Joe Tessitore

Joe Tessitore is a broadcaster who works for ESPN.

Joe Tessitore is known for his television work on college football at ESPN and ABC. One of the most versatile broadcasters at the network, Joe is the lead play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN's Saturday Night Primetime Game and the College Football Playoff. He appears in the booth alongside Todd Blackledge. Tessitore, with his primetime crew, has been honored for his work including being chosen by Sports Illustrated as leading the 2016 Broadcast Team of the Year. <http://www.si.com/tech-media/2016/12/22/sports-illustrated-media-awards-best-worst-2016> Previously he served in the play-by-play role for ESPN's Thursday Night Football, and host of SEC Nation paired with Tim Tebow and Paul Finebaum, and also hosted ESPN's College Football Final. Joe can be seen working on ESPN College Basketball, Sportscenter, Triple Crown Horse Racing and Boxing. Joe's presence has been a big part of the BCS bowls and now the New Years Six. He has been the broadcaster of multiple Orange Bowls, the Peach Bowl, the Sugar Bowl broadcast team and has worked play-by-play for the BCS Championship on ESPN 3D and is the lead broadcaster for ESPNs Megacast Homers edition of the National Championship Games. He's long been a fixture on ESPN's presentation of the Heisman Trophy.

Tessitore has produced documentaries for ESPN's award winning 30 for 30 series. In 2011 Tessitore was the executive producer of the ESPN Film Roll Tide, War Eagle. In 2012 he was the consulting producer on ESPN's 30 for 30 featuring Bo Jackson. Joe spent many years anchoring ABC/ESPN Horse Racing presentations including The Belmont Stakes and The Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Joe is also a popular longtime blow-by-blow boxing broadcaster on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights and has hosted College Football's annual signing day coverage.

In August 2012 Joe was the subject of an extensive feature story titled, 'Tessitore becoming major voice of college football, one upset at a time," written by Stewart Mandel. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/stewart_mandel/08/06/joe-tessitore/index.html

For five years Tessitore was the host of ESPN’s live New Year's Eve specials including RedBull New Year, No Limits and the debut of ESPN's Year of the Quarterback.

Joe has broadcast some of the most thrilling games in recent college football. In 2013 he was the broadcaster of Penn State's upset of unbeaten Michigan in four overtimes. He also broadcast the Ole Miss last second upset of #6 LSU, as well as #21 South Carolina's double-overtime upset of previously unbeaten #5 Missouri. He had the dramatic call of Iowa State's double-overtime win of #2 Oklahoma State, as well as RGIII's last second TD pass for Baylor's stunning last second victory over #5 Oklahoma. In 2010 Joe also was the play by play host for two of the biggest upsets of the year. On November 26, 2010 he was ESPN's play-by-play broadcaster for #19 Nevada's overtime upset of #4 Boise State. October 2010 Joe had the call of LSU's dramatic last second win over Florida. Joe also was ESPN's host/anchor when Zenyatta's unbeaten streak was stopped. The champion race horse was defeated in the Breeders' Cup Classic by Blame. In College Basketball he was the ESPN broadcaster for Illinois' last second come from behind victory over #1 Indiana.

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