Tony Reali

Tony Reali
Reali in May 2013
Born	Anthony Joseph Paul Reali (1978-07-04) July 4, 1978 (age 38) Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Education	Fordham University
Occupation	Sports talk show host
Years active	1997–present
Employer	ESPN
Website	Official website

Anthony Joseph Paul "Tony" Reali (born July 4, 1978) is an American sports personality and television host of Around the Horn on ESPN. In April 2014 it was announced he would be a contributor on social media for Good Morning America, which he began on October 8, 2014 but has not appeared in 2015, other than a couple sports related segments introduced as "ESPN's Tony Reali". He was "Stat Boy" on Pardon the Interruption from the show's debut in 2001 until late 2014.

Born on Staten Island, New York, Reali spent most of his childhood living in New Jersey and graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1996. Reali was a sportscaster for WFUV at Fordham University from 1997-2000 as the voice of football and men's basketball. He also was a beat reporter covering the Yankees, Mets, Giants, and Jets. In May 2000, he wrote for WPIX-TV of New York.

Reali joined ESPN in 2000 as a researcher/writer for ESPN's quiz show 2 Minute Drill. He later joined Pardon the Interruption in October 2001 as "Stat Boy", where his role was to correct and fact-check hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon at the end of every episode. Reali became so popular that he started appearing daily on Tony Kornheiser's radio show for a daily segment called "Preview the Interruption", in which he discussed what was going to happen on PTI later on that afternoon. After Reali became the host of Around the Horn and his popularity continued to rise, Kornheiser and Wilbon eventually started introducing him by his actual name instead of simply calling him "Stat Boy." On occasion, Kornheiser will add several ridiculous middle names when introducing him to poke fun at his long name (such as Anthony Joseph Lisa Lipps Reali). In addition to conducting his usual fact-checks, Reali also judged Kornheiser and Wilbon when they played the games "Oddsmakers" and "Report Card" on the show and introduced the topics for segments such as "Over/Under" and "What's the Word." On September 5, 2014 Reali did his last show of Pardon the Interruption as part of moving to New York City to be a social media correspondent on Good Morning America, a job he only held for a couple months.