Andrew "Andy" F. Gresh III (born October 26, 1974) is an American

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. His coverage includes both professional and college football. He was formerly a co-host with

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in Boston. Also he formerly worked as a host and game analyst for the

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pregame show, and appeared regularly on CSNNE's former program ''Sports Tonight''.

Career

Gresh grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where his father worked as a

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."From the middle of Nowhere to the Boston Big Time ... right through Kingston"
''Quadangles'', University of Rhode Island, January 3, 2012. He went on to receive a degree in

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from the

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in 1997 and played football in college for the

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.Bill Reynolds
"It’s come full circle for Andy Gresh"
''Providence Journal'', May 2, 2017. Andy Gresh married the daughter of an ESPN executive who got him started in the industry. While in college, Gresh was an intern for various sports radio stations including

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and ESPN Radio in

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. In 1997, he left ESPN Radio for WPRO in Providence to become an on-air personality for their morning sports show ''The Score''. In the mid-2000s Gresh was a regular on-air personality on WSKO 790 AM, an all-sports ESPN radio affiliate in Rhode Island. His career was interrupted when WSKO abruptly changed its format on March 10, 2008, and laid off all its on-air personalities. Due to his experience there and at WPRO, both WFAN and ESPN Radio rehired him. He worked at ESPN Radio in 2007 and 2008 and was the host of the ''Andy Gresh Show'', which aired exclusively on the weekend. He has also worked in announcing as a

color commentator A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main ( play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The phrase "colour commentator" is primarily used in Canadian English and ...

for the ECAC Football Network on

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and for Colonial Athletic Association games on

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. Gresh left ESPN Radio to work at

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, where he hosted ''The Gresh Show'' evenings on

Chris Russo Christopher Michael Russo (born October 18, 1959), also known as Mad Dog, is an American sports radio personality best known as the former co-host of the '' Mike and the Mad Dog'' sports radio program with Mike Francesa, which was broadcast on ...

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and eventually hosted the morning show as well before departing for Boston. He was afternoon co-host (with Joe D’Ambrosio) on WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut."A Game Changer in Afternoon Drive: Joe D and Gresh"
CBS Connecticut, April 24, 2015. In April 2017, Gresh returned to WPRO/

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, hosting ''The Gresh Show'' there with producer Brett Ferruccio, aka "ROOCH". Gresh volunteers with Rhode Island and Massachusetts philanthropic cultural outreach programs, advocates for the revival of high school sports program funding, and is regularly associated with local Massachusetts entrepreneur "The Real Gaspar", advocating for the Massachusetts Horticultural Reform Association.

References

External links

CBS profile

The Sports Hub profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gresh, Andy Living people 1974 births People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania Rhode Island Rams football players American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers