Jeff Piecoro
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Piecoro reporting from Sun Life Stadium, 2011. | |
| Born | Jeff Piecoro |
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Sports commentary career | |
| Team(s) | Cincinnati Reds |
| Sports | Baseball |
[1] Jeff Piecoro is entering his 18th season with Fox Sports Ohio and 17th season as host of the EMMY award winning Reds Live. He hosts Bengals Spotlight and Reds Classic Rewind.
The 25-year broadcast veteran started his career in Lexington, Kentucky where he worked at WTVQ- TV, the ABC affiliate, and WLEX- TV, the NBC affiliate, as weekend sports anchor and sports reporter. Jeff has covered 14 Kentucky Derbys and eight Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. He has also worked with the Mid-American Conference, The Atlantic 10 and Big East as play by play announcer for Men's Football and Basketball.
The 1985 graduate of The University of Kentucky played wide receiver at his alma mater for five seasons, 1980-1984. He is currently the color analyst for the University of Kentucky Big Blue radio network. He is also the television play by play announcer for the University of Dayton Flyer basketball team.
He resides in Villa Hills, Kentucky with his wife, Cindy, and children, Nick, 21, Olivia, 16, and Ali, 10. [2]
[3] Oct 14, 2009 Jeff is welcomed to YouCastr Sports Network, the sports network that makes it easy to follow high school sports, youth sports, and club sports that he will talk about.[4] Aug 21, 2001 Former Wildcat Jeff Piecoro has been selected as the new color analyst. Former University of Kentucky football letterman Jeff Piecoro has been renominated to top analyst.