John Saunders (journalist)
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Saunders providing play-by-play for University of Kentucky's 2015 Blue-White scrimmage
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| Born |
John Peterson Saunders February 2, 1955 Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 10, 2016 (aged 61) Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | Hastings-on-Hudson, New York |
| Citizenship | Canada United States of America |
| Education |
Western Michigan University (1974-76) Ryerson University (1976-78) |
| Occupation | Sports journalist, television personality, commentator, announcer |
| Years active | 1977–2016 |
| Employer | The Walt Disney Company |
| Television |
SportsCenter NFL Primetime Baseball Night in America NBA Shootaround |
| Spouse(s) | Wanda Saunders (1987–2016) |
| Children | 2 |
John Peterson Saunders (February 2, 1955 – August 10, 2016) was a Canadian-American sports journalist. He worked for ESPN and ABC.
Saunders was an all-star defenseman in the Montreal junior leagues, received a scholarship and played hockey at Western Michigan University from 1974–76 with his brother, Bernie. Saunders attended high school in Montreal, Canada. He transferred to Ryerson University in Toronto and played for the Rams from 1976–78. After the 1977–78 season, Saunders was named to the Ontario University Athletic Association All-Star team. He was the news director for CKNS Radio (Espanola, Ontario, 1978), and sports anchor at CKNY-TV (North Bay, Ontario, 1978–1979) and at ATV News (New Brunswick, 1979–1980). He also served as the main sports anchor for CITY-TV (Toronto, 1980–1982). He then moved to the United States to work as a sports anchor at WMAR-TV (Baltimore, 1982–1986).
Saunders joined ESPN in 1986 and was the host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters, starting with the illness and subsequent death of Dick Schaap in September 2001. He previously co-hosted NFL Primetime from 1987 to 1989. He was also the studio host for the network's NHL broadcasts from 1992–93 until 2004, and was the studio host of ABC's coverage of college football from 1992 to 2015. He has also hosted ABC's coverage of baseball under the Baseball Night in America banner and was involved in ESPN's coverage earlier in his career. He also anchored the 1995 World Series for ABC.
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