Brad Galli (born 1989 in

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

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) is a sports anchor and reporter for

WXYZ-TV WXYZ-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Independent station (North America), independent st ...

in Detroit.

Career

Brad Galli is a sports anchor at

in Detroit, Michigan. He regularly covers the Detroit Red Wings, Tigers, Lions, Pistons, as well as college and high school athletics. He is featured during the week on ''Action News'' at 5, 6, and 11 p.m. Galli can also be seen regularly with reports for the Sunday night ''7 Sports Cave''. Brad was named Sportscaster of the Year in Michigan by the National Sports Media Association for 2018. He earned an Emmy in 2016 for Excellence in Sports Anchoring in Michigan by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He won his first Emmy in 2014 for Excellence in Sports Reporting. Brad was also nominated in 2012 and 2013. He anchored WXYZ's 4 p.m. news program, called ''The Now Detroit'', from 2014–15, before returning to the sports team to anchor. During the 2017 and 2018 football seasons, Galli hosted ''Inside Michigan Football with Jim Harbaugh'' on IMG Radio, the school's official, weekly radio show. Galli joined WXYZ in 2011, working with longtime WXYZ sports anchors Don Shane and Tom Leyden.

Personal life

Galli currently resides in

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, with his wife and children.

Education

High school

Galli graduated from

Brother Rice High School (Michigan) Brother Rice High School is a Roman Catholic all-boys non-residential college prep school with approximately 590 students located in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States in Metro Detroit. The school shares a campus with the all-girls Mari ...

in 2007 where he played football and was a part of the 2005 MHSAA State Championship team.

College

Galli graduated from

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

with a degree in communications and a minor in theology. He worked as the sports director at MUTV (Marquette University Television) for two years before graduating from the Milwaukee school in 2011. He covered the Marquette basketball team and created the popular show, ''Marquette Basketball Weekly'', that drew over 30,000 views in two seasons. It is the most watched show in Marquette University Television history. Galli introduced ESPN basketball analyst Chris Broussard at a College of Communication Axthelm lecture in April 2011, and led a panel of discussion after the lecture. In 2012, he returned to Marquette to serve as the emcee of the men's basketball banquet.

References

External links

Brad on TwitterWXYZ Staff Bio
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