Earned a communication degree from the College of Wooster in Ohio, where he would also play on the school's football team
Started his career as a sports newscaster for a local Cleveland affiliate one year after graduating from college
Began to earn national coverage after joining CNN Sports in 1989, where he would remain for over a decade before eventually transitioning to Turner Broadcasting sister network, TNT, in 2003
Joined The Golf Channel in 2003, where he would become a staple studio personality as host of the network's reality competition show, "The Big Break"