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Birth name | Michael Darrow Greenberg |
Born |
New York, New York |
August 6, 1967
Alma mater | Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (B.S.) |
Show | Mike & Mike (1999-present) |
Station(s) | ESPN Radio |
Time slot | Monday-Friday 6am-10am ET |
Show | Duel (2007-08) |
Station(s) | ABC |
Time slot | Various |
Style |
Mike and Mike: Sports talk Duel: Game show |
Country | United States |
Michael Darrow Greenberg (born August 6, 1967) is a television anchor, television show host, radio show host for ESPN and ABC, and novelist. At ESPN, he hosts the weekday evening, most often Monday, SportsCenter and ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike show with Mike Golic. At sister network ABC, he was the host of Duel, which aired from 2007 to 2008. As of 2011, he co-hosts the 6 PM Eastern Monday SportsCenter editions during the National Football League season with Golic.
Greenberg was born to a Jewish family in New York, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1985. In 1989, Greenberg graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Theta Chi Fraternity, and started work as a sports anchor and reporter at WMAQ-AM in Chicago. He left WMAQ in 1992 to work for WSCR-Radio as a reporter (covering events such as the World Series and the Super Bowl) and talk show host. From 1993 to 1995, he also wrote a weekly syndicated column for the California-based Copley News Service. In 1994, he added reporting for SportsChannel Chicago to his résumé. In 1995, he left SportsChannel Chicago to work at CLTV, becoming an anchor, reporter, and host of a live call-in show. He left Chicago for ESPN in September 1996, where he became one of the first hosts of ESPNEWS when it began broadcasting in November of that year.