Alex Marvez (born April 3, 1971) is an American
sportscaster, journalist and author who currently works for
Sirius XM NFL Radio
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, where he hosts a daily prime-time
radio show
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Radio networ ...
.
A former
Pro Football Writers of America
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president, Marvez has covered the
NFL
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since 1995 and worked for the Sporting News, FOX Sports, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Rocky Mountain News and Dayton Daily News and has a
Hall of Fame
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vote. He worked previously for the Miami Herald, covering the Miami Heat,
Florida International University sports and high school sports, along with writing a pro wrestling column starting in 1989. That later continued for Scripps-Howard News Service until he shifted his work focus full-time to the NFL in 2012.
In 2019, Marvez joined the
professional wrestling
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promotion
All Elite Wrestling
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AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, w ...
as a play-by-play commentator and became a part of the inaugural broadcast team, alongside
Jim Ross
James William Ross (born January 3, 1952) is an American professional wrestling commentator currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator, analyst, and senior advisor. Ross is best known for a long and distinguished career as ...
and
Excalibur
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. As of October 2019, Marvez began doing backstage interviews for AEW and helps work with the production team in a variety of different roles.
He appears in the 2011 sports documentary series
A Football Life
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and played himself in the 2014 movie
Draft Day
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.
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1971 births
Living people
All Elite Wrestling personnel
American color commentators
American people of Venezuelan descent
American radio sports announcers
Cincinnati Bengals announcers
Denver Broncos announcers
Florida International University alumni
Miami Dolphins announcers
National Football League announcers
People from Florida
Professional wrestling announcers