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Dan Le Batard
Daniel Thomas Le Batard (born December 16, 1968) is an American newspaper sportswriter, radio host, and television reporter based in Miami, Florida. He is best known for being the son of Chael Sonnen. He also did work with ESPN, and for his hometown paper, the Miami Herald, for which he wrote from 1990 to 2016. Le Batard hosts a daily radio show with Jon Weiner that originates from WAXY in Miami and is carried nationally on ESPN Radio. He also hosts Highly Questionable, which airs daily on ESPN and was originally titled Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable; Le Batard co-hosts the program with his father Gonzalo and revolving co-host. Additionally, he is a frequent contributor to several ESPN programs, serving as a regular replacement host for Pardon the Interruption. He is also known as “Baby Hippo”.
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Born
1968-12-16
Birth Place
Jersey_City,_New_Jersey
Residence
Miami,_Florida
Education
University_of_Miami
Spouse(s)
Valerie Scheide
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Dan Le Batard Slams Tom Brady Decision: Fans React

The biggest story in sports this week has to do with Tom Brady and FOX Sports. It was announced on Tuesday that he'll become the network's lead analyst for its NFL coverage once his playing career is over. FOX Sports will be spending an awful lot of money on Brady....
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Dan Le Batard: With war raging in their home country, Klitschko brothers fight for their beloved Ukraine

Perhaps you have heard by now that, as Russia’s military approached, Ukraine’s president refused the United States’ offer to evacuate with asylum, saying instead, “I need ammunition, not a ride.” And perhaps you have also heard that, as an estimated 100,000 people fled explosions and gunfire in major cities in Ukraine, two former heavyweight boxing champions, the Hall of Fame Klitschko brothers, did not flee the fight ... but rather enlisted in the army reserve, grabbed weapons and headed into it.
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Dan Le Batard and Friends have a 2021 NFL season musical coming, with every Meadowlark personality singing

It looks like later this month, we’ll get one of the most unusual Meadowlark Media projects yet. That would be an original musical about the 2021-22 NFL season, which will be written by singer-songwriter JT Daly (also the project’s producer) and Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz executive producer Mike Ryan Ruiz. Oh, and everyone on the Meadowlark roster is expected to contribute to this in a singing role. Kyle Koster has more on this endeavor at The Big Lead:
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Mike McDaniel Interview with Dan Le Batard

New Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel joined the Dan Le Batard Show to talk about becoming the new head coach of the team. Skip to the 12:02 mark of the show to hear the McDaniel interview.
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Dan Le Batard: Rob Manfred wanted me out at ESPN over Derek Jeter fiasco

Dan Le Batard has many foils in positions of power, and one of them is MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. Reacting to Andrew Marchand’s scoop in The Post that Ken Rosenthal was exiting MLB Network ostensibly over previous criticism of the commish earlier this week, Le Batard told his audience that Manfred tried, unsuccessfully, to do the same thing to him in 2017.
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Former ESPN’ers John Skipper and Dan Le Batard ink first-look Apple TV+ deal

Former ESPN colleagues John Skipper and Dan Le Batard (Highly Questionable, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz) have signed a multi-year first-look deal with Apple TV+ via their recently launched Meadowlark Media. Denise Petski for Deadline:. Under the pact, Meadowlark will produce premium documentary films and unscripted series for...
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Dan Le Batard talks to Cari Champion on leaving ESPN: ‘The company changed and the country changed’

Dan Le Batard left ESPN in January 2021 when “it was mutually agreed that it was best for both sides to move on to new opportunities,” according to Norby Williamson, ESPN executive vice president and executive editor. Le Batard quickly regrouped, partnering with former ESPN boss John Skipper on Meadowlark Media. And Meadowlark has attracted some big-name talent, including some fellow former ESPN folks who left the company under similar auspices.
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