Robert "Bob" Lorenz (born October 2, 1963) is an American
television anchor
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. He is the primary studio host on the
YES Network
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, and hosts the
New York Yankees
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pregame and postgame shows on YES telecasts, as well as
Brooklyn Nets
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pregame and postgame shows for cablecasts. Lorenz also hosts other shows on YES, including Yankees Hot Stove, a show that tracks the offseason movement of the Yankees and the rest of the teams in
MLB
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. Lorenz has done play-by-play of YES Network's coverage of
NCAA football
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Unlike most o ...
as well as
Staten Island Yankees
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games.
Career
Early career
Lorenz worked for
KIEM-TV
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in
Eureka
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and
WPTV-TV
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in
West Palm Beach
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Etymology
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.
He later joined
CNN Sports Illustrated
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. Also, he worked for
TBS and
TNT
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hosting various sporting event studio shows. Lorenz hosted CNN's weekly baseball show, CNN's ''College Football Preview'', ''College Basketball Preview'', ''College Coach's Corner'', and CNN's ''NFL Preview''. He was also a back-up host on ''
Inside the NBA
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'' on TNT.
YES Network
He hosts the ''New York Yankees Pre-Game Show'' and the ''New York Yankees Post-Game Show '' for
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...
telecasts on YES, as well as pregame and postgame shows for
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The t ...
cablecasts. Lorenz also hosts other shows on YES, including ''Yankees Hot Stove'', a show that tracks the offseason movements of the Yankees and the rest of the teams in the major leagues. He has also done play-by-play of Staten Island Yankees games and, in 2008, began working play-by-play on Yankees spring training games, which he continued in March 2009. During the 2010 season, Lorenz worked play-by-play for the first time during the regular season, against the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. He now fills in for
Michael Kay when he is unavailable. Lorenz previously hosted ''Yogi and a Movie'', where he watched baseball-related movies with Hall of Fame catcher
Yogi Berra
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of Manager (baseball), manager and Coach (baseball), coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball ...
. Lorenz hosted ''This Week in Football'', a show focusing on the New York Giants and New York Jets, as well as the rest of the NFL, for six years. He has also been a fill-in host on the interview show ''CenterStage''.
Personal life
Lorenz briefly attended
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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where he played baseball
before transferring to the
University of Southern California
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in Los Angeles. He holds a degree in broadcast journalism from USC.
References
External links
YES Network Bio*
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1963 births
Living people
National Basketball Association broadcasters
YES Network
American television sports announcers
Major League Baseball broadcasters
New York Yankees announcers
College football announcers
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni
Television anchors from New York City
New Jersey Nets announcers
People from Los Angeles County, California
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni