Spandan Daftary

Spandan "Spoon" Daftary (born April 13, 1981 in New Castle, Pennsylvania) is a 2-time Emmy Award-winning associate producer, whose most recent work includes ESPN2's "Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith", which was cancelled by the network in January 2007.

Professional career

Spandan worked on ESPN's Sportscenter in 2003 and 2004 when the show won consecutive Sports Emmy awards for "Outstanding Daily Studio Show." Accordingly, Spandan was awarded two Emmy statuettes, one of which resides with his family in Oklahoma.

Athletic career

Spandan started at forward for Sewickley Academy's 1999 Section Championship squad. The head coach of the team, Victor Gianatta, gave Spandan the nickname, "Spoon," which he goes by to this day.

Miscellaneous

In the late 1990s, Spandan was known by his Boston University classmates as "Doon Spaftary," a spoonerism on his given name.