Gary Miller (sportscaster)
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Gary Miller (born 1956 or 1957)
Early life and education
Miller is a native of Naperville, Illinois and a graduate of Southern Illinois University.[2]
Career
WSAV-TV, CNN and Headline News
From 1978–82, he was the Sports Director at
ESPN
From 1990 to 2004, Miller worked at ESPN. He was an anchor at SportsCenter, the host of ESPN's Baseball Tonight, and the last host of the sports interview show Up Close before it was canceled in 2001. Miller also occasionally did play-by-play of Major League Baseball games, and was the primary dugout reporter on Monday Night baseball broadcasts, as well as ESPN Daygame. Other play-by-play assignments during this period included games of the College World Series and the Little League World Series.
West Coast Bias
Until November 2006, he was host of West Coast Bias, a daily sports talk show on KSPN radio in Los Angeles, along with former National Football League athlete D'Marco Farr. The show, which airs at 1 p.m. Pacific time Monday through Friday, sometimes originates at ESPN Zone in Anaheim, California. On November 10, 2006, it was reported that Miller was leaving the show, effective immediately. The program was renamed The D'Marco Farr Show with guest hosts replacing Miller.[1]
KCBS, KCAL, and WKRC
Miller was a weekend sports anchor for the CBS Corporation-owned duopoly of KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles until January 2017. In August 2017, Miller joined Cincinnati's local CBS station WKRC as weeknight sports anchor.[3]
Personal life
In 1997, Miller was arrested for
References
- The Associated Press. October 11, 1997. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
Miller, 40, of Bradford, Conn., was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. at The Basement, a popular dance club in Cleveland's Flats neighborhood.
- ^ "Gary Miller « CBS Los Angeles". CBS Los Angeles. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ "It's Official: Former ESPN Anchor Gary Miller Coming to WKRC-TV". August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. October 12, 1997.
- ^ "ESPN Book: The Time Gary Miller Urinated on an Off-Duty Cop | The Big Lead". thebiglead.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014.