Ross Dyer
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Ross Dyer (born 20 December 1977) is a British sports and entertainment broadcaster. He is currently a football commentator and presenter for ESPN and Fox Sports in the United States.
United States
ESPN
At
In April 2014, it was announced that he would again be one of ESPN Radio's play-by-play commentators for the 2014 FIFA World Cup,[1] having also commentated on the network's critically acclaimed coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[2]
In July 2016 he commentated the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-finals and final for ESPN Radio.
FOX Sports
At
His co-commentators have included: Brad Friedel, Stuart Holden, Warren Barton, Ian Joy, Brian Dunseth, Tony Meola, Eric Wynalda and Alexi Lalas.
Amazon Video
NFL Thursday Night Football
For
Queen's Club Championships
In June 2018, Dyer co-presented
BeIN Sports
Between 2012 and 2014 he worked for beIN Sports [1]. This included being a regular on "The Express Extra" analysis show and "The Locker Room" debate show, and commentating on games from Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga, France's Ligue 1, England's The Championship and FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches from South America, Africa and CONCACAF. At beIN Sports he worked with co-commentators such as Bodo Illgner, Christian Vieri, Ray Hudson and Ian Joy.
United Kingdom
AFC Bournemouth
Dyer started his career by creating the in-house media office at AFC Bournemouth in 1999, working on the club's publicity and PR campaigns, including setting up the club's first press office, co-ordinating communications for the new stadium project, and co-ordinating the launch of a new-format website.
ITV Sport
In October 2001, he joined
He also began producing programmes during his time at
TV Production
In the summer of 2004, Ross moved away from ITV Sport and took on various production contracts with both
In the summer of 2007 he produced and directed a show for Sky Sports featuring Gary McAllister, Alan McInally, Russell Osman and Tony Dorigo on their 1000-mile bike ride from the new Wembley Stadium to La Manga in Spain, in aid of the fight against Breast Cancer. This was called Boys out on Bikes.
Sky Sports & IMG
His freelance career at this time included three years as a commentator with IMG, on Premier League mobile phone coverage, and three years as a reporter for Sky Sports on their Football League coverage, reporting for Soccer Saturday, also reporting for and voicing the Football League Review and Big League Weekend programmes.
London 2012 Paralympics
In 2012, he commentated on
Dyer commentated on Track Cycling (including GB's first Gold Medal of the Paralympics for Sarah Storey) Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Tennis, Wheelchair Rugby, Powerlifting and 7-a-side Football.
Voiceover
In 2009, Dyer provided the voiceover for NikeID's video tutorial on their UK website, designed by R/GA.[10]
As well as providing four character voices for the 2006 video game,
Work
Dyer's work includes:
- Sports hosting & commentary
- ESPNFC (ESPN)
- UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Bundesliga, Multimatch 90, 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship (Fox Sports)
- SportsCenter: 2018 FIFA World Cup (ESPN International) (Kwesé Sports)
- UEFA Euro 2016, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup (ESPN Radio)
- UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga (ESPN International)
- Amazon Video)
- Amazon Video)
- Amazon Video)
- 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification (BeIN Sports)
- 2012 Summer Paralympics (Channel 4)
- Soccer Saturday, Soccer Special, Big League Weekend, Football League Review (Sky Sports)
- BBC 1)
- BT Vision)
- 3)
- Football Italia (Channel 4)
- Goalissimo (Channel 4)
- KOTV (Channel 4)
- The ATP Tennis Show (Worldwide Television)
- Football Week UK (ITV Sport)
- Boys Out On Bikes (Sky Sports)
- Video games
- Caesar IV (providing four character voices)
- Voiceover
References
- ^ "ESPN Radio to Present All 64 Matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Live". 30 April 2014.
- ^ "All 64 Matches of 2010 FIFA World Cup on ESPN Radio". 4 March 2010.
- ^ Ourand, John (28 September 2017). "Amazon set to launch a pregame show". Sports Business Journal.
- ^ "Amazon's NFL UK broadcast team is brutally honest about Bears bad performance". 29 September 2017.
- ^ Gray, James (19 June 2018). "Queen's live stream set for historic first as Amazon Prime reveals coverage". Daily Express.
- ^ Briggs, Simon (13 June 2018). "Amazon 'just getting started' as it prepares for tennis debut from Queen's" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Channel 4's Paralympics team beats BBC to TV Bafta". Channel 4 News. 13 May 2013.
- ^ "2013 Television Craft Digital Creativity | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
- ^ "Channel 4 wins Royal Television Society Award for Paralympics coverage". Pitch. 20 March 2013.
- ^ "Ross Dyer - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Caesar IV". 26 September 2006 – via IMDb.
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com.