Bob Ley

Bob Ley

Bob Ley (born March 16, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) is a sportscaster for the ESPN cable-TV network.

Ley grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he attended Bloomfield High School. [Sandomir, Richard. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05EFD7163AF934A35755C0A96E958260 "TV SPORTS; Disney Making a Commitment to Complete Soccer Coverage"] , "The New York Times", June 7, 1998. Accessed December 25, 2007. "The American games are important," said Ley, who became a soccer enthusiast when he attended Bloomfield High School in New Jersey during the North American Soccer League's heyday."] He got his start in broadcasting at WSOU at Seton Hall University. He graduated "magna cum laude" with a B.A. degree in Communications, Ley worked several minor broadcasting jobs, including public address announcer with the New York Cosmos soccer team, before landing his first major position with the fledgling ESPN in 1979.

Ley is famous for breaking the banishment of Pete Rose from Major League Baseball for life in 1989. He also anchored, along with Trey Wingo, the lone "SportsCenter" on September 11, 2001, to announce there would be no games for at least one week.

A resident of Burlington, Connecticut, Ley currently hosts ESPN's investigative program "Outside the Lines". He did host "SportsCenter" for much of his career at ESPN, returning on August 9, 2004 to host an "old school" edition with longtime partner Charley Steiner.

Ley is one of only two original "SportsCenter" anchors still with ESPN, the other being Chris Berman.

Honors

*1987 - Bloomfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame
*1995 - Northeastern University Center for Study of Sport and Society and School of Journalism Excellence in Sports Journalism Award
* WSOU-FM Hall of Fame Member
*Eight Sports Emmy Awards for Sports Journalism
*Three CableACE Awards for Sports Information Series
*Four CableACE Awards (with Suburban Cablevision, East Orange, New Jersey)
*2008 - Commencement Speaker for the University of Hartford (West Hartford, CT)

References

External links

* [http://espn.go.com/tvlistings/s/bobleybio.html Bob Ley's bio at ESPN.com]


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