Ryan Burr
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Ryan Burr (born March 17, 1972,
Early life and career
Burr grew up in
Career
In 1994, Burr began working as a
Prior to joining ESPN, Burr worked at
At ESPN
Burr left FSN in Pittsburgh in August 2005 for Bristol, Connecticut. He began working for ESPNews. In April 2007 he was named a host of NASCAR Now, ESPN's first daily program dedicated solely to NASCAR news and information. In November 2008 Burr moved to the college basketball studios where he was named host of the ESPN program Midnight Madness (now College Basketball Final). Burr worked on SportsCenter and anchored the 6pm SportsCenter every Saturday and Sunday. In addition he hosted college football and college basketball for ESPN, as a host for College Football Live & College Basketball Final.
On March 13, 2012, Burr created controversy by sending out a message on his Twitter account to Nerlens Noel, the #1 player in 2012 high school class, that he should come to
On July 2, 2012, he announced he would leaving ESPN for NBC Sports and the Golf Channel.[4]
In 2021, Burr called men's and women's tennis events in the
In 2022, Burr went back to ESPN to cover the PGA Tours.
Works
Burr published his first novel in 2014 titled "The Fix" a nonfiction tale about a college football player who gets caught up in gambling.
References
- ^ a b Enslin, Rob (July 20, 2021). "Orange Voices of the Summer Olympics". Syracuse University. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- Toledo Blade. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "An ESPN Host Just Tried To Recruit Nerlens Noel To His Alma Mater". Rush The Court. March 13, 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Ryan Burr Joins Golf Channel
External links
- ESPN Bio
- Golf Channel Bio Archived 2021-12-22 at the Wayback Machine