Michelle Denise Beadle (born October 23, 1975) is a sports and host reporter at ESPN currently hosting the morning's Sports event! with Jalen Rose and Mike Greenburg. He was formerly co-hosted SportsNation on ESPN2, and former host of Winners Bracket on ABC with Marcellus Wiley.
Beadle has had various hosting jobs on various networks before joining ESPN in 2009, including College Sports Television and YES Network.
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Life and career
Early life
Michelle Beadle was born in Italy to Bob Beadle, a former executive at Valero Energy, and Serenella Paladino, from Italy. He spent the first half of his childhood in Roanoke, Texas, outside Dallas, and the second half in Boerne, a small town outside San Antonio. He said that his mother was his best friend grew up because his mother did not speak English when she immigrated to America and they had to learn the language together. He recognized the growing tomboy and has all male friends. He graduated from Boerne High School.
Beadle attended the University of Texas at Austin for political science as a pre-law student. He later joined the legal group, and worked at the Parliament building in Austin, which helped prevent him from pursuing a legal career. After three years he decided to go against the law and take three years off because he did not know what he wanted to do and his college credits were directed to law school. He spent time in Canada working odd jobs and eventually returned to Austin and waited for a table while trying to decide what to do with his life.
Beadle also attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, graduating from the last.
Initial career
With the help of his father, Beadle began his career as an apprentice for the San Antonio Spurs and was then given the chance to become a reporter. He also started his career at hosting the Fox Sports Net Great Game Hunter . In 2002, Beadle moved to TNN as a "behind the release" side reporter for Professional Light Bull Professional (PBR) Bud Light Cup tour coverage. He was originally intended to fill out for two weeks but was asked to keep working full time. While at TNN, he also serves as a freelance reporter for CBS Sports in his coverage of PBR and ESPN Titan Games .
Next, Beadle goes to the Travel Channel and presents the Get Package event. He then hosted the event for the Major League Baseball Production magazine event of the Cathedral of the Game. Beadle then works for the YES Network where he conducts interviews and performs feature reporting for the regular season YES, preseason and postseason New Jersey Nets. He also serves as a side reporter for the Nets basketball game, is co-hosted Kids on Deck and Sportslife NYC, and host of YES 'Ultimate Road Travel >. In addition, Beadle hosted the College Sports Television The 1 College Sports Show , and pre and postgame sports events. He is also a reporter for the NFL Films NFL Under the Helmet syndication program.
She also hosts several entertainment and other reality-based shows, including the People.com feature, What You Live During Weekends ; Fine Living Network's I Want Your Job ; Animal Planet Report ; Beach Week Series from the Travel Channel and Discovery Channel Inside Orlando's Resorts, and Outrageous Room Service . She is also a Red Carpet reporter for Golden Globes, Grammy Awards, SAG Awards, and Tony Awards, and contributes to People Magazine on television, appearing on The Today Show, The Early Show >, Extras , Hollywood Access , and Night Entertainment .
Careers at ESPN
Beadle joined ESPN on June 1, 2009, as co-host with Colin Cowherd of SportsNation , premiered on ESPN2 on July 6, 2009. Beadle was one of the last of 142 to audition for SportsNation . ESPN called him back and asked him to write down what he would do to make his show better. Thinking it was a joke, he wrote a "sarcastic list of 10 stupid things," which helped him find work. Prior to co-hosting SportsNation , during his time at TNN, Beadle also worked freelance as a reporter for ESPN Titan Games . He also is the New York SportsCenter anchor for ESPN Radio The Michael Kay Show at 1050 ESPN New York.
He was later named co-hosted Winners Bracket along with Marcellus Wiley. The event, which is part of ESPN Sports Saturday, a two-hour block of sports programs on ABC, aired on April 3, 2010. He also hosted the weekly Podcast, "The Michelle Beadle Podcast", and has also served as the guest host at Mike and Mike in the Morning .
Careers at NBC
On May 22, 2012, it was announced that he left ESPN for the NBC network family, primarily as host at the NBC Sports Network as well as the correspondent at Access Hollywood. He harbored the coverage of NBC Sports Network's morning studio for the London 2012 Olympics.
The Crossover with Beadle and Briggs debuted on January 28, 2013 on the NBC Sports Network. The show features Beadle and Dave Briggs, formerly of Fox News Channel and CSN New England. NBC described the show as one that focuses on sports, pop culture, and entertainment. In May 2013, the show was renamed to The Crossover with Michelle Beadle , with Beadle as the sole host. On September 25, 2013, The Crossover with Michelle Beadle was canceled.
Return to ESPN
Beadle returned to ESPN on March 3, 2014, appearing as a co-host on SportsNation . He was released from NBC's contract early on as part of a deal between two media companies covering the Ryder Cup and Olympic coverage highlighting rights.
In July 2014, he criticized ESPN's colleague Stephen A. Smith in social media for comments he made about Ray Rice's domestic abuse case. Furore caused Smith's suspension for a week. She has another social media dialogue that heats up about the same thing as MTV celebrity Christopher Boykin.
In September 2014, he joined Grantland, a subsidiary of ESPN, organizing a podcast called Beadlemania.
Beadle began hosting the NBA Countdown in 2016, and in April 2018 also started co-hosting a new morning sporting event Get Up! along with Jalen Rose and Mike Greenburg.
HBO - Against Game
In March 2015, Beadle interviewed Manny Pacquiao on HBO's "The Fight Game" about the 2015 bout with Floyd Mayweather.
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Personal life
He is an avid dog lover, as well as a professional wrestling fan, Houston Astros, and San Antonio Spurs. He has two siblings: a younger brother, Robert, and a younger sister.
References
External links
- Bio from ESPN.com
- Michelle Beadle on IMDb
- Michelle Beadle on Twitter
Source of the article : Wikipedia