Joseph "Duke" Castiglione Jr. (born June 21, 1973) is an American

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for

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Boston’s ''NewsCenter 5'' weekend newscasts. He was the

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, Sports Anchor for

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Fox 5

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.Best, Neil (June 28, 2008).
Duke is heir to air
, ''

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''. Retrieved May 29, 2012. He also was the host of ''Sports Extra'' on Sunday at 10:30 p.m. Before WNYW, he worked as a fill-in sports anchor and reporter at

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, the now-former NBC affiliate in Boston. He also worked at

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CBS 2 in New York, where he was the weekday morning sports anchor until 2006. His first New York job was hosting Sports on 1, a nightly call-in show, for the

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local network,(September 11, 2002). "All in Sport", ''

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'', p. 16. beginning in 2000. He was a field reporter for ESPN's baseball coverage during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He began his broadcasting career at

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, the

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affiliate in Springfield,

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. Castiglione has landed a number of key breaking news interviews, including one with

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on the day he was rumored to be fired and the first one-on-one with

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when he joined the

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. He is a recipient of the

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award for ''Best Sports Show'' and two Black Journalist Awards for his interviews with Lawrence Taylor and Bernard King. He graduated from

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in 1996. Duke Castiglione grew up in

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, where he spent time as a substitute teacher at the town's high school. He is the son of

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lead radio commentator

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References

External links

Duke Castiglione on Big Apple Channel
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