Dan Le Batard
| Dan Le Batard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 16, 1968 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Residence | Miami, Florida |
| Education | University of Miami |
| Employer | Miami Herald, 790 The Ticket, ESPN |
| Known for | sports radio host, sports television personality |
Dan Le Batard (born December 16, 1968) is an American newspaper sportswriter, radio host, and television reporter based in Miami, Florida. He is best known his work with ESPN, and for his work for his hometown paper, the Miami Herald, for which he has worked since 1990.
Le Batard hosts a daily radio show with Jon "Stugotz" Weiner that originates from WAXY in Miami and is carried nationally on ESPN Radio. He also hosts Highly Questionable, which airs daily on ESPN and was originally titled Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable; Le Batard co-hosts the program with his father Gonzalo and Bomani Jones. Additionally, he is a frequent contributor to several ESPN programs, serving as a regular replacement host for Pardon the Interruption when one of the regular hosts is out.
Dan Le Batard was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. His Cuban exiled parents, Gonzalo and Lourdes, moved the family to Central Islip, New York, before settling in Miramar, Florida. Dan's brother is Miami-based artist David Le Batard, professionally known as LEBO. Le Batard is also fluent in Spanish, which he learned because of his parents' heritage. During the 2016 exhibition MLB game in Cuba, Le Batard talked about how his family risked it all to come to the U.S. on his radio show. His surname is of French origin, meaning "the bastard".
Le Batard attended Chaminade Madonna College Preparatory, a blue ribbon school of excellence and furthered his education by graduating from the University of Miami in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and politics.
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