport of basketball. Most are related to… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”