Andy Katz
Andy Katz | |
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| File:Andy Katz (cropped).jpg Katz in November 2013 | |
| Born | April 7, 1968 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Madison B.A., History & Political Science (1990) |
| Occupation | sports reporter (basketball) |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Employer | ESPN (2000-2017) Big Ten Network (2017-present) |
| Title | Senior Writer |
| Board member of | former board member, United States Basketball Writers Association |
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Andrew D. Katz (born April 7, 1968) is a college basketball analyst for the Big Ten Network and a college basketball correspondent for the NCAA. He formerly worked as a senior college basketball journalist for ESPN.com,[2] and was a regular sports analyst on College GameNight on ESPN. Katz earned a B.A. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1990), and began working for ESPN in 2000.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Katz first started in sports journalism as play-by-play for Newton North and Newton South High School games in 1985 as a senior in high school, and then at The Daily Cardinal, Wisconsin State Journal, and Milwaukee Journal in college. Before Katz joined ESPN, he was a sports reporter for The Fresno Bee (1995–1999); the Albuquerque Journal (1990–1995); and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1989–1990)[4]
At ESPN, Katz had a notable incident for mispronouncing "bulging discs" during coverage of the 2012 NBA draft.[5] He profiled Barack Obama's love of basketball as part of ESPN's coverage of the 2008 United States presidential election, which later resulted in eight appearances of "Barack-etology" during his presidency. He also was a primary backup to Bob Ley on Outside The Lines, ESPN's sports investigative journalism program.[6] On April 26, 2017, Katz was among over 100 employees laid off by ESPN.[7]
After leaving ESPN, Katz did color commentary for the Paradise Jam tournament held in Lynchburg, VA.[8] Later in 2017, Katz took on a role with the Big Ten Network as a studio analyst. Since then, he expanded his role to include color commentary and sideline reporting, and appears on NCAA March Madness as a sideline reporter and studio analyst during the tournament as part of his role with the NCAA. He also makes appearances on NBA TV and FoxSports.com.[6]
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Sources
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- Living people
- 1969 births
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- College basketball announcers in the United States
- ESPN people
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel people
- People from West Hartford, Connecticut
- 20th-century American journalists
- 20th-century American male journalists
- Newton South High School alumni
- American journalist, 1960s birth stubs