TJ Manotoc
TJ Manotoc | |
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| Born | Tomas Pijuan Manotoc Jr. March 10, 1977 |
| Education | Ateneo de Manila University (secondary) De La Salle University (college) |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Title | Sportscaster, host |
| Relatives | Tommy Manotoc (father) Aurora Pijuan (mother) |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Sports | |
Tomas "TJ" Pijuan Manotoc Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [mɐnɔˈtɔkʔ]; born March 10, 1977) is a Filipino sports television personality, sportscaster and sports journalist.
Career
[edit | edit source]After graduating as a marketing student at La Salle, Manotoc joined the ABS-CBN Sports' coverage of Metropolitan Basketball Association.[1]
Shortly, he left the MBA coverage to move on PBA on Viva TV. In the coverage team, he occasionally work with his father. He worked in PBA coverages on NBN/IBC consortium and ABC coverage until 2004.[1]
From 2000 to 2003, he worked as a host on GMA's Unang Hirit. He also worked as host in some TV shows and specials such as Binibining Pilipinas, Magandang Umaga Pilipinas' Trip ni TJ segment that talks about OFWs.[1] He also worked on some ANC programs.[2]
He later worked in UAAP basketball coverages,[3] NBA Tagalog commentary, and in The Score.[4][5]
Currently, he is working in Northern America as ABS-CBN's correspondent, and later as their bureau chief.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Manotoc's mother is Aurora Pijuan, a former beauty queen and Miss International 1970. His father was Tommy Manotoc, a golfer and PBA champion coach.[7]
In 2018, he was featured on ANC, and Metro. On those features, he detailed that he was a depression survivor.[2][8]
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- Living people
- Filipino television journalists
- Filipino sports commentators
- Ateneo de Manila University alumni
- De La Salle University alumni
- Philippine Basketball Association broadcasters
- Filipino television sportscasters
- Filipino NBA commentators
- ABS-CBN people
- GMA Network (company) people
- Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation personalities
- 1977 births