Damon Amendolara

Damon Amendolara
Born	Warwick, NY
Show	The D.A. Show
Station(s)	WBZ-FM, Boston, MA
Time slot	Evenings (7:00p-12:00a)
Style	Sports radio
Country	United States
Website	[1]

Damon Amendolara is the evening host for WBZ-FM in Boston. He also acts as the sideline reporter for Major League Soccer telecast of the New England Revolution. He is also a contributor to the NFL Network, NFL Films and WFAN radio in New York.

Career

Amendolara was hired for the launch of the Sports Hub in August 2009. From 2001-2003, he worked at the ESPN Radio affiliate in Fort Myers, FL where he hosted The D.A. Show, and was the play-by-play announcer for the Fort Myers Miracle (Minnesota Twins minor league team).Also while at ESPN, he hosted the SportsCenter updates in the afternoon, and hosted the pregame/postgame shows for the Florida Firecats of the Arena Football League. He became evening anchor for KCSP at the launch of the station in September 2003. In August 2004, Amendolara became the host of the morning show at 610 Sports. There he also anchored the station's Chiefs programming, including the Chiefs players shows. On Monday, December 17, 2007, The Kansas City Star reported that D.A. had left 610 Sports. On Friday, August 7, 2009, The Miami Herald announced that Amendolara was leaving Miami to host a show on a new FM sports station in Boston, which later was revealed as WBZ-FM.^[1] On September 16th 2010, the DA Show was taken national and received shouts from the Tony Bruno show from one the DA Show callers Chip Seinfeld^[2]

Charities

D.A. has devoted much of the show to raising money for local charities with a focus on children, with "The D.A. Show Cares." Most recently he has coached and helped sponsor the Spartans, a youth soccer team in the Miramar (FL) Police Athletic League (whose last-place finish became a popular and humorous topic on the show). The effort has reached out to organizations such as The Boys & Girls Club of Kansas City, The Bridge Home, Children's Mercy Hospital and The KCMO Little League. He has raised close to $10,000 since starting it in 2006.

See also

• List of Syracuse University People

External links

• Official Website Web site and blog for his shows
• The D.A. Show's podcast

References

1. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/barry-jackson/story/1175081.html
2. ^ http://thedashow.podbean.com/2010/09/17/thu-916-chip-seinfeld/

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Name	Amendolara, Damon
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