Dave Dameshek
Dave Dameshek | |
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Born | William David Dameshek June 11, 1970 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Radio personality, television writer, podcast host |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | Daves of Thunder |
William David "Funny Dave" Dameshek (born June 11, 1970) is an American television writer and radio personality. Dameshek is a football analyst, writer and podcaster.
Professional career
Early career
Dameshek began writing for
While working on The Man Show, Dameshek became co-host of a
Dameshek moved on to write for the second and third seasons of Comedy Central's
In 2004, Dameshek became the weekly sports correspondent on the Los Angeles FM station Indie 103.1's Mighty Morning Show, hosted by Dicky Barrett, while making periodic appearances on regional and national ESPN Radio programs.
The Adam Carolla Show
Sports radio and podcasts
From January to July 2007, Dameshek hosted Dave Dameshek's Sports Contraption on radio station WTZN (now KDKA-FM) in his hometown of Pittsburgh. The show's guests trended towards nontraditional sports personalities rather than well-known sports journalists. Regular guests included the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Rob Rossi and John Harris, and the creators of the websites Pitt Blather and Mondesi's House. ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons guest-hosted in April.
In November 2007, Dameshek debuted a new sports-oriented radio show, The Dave Dameshek Show, broadcast by ESPN Radio on KSPN 710 AM in Los Angeles.[3]
In June 2008, Dave Denholm and Brian Long joined Dameshek's show as co-hosts and it was renamed The Dameshek, Denholm and Long Show. Soon afterward, Dameshek left the show, which was subsequently renamed again to The Denholm and Long Show.
In July, Dameshek debuted his own podcast, Dave Dameshek On Demand. The podcast was recorded at the KSPN offices. On November 11, 2009, Dameshek had his final Dameshek on Demand podcast for ESPN. Dameshek then moved his podcast over to Accuscore. The Dave Dameshek Show Powered by Accuscore lasted 13 episodes.
On the March 1, 2010 episode of
For the 2010 NFL season, Dameshek was announced as a fantasy analyst for the NFL Network. Along with Michael Fabiano, he acts as a primary analyst and commentator for fantasy football on NFL.com, including a weekly column and the Shame Report, where he shines the "white hot light of shame" on underachieving players, coaches and fans.[5] In the following seasons Dameshek continued hosting The Shame Report,[6] where he lists the top five biggest shames in the NFL and occasionally other areas in sports and popular culture.[7] In the 2012 season, Dameshek added "Fantasy Shame", where he plays clips from fans who are disappointed with their fantasy players.[8] In 2013, The Shame Report was renamed The Shek Report.[9]
On May 7, 2011 Dameshek began hosting the Dave Dameshek Football Program, a.k.a. the DDFP, for NFL.com.[10][11][12] Dameshek said goodbye to the DDFP in May 2020.[13]
Dameshek also hosts Shek to the Future, a play on the movie series Back to the Future, hosting alongside Adam Rank, predicting NFL games and scores.[14] Dameshek also "hosts" an animated series called the N "if" L, where he describes the NFL environment if a notable event goes differently than in reality. (ex. Dwight Clark fails to make The Catch)[15] In 2013, Dameshek started a series called The Sports Car where he films himself interviewing an NFL player from his car while driving around.[16]
In July 2020 Dameshek debuted a new podcast called Extra Points with his friend
References
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- ^ CBS RADIO - Press Center Archived 2007-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 710 ESPN - Los Angeles - 710 ESPN Relaunches radio station with new afternoon and evening programming Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dave and Dave | Adam Carolla's Show". Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ "Shame Report « NFL Dave Dameshek Blog". Davedameshek.nfl.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ Dorth Raphaely (September 15, 2011). "NFL Shame Report: Tony Romo, Ben Roethliberger, Felix Jones and More". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ Dave Dameshek (September 26, 2012). "Fantasy football: The Shame Report for Week 3". NFL. Retrieved October 3, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Shame Report: Week 8". National Football League. 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "The Shek Report: Week 1". National Football League. September 11, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ^ "Podcast « NFL Dave Dameshek Blog". Davedameshek.nfl.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "The Dave Dameshek Football Program". Dameshek.libsyn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "iTunes - Podcasts - The Dave Dameshek Football Program by NFL". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- NFL.com. May 31, 2020. Archived from the originalon 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "Shek to the Future « NFL Dave Dameshek Blog". Davedameshek.nfl.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "N "if" L « NFL Dave Dameshek Blog". Davedameshek.nfl.com. 2011-09-14. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ^ "'The Sports Car' with Dave Dameshek". National Football League. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ^ Chuba, Kirsten (July 27, 2020). ""Cousin Sal" Iacono Launches Sports Gambling Media Company Extra Points". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "Minus Three with Shek & Schwartz". Extra Points. Archived from the original on 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2020-01-06.